Fragile: Handle With Care

I am so thankful that in the past few years I have been blessed with some truly amazing friends! For so long I wanted to have friends that were true, dependable, non-judging and loyal! Now don’t get me wrong, I have had a few long standing friendships in which this was the case, but not many. So many times I felt that I resided on the giving end and never on the receiving end in many previous so called friendships.

I can say that each experience, weather good or bad made me grow wiser and stronger. I can also say that sometimes I wasn’t equipped with the necessary tools to know how to handle each relationship with care. Unfortunately, my mother had the same experiences in her friendships and couldn’t offer much advice, which left me ill equipped in certain situations.

For this reason and many others, I feel that we should do our best to teach our children how to cultivation healthy friendships and relationships, most importantly through leading by example. Even if we haven’t had the best track record in relationships, we are directly connected with one who has, non-other than Jesus Christ. We can seek Him and Gods word on the appropriate ways to help our children in this area. Friendships and relationships are special and fragile and should always be handled with care.

Seek God on the best advice to give your children and always handle your friendships with care. Doing so allows for an opportunity for your kids to see this principle in action. Kids are very aware of their environment, even if it doesn’t seem as such. Be careful as to what you say and do in front of them. I am not saying that you shouldn’t be yourself around your children, but try to make sure that you are right in all of your relationships so that they have a great example to follow. Also, when giving them advice regarding situations that may arise in their friendships be sure to give them Godly advice.

I know from experience, the advice that can sometimes come from my “carnal mind” is not the advice that would come from the mind of Christ. Considering this, I take a moment to redirect and give sound Godly advice to my children when necessary. We all know that there is no instruction manual for parenting and relationships, but we do have the Word of God to reference whenever needed.

Share your relationship an/or friendship moments of fragility by commenting below this post at www.savedmom.com. Thanks for your continued support and Happy Holidays to you!

Mommie Blessings,

 

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