Parenting is a Marriage to Our Children

Great morning Loves!  It is in my Spirit to address anyone who has children or are planning to have children.  Whether your children are biological, adopted, or you are a surrogate parent to many.  We need to be reminded that being a parent is not something that should be taken lightly.  

In the midst of our mad and chaotic lives, parenting should be a priority.  We need to prioritize what we do for our children, and what we do NOT do for our children.  In an effort to raise rooted and grounded children, love plays a major role in how consistent we are.  When we love our children, we learn to be consistent in our individual parenting styles.  Depending on the type of consistency you enforce, the outcome will mimic that.  If we expose our children to negative people and take them into negative environments, they may grow to be negative individuals.  When we enable our children by doing everything for them and not allowing them to suffer the consequences of their choices, they more than likely will grow to be irresponsible and unappreciative.  When our children turn 18 and we decide that they are grown and throw them to the wolves, they can become bitter and fall prey to those that mean them no good.  Parenting never ends, until death do us part.  

When you look at your child, what do you see?  Do you see many years of bad choices, on your part?  Do you see many years of good choices, on your part?  Our children are a reflection of us.  Regardless of the path they choose, you can still see the good, the bad, and the ugly that we have planted in them.  We reap what we sow.  When we raise our children right, as according to God, we have to be confident in what we have taught them.  When they refuse to do what they KNOW is right, we have got to be strong enough to walk away and put them in God's hands.  When our children are in bad situations, it is not always our fault.  But, sometimes it is.  Can you honestly say that the bad choices your child makes are not because of the way you raised them?  If you can not say this, it is never too late to be a better parent.   Living, loving, and loving some more.   carry on