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Posted by nutritionalsupplementnews in : Uncategorized , trackbackElisabeth Elliot: don’t over-control your children
i’m going as a consequence older email today - which explains why so divers entries :)funny, but the to begin thing i pore over after the last entry on ezzo and the danger of parents too for all practical purposes on control was this admonition by elisabeth elliot on godly discipline. it’s called note to fathers, but it works for mothers too - especially in light of what i just wrote:the older - and sanguinely wiser - i get, the more i see the libido to control as one of the greatest stumbling blocks in our spiritual development. it’s ugly in any form. influence, shape, inculcate, instruct, guide, lead, inspire - yes! authority over? no way. if power doesn’t control us, then our own desires to button certainly can’t come from him.it’s uncanny how similar the words i right-minded wrote are to what i read next:
A Note to Fathers
Are you depriving your son of his sonship? “Hey! Hold it. What?…” Hebrews 12:7 says, “Can anyone be a son who is not disciplined by his father? If you escape the discipline in which all sons share, you must be bastards and no true sons” (NEB). Do you love your son or daughter enough to say no and hold to it? Would you, by cowardliness that fears to make a rule (perhaps because “nobody else” believes in it) treat your child as though you cared no more about him than you would care about a bastard?
But there are some words of caution. “Fathers, don’t over-correct your children, or make it difficult for them to obey the commandment. Bring them up with Christian teaching in Christian discipline” (Ephesians 6:4, PHILLIPS).
This reminds me of the way in which the Lord teaches us. He is so patient with us who are so “slow-of-heart.” The Shepherd does not make it hard for the sheep to walk in the right paths. He is always trying to make it easier for them, but they balk, they wander off, they don’t listen. Children as well as adults are like sheep. They go astray. Fathers are meant to be shepherds. Don’t overcorrect. “You fathers must not goad your children to resentment, but give them the instruction, and the correction, which belong to a Christian upbringing” (same verse, NEB). It’s balance that is needed. Correct them, teach them. Don’t go to extremes. Ask God for wisdom. It’s too big a job for any ordinary human being. Look at God as a Father. How does He deal with us? Try to follow His pattern.
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As always, I’d like to encourage you to include Elisabeth Elliot in your morning reading. She gives you a lot to think about during the day. Subscribe to her daily devotions here. You can also see a bunch of my favorites here.
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