WORDS OF COMFORT

One seventeen-year-old boy was asked how he knew his parents loved him when he was a young child. He said, “They told me they loved me, allowed me to sleep in their bedroom when I was scared and comforted me. I remember Dad always said ‘it’s all right’ whenever I cried or had a nightmare.”

There will be moments in our children’s lives when they are frightened, worried, confused or do not understand what is happening to them. At such times our words can assure and comfort them at a deep level. What we say is likely to stick in their memory and be a help to them years later when they are lonely or worried.

Q. What sort of comforting words, that our children need at different stages in their life, which we are depriving them of, by taking them for granted or through neglect, or by being busy in our own world and work?

NOTE: Words of Comfort go a long way in the healthy development of our children. Let us lavish them in our children’s lives. They learn from us! Let’s be cautious!

PRAYER: Lord help us as parents to be generous in investing needful Words of Comfort in our children’s Love Tanks, remembering that they go a long way in building our children. Your Word is full of Words of Comfort to us. Let us show You to our children, as earthly parents, by speaking Words of Comfort to them. In Jesus’ name. Amen.