What do you think of when you hear the words "bow and arrow"? Willian Tell? Robin Hood? Cupid? I picture an Olympic archer bearing down on a target with highly trained precision. Amazing that a person can spend a lifetime perfecting something so simple. Have you ever thought of your children as arrows? I've considered my "arrows" and quickly realized that they can be used for good or harmful purposes, depending on who is aiming them. Dr James Dobson has communicated numerous times in his books and radio programs that boys who grow up in unloving, fatherless homes are more likely to be involved in violent crime as adults. These young men are like arrows fired indiscriminately into the air- misaimed and directionless. Without the guidance of a skilled "archer" (that's you!) the damage they can do to themselves and others is horrible to imagine. I thank God for the Holy Spirit, who gives me the skill to aim and direct my two young "arrows" as they grow and learn. It's my job to point them toward the "target"-the purpose for which God ultimately created them. And every once in a while, I must carefully inspect and correct the minute flaws that may seem insignificant but could cause my boys to veer off course. In Rome during Jesus' life, archery competitions were common. A judge would stand over the shoulder of the archer as he fired his arrow. It's been said that if the archer missed, the judge would shout a dreadful word: "Hamartia!" Translation: "You sinned (missed the mark)." Parents, let's not commit the sin of allowing our arrows to fly off wherever they may. With God's help, aim those arrows at the target-and hit the bull's-eye.
By Dan Kassis
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"Apart from me, you can do nothing." Jesus
DaveH
Where does it command us to keep our quivers full?
Thanks
If I may answer for bro.Dave?
PSS.127:4,5
[4] As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
[5] Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
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Jesus said, "he who stands firm to the end will be saved" Mark 13:13.
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Our Arrows (our children)
