He who walks with wise men, will be wise. But the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Proverbs 13:20
Setting: Elissa's room. In her hand she holds a pink plastic princess phone. In a cyclical pattern, the following may be heard...
Hi, Alivia. We're going to the park. See you there! (pause) Hi, Hayley. We're going to the park. See you there! (pause) Hi, Annalise. We're going to the park. See you there! (pause) Hi, Jensen. We're going to the park. See you there!...
Friendships evolve at such an early age, I'm realizing. It's amazing to see the attachment that Elissa has and Ethan & McKinley are beginning to form with kids their age. Be it cousins, or children of my friends, or classmates at swim lessons... they are beginning. And I quickly feel my heart crying out to God for these friendships to be places of lots of laughter and play times and chances to display all those wonderful Jesus-traits we're trying to teach them.
Oh that they will walk with wise men, as the verse says. That led me to think, well what's wise exactly? Especially at the age of 3! The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7 ...Of course, every 3-year old despises instruction, right? So if that's so, then I guess right now my prayer is that my children will begin forming lasting friendships with children who are being taught wisdom and are under godly instruction.
Jason and I were talking the other night about how interesting it is that, as Christians, we pray these things over our children. We preach it during their teenage years. Then, as adults, many of us forget the necessity to walk with wise men. We gravitate toward those who are most like us and make life seem the easiest and most fun. And granted, we need some of those people in our lives. But, we also need the deep friendships with people who have lived longer with God and can teach us and encourage us when life's really tough. Who can speak correction into our hearts when we need to hear it and don't want to. And thankfully, by not much of our own doing at first, God has led Jason and I to those friendships. So, I guess our conversations, to only name a few, could sound something like this.
Hi, Chris...Hi, Tyler... Hi, Jim... Hi, Shari...Hi, Chrisy...Hi, Tracy... We're going to Heaven. See you there!...
Proverbs 13:20
Setting: Elissa's room. In her hand she holds a pink plastic princess phone. In a cyclical pattern, the following may be heard...
Hi, Alivia. We're going to the park. See you there! (pause) Hi, Hayley. We're going to the park. See you there! (pause) Hi, Annalise. We're going to the park. See you there! (pause) Hi, Jensen. We're going to the park. See you there!...
Friendships evolve at such an early age, I'm realizing. It's amazing to see the attachment that Elissa has and Ethan & McKinley are beginning to form with kids their age. Be it cousins, or children of my friends, or classmates at swim lessons... they are beginning. And I quickly feel my heart crying out to God for these friendships to be places of lots of laughter and play times and chances to display all those wonderful Jesus-traits we're trying to teach them.
Oh that they will walk with wise men, as the verse says. That led me to think, well what's wise exactly? Especially at the age of 3! The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7 ...Of course, every 3-year old despises instruction, right? So if that's so, then I guess right now my prayer is that my children will begin forming lasting friendships with children who are being taught wisdom and are under godly instruction.
Jason and I were talking the other night about how interesting it is that, as Christians, we pray these things over our children. We preach it during their teenage years. Then, as adults, many of us forget the necessity to walk with wise men. We gravitate toward those who are most like us and make life seem the easiest and most fun. And granted, we need some of those people in our lives. But, we also need the deep friendships with people who have lived longer with God and can teach us and encourage us when life's really tough. Who can speak correction into our hearts when we need to hear it and don't want to. And thankfully, by not much of our own doing at first, God has led Jason and I to those friendships. So, I guess our conversations, to only name a few, could sound something like this.
Hi, Chris...Hi, Tyler... Hi, Jim... Hi, Shari...Hi, Chrisy...Hi, Tracy... We're going to Heaven. See you there!...
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