Love like that
Well, Neil, I think you might be from another generation of parenting… Or, maybe you were talking about what some parents do (but shouldn’t). Sure, we all have moments where we might fall into that order of things, but most parents (ones I know) err on the side of love.
Nonetheless, it’s an important point: God loved us before we ever did a thing for Him.
Romans 5:8 says, But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
It’s His unconditional love and commitment to us that make us want to come to Him, to let Him be the boss of us.
There was a song a long time ago that was taken from a verse in Psalms, and try as I might, I was unable to find it tonight. It will turn up one of these days, and I’ll underline it in all my Bibles for easy reference.
It goes like this: It’s Your kindness that leads us to repentance, O Lord… It goes on: Knowing that You love us, no matter what we do, makes us want to love You, too.
Truly, His kindness is the thing that draws us to Him. I want to be that kind of parent.
God gave us His unconditional love before we even knew Him. Before we were born. Is that the way I am parenting my kids? Unconditional love first then boundaries and rules and consequences. Most of the time I think so, but I know I get it backwards too.
ReplyDeleteGod help me be more Christ like in my parenting. Thanks for a good (actually perfect) example in Father God of the kind of father I can and should be.
I love my children more than anything in the world and I pray that my love for them will reflect the love that God has for us.
ReplyDeleteThank Lord for your unconditional love for me.
ReplyDeleteI get a glimpse of your unconditional love for me when I look at my children and I know I love them them with all of my heart and more and it is only a little bit compared to how much you, Father God, love them.