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God Bless you!!

まことのいのちを得るために…
……so that they may TAKE HOLD OF THE LIFE THAT IS TRULY LIFE.
(第一テモテ6章18節 写真はミルトスの花)

子どもという偶像

 とりあえずメモのみ。

Tim Keller remarked at the Gospel Coalition conference this past year that "there are all kinds of parents out there who are essentially thinking in their heart of hearts, 'if my children are happy, if my children are believers, if my children are worth something, then I am successful.' If you view you children not as good things, but as ultimate things, then your children are idols." The same is true in the reverse. If our children are unhappy, not believers, and struggling in life, then parents will look at themselves as a failure. Fields article highlights our need as parents to trust God in faith to do the things for our children that only God can do. It does us good to remember the crucial words Jonah prayed from the belly of a fish; "Salvation belongs to the Lord!"
(From http://www.philipmeade.com/myth-of-the-perfect-parent)

文中登場するフィールズの記事は、私も去年の秋に見つけて、とても励まされ、慰められた。サクセスフルな子どもを育てることでなく、親としての召しに忠実であることこそ、神さまが親に求めていることなのだと教えられた。またいずれゆっくり取り上げたいんだけど… 

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