Wednesday, March 11, 2009


Children have a way of disarming us by cutting right to the truth of the matter and seeing things clearly. But though they see, they look to the adult that are important in their life to know how to interpret what they see. As parents and teachers we shape how a child will react to the events around them. Watch a toddler who is learning to walk. If a big fuss is made when the toddler falls down, he learns to cry or make a fuss each time he falls. If no fuss is made and we wait for the child's reaction, with no apparent concern, that toddler will likely just get up and walk some more. A familiar report I have often heard from adult friends goes something like this,"We were so poor when I was a kid, but we did not know we were poor..." Kids are smart, they know more than we give them credit for, so why didn't these children know? Perhaps because they felt secure, taken care of and loved. Perhaps because wealth in their homes was placed somewhere other than in finances. Perhaps because they never saw or felt their parents worry over money. Those children trusted their parents, just like we should trust God that our needs will be met.

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