Luke 11:9-11 "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
11"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13If you then though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
This passage I have chosen for the blob this week because I am personally struggling with it. Sometimes I struggle with giving my children what they ask for and not just what I think they deserve or need. This is much easier with my youngest because I still feel that I know what she needs and what is best for her, but the older children asks for things that I know they either don't need, should be getting for themselves at this point in their lives, or are just plain trying to take advantage. "Tough Love" is VERY hard for me, and even harder for my husband at times. I also struggle with "teaching" them a lesson, or feeling like I am depriving them of essentials needs.
For this blog....I guess all I am looking for are thoughts on the passage, advice on grown children rearing....etc. Just asking for some help! Thanks and happy blogging!
As you said previously, the best thing you can do for your children, grown or still at home, is pray for them. Even God doesn't give us everything we ask for. That is why we should pray God's will, not ours. Sometimes in His infinite wisdom he knows what we truly need and don't need. Perhaps before answering our childrens requests we should turn in prayer and seek the answers from the One with the wisdom.
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