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Mothers Day
Proverbs 22:6 (NRSV) \\ 6 Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray.
Add - If you can get your child to age 21 without using drugs or cigarettes you are virtually home free.
(High Society, Joe Califano book)
Today we celebrate Mothers and the life they gave to us.
May I have a moment of personal privilege and say thank you to my mom for being the greatest mom in the world.
Help me complete this saying:
If I told you once, I’ve told you….
The early bird gets …
Proverbs – advice for living
Parenting invites advice- wanted or not
But Parenting is a rather Tricky Business.
· It is full of ups and downs, highs and lows.
· It is full of risks—(and hopefully)—of rewards.
· Success and Setbacks
What is the main Goal in raising Children?
Exactly what is the job of parenting and What is the Right Way?
Some parents would say:
· To teach our children to be successful.
Others would propose To make them productive.
· Internet site: To work yourself out of a job.
I really didn’t have to go to the internet.
There is an incredible wealth of knowledge right here in the congregation.
Most of that knowledge is from personal experience and hard knocks
It means—No one gets it just right.
There is a lot of trial and error.
But we want to be helpful to each other so we share our wisdom.
This week I polled my Tuesday class on advice they had for current parents.
I gave them just five minutes to real off their advice.
I have to say they were excited.
Before I share their remarks, I caution you that they have permission to stand up and clap, our to call out if they hear one they contributed or if they just concur strongly.
Let’s see if they have the guts:
· Communicate Unconditional Love
o Footnote: Sometimes means it must be Tough Love
· Always Keep Communications lines open
· Be a parent first-- not a friend
· Teach “Follow Through” (persistence) and manners
· Be consistent
· Teach Recovery from setbacks.
Failure is an opportunity for learning experience
· Pray a lot
· Most important values,
o honesty, Admitting to mistakes
· spend time.
· Teach by example (they will copy you!)
Proverbs were written about 2500 years ago.
Some are attributed to Solomon, who was of course, the widom Guru.
It is advice for daily living that emerges from the community and not necessarily directly inspired by God.
It stands the test of time.
In advice that is The Bible puts it
6 Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray.
So ‘Job One’ is to train up our children and youth with hope and expectation of a life long encounter with the living God.
In this way they never need to fear being lost or separated from God.
Shema: Love God
Preparing our children for the future means equipping them for whatever life throws their way.
We guide and instruct to give them the tools they need.
This includes education, & skills but also values and purpose.
Programming.
To raise kids in Orange County is to have access to very good programming.
· We have excellent schools public and private
· Low crime rate
· Virtually Unlimited opportunities to sports teams and elite training
· Fantastic Music (at least here at church)
· Good Youth groups
In short, everything you need to give your kids the best opportunity to succeed.
That is why a lot of people have moved here to raise kids.
That is why many go on to great opportunities.
There is a great Program!
But programs alone – even Programs here at church is not enough.
Kids need to know what it looks like to live a life walking with God!
As someone said, “You don’t need to be a Christian to give them all these advantages.”
We really need to move from Programs to Preparation.
Parenting is like bike riding.
I got to thinking about our parenting experience and went back to our early years.
When our children were young we would ride our bikes as a family to the park, normally on Saturday.
Depending on how old the kids were, they might start in a back pack, move to a seat behind me above the back wheel or when it got crowded, to a towing trailer that I would mostly pull.
Eventually they would get a bike with training wheels, the wheels would come off, and finally.
Emily and My our job as parents was twofold.
· To teach them how to ride
· To get them to the park and back safely.
· As the verse says: Teach them in the right way so they arrived safely.
We equipped them with gear: helmets, reflectors horns
Taught teach the safe places to cross the street, avoid cars.
At some point the training and safety training is ingrained enough and the kids try a solo trips off to friends or school.
As we taught them we began to let go.
Our hope always was they wouldn’t get lost, kidnapped or hit by a car.
Most other things we could probably handle.
But we still modeled, taught, listened and reviewed.
Every parent asks themselves, “How will I protect my kids from the world?
after I have done my job and they leave the protection of the nest or the watchful eye of the defender.
One well meaning mother was concerned about that very issue as her only son prepared to go off to college.
No doubt some of you are asking the same questions.
In an effort to protect him from harmful influences She wrote this letter to the college president:
"Dear Sir: My son has been accepted for admission to your college and soon he will be leaving me.
I am writing to ask that you give your personal attention to the selection of his roommate.
I want to be sure that his roommate is not the kind of person who uses foul language, or tells off-color jokes, smokes, drinks, or chases after girls.
I hope you will understand why I am appealing to you directly.
You see, this is the first time my son will be away from home, … except for his three years in the Marine Corps."
We want to protect our kids from all harm by removing all bad influences.
But that is impossible.
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