Good parenting doesn’t mean we constantly applaud our children.
If we go overboard in the praise arena, our kids become callous to our enthusiasm, and it takes an ever-higher level of praise to evoke an emotional response.
Most of life is doing ordinary things, mundane activities that are our baseline for the bright moments of excitement and praise that punctuate our existence and make it worthwhile.
We soak in the praise, and then we get back to what we were doing.
1 Samuel 26:25 reveals this in practice in the life of David.
“Then Saul said to David, ‘Blessed be you, my son David! You will do many things and will succeed in them.’ So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.”
Saul didn’t require daily parades and celebratory events on a weekly basis in order to get his message across. He gave David his vote of approval in a few simple words, and they both returned to the business of the day.
The key concept we should take away from this is that we must celebrate the successes of our spouse, our children, and our coworkers. Our words of praise need to be special, however, and that means we can’t overdo it.
Our love must be constant. Our praise is for the special times when we need to lift someone’s spirit so they will know they have our vote of approval.
When we know we’re loved, our feeling of approval is always there.
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