Day 107 - Training Up Our Children

This isn't the greatest photo of my children, but it's cute. Here they are, in snowsuits and boots and hats and gloves, getting ready to go sledding with me on a nearby hill.

See the cute little Thanksgiving pilgrim cutouts in the front room window? My youngest made those with her nanny. So cute!

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Today my husband and I went over Proverbs 22:6:

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."

Thankfully now my husband CAN train up our children, as well. :)

I read a little ditty on this scripture. The arabic word for "way" literally means "bent." In ancient days when men and soldiers actually found a piece of wood and built their own bows and arrows, each one was so unique in design and feel that they had their own unique "bents," and the owner would spend days and weeks practicing with their new arrow until it made the perfect mark.

The same is true when we raise our children.

Each child is unique and we, as parents, must learn their unique "bent" and train them accordingly.

We must take time to study our children, learn them, and then teach them accordingly.

And when they are old, they will not depart from it.

How amazing is THAT!?