When Asking Questions Is a GOOD Thing
February 1, 2010 by adavant
Filed under Alyssa's Journal
This weekend I spoke to a group of 1st – 6th grade girls. The topic was what they can learn from Queen Esther. Queen Esther was a very brave young woman. One of the girls there was to me, very brave. She asked me question after question about the story, about myself, about whatever came to her mind I assume.
The good thing to me about her asking questions was that it showed me that she was listening. She was taking in what I was saying and she was processing it. I believe that asking questions is a good thing. This brought me to think about, “Do you allow your daughter to ask questions?” We as parents want our children to come to us with problems, with issues, with fears, but are we open and willing for them to ask questions.
Honestly, this speaks to me, because my oldest, a boy, is a question asker. I kept thinking that it was his age, he’s six, but I shouldn’t want it to stop there. I should want him to ask questions as he gets older, because I want to know he’s listening, I want to know he is thinking things through, I want to know that he values what I have to say.
Think about this. . . what do you want your daughter to ask you questions about. Feel free to share in the comments below:
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We need to train our children at a very young age, that the Lord will let them know if they should marry, and to whom. As long as they seek God’s face. If our children are not able run a household on their own, then they are not ready for marriage. Therefore, they should not even put themselves in situtations to have to struggle with purity.
There is nothing in the Bible about dating. The Bible says one man, one woman. Therefore, dating usually end up with more than one, and teaches divorcement by breaking up. We need to train children that dating is not in the Bible. We really need to study what God’s word says about preparing our sons and daughters for marriage. Yes, our children need to save themselves for marriage, and also stay pure with their eyes, ears, thoughts, speech, and actions as well. Not dating makes it a lot easier to stay pure for the one the Lord has prepared them for. We need to instill this in our children.
I have 2 wonderful sons and a daughter that have been taught this way. My sons 22, 17. Has been telling others how they are waiting until the Lord’s time for them. They can’t financial support a family and a home right now. Therefore, this has released my boys to be free from putting themselves into temptation by pursuing a relationship with a young lady. My daughter is still young but, still preparing her and she see’s how her brothers are waiting, that helps bring her along as well. My eldest son has fasted First Friday of every month for over 2 years for the purity of youth. We can teach our children to fast for purity, parents as well.
May God bless, and help all us parents to raise mighty warriors for Christ to advance His kingdom.