Comments on: Random Thoughts and Updates http://mayheincrease.com/2009/04/random-thoughts-and-updates/ He must increase, but I must decrease. John 3:30 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:26:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ikehttp://mayheincrease.com/2009/04/random-thoughts-and-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-604 Ike Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:14:49 +0000 http://mayheincrease.com/?p=696#comment-604 My wife wanted to be an LPN..........her mom "made" her go to school to be "like her" an RN. She also made her go to the same catholic nursing school. To make a long story short......my wife never finished school and I could say a whole lot more!!! Help me Lord! My wife wanted to be an LPN……….her mom “made” her go to school to be “like her” an RN. She also made her go to the same catholic nursing school. To make a long story short……my wife never finished school and I could say a whole lot more!!! Help me Lord!

]]> By: Joehttp://mayheincrease.com/2009/04/random-thoughts-and-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-603 Joe Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:36:11 +0000 http://mayheincrease.com/?p=696#comment-603 Ike, I love your sense of humor. It comes across in your comments. :-) And I agree with you. One of the things I've told my wife in terms of my stepson, is that I want him to be able to live out the dream God has put in his heart. I want him to feel the freedom to do whatever he wants that he will find contentment in doing, with the one caveat: would God approve? Really, does it matter if he wants to be a CEO or a driver of a trash truck? Seriously. If he feels called to do one or the other, what does it matter? I know every parent wants "the best" for their child, but sometimes I think "the best" isn't viewed through the child's eyes, it's viewed through the parents. This is why so many kids grow up and become lawyers because dad was a lawyer. Or they go to medical school because that's what their parents told them to. Is that really what they wanted? Or is it what the parent wanted? Proverbs says: <blockquote>Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it. --Proverbs 22:6</blockquote> Literally this mean to train up the child "as he is bent," or "as he is designed." It's child-focused, not parent-focused. Why would you force your child into something they weren't created to be? Why would you crush the dream of a child that was put there by God? I take this subject very seriously, especially now that I'm older. I will fiercely defend the dreams and desires of my boys and do--by God's will and grace--everything I can humanly do to encourage them to live out the dreams and songs that are in their hearts; put there by God Almighty for His glory! Ike,

I love your sense of humor. It comes across in your comments. :-)

And I agree with you. One of the things I’ve told my wife in terms of my stepson, is that I want him to be able to live out the dream God has put in his heart. I want him to feel the freedom to do whatever he wants that he will find contentment in doing, with the one caveat: would God approve? Really, does it matter if he wants to be a CEO or a driver of a trash truck? Seriously. If he feels called to do one or the other, what does it matter? I know every parent wants “the best” for their child, but sometimes I think “the best” isn’t viewed through the child’s eyes, it’s viewed through the parents. This is why so many kids grow up and become lawyers because dad was a lawyer. Or they go to medical school because that’s what their parents told them to. Is that really what they wanted? Or is it what the parent wanted?

Proverbs says:

Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it. –Proverbs 22:6

Literally this mean to train up the child “as he is bent,” or “as he is designed.” It’s child-focused, not parent-focused. Why would you force your child into something they weren’t created to be? Why would you crush the dream of a child that was put there by God? I take this subject very seriously, especially now that I’m older. I will fiercely defend the dreams and desires of my boys and do–by God’s will and grace–everything I can humanly do to encourage them to live out the dreams and songs that are in their hearts; put there by God Almighty for His glory!

]]> By: Ikehttp://mayheincrease.com/2009/04/random-thoughts-and-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-602 Ike Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:21:08 +0000 http://mayheincrease.com/?p=696#comment-602 Well first of all...............you are no "regular" Joe! Yes I have an "A" in my life. I think her name is "mother-in-law". Also.....whoever has a "passion" for whatever.........should be encouraged to follow that passion! The only way I would feel otherwise, would be if it had something to do with anything contrary to God's Word. I think "we" all have negative people around us. As I get to know you better.......I'm sure you will be fine!!! Well first of all……………you are no “regular” Joe!

Yes I have an “A” in my life. I think her name is “mother-in-law”. Also…..whoever has a “passion” for whatever………should be encouraged to follow that passion! The only way I would feel otherwise, would be if it had something to do with anything contrary to God’s Word.

I think “we” all have negative people around us. As I get to know you better…….I’m sure you will be fine!!!

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