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Have You Lost Your Parenting Perspective?

Have You Lost Your Parenting Perspective?

If waking, working and winding down at the end of another very long day brings you emptiness and questions as to whether or not you have truly invested into your family, then perhaps you are stuck in the rut of routine.

Are we following strict schedules made for our families, never stepping into areas unchartered, and hoping predictable patterns will bring happiness to our children?  The curious thing about such a lifestyle is that we end up tired and trying to figure where the joy went in all of the comfort.

For somewhere along the way, we discover that despite all of our planning and security, we are living passionless lives.

And our parenting perspective grows blurry and stirs up a fear in us: are we missing something? something big that might be key to raising good and godly kids?

The big picture for families? It’s this: a God-ward redemptive perspective.

I am not the owner of my children, but the manager.

When I focus on WHOM I am accountable to in raising my children, I am then challenged to grow stronger, more passionate children who don’t care about their own comfort and want to act and love by faith, not fear.

We are stewards of the family God gave to us.  Declaring a vision and mission over them — one with a God-ward redemptive perspective — will change the way we see everything: time and money, routines and relationships.

Looking toward God pulls us from the rut of a passionless daily life where we can stop playing it safe, stop agonizing over the things that we don’t know or living so cautiously that we fear possibilities of pain and failure.

Have you ever written a family mission statement?

A good steward follows God’s precepts and plans, realizing the bigger picture is not always visible.  The one sure thing we do know? His plan is always best.

Living a life as an example of Christ to our children takes courage and wisdom.  Stepping out of our comfort zone to show them the light may mean letting some of our own comforts, schedules and time go.   Every day we will be challenged to grow kingdom changers.  We need to walk the path before they will step out behind us.

Pursue your family with a vision and a passion that will change their perspective toward Heaven.

What is keeping you from stepping into the unsure places with your family this week?

Are you willing to stir up your schedules for more time with the Lord?  Are you willing to serve outside your comfort zone?

We are accountable to be good stewards to the One True Owner of our children’s hearts and lives.  Let’s change the world, one family at a time.

Blessings,

September

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About September McCarthy

Dan and September have been married for 24 years, and are raising their family with a vision to reach the hearts of their children with a bigger Kingdom purpose than themselves.

September has a heart for encouraging women in motherhood.  While home educating her 10 children and keeping her home, she has written an e-book to the heart of women, titled Hula Hoop Girl. Her book encourages women to find their identity in Christ, and to not take on more than He has intended. Her journey through loss and tragedy has taught her to be sensitive to the pain in other’s lives.

September ministers and mentors with discipleships, speaking, and writing. She writes at One September Day, and is a contributing writer for MODsquad, Allume and Mom Heart. Dan and September are Conference founders for Raising Generations Today, a conference in the northeast, with a strong vision for families.

Living the rural life, with barefoot toes, planting seeds, raising chickens, and soaking up the goodness of God’s glory, she finds her favorite place to be is home. Between laundry and life – her heart is to encourage. Connect with September on Facebook and Twitter .

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Comments

  1. Jacqueline says

    August 28, 2014 at 11:24 am

    Thank you- great encouragement and affirmation for where I am today. I decided to throw school out the window and just worship and pray in the afternoon yesterday. Regroup and refocus.

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