The Sculpting of Love - How to Be Successful Parents

Author: Zhu Jun
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: The Attitude of a Steward—A married Christian couple, who had been together for many years, finally had a lovely daughter. Of course, the couple was overjoyed and considered her a precious treasure, being deeply grateful for this gift from God. From then on, the family of three lived a warm, fulfilling, and enviable life. Until the daughter turned 10, an accident occurred—she was hit by a car and died. The wife, upon learning this, was naturally heartbroken, but she knew her husband would find it even harder to accept the reality. Soon after, her husband came home from work, and the wife said to him, "If we had a very wealthy friend who borrowed a precious piece of jewelry to us 10 years ago for our enjoyment and appreciation. Ten years later, he wants to take back this precious item. What should we do?" The husband replied, "Of course, we should return it to him! We have enjoyed it for free for 10 years and should be eternally grateful!" Only then did the wife reveal that the precious jewelry was their daughter, and today God has taken her back. This is indeed a very correct perspective. Children belong to God; He merely entrusts them to us for upbringing, perhaps for a year, two years, ten years, or eight years. Eventually, one day, He will leave us to build His own home. God is both the creator and the true owner of the child, and in our mindset, we must recognize ourselves as merely stewards. Raising children is to be accountable to God. Recently, I came across an article describing a typical Chinese mother, titled: "‘‘When will you grow up, child?’” In a few places, it was written: "Today, until 7:30 in the evening, the daughter had not come home. She knew it wasn’t too late, she knew that at this time, the road was bound to be congested