Would you agree with me that we live in a thankless society?
Many of our kids think they are what we call "entitled." They are looked at by us older generations with distaste because they are lazy, don't want to work, are given everything they want and when they get into trouble, we want to buy their way out of it to avoid labeling them as trouble kids, or worse yet, possible jail times.
Oh yes. Our kids are thankless, and everyday selfish kids make us well aware of it. Especially those that we may be living with. Where or how did they get this way?
But wait. Is it really their fault? Haven't we been teaching them the things they have become? Not every family, of course. But many families.
We sometimes don't teach them truth and how to be unselfish but giving to others. Maybe we didn't learn it from our own parents. Maybe we just don't take the time because we have too many other things on our plates to pay attention.
We don't teach them what the it says in Proverbs of the Bible about training them up in the way they should go so that when they are old they will not depart from it? (Proverbs 22:6)
Do let me tell you that even when we do that, it doesn't mean that they will automatically be a wonderful child growing up, not giving us any grief at all. Because it doesn't. I know of a family that had thought that by raising their boys in the church and doing all that they could to teach them things of God, that they would never rebel. Funny thing was, that as teens one boy was caught smoking pot with the preachers son and the other got a girl pregnant when they were high school age. Both the smoking pot, and sex outside of marriage along with all the other sins they could do were taught in their home and yet they were still violated by these boys. I have since lost track of them but I do know that the one boy married a great girl and has stayed in the church and the other boy took on the responsibility of helping to take care of his baby even though when last I spoke to them, the two weren't married. And to be honest, maybe it was better they not be because they were so young and only God knows if they would have made it together for a life time. I can't say that for them as I don't know their situation. Believe me, I have no room to judge anyone.
The fact is, we are a thankless and not so much a God fearing nation these days. But when we start teaching our kids and even those of us that have grandkids, at a young age about God and our thankfulness to him, we can give our kids a better chance for the next generation to be thankful and God fearing. And by training up a child that way, God promises he will not depart from it when he is old.
One way we can do that is through a hands on project with our kids that is perfect for this season of Thanksgiving. That is to help them make a Thanksgiving Tree. Pinterest has many ideas and directions that can help with making one with your kids for this holiday. I encourage you to check it out at: (867) Pinterest or just go to Pinterest and put Thanksgiving Tree in their search engine. It would be a great project for the kids to do during their time off school next week of if they are off now due to the pandemic.
Thanking God for all things and especially our children who are meant to be a gift from God but because we get so involved in the problems of everyday life, we can get away from the important things he wants us to do in their lives and it is easier sometimes to just give in, when all they really want is our time and love.
Thanks for coming by today. Tomorrow's post will be a project by which you can be a blessing to those around you, so please come back. In the meantime, have a Blessed Day!
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