Legacies from a Christian Home
Train Up a Child in the Way He Should Go
I was blessed to grow up in a Christian home. I was the daughter and granddaughter of church elders, and my parents took me and my three younger sisters to church every Sunday morning, Sunday night and Wednesday night. We were well acquainted with all the people from the church we attended, and were friends with the children there. We were watched over, sometimes to our dismay.
My parents were protective of me, and although that bothered me as I grew up in the mid to late sixties, as a parent now I can see the wisdom in not letting me become the "hippie" I wanted to be. My father didn't care if I was popular, as long as I was good. In fact, I remember once coming home with a bad grade in conduct, and I was punished worse than I ever was for bad grades in my other school subjects. My father said, "You can't help how smart you are, but you can always be good." I thought it was terrible that he kept such a tight reign on me as a child, but I am glad for the training as I raise my own brood of ten children now.
I grew up learning it was not right to cuss, drink, stay out late with boys and that girls NEVER called a boy first. I was protected from things I didn't know existed. I was taught well enough that Heaven and Hell were always on my mind, and even though it would be years before I made a true personal commitment to God, the fear of Hell kept me on the straight and narrow path.
The Bible says in Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." Someone told me once that a more accurate translation is "and when he is old it will not depart from him." I can easily understand it better that way. I went through some rough times in my young adulthood, but I can testify that I always knew when I was doing wrong. My training in my Christian home would not let me comfortably sin. And when I did finally give my life totally over to God, my Christian training from my youth helped because I already had a good foundation to grow on. And that's a tremendous blessing!
Published by Carla Raley
I am a conservative Christian, stay at home mom, married for 37 years, mother of ten, grandmother to nine. We are starting our 20th year of homeschooling, and live on a mini farm in a small Texas town View profile
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Post a CommentI, too, am thankful for my upbringing! We tried to instill the same beliefs and expectations in our children, and have not been disappointed in the results! More God-based parenting is so needed today!