The most important thing your child can observe in your home is the love you have for each other as husband and wife. If your child knows you love one another they will feel comfortable and secure in the home. They will feel free to open up their hearts to you because of what they observe in your marriage. If they see their dad reacting in sinful anger toward their mom or the mom reacting in sinful anger toward the dad, they will probably not bring their concerns to you because they think this is the way you will react against them as well. The point is that your children are watching and observing and taking mental notes and their relationship with you is dependent in a lot of ways on how they see their parents treat one another.
Therefore, let me encourage all parents to take some time if you have a computer and go to http://www.truthforlife.org/ and listen to the current series called We Two Are One. You can click on recent broadcasts and start at the beginning. They are 20-25 minute sermons by a great Bible teacher named Alistair Begg that will be insightful and encouraging to you in your marriage. What kind of legacy are you leaving for your children? Please take some time and think through the implications your marriage is having on your children.
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