Proverbs 24-27 Family

This kind of wisdom, when understood, helps to prepare our kids for the real world, and in fact in 24:3 I read, “It takes wisdom to have a good family, and it takes understanding to make it strong.  It takes knowledge to fill a house with rare and beautiful treasures (That’s what my boys are to me).”

 

Some important things I read today:  “Making foolish plans is sinful … A gentle word can get through to the hard-headed … If your enemy is hungry, feed him.  If he is thirsty, give him a drink (works well when your child has chose to act like your enemy)…. A quarrelsome person keeps an argument going (in other words, they act as fuel for the argument)… It is better to correct someone openly than to have love and not show it (in other words, correcting shows love) … The slap of a friend can be trusted to help you.”

 

Father, give me wisdom each day in this job of being a father.  Children see love expressed in the boundaries we set for them.  They know it instinctively, whether their minds admit it or not.  Help me not to shy away from correction, but also remind me that a gentle word can get through to the hard-headed.

 

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford