Have Expectations, Give Guidance

January 4, 2021.

Train up a child in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22: 6 (NKJV)

You may need to read the topic of today’s PARENTS BREAKFAST again, this time slowly; “Have Expectations, Give Guidance”. Does it make a little more sense to you? Let me try breaking it down.

Have expectations – Nothing is wrong with us having as parents. You child got admitted into the university for instance, there is nothing wrong with expecting that your child will graduate with a first class. However, it is best you keep your expectations to yourself. That is have it!

Listen, our children do not really need us to set a mark for them that they must hit, society and friends already have set several marks for them, (particularly if they are teenagers). So, let us own our expectations. Let us keep our expectations to ourselves. Our children already know we want them and we wish that they succeed.

There are two things we should rather do;

1. Give guidance – Do not just have expectations; what and how you want them to go, show them what and how to go. Coach them, train them.

2. Pray – The expectations of the righteous shall not be cut off (Proverbs 10: 24) is a promise clearly spelt out in scripture. This is very encouraging! Our expectations, hopes and aspirations for our children shall be granted! All we might just need to do is to take them to God in prayer.

Think & Act: …it is best you keep expectations to yourself.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, grant me my expectations and hopes over my children. Amen!

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