Not Our Own

The purpose of raising our children is to get them ready for God’s purposes for them in this life. God wants His salvation, love, joy, and peace to be revealed in them wherever they go and whatever they do. We are not to raise our children for hibernation but the revelation of God in their lives. They are arrows that we daily polish, getting them ready for the day when we send them forth to hit the mark for God. – Nancy Campbell (Above Rubies, #74)