I believe that parenting is the closest relational developmental tool to marriage as it should help to prepare you for ups and downs, commitment, patience, financial issues, disappointments, pleasures and pain ultimately teaching (and challenging) you to persevere and walk in love. If you are treating parenting, single or not, as a burden then how are you going to make it through marriage? How you handle parenting may be a direct reflection of how you will handle marriage. Both are lifetime commitments, both have their joys and struggles, both will have rewards and disappointments. So because some of us may not have brought our children into the world in the intended order according to God’s Word, regardless of the circumstances, remember to purpose to be the best mother that you can be. Develop your patience, develop unconditional love, practice forgiveness, be trustworthy, show commitment and consistency, release your bitterness towards your situation and disappointments and employ joy and peace. I can guarantee that you will feel and see the change in you and your child(ren) will see it too. And I will also guarantee that if your children see it then the man God has out there looking for you will also see it ‘for he who finds a wife, finds a good thing.” (Proverbs 18:22 NIV)
AMEN
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