Little Eyes Are Watching You

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photo credit: Christine – From Storms to Sunshine

Even when you don’t know it they are watching. You do not get a break at anytime. When you think they cannot hear, they hear you. When you think they cannot see, they see you. The little eyes of our little ones are watching–always.

Children learn by modeling. They are looking around at others watching their behavior as they are discovering the world around them. They are like little sponges. They are influenced most by their parents for the good or the bad. So are you being a good role model in your everyday behavior?

This very thought makes me shudder. I often see the bad things that I do and am prone to condemnation but the Bible tells us there is no condemnation in Christ Jesus. I am free from that. God is working out His will in my life and these children are part of that process. How will I treat this stewardship in His power and in Him? I am never alone in it. He gives me all I need for life and parenting.

Watch your children to see how they view you? They will role play house with dolls, legos, or themselves. Listen to what they think a parent is supposed to act like. It is the most interesting thing to me. They are looking up to you. They are watching and learning every day.

I mess up so much in what I think I should be doing as a mom. But I am not called to be faultless. I am called to be in Christ. It is a process learning to die to myself and live in Him. Parenting is a work that helps us learn this. Though I will think I am never enough, with Christ I am.

My children who are watching are learning. I was doing a Bible study one morning entitled Becoming a Woman Who Loves, by Cynthia Heald. My child took a look at that title and said, “What are you reading that for? You are already are one.” Those are the kind of words that make me melt. Though I often feel like a woman who lacks love, my child sees me at all times. She can tell me that I am a woman who loves. She is watching me at all times. She knows I fail but make things right as God leads and guides me.

How about you? What kind of things have you experienced with your children like this? How do you know they are watching?

Angela Parsley, of the international ministry Refresh My Soul Ministries, is a wife and homeschooling mother to her 2 young daughters. Angela is also a contributing author to a devotional book entitled, “Standing on the Promises of God” and Radical Revolution, a devotional site for teen girls through Proverbs 31 Ministries.