Day 151

Proverbs 17-19.  “Parental Wisdom”

I counted at least seven proverbs pertaining to children in these three chapters.  Several describe the pain a parent can experience when their child is on the road to folly.  A few others explain the benefits of discipline.  There was one, far more uplifting, although I believe a few teenagers would take exception, which read: “parents are the pride of their children” (17:6).  In fact, Mark Twain illustrated my point when he wrote, "When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.  But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."
Parenting is definitely one of those things that go better with wisdom.  Wisdom is something every parent wants more of.  It seems to come too slowly.  Wisdom has a great deal to do with experience, and experience comes with time.  Texas Bix Bender wrote, “Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”

General Questions for each day:
Summarize the day’s Bible passage in your own words.
What thoughts, actions, attitudes or beliefs are addressed in the passage?
How is the Holy Spirit leading you to apply this passage to your life today?