Investing in the lives of children: our salvation (see 1Tim 2:15) or ruin:
The son used to be taught by the father. So, when the son learnt what it was taught to him and used it wisely, his father got very elated.
When the son was fool, many people repined against him. How the woman accustomed to stay at home, it was her that received all grievance.
Along the book of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, we can see the great disturbance caused by the fool:
So, be careful about what you teach (or neglect to teach) to your child. After all:
Recall that a tree, when it is new, can be straightened easily. If, however, the tree is left to its own lean, it will grow crooked and, after its stalk become ripe, whatever the attempt to straight this tree will be in vain. Not to mention that the tree can break.
So, have happy new year abiding by the commandment given to Moses. It is so important that it was written twice:
- “The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.” (Pro 10:1).
The son used to be taught by the father. So, when the son learnt what it was taught to him and used it wisely, his father got very elated.
When the son was fool, many people repined against him. How the woman accustomed to stay at home, it was her that received all grievance.
Along the book of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, we can see the great disturbance caused by the fool:
- “To work out evil devices is as laughter to a fool; so wisdom is to a man of understanding.” (Pro 10:23);
- “A wise man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools cries out foolishness.” (Pro 12:23);
- “He who fathers a fool does it to his sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy.” (Pro 17:21).
So, be careful about what you teach (or neglect to teach) to your child. After all:
- “Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” (Pro 22:6)
Recall that a tree, when it is new, can be straightened easily. If, however, the tree is left to its own lean, it will grow crooked and, after its stalk become ripe, whatever the attempt to straight this tree will be in vain. Not to mention that the tree can break.
So, have happy new year abiding by the commandment given to Moses. It is so important that it was written twice:
- “And these words which I command you this day shall be in your heart. And you shall carefully teach them to your sons, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.” (Deu 6:6).
- “Therefore you shall lay up these my words in your hearts and in your souls, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, so that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And you shall teach them to your sons, speaking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. And you shall write them upon the door posts of your house, and upon your gates,” (Deu 11:20).