Wednesday, August 23, 2006
First Day of School
Well today is the first day of school. You would think that it would get easier the second year of school but it sure doesn't feel like it. Caleb started preschool today and Olivia is now in 1st grade. Caleb was so excited this morning that he was up before any of us. Olivia went right to her class and just waved goodbye. It is sometimes hard as a parent to let go of your kids but I am reminded by what God's Word says in the book of Proverbs, "Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it." It is our job as parents to train our kids. We are training them for life. Sometimes we want to hold on to our kids as tight as we can (believe me sometimes I do.) but that is not our job. Our job is help them and train them to become mature Christ-followers. It is our job to let them go so that they can impact the world for Christ. It's not easy but in the end it sure will be worth it all!
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I just read your blog this morning and wanted to share what someone told me when our girls were younger. My job was to guide them into being mature, responsible Christian adults. Then to remember to praise God when my job was done. I am not sure that it is ever done but praise God that He does things in small doses...going to pre school, school, college, moving away from home to their own place, getting married (that one seemed especially hard), moving to another state. I sure glad it wasn't "moving to another state" when they turned 5!
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