by Charles R. Swindoll
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully
and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works,
and my soul knows it very well
Psalm 139:14
The next time you pick up your little baby or grandbaby,
look into the face of that marvelously made child and say, "You are
fearfully and wonderfully made."
And it wouldn't hurt to repeat that statement throughout her
childhood.
Children need to know how valuable they are in God's
sight---and ours. Nothing gives them greater security than a strong sense of
self-esteem.
Hear this well, busy parents---especially you who tend
toward impatience, who are always on the run. . . . Your children have been put
together in an altogether unique fashion, like no one else on earth. . . . They
need you to help convince them they are unique persons, each one different,
each one his or her own person.
Children arrive in our arms longing to be known, longing to
accept themselves as they are, to be who they are. So when they wade into the
swift current of their times, they will be able to stand firm, and won't depend
on peer pressure to give them their standard.
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