Good evening and I hope this message finds you well. This is a little message for the Christian Dad's and Mum's out there to consider and maybe give me some of your thoughts about this subject. Now, this is a well known saying in Scotland and as far as I'm aware, many on this forum are from the US so if you've never heard it, it's basically a saying of a season in a young child's life where they push the boundaries and see how far they can take certain things with their parents. I've had many parents say it, "oh no the terrible two's" however my question is, should we take this to be just normal and correct for any child or worldly, in that it has no place in the Christian family.
A little background. My wife and I are associate overseers in our local church and have been for quite some time however, we've taken a more relaxed role in the past couple of years due to God fulfilling his 9 year promise to give us children...glory be to you Jesus....We've had a lot of experience with the youth work which we loved and believe it or not, we have a 19 year old (who is currently on his Christian Gap Year in the States) but that stage of life was quite some time ago for us now. Now it's all fresh again and Emily and David are just amazing and I'm not just saying that, Emily was born first in January 2012 and when I saw her for the first time, she just broke me, so much so that I had an instant bond with her and we've been "Daddy and Emily" ever since.
There we thought God was finished however, I woke up one morning to my wife crouching at the end of the bed with a smile and tears running down her face and she said, "I'm pregnant again". I couldn't believe it and all I said was "you're joking" but it was true and later, May 2013, we had baby David. I thought Emily was a good kid but David is also just a little cracker, I've never been around a child that makes you feel so peaceful before, he smiles and looks at you with such a loving face and we just love him to bits.
It's been quite a road for us and lately, we've been easing back into our role in our local church, I've been up preaching and ministering and boy, it's good to be back, it's been bitter sweet and I've missed the front-lines a great deal so over the next few months hopefully, we'll get back into our routine. It has taught us or more reinforced our beliefs of just how important our children and our family's are in the eyes of the Lord. As and Overseer in the Body of Christ, one of my favorite verses is "if a man can't take care of the things of his own home, how can he take care of the things of the church of God" (1st Timothy 3), in other words, if you can't love your wife and children, if you can't put their needs both spiritually and emotionally before your own, then how are you going to with 20, 30 or 50 people?
It's a verse which has held both Sharon and well on a good and healthy path in the Lord but, we all too often need advice and viewpoints too so, back to my question, is this "terrible two's" saying something that's just a fact of life, or is it something we as Christians should really just dismiss? Your comments would be much appreciated, please can ask that you be respectful concerning the subject of my family however I'm sure we'll receive some great messages. God bless and thanks in advance....
A little background. My wife and I are associate overseers in our local church and have been for quite some time however, we've taken a more relaxed role in the past couple of years due to God fulfilling his 9 year promise to give us children...glory be to you Jesus....We've had a lot of experience with the youth work which we loved and believe it or not, we have a 19 year old (who is currently on his Christian Gap Year in the States) but that stage of life was quite some time ago for us now. Now it's all fresh again and Emily and David are just amazing and I'm not just saying that, Emily was born first in January 2012 and when I saw her for the first time, she just broke me, so much so that I had an instant bond with her and we've been "Daddy and Emily" ever since.
There we thought God was finished however, I woke up one morning to my wife crouching at the end of the bed with a smile and tears running down her face and she said, "I'm pregnant again". I couldn't believe it and all I said was "you're joking" but it was true and later, May 2013, we had baby David. I thought Emily was a good kid but David is also just a little cracker, I've never been around a child that makes you feel so peaceful before, he smiles and looks at you with such a loving face and we just love him to bits.
It's been quite a road for us and lately, we've been easing back into our role in our local church, I've been up preaching and ministering and boy, it's good to be back, it's been bitter sweet and I've missed the front-lines a great deal so over the next few months hopefully, we'll get back into our routine. It has taught us or more reinforced our beliefs of just how important our children and our family's are in the eyes of the Lord. As and Overseer in the Body of Christ, one of my favorite verses is "if a man can't take care of the things of his own home, how can he take care of the things of the church of God" (1st Timothy 3), in other words, if you can't love your wife and children, if you can't put their needs both spiritually and emotionally before your own, then how are you going to with 20, 30 or 50 people?
It's a verse which has held both Sharon and well on a good and healthy path in the Lord but, we all too often need advice and viewpoints too so, back to my question, is this "terrible two's" saying something that's just a fact of life, or is it something we as Christians should really just dismiss? Your comments would be much appreciated, please can ask that you be respectful concerning the subject of my family however I'm sure we'll receive some great messages. God bless and thanks in advance....