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Take two plain sheets of paper, a black and a blue marker, and an eraser.

Now look, those two plain sheets of paper represent the heart of a child. When I say heart, I mean the mind and the soul.

The blank sheets are at their highest point of receptivity, waiting for anyone to write on them.

They lack the power to choose the color of the marker and the content of what would be written on them.

Now take the markers and paint one sheet black and the other blue. Once you’re done, try cleaning them off with the eraser with you.

You will notice that the eraser will not be able to wipe them out, rather the color of the eraser turns to either blue or black depending on which paper you try erasing.

The color on the papers becomes permanent and unable to get cleaned off.

The already blue sheet symbolizes a child who has been brought up in God’s way while the black sheet depicts a child that was brought up without God.

Both hearts were once blank but as they grew up, some changes took place which led to generating two entirely different children.

The eraser there represents the people around.

Once the heart has been filled up with either good or bad, it would be difficult for an outsider to change that which has been etched in the heart of such a child.

One of the mistakes many people make as guardians and adults is their failure in giving out quality time to train and build up their children in the way of the Lord.

They have left the spiritual lives of these youngsters unattended, solely focusing on their academic and physical welfare.

The bible says in Proverbs 22 vs 6, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Today, we see sound children with so much knowledge about the Internet and books, but with little or no understanding about Godly living.

The intellectual and emotional intelligence are all reasonable but if the spiritual aspect is left with a void, their lives would be left lopsided.

As we inculcate into our children academic knowledge, let us also learn to balance it up with the knowledge about God and morality.

These simple tips might help:

– Have a morning and night devotion with them.

– Take time to go on a Bible study with them.

– Compose Godly poems for them.

– Teach your children how to pray and when they are old, they shall not depart from it.

Written by Tolu-Taiwo Victor