Thursday, July 5, 2012

Parenting....

I have not read "Shepherding a Child's Heart" by Ted Tripp, but Sarah did a post about this book here: http://thefabricofcotton.blogspot.com/2012/06/shepherd.html

And she included this amazing quote from the book:

"You must regard parenting as one of your most important tasks while you have children at home. This is your calling. You must raise your children in the fear and admonition of the Lord. You cannot do so without investing yourself in a life of sensitive communication in which you help them understand life and God's world. There is nothing more important. You have only a brief season of life to invest yourself in this task. You have only one opportunity to do it. You cannot go back and do it over.
You live in a culture in which there are opportunities for you to do things unheard of in history. You are presented daily with scores of options for investing your life's energies and creativity...you must therefore prioritize. Parenting is your primary calling. Parenting will mean that you can't do all the things that you could do otherwise. It will mean that you can't develop every interest that comes along. The costs are high...but the benefits far exceed the cost."

Have any of you read this book/recommend it or have other must reads for parents??

2 comments:

  1. Love that book, Rach! And that quote is such a good one. I already needed to be reminded me of within 5 minutes of waking up this morning. :) It's one of my favorites along with Give Them Grace. Miss you love you!

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  2. A Mother's Heart, Gospel Powered Parenting. My favorites!

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