A truth I am teaching my children. Just because someone tells you something does not mean it is true even if everyone else around you believes it to be true.
There are those in the world who are set out to hurt us. Those who
want to bring about destruction. Those who are used by the enemy to
create chaos and harm simply by lying. Each day my children are faced
with those who would stand in front of their innocent minds and speak untruths
to them. Those people who do not care about the effects they are having
on the self-esteem of my children and the way in which my children will one day
see themselves. These are individuals driven by something dark.
Something that lurks in the shadows of this world wanting to devour the
good that still exists. Thankfully as a mom, God has given me the words
to speak into the lives of my children in order to help them understand what is
true. I have recited Philippians 4:8-9 many times with my children hoping
to instill in them what God's truth says..
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your
thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and
admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 9 Keep putting into
practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and
saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.
When they come home confused by the latest tells they have been told, we
sit, pray and talk about what we know to be true. We talk about how they
are unconditionally loved by God and that He holds each of them in His
hands. That God has great plans for each
of their lives and when they choose to follow Him and not the world, He will do
great things with them. It never takes them long to regain proper perspective
and to remember all that they know to be true. That God is good and
faithful to those who choose to follow Him.
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 9 Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.
When they come home confused by the latest tells they have been told, we sit, pray and talk about what we know to be true. We talk about how they are unconditionally loved by God and that He holds each of them in His hands. That God has great plans for each of their lives and when they choose to follow Him and not the world, He will do great things with them. It never takes them long to regain proper perspective and to remember all that they know to be true. That God is good and faithful to those who choose to follow Him.
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