Show Me—Don't Tell Me

 

A boy came home from school one day with a note from his teacher saying she had to punish him for swearing. His father took him aside and said, "Well, son, what about it?"

The boy replied, "I have nothing to say, Dad. I deserved it. She heard me say what I said and called me into her office."

"Then what happened?"

"Well, she asked me where I had heard such language. But I didn't give you away, Dad. I blamed it on the parrot."

Need I say more except to say that the heart of all effective teaching is "show me don't tell me." That is, we need to model what we want our children to learn, to become, and to do!

Dear God

please help me

to model

for my children

and others

the kind of person

you want me to be

so that others seeing

what you have done

in my life

will want the same

for themselves.

 

Thank you for hearing and answering my prayerz.