Raising Godly Tomatoes

I have been reading a great book online called Raising Godly Tomatoes suggested by a friend. I have found lots of great wisdom from this book...you ought to check it out. It gives great biblical ways to discipline. I am currently in chapter 6 and I wanted to share with you something I read this morning.

Knowing God Guides Us to Guide our Children
In order to woo your child's heart toward godliness, you must know God and His ways yourself. You must recognize and understand fallen, prideful human nature and its rebellion against God, and you must accept God's remedy – the perfect, sacrificial work of Christ, wrought by His crucifixion and resurrection.

Once that is accomplished, further knowledge and understanding of scripture enables us to know the character of God, what he requires of us, what we are to emulate, and what we are to be teaching our children. Written to and about human beings, the Bible is saturated with examples of every species of behavior. It is our one essential divine textbook for understanding the hearts of both God and men.

This Biblical understanding of human nature enables us to reflect back on how we thought and acted as a child ourselves. If we can remember what we were like, it will help us to discern the deepest thoughts and motivations of our children. So make scripture reading your constant habit. Let the Bible reveal to you God’s heart; then let it reveal to you your own heart and then to help you in discerning and directing the hearts of your children.

… the LORD weighs the hearts.
- Proverbs 21:2