“If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not ...

On Parenting
From a book entitled God’s Little Devotional book for Dads
(But moms can learn from it too!!)
Happy is the child who happens in upon his parent from time to time to see him on his
knees,….or going aside regularly, to keep times with the Lord.
“Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord, seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face
evermore” - Psalm 205:3,4
“You must have a good heart,” one man said to his child,” if you are going to act right in this
world.” And then in illustrating his point he continued, “Suppose my watch was not keeping time
very well. Would it do any good if I went to the town clock, and made the hands of my watch
point exactly the same as those of the larger clock in the square? No, of course not!! Soon my
watch would be just as inaccurate as before. Rather, I should take my watch to a watchmaker, or
to a jewelry store that repairs watches. It is only when my watch has been cleaned and repaired
that its hands will be able to keep time accurately all day long.”
When we spend time in prayer, we are, in like manner, going to the Heart Maker, asking Him to
“clean and repair our hearts” from the damage caused by sins we have committed. We are asking
Him to put us right again on the inside, so that we can more clearly discern right from
wrong. When our children see us doing this, they are much more likely to go to the Heart Maker
when they feel their own lives in disarray or “out of sync” – rather than turn to the world and reset
their souls according to its standards and priorities.
There are many ways to measure success; not the least of which is the way your child describes
you when talking to a friend.
Two little boys were discussing their lives one day, including the various behavioral patterns of
their parents. One boy finally asked, “Does your Daddy sit in the den a lot after he comes home
from work?
“No,” his friend replied, “he growls all over the place at our house.”