So yesterday I was discussing the awesome responsibility of being a father. Why? Because our children look us and who we are will shape who THEY are. Who we are will also color their understanding of God the Father.
My wife told me yesterday that our son (17 months) and his friend (20 months)who she looks after were playing "daddies". This consists mostly of picking up a bag and "going to work" (waving goodbye and walking around the corner.) It also consists of wrapping up their suffed animals and putting them to bed (I and my son's friend's father put them to bed regularly - although my wife has done the bulk of it [because she's GREAT!])
The point: THEY'RE WATCHING! I knew this. But when you see them doing the very things that you do, it hits home. If this isn't sobering, I don't know what is. I know they have their own personalities and make their own choices, but our influence will last their whole lives. How will I (we) influence our children? Sobering, indeed.
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