Ephesians 6:1–4 | As we continue in our verse-by-verse series through
Ephesians, we’ve entered a section dealing with relationships dynamics in
the home. And this week, the parent/child relationship is up!
Let’s be honest – parenting is hard! Sleepless nights caring for the
physical needs of infant babies turn into sleepless nights waiting up for
teenagers to come home by curfew. So much of parenting is difficult, but it
is so, so good. Every second you invest and every effort you make is worthy
of the time and energy.
In talking with parents, most feel like they’re doing a bad job. It’s like
baking a cake that you have to wait 25 years to see if you put in the right
ingredients and the cake keeps deciding stuff for itself. If you open the
oven and look today, of course, it’s still gooey in the middle! It’s not
fully baked yet.
So let’s start with this question: how do you honestly evaluate your
parenting? What is it that makes you feel like you’re doing a good job? Or
a bad job? More importantly, what do you really want for your children? And
what environment is going to cultivate it?
What makes the home spiritually healthy?