Pretty soon we were in the foothills. When we tried to call for directions we discovered that we were so far out that our cell phone no longer had any service. This morning we learn that children are like the Canadian Red Maple I planted. God tells Father Abraham they need guideposts to direct them and keep them straight in the growing process. Or, like Ruth and I, they need direction and instruction.
Some parents try the techniques and suggestions of modern psychology.
One couple, following the advice of psychology always give their children a choice. You see, the beauty of this is that in either case the child is choosing to go to bed. Other parents use Dr. Spock or Norman Vincent Peale or maybe some other favorite author as guideposts in raising their children. But the best guideposts of all come from God's Word. So let us look to God's Word and sees what it says to Hendrik and Geri, to other parents or prospective parents, to grandparents, to all the congregation.