Peter Dubbelman
Family Life/Administrative Pastor
Of course, our careers are important. Your company may even suffer a setback in your absence. Yet, as valuable as we would like to think we are, we can easily be replaced at work. But nobody can take our place as a parent. Who else but you can love your children as they need to be loved?
Both George Washington and Abe Lincoln attributed their success in life to the moral, intellectual, and physical education they received from their mother. Yes, there are many people who have actually succeeded in life, from God’s point of view, without coming from a good family; however, usually these people had to learn things the hard way, often at a great cost to them and those around them.
A lot of people work for many reasons: self esteem; a need to be productive, a desire to make a mark on society, a need to provide for their family. None of these reasons are by themselves wrong; however, if they are done at the cost of impacting our children and consistently being there for them, things are out of priority.
Most of our jobs have short term impact; but, all of our children will affect this world for a long time to come, whether in a godly or ungodly way. Often which effect our children have on this world has a lot to do with whether we parent them properly.
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