Christian Foundations
DEVOTIONAL ARCHIVE
by Dennis and Barbara Rainey
Benjamin's revelation was not the end of my surprise. The next day I called the school to object, and I learned no other parents had called. So I called one of the parents and asked if his daughter had said anything about the seminar. He said they hadn't talked about it at all. I then proceeded to tell him some of what she had learned. "I can't believe they shared explicit, perverted material like that with our kids," he said. "It really is sick."
When I asked if he was interested in doing anything about it, his response stunned me: "No, I really don't want to talk to her about this. And, no, I don't want to do anything about it in our community!"
What disturbed me most was that he did not even want to talk to his own daughter about what she had heard in the seminar. In other words, he wasn't willing to get involved in one of the most crucial issues of his daughter's life.
More than anything, your children want you to be involved in their lives. They need more than your time; they need your attention.
It's not just showing up at soccer games with a cellular phone in your pocket. They need your heart knitted to theirs as they make their choices and hammer out their convictions. They need you to help them think about the clothing they wear, the types of people they date and the peer pressure they face.
In order to be a parent worthy of honor you can't just "be there" as much as possible, you have to "be all there."
That's a special challenge for us fathers. Too many of us are too consumed with our careers, preoccupied with our "toys" and hobbies.
Real men with real character act; they take responsibility head on. They may not do it perfectly, but they tackle issues and battlefronts courageously.
Ask God to help you be "all there" at home with your spouse and children.
Discuss: Think of two things you can do during the next week to get more involved in your kids' lives.
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