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Reconnecting the Heart of a Child

Reconnecting the heart of a child to God and to their family.

Turning to an adult who is the source of life and finding that adult mean, weak or gone is devastating to the heart of a child.   

Being hurt, rejected or humiliated by a person who is supposed to love and protect has a life long consequence.

Nature, nurture, trust, sinful nature, redemption and renewing the mind.  What can disrupt the cycle of abuse and redeem children and families.

If we were abused or abuse; is that our identity forever?  Will this influence ripple generation to generation?  The wiring of the brain forever altering the children behind us? 

Guilt, shame, repentance, bitterness verses redemption, forgiveness and healing.  

How we live, believe, love, obey and whom we trust does make a difference on our families and generations.
The sins of a father is a phrase I've heard thrown out when someone is mad or needs an excuse.  What does it really mean?  Are a father's sins really passed down?

Does the disobedience and bitterness of one life take root and bear fruit in another generation?

The verses in Exodus and Deuteronomy are written within the context of the ten commandments and God's covenant with His people.

Yes.
(Exodus 34:6-7)--"Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; 7who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations."

No.
(Ezekiel 18:20)--"The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself."  http://carm.org/bible-difficulties/genesis-deuteronomy/do-sons-bear-sins-fathers-or-not


AND YET... 

What man meant for evil, God can use for good.
"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." Genesis 50:20
God saves and redeems and creates again and again.
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" 2 Cor. 5:17

God teaches.
"All your sons will be taught of the LORD; And the well-being of your sons will be great. "In righteousness you will be established; You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear; And from terror, for it will not come near you.…" Is. 54:13

 God created the heavens and the earth!  People walked away and severed that relationship with Him.  God set a plan of redemption in place.  So while the sins of one man, Adam, sin entered the world and the world pays for that sin.  The sinful nature was conceived.  Through the sacrifice of another, Jesus, redemption has come!  New life!  

Reconnecting the heart of a child to God will change generations.  Disconnecting a heart of a child will change generations.

Our love, sacrifice, belief, trust and obedience can be the connection one heart needs.

It's simple. 

For God so Loved me, that He gave His one and only son.  

Because He loves me, I can love.

I love a child unconditionally and show them God's Love...For God so loved them, that He gave His one and only son.  

They love because He loved.


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