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Planned Parenting

  “Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭22:6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/pro.22.6.nkjv Every parent is a certified trainer. Whether or not he choose to attend a training school, his training curriculum is well cutout for him: “Train up a child in the way he should go”. Unfortunately, many parents will rather train up a child only in the way the child wants to go, and remove the essentials from the curriculum, if the child doesn’t like them. And there is nothing wrong in training up a child in the way the child wants to go, as long as the chosen extra- curriculum is not at the expense of the classified essential curriculum. Whereas, the generation of today’s parents are falling away from the most essential ingredients of life, because yesterday’s parents refused to emphasize on the fear of the LORD and the priority of His help towards character building. When unplanned parents focus on the development of soft s...

Charitable Character

“A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, Loving favor rather than silver and gold.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭22:1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/pro.22.1.nkjv "Good" remains a veritable attraction anywhere in the world. For example, a tourist is attracted to good selected cities or states, based on a collection of their historical attractions. He manages his short stay by exploring the best attractions of elegant creations, beautiful buildings, and attractive innovations. Meanwhile, these attractions represent mostly the end-products of past people's engagements, who believe in the quality of legacies left behind for generations yet unborn, rather than being motivated by the quantity of luxury accumulated in their lifetime. Therefore, the historical attractions to tourists are really not about the beautiful artifacts, but the history of the virtue endowed and the character extolled that makes the engraved stories. Likewise, no matter how beautiful a character spends h...