What God says about ....

I have to say that when Aleeyah was born I would not discipline her at all. Through the years it had weighed heavy on my mind that the last day that I seen Bethanie alive I spanked her. I was so afraid that the same thing would happen to Aleeyah and that would be the last memory of her. BOY, should I have done things differently!! Yes, Aleeyah is really really really spoiled and I did it. I would always give to her in fear she would leave like Bethanie did and I wanted to have her happy all the time. Aleeyah is 4 1/2 now and I am reaping what I sowed and paying a horrible price. I have tried all of the "training" that the books offer with no such luck. So I decided that since I had broke one verse that God speaks of already (The hand that spares the rod, spoils the child) I would go back and look at the good book for guidance. So with Bible in hand I take on my little angel full force! I said "Sissy, Mommy needs to talk to you about your behavior." Of course it came with the same words that I always get when she knows she is in trouble..."LATER MOM"

So I take her to the couch and tell her that we are going to read what God tells us about "minding" our parents.

So I find the commandment that tells us to honor and obey your parents. "What is a commandment?" she asks me. So I explain that it is a rule that God tells us that we are to follow and if we don't we are in more trouble than when daddy gets mad at us. Well of course that changed the mood in the room.

I then find the verse that states that you are to honor and obey your parents so that your days maybe long here on earth. She was amazed by that verse and wanted to know what it meant. So I tell her that disobedient children rebel against their parents and can loose their lives quicker than those that mind. She begin to stare into my eyes and I could tell that this was filtering through that little sponge of a mind of hers. Well, I am pleased to announce that Aleeyah has not given me one little bit of trouble in the minding Mommy department since then. I told her that this is what God says to do and we must do it. It is amazing how smart little children are and how dumb we play them out to be. I guess that is why God tells us that unless we enter into the kingdom of heaven as a little child that we will not be able to enter.