Speak up for your children

Speak up for your children 

"Then Aaron answered Moses on behalf of his sons. "Today my sons presented both their sin offering and their burnt offering to the LORD," he said. "This kind of thing has also happened to me. Would the LORD have approved if I had eaten the sin offering today?" (Lev.10.19 NLT) 

Children can be juvenile and as such can often go off target. They want to explore, they are curious and as a result can sometimes do the unexpected. That was what had happened with Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu and when Moses rebuke their father after they passed, the Bible records that Aaron was silent. 

"Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD meant when he said, `I will show myself holy among those who are near me. I will be glorified before all the people.'" And Aaron was silent." (Lev.10.3 NLT)

That same day, the other sons of Aaron, Eleazar and Ithamar had failed to eat a goat but instead burnt it. When Moses found out he was angry. And as he spoke to the boys, their father Aaron spoke up on behalf of his son. And the Bible says that Moses accepted his explanation. 

"When Moses heard this response, he accepted it." (Lev.10.20) 

Is it possible that Eleazar and Ithamar would have gone the way of Nadab and Abihu if their father had been silent like he was the first time? Parents need to standby and stand up for their ward, speak up for them. Let them know that you are in their corner. Not that you condone their wrong but that you are willing to stake it out with them until a solution is found. Your children are not the worse, it is just that other parents have learnt to cover the shortcomings of their children better than you have  If you expose them, society will make a scapegoat out of them. Correct them privately and praise them publicly. Speak up for your children 

Good day,
Have a great day today,
Emmanluel Okoro,
(aka Mr. Lift)

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