But I would add another that would be the most important of all: Introduce your child to a vibrant faith in the living God. In a previous blog, I noted how today’s parents place a ridiculously low priority on their children embracing their faith. Which, of course, speaks volumes about the priority those parents place on their faith.
When a teenage girl faces this complex world divorced from the anchor of faith, she will be tossed mercilessly by the waves of the cultural and social sea. Does it even enter her mind to pray? To seek out Christian support? Does she even have a Christian community of peers? Does she know to rely on the power and presence of the Holy Spirit coursing through her spiritual veins to gain peace beyond all understanding in the face of the world’s torments? Is her self-esteem grounded in how God views her?
I believe that parents are increasingly learning that, in attempting to provide their children everything the world has to offer, they have neglected to provide their child with the most important thing of all, which is what the world does not have.
But God does.
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