God's Glory Church

“That is why I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth has its name.” — Ephesians 3:14-15

The garage at my parents’ house holds many memories. For example, on Saturdays, dad would roll the car out into the yard so that we could go about our business inside. My main project was the repair of a randomly found racing card. We put new wheels on it and made a plastic windshield. Then dad stood at the intersection, watching the traffic, and I drove recklessly along the road along the yard. Looking back, I realize that there was more going on in that garage than repairing an old map. There the boy’s character was formed, and the father made a lot of efforts to instill the biblical idea of ​​God.

People were created in God’s image and likeness (Genesis 1:27-28). Raising a child by parents also originates in God, because He is the Father from whom “every family in heaven and on earth has its name” (Eph. 3:14-15). Parents imitate the Creator of all living things, creating new life in the world and taking care of children. They reveal qualities whose source is not in themselves, but in the Heavenly Father. He is the model on which we base our model of parenthood.

My dad wasn’t perfect. Like any father, he did not always follow God’s example in his treatment of me. But often he succeeded, and then I got an idea of ​​how God preserves and directs us. Right there on the concrete garage floor repairing an old kart.

What qualities of God’s nature do good parents reflect? How can you reveal these qualities to others?

Father, help me to raise my children, reflecting before them Your beautiful features.

Author: Sheridan Voysey