Your children live in a culture that is truly upside down. God is irrelevant or mocked in the news media. Prayer is illegal in schools. He has been removed from the history books. The idea of sin and accountability to a holy, righteous God is absent from our government. Pandemics and catastrophic events are connected to random chance, geological and meteorological phenomena, and human error. Your children live in a world that offers no comfort when tragic, unexpected loss occurs.
Do not wait until a catastrophic event happens to talk to your children about God’s interaction with their world. Here are some ways you can prepare your children to remain right-side up in a turbulent world.
Demonstrate it in your own life. As the saying goes, you cannot give what you don’t have. Children know when we are being genuine. The truth of Deuteronomy 6 directly applies here. Whatever is on your heart will be transmitted to their hearts. Ask God for a heart of humility so that, when challenging events come, your faith in his care and goodness will be impressed deeply on the hearts of your children.
Speak openly and frequently about how God is always caring for
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