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How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.
Psalm 1:1-2
With warm mugs of coffee in hand, ease of mood and cheer of heart, the kids were sitting around repeating all of the mantras they heard over and over again throughout their lives.
“Mama, the funny thing is, I hear your voice every day of my life, everywhere I go. And the funny thing is, it keeps directing me to make good decisions.”
We all walk by the voices in our head. Today, Nathan and I recorded a podcast about his new book, The Way of Kings, and what it looks like to walk in the wise counsel of the king of kings.
Sometimes we don’t think our children are listening to our repeated in instruction. Yet, I believe that “Train up a child in the way he should go,” is a part of shaping brain pathways of truth and morality in the minds and even the souls of our children as they shape their values.
One of the mantras they heard over and over again was, “Wrong is always wrong even if everyone is doing it. Right is always right even if no one is doing it.”
Nathan, and all my children, as they have gone into very compromising places of thought and behavior, (Hollywood, New York City, Boston, Oxford, Cambridge), have said that developing this wisdom as a part of making decisions has helped them not to compromise. Having foundations of truth give strength amidst the important temptations, decisions of adult life. Understanding that the world is a place of compromise, and that we were called to be holy, set apart–light in the darkness, salt in a tasteless world, prepared my children to go into very challenging arenas, armed with an understanding of what the battle would become, and how they would be tested.
Nathan’s new book will inspire you to lead your children in the ways of wisdom, truth and virtue. And to celebrate its release tomorrow, I’d like to giveaway a copy of his book and a sword!
You can enter on Instagram by following me (@sally.clarkson) and Nathan (@nathanjclarkson) and tagging a friend in the comments, or on Facebook by tagging a friend in the comments, and you will be entered to win a play foam-sword (a replica Frodo’s sword from The Lord of the Rings!) for the young warrior in your life as well as a copy of Nathan’s book, The Way of Kings.
