Bad times! There are times parents do not have enough resources to meet the needs of their children, times when things are just unpleasant and quite difficult to figure out.
Lack of sufficient funds causes some changes in people's character, but is it a time to speak harshly to the children when they present their request?
They are so fragile and tender. What we fail to understand is that, no matter how young they are, they sometimes understand what their parents are going through, so they also feel the pain as much as you do.
The father of faith (Abraham)... There was nothing to use for the sacrifice, but when Isaac asked him about it... Abraham said, "God will provide" and God eventually did. That struck my heart in the middle of this right up.
Yes, we understand that things are not fine but in order not to aggravate their pains, parents should rather speak pleasant words to them.
It is a time to hide your tears and summon the courage to smile so that they can be fine.
It is a time to apologize for not calling them (cos we do not have airtime, especially when they're in distant places like school) instead of saying words like "must I call you all the time?"
It is a time to say to them... "Don't worry, I will make it up to you, just pray for God's blessings".... Remember that they are the heritage of the Lord and they must be treated as such.
Finally, we all have a wonderful parent, after making our children okay, we can then cast our burden unto God through Jesus & things will miraculously fall in place.
~ Deborah Ajala, 2016 (modified in 2019).
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