God, Mercy, and Parenting
Last night I was on my way to a small group study of Adrian Rogers' A Man of His Word series, and I was listening to Woodrow Kroll on the drive over. Kroll's study was on how God expressed His love by the cross. One verse he mentioned was Psalm 103:8 "The LORD [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. " This time of year our thoughts are focused more on how God showed His mercy and grace personally to us through Christ's atonement.
That thought was still fresh in my mind as we started the 3rd lesson in the A Man of His Word series, "A Man and His Children". One of the key verses in this small group study was Ephesians 6:4 "And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. " All of a sudden I saw a link between the two. Am I merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy with my children? Is my lack of mercy and grace provoking them to wrath? Am I not to model the love of Father God through my own life?
That thought was still fresh in my mind as we started the 3rd lesson in the A Man of His Word series, "A Man and His Children". One of the key verses in this small group study was Ephesians 6:4 "And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. " All of a sudden I saw a link between the two. Am I merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy with my children? Is my lack of mercy and grace provoking them to wrath? Am I not to model the love of Father God through my own life?
posted by Mike Woodward at
3:19 PM
1 Comments:
Good questions. Often we don't think about them, but instead we run our life on autopilot...especially in our families.
Tim
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Tim Dahl, at June 20, 2006 9:20 AM
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