Disciplines of a Godly Family by R. Kent & Barbara Hughes

Author:R. Kent & Barbara Hughes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Crossway Books
Published: 2016-08-10T16:00:00+00:00

Third, I Am Accepted

When Barbara used to take the shy, diffident, sweet face of our boy in her hands and say, “Look at me — I like your face,” she was affirming his worth, telling him that he was loved and accepted. Significantly, she was also shadowing the love and acceptance that God extends to his spiritual children.

Our acceptance of our children was unconditional. We did not make acceptance rest on a child’s becoming or accomplishing something that we foisted on them. This is the error made by so many parents in today’s success-driven culture as they consciously (or more often unconsciously) condition their children’s acceptance on accomplishment. An A student is more accepted than a child who makes C’s; the child who gets the lead in the school play senses greater acceptance than her brother who was stage manager; and in later life the child who “makes it big” is acknowledged over the one who “just gets along.” This is neither God’s way nor the way of wisdom. Our children must all be equally accepted.

In family relationships, a primary sign of acceptance is affection. We did not shrink back from lavishing affection on our children. Children cannot be hugged and kissed too much by both mom and dad. When our children were small, story time and bedtime sometimes looked like communal muggings! And our affection has remained over the years. Dad even gets an occasional kiss from his sons. Lay this to heart: Affection is the medium by which parents express acceptance.

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