Then today as I was at church watching Amiyah dance her heart out for Jesus, God started to show me how he set up the family. That the Dad and Mom are supposed to show the children how a husband and wife should act first by their example and then by their instructions. The mom should show and tell the daughters how to treat their husband with respect and submission. How to be and act like a lady. The Father should treasure the daughter so that she feels loved and like a beautiful treasure so she does not go looking for worth in the wrong places. And so that when a man comes that would treat her less than she should be treated the daughter would be able to recognize it and walk away from it. Both roles are important.
Same with a son the Father is to show and instruct how to be a good husband and to love the wife and treat her with love and like a treasure. The Mother is to teach the son how to treat women and how to respect them by speaking kind to them, opening the door, etc.
So it goes in order from being taught at a young age how you should treat your spouse, to treating your spouse, to going to Jesus. That each step is important. For Children are a gift from God and are God's to begin with and marriage is a gift and the spouse is promised to Jesus when He returns and that we are all on loan until Jesus comes and gets us.
So as God was showing me about the Mother teaching the daughter how to act like a lady God then told me He wanted me to take Amiyah out on a Ladies night, to pour into her and love her. To instruct her how to act as a Lady and to show love to her. To teach her how a man should treat her and If he doesn't then she needs to say DUECES. That the one she wants to marry needs to love God first and foremost because she will be loved like she should.
So Amiyah and I dressed up like beautiful Ladies and went to the Olive Garden. It was wonderful night. We had fun like only we can.
Thank you God for what you are teaching me. May I apply it to all that you allow me to encounter on this level.
All yours Daddy,
Dess
2 comments:
I agree with all that you said about teaching our children through example and that if our children see that we, the husband and wife, love and respect eachother, they, the children, will learn what to look for in a spouse and how to love their own children. However, we are able to love and be with our husbands forever, not just temporarily. We can be eternal families, dwelling with our Father in Heaven and our Savior Jesus Christ forever. All together, not separated after death.
It makes me sad to think that I could not be with Jared forever, that it is just this life that we have to be together, this life is a time for us to prepare to meet our God. To be tried and tested so that we can become like him, with our spouses, our eternal companions.
I love to read about your faith and devotion to Christ, I just needed to share my feelings on our spouse's purpose, which is not just a relationship created for this life, but an eternal relationship that our Father in Heaven has blessed us with.
Hmmmm. Sounds like you are doing a lot of thinking about how to care for sons and daughters...
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