SACRIFICIAL PARENTING

A FAR-SIGHTED INVESTMENT

Is it sheer distraction? (We are, quite possibly, one of the most distracted, amused generations/societies that ever lived.) I like to think that in times past, people had more vision for the future. They looked ahead and acted today in a way that would impact tomorrow.

In What He Must Be, Voddie Baucham describes a time when he announced his plans to plant trees in his backyard and then excitedly brought his family out to see them. The children were less than amused at their young ages because the trees were mere shrubs. He…