Sunday, March 25, 2012

Training

I wanted to share something that's been on my heart a lot lately. People sometimes tell me that my son is sweet and well behaved (I have to be honest, I love hearing that!) and it's because we've been training him to be that way. To train means "to make proficient by instruction and practice". I've been thinking lately: Am I training my son to love and serve God?
Honestly, the answer isn't always yes. Sometimes I get into a "do as I say and not as I do" mindset. I came across this verse:

"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it."
                                                                                                          -Proverbs 22:6


I tend to struggle in that department most when I'm allowing myself to worry instead of trusting God. The "Crump family verse" is
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding"
                                                                                                           -Proverbs 3:5   
It's something that I, especially, struggle with. I think that worry's been my go-to emotion for so long that it's hard to give up sometimes.But I don't want Simon growing up feeling that he can't trust God or that he needs to worry.
I guess this is my long-winded way of asking for prayer. Not only regarding how I handle stress and worry, but in how I raise Simon, that he will learn that he can trust God in everything.

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise."
                                                                 - Deuteronomy 6:5

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