I just finished reading the book
Teach them Diligently by Lou Priolo.
I have had this book for years and have many people told me how good it is, but just never got around to reading it. Well, the Lord always has perfect timing and this was just the right window for me to read this book. I have to admit, I found it a little dry and
methodological. But the message was important and something I really needed to hear.
I have been having a lot of disciplinary struggles with my 7yo--the extremely active one. There are many areas in which he does need to grow and change, but how unfair it has been of me to expect a certain level of behavior from him without first equiping him and training him in righteousness. I was very convicted to be constantly using the Scriptures to teach and train my children. In doing this, I can be more proactive than reactive. Also, when the time does come to correct, I can use the previous training in what the Scriptures say regarding the area of offense.
I am somewhat overwhelmed at the long road ahead, but also encouraged that if I am faithful to teach the Scriptures diligently to my children, the Lord will produce a harvest of righteousness in them.
"And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates." Deut 6:6-7
Cindy Rushton
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