Last week I introduced 2 wooden balls to her. At first I placed the balls in front of her within her reach. She managed to grasp them well but since they are round in shape, they tend to roll away easily. She would scream for my help (she started learning how to scream at the highest pitch) and of course I helped to bring the balls back. After a few rounds, I started placing the balls at a further distance and as expected she screamed for my help but this time round I sat there quietly and gave her few minutes to figure out. She started by using 'eye power' but of course that did not work. She tried stretching her hands and wiggling her fingers but couldn't reach as well. She then started raising her butt and moved her legs forward.
Yes, she got it! She figured it out!
Life is definitely not a smooth sailing one. Not everything that we want, we get it. A lot of times, it requires our perseverance.
Romans 5:3-5 says; Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
We, as her parents, hope to prepare her for the road and not the road for her. Instead of helping her or trying to remove all obstacles and pave the way for her, we should instead equip her to deal with the difficulties she will encounter on the road ahead. No matter what lies ahead on the road through life, we hope she's prepared and equipped to face it in the strength of the Lord.
It’s a wonderful privilege and responsibility of us as parents to share God’s Word and His plan for our lives with the next generation and the generations to come. The greatest inheritance that we can give to our next generation is not material kind, but God's Word.
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