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Walking, exploring pathways has been a love of my life. Daily I walked the pathways in Oxford. Quiet times of prayer, dreaming, pondering life on these pathways shaped my decisions and destiny. Scripture is filled with walking and pathways verses. It is a vibrant metaphor of our journey through life. God led me to walk a less traveled road, and my children followed my pattern.
When your children walk with you, are you leading to follow pathways of God’s desires?
Can they look at your seasoned responses, insightful understanding of people, steadfast fortitude in difficult times as they walk the moments of your daily life with you? Children watch us, listen when we talk to others, see us in public. Our lives are the walk that our children will imitate.
Pathways of children's lives today are a battlefield of conformity. With relative morality, temptation, confusing voices, compromise of ideals, secular media values, opposing opinions. Where will our children find clarity, strong, secure values to embrace?
We walk with integrity, giving confidence step by step, staying close to them, holding their hand, and gently showing them sure footsteps to follow.
No matter how old your children become, you are their example. They will always look at you to see faith lived out in the day to day, how to interact with God. The longer you provide wisdom based on truth, the more they consider your advice as they walk their own adult journey. They learned to trust their "path guide" on the trail of life we walked together, day by day. And now, as adults, they guide me on pathways of wisdom.
We lead the way, set righteous direction for the paths our children will follow. Teaching them to walk truly never ends.
Paul reminds us, "Do not be conformed to this world," Following ways of Jesus requires a road less traveled.
Verses to ponder: "He who walks with the wise will be wise, A companion of fools suffers harm." Proverbs 13:20
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, That shines brighter and brighter until the full day” Proverbs 4: 18
Tea Time Tuesday filled with thoughts about walking in righteousness.