What is our Children's CQ?
Watch the path of your feet and all your ways will be established. Proverbs 4:26
The Great Wall of China is one of the great wonders of the world, a true masterpiece of engineering. It's the only man-made structure that can be seen from outer space. Five to six horses could trot side by side on top of it.
The wall was built, of course, to protect China from invasion. Watchtowers and various battlements dot its construction at frequent intervals. But in the first hundred years after the wall was completed, enemies managed to invade the country three times, breaching the security of this enormous, rock-solid defense. How?
They didn't go over it. They didn't go through it. They didn't need to knock it down. Because while China was building this impenetrable defense system, it was apparently neglecting to build character into its children's lives.
All the invaders had to do was bribe the gatekeepers.
I think of this story whenever I hear parents talk of the dreams and goals they have for their children. Many parents today are vitally concerned with the education their kids receive and the skills they develop. They spend hours shuttling them to school and to various extracurricular activities, looking forward to the day when they will earn scholarships and enter the working world, establishing themselves in successful and lucrative careers. But none of these accomplishments are worth anything without the character to back them up.
It's our children's CQ, not their IQ-their "character quotient," not their intelligence- that will secure their futures and enable them to stand strong in battle.
-Excerpted from Moments With You by Dennis and Barbara Rainey
Father God, help us to model integrity and give us wisdom in developing our children's character. May they grow up to reach their full potential in You. May your future plans come to pass. May all things work out for their good and Your glory.
The Great Wall of China is one of the great wonders of the world, a true masterpiece of engineering. It's the only man-made structure that can be seen from outer space. Five to six horses could trot side by side on top of it.
The wall was built, of course, to protect China from invasion. Watchtowers and various battlements dot its construction at frequent intervals. But in the first hundred years after the wall was completed, enemies managed to invade the country three times, breaching the security of this enormous, rock-solid defense. How?
They didn't go over it. They didn't go through it. They didn't need to knock it down. Because while China was building this impenetrable defense system, it was apparently neglecting to build character into its children's lives.
All the invaders had to do was bribe the gatekeepers.
I think of this story whenever I hear parents talk of the dreams and goals they have for their children. Many parents today are vitally concerned with the education their kids receive and the skills they develop. They spend hours shuttling them to school and to various extracurricular activities, looking forward to the day when they will earn scholarships and enter the working world, establishing themselves in successful and lucrative careers. But none of these accomplishments are worth anything without the character to back them up.
It's our children's CQ, not their IQ-their "character quotient," not their intelligence- that will secure their futures and enable them to stand strong in battle.
-Excerpted from Moments With You by Dennis and Barbara Rainey
Father God, help us to model integrity and give us wisdom in developing our children's character. May they grow up to reach their full potential in You. May your future plans come to pass. May all things work out for their good and Your glory.
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