Put On Love
Put On Love Over 18 years ago I heard one of my pastors share a phrase on parenting that has changed my perspective. In a class with young married couples, he told us how to create an atmosphere in our home and how to correctly discipline our children. As he neared the end of his message he concluded by saying, "No matter how you discipline your children, the most important thing for your children to know is that they are loved." He went on to tell us that you can "do" all the things the church or society says to do and not meet the goal because your kids did not know you loved them. He told us to love our kids, hug them, kiss them, and speak kind words to them, saying that they may not remember all of the details but that they would remember how we made them feel. Colossians 3:14 says, "And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony" (ESV). As Christians Paul admonishes us to have a lifestyle of love, and if we are to...
