JUST A THOUGHT>>>

parents don't just teach your kids to say a prayer, but take them with you when you spend your time with the Lord...  Let them participate in hearing God speak to you.  They may not hear it audibly, but they will see it.  There is nothing more powerful than God's presence.  Here is where we are changed.  Our children will know that He is real when transformation happens right before their eyes.  There is no denying this type of intimacy.  God allows, we, as parents to watch our children grow.  He allows us to see the miracle of rapid growth... How our kids go from an infant to toddler in just a few short months.  I think about how fast Jere has grown.  I don't remember the exact day that i quit feeding and let him do it himself.  Nor do i remember the Day he became too big for me to carry.  I don't remember the exact moment his feet got bigger than mine, but it seems it has happened RIGHT in front of my eyes.  The thing is... my eyes have not gone very long at ALL without seeing his face.  Yet it seems SO different than just a year ago... POINT IS... God allows us to see this miracle to teach us just as we teach them.  LET YOUR CHILDREN SEE YOU.  Let your sons watch you cry and fight things out with the Lord.  Just as you have watched your children cry and fight things out.  Let them IN... As adults when we allow ourselves to be nurtured by the Lord (just as we nurture our children) we grow RAPIDLY... maybe not physically.. but mentally, emotionally, in security, and wisdom.  We grow in our lacks and insecurities.  We grow to be better parents and just like we can't pin point the day we can see the process.  When we allow them to go with us in our conversations with God... They too will learn our processes in this type of relationship.  Just like they will learn to speak by hearing YOUR words.  They will learn to hear God's voice by listening to how YOU respond when He speaks to you.  Just as children learn that you are your parents child... they need to know that you are God's child.  NOT just some "man of God" or "woman of God".  Let's learn to be real with ourselves so we can be real with our kids.  Let's love God as our Daddy.  Let's love our children as good parents.  Let's let our children see us be children with our Daddy.  I believe as we become more loving children we will teach our children to be more loving children.   -khristen