When we have no discipline and no direction, we're leaving our kids to wilt spiritually.
This happens when we're inconsistent in " watering" their spiritual lives (no discipline) and when we don't understand all that they need to thrive (no direction). It's an easy trap to fall into when we're busy. Our spiritual training ends up being a mealtime prayer here and there, a wishy-washy commitment to church, and occasional references to the Bible thrown in for good measure (especially when someone's behaving badly). If guilt takes over, we may "drench" our kids with more church activities or devotionals for a while, but for many kids, it's too little, too late.
I knew from teaching in the public school system that I wanted to send my kids to a private Christian school. What concerned me most is the culture of the kids. Today's kids think every thing should be given to them. They curse non stop, disrespect authority, have no will to learn, do not respect themselves and want nothing to do with God. I feel bad because most of them have a traumatic home life. I just do not want my kids to be swayed by the culture we live in. Then you have the side of can we afford private school? Do I really want to have a double mortgage/college tuition payment from the time they are born through college?
We spend so much time wanting other people to raise and to educate our kids but the first place education should take forth is at home.
I love the summers off because my routine is a Christian Home School approach. When I'm back at work I'm often left with no energy to come back to my own kids. Often they are shoved in front of a TV while I get dinner and prep lunches for the next day. I try for a Bible story at bedtime but if bath time runs late well then you know.
So Let's Begin. HELP OUR KIDS TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES
1. Why is it important to learn about the evidence for God's existence in nature?
To get kids thinking about this subject ask, "How do you know God exists?"
Be sure to affirm that personal experience is important in the life of a Christian, but explain why it's also important to understand the objective evidence God has given us in nature.
2. Clarify Terminology. Kids need to know exactly what certain words and concepts mean so they don't get ambushed or confused when hearing others professions. Let's start with these:
An Atheist: Is someone who believes there is no God.
An Agnostic: is someone who believes nothing is known or can be known about the existence
or nature of God.
A Skeptic: is a broader catchall category of people who reject the claims of Christianity.
A Theist: is someone who believes in a God who interacts with his creation (for example,
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all theistic faiths).
3. Help kids remember the evidence by teaching them to memorize the"big three" questions that are heavily debated in today's world.
Where did the universe come from?
Where did life come from?
Where did our moral understanding come from?
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