Growth

This morning I was reminded, once again, that we can't do anything without God. I can guide my son and try to teach him what I think he should know, but without God it's just not going to happen. God entrusted me with him, but only He can truely teach him. My son is making such progress that after much prayer, fear, and hesitation, we've allowed him to be mainstreamed in sunday school with "a shadow" (an aide) to guide him when necessary. I followed up today's lesson at home. I could have taught it and he wouldn't have been receptive or understood anything I was saying, but I sought God first-asking Him to help our son understand the lesson. What was really awesome in all of this was that the lesson was something that my husband and I were struggling to make him understand-that lying is wrong. I've even read that what he's been doing is developmentally appropriate for someone around his age. That alone was an eye-opener. Wow, he's doing so well with his language that his lying is developmentally appropriate. Do I punish him or praise him? Of course we punish him at an age-approriate level, but we have to make sure he truely understands right from wrong -while we're secretly proud of him that he's at age level in this particular instance. So I praise God that he understood the lesson and I have knowledge in how to teach him to tell the truth. What an awesome God we serve!