Our Children are a Heritage from the Lord
Different parents ‘see’ their children differently.
Some may see their children as ‘theirs’, a ‘belonging’ where the ‘owner’ can do anything he likes towards it.
Some may see them as ‘prized possession’.
(How do you view and regard your own little ones so far?)
Anyway, with regards to this topic, today I’d like to share with you some insightful points shared by Ev. Maria Mazo during our ‘Spiritual Formation for Children’ class the other week.
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Psalm 127:3
“Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from Him.”
(New International Version)
“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him.”
(New Living Translation)
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The word ‘Heritage’ generally refers to something that is of high value, something that’s preserved.
And if you’re referring to a particular heritage found in a city or a country, it is owned by the nation, NOT by the president who governs the country at any particular time.
Psalm 127 refers to children as ‘Heritage from the Lord’, and that means they are entrusted by God to parents.
These little ones belong to Him. They’re not ours.
They’re ‘a gift from the Lord‘
As they’re ‘entrusted’ to parents, parents will therefore be asked for their accountability one day, ie. for the way they’ve raised the little ones throughout the years.
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Parents who understand this concept (of children being a heritage from the Lord) will :
– see that children are NOT a property whom they can abuse, neglect or possess
– realise how they can never raise their children based on their own strength, wisdom or personal ambition
– realise that if God has entrusted these little ones to us, then HE will also give enough grace and strength for us to go through all the ups and downs of parenting
– learn to be actively involved and responsible parents
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Food for thought.
Have a great weekend, everyone.
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byihui:
Thanks so much for the encouraging words.
In this day and age, choosing to put career as no. 2 after our children may not be seen as a ‘wise choice’. I still sometimes get that from people (who know my education background and my decision to NOT pursue a fulltime career).
I believe it’s a decision that’s ours to make though, and if our standpoint is strong and clear, we can be unaffected by what we hear …
Thanks again for sharing … do share your views on others posts too yeah …
hi leonny, i love your posts on parenting, the trials and challenges amidst the joy and laughter of bringing up your children. Reading your thoughts and views on parenting always serve to encourage me and make me thankful that the Lord has chosen to entrust into me and hubby’s hands, our precious daughter. Your posts also never fail to affirm that choosing to put our dd above my career is one of the best choices I could have made in life. thank you n do keep writing abt your parenting experiences!
Yen:
Ooo .. so you’re from Karawaci! Sure I tell them when they’re back in Singapore ya 🙂
Btw, you all are most welcome to come, learn together and worship at GRII Spore anytime ya 🙂
Bing:
Hey thanks 🙂
The other day I saw a tee-shirt with b/w photos printed on the front … which inspired me to the bw collage for this post! 😀
PS: having such b/w collage printed on a tee for ourselves would be a nice idea too … hmmmm, may be we’ll get it done one day 🙂
Tracey:
Hi hi … we all go through down moments from time to time, don’t we? This post serves as a reminder to myself too all the time …
And someone shared, it is actually through difficult times in our life that we get to ‘learn’ more. Hope things are better on your side …
Bu Maria and Pak Rommy used to be our mentor while we were all in Karawaci. Wow, yeah I’ll stop by one of these day. Please pass my best regards to the Mazo, tell her it’s Yenyen- Tritan’s friend. I hope they remember. They were such sweetheart!
Oh, I love photo collages like these, especially in B&W! Great shots!
wonderful thoughts, leonny. was having a ‘down’ week in parenting past week and this came as a timely reminder.