Responsible parenting has been the table topic for centuries more so in recent years. Every parent has his or her own style of parenting inherited from their own parents, friends or Oprah Shows. Most of the parents want to be friends, guardians and well wisher or even a neighbor or a stranger instead of being a parent. Recent statistics shows that the maximum number of abortion happens in our country. Most parents teach their children the way to success: in their opinion the way to success is more important than the way to happiness. And most parents think also that the success or failure of children doesn’t concern the parents at all. He or she works hard and passes with flying colors; he smokes pot so he is jail, she was bad so she goes through abortion – I have nothing to do! Parenthood ends somewhere down the line when they are 10 or 12!God shows us the model of his parenthood.
1. Shepherd symbolizes the total sacrifice of God for his people. God is the Shepherd for all Christians as a parent for a child. His parenthood is a full time vocation. It takes in a lot of love and sacrifice. Every family should have the humility to accept that no family is perfect. In our striving to become perfect the parents have to be doubly careful in providing for the growth of the child. Child grows so as parents! Parents grow as parents all their life. The moment you think you are the best parent in PA, you start to go down. No child grows wholly with just the efforts of the parents. The child needs a society. There is swine flu virus outside; there is swine flu virus inside.
1. Shepherd symbolizes the total sacrifice of God for his people. God is the Shepherd for all Christians as a parent for a child. His parenthood is a full time vocation. It takes in a lot of love and sacrifice. Every family should have the humility to accept that no family is perfect. In our striving to become perfect the parents have to be doubly careful in providing for the growth of the child. Child grows so as parents! Parents grow as parents all their life. The moment you think you are the best parent in PA, you start to go down. No child grows wholly with just the efforts of the parents. The child needs a society. There is swine flu virus outside; there is swine flu virus inside.
2. Shepherd symbolizes the total responsibility of God for his people. Children need to see parents pray and live out the gospel values. Children need to see parents do good. The 99 saw the good deeds of God in His search of the lost. The devil has no responsibility so he could be reckless and cruel in killing. Most of the toys in the market are guns or guys holding guns! Does it talk about the children or the adult society?
3. Shepherd symbolizes the search of the lost! Do the parents make necessary steps in knowing where the children are at? When was the last time you voluntarily contacted the class teacher to talk about the behavior of your child? Do you know your children’s best friends and their background? We presume a lot of things bringing up our children. The family is acclaimed as the first educator of faith and transmitter of human virtues and values. When do I know my son or my daughter needs m: before or during or after the fall?
4. Shepherd symbolizes a legacy left behind by God for the church. Eulogies talk about the exaggerated version of the actual life of a person! In truth what do we leave behind for our children? Children should be proud to tell others how much you mean to them. What is the greatest thing of which you are proud of your father – What have you leant from your father so far? What have you learnt from your mother so far?
Let us pray that all our leadership in our families and society be blessed by God. Every leadership has its origin in God and gets strength in God. As imitators of the Good Shepherd let us be prepared to take risks and extend the limits of Christian parenthood to the life of holiness and life of responsibility which leads us to the life happiness. Amen
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