GUARD YOUR CHILDREN’S FRIENDS

Proverbs 13:7 was one of my favorite Scriptures in raising our children: “He that walks with wise men will be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.” Many wonderful parents cannot understand how their teenagers go astray. Most times it is because they have got in with the wrong crowd.

Guard your children’s souls and minds. Guard their friends. That’s why so many concerned parents homeschool their children today. They do not want to put their children into an environment where they can be led astray by ungodly children.

Of course many will immediately respond with the comment that they send their children to school to be a witness. Dear young parents, our young children are not ready to be sent among the wolves. They are only lambs. Many teenagers are still not strong enough.

I certainly don’t believe in keeping our children at home forever. We train them to send out into this sinful and dark world to bring God’s light and truth. But we don’t send them out . . .
Until they are ready.
Until they are strong.
Until they are ready to face the wolves.
Until they can “withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand” against the foe that comes against them (Ephesians 6:13).
Until they come to that place in their hearts where they love righteousness and hate evil and therefore will say No to all temptation.
Until they are established in the truth of God’s Word and can therefore discern all the deceptive garbage that fills our society.

Until then we have a big job getting them ready. This is our responsibility as parents which we cannot take lightly.

Blessings to you and your children,

Nancy Campbell