Step By Step

When your children walk with you, are they walking with a wise person? Can they look at your seasoned responses, your insightful understanding of people, your fortitude in difficult times as they walk with you in the moments of your daily life? If you think about it, teaching our children to walk never really ends. They watch us, listen to us when we speak to others, hear us talking with our husband behind closed doors. Our lives are the walk that our children will imitate.

With confusing voices, compromised ideals, wavering morals, secular values, and so many opposing opinions, where will our children find clarity and strong, secure values to embrace? As mothers, we must be ready and equipped with steady feet and strong souls to lead the way for our children with integrity. We will give them confidence as we walk, staying close to them, holding their hands, and showing them sure footsteps to follow.

No matter how old your children become, you are the example for them. They will always be looking at you for a vision of integrity, ideals, and ways to interact with God. The longer you provide your children with wisdom based on truth, the more they will consider your advice as they walk their own adult journey.

His Promises

Direct your children onto the right path,

and when they are older, they will not leave it.

The LORD is our God, the LORD alone. And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.

“For the LORD disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.” As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children.