Why don't children listen to what we tell them? Why all the effort? The truth is that they actually listen very well. They simply don't listen to our words, but to our hearts.
When he is on his deathbed, our father Jacob asks to make sure that all his sons follow in his footsteps. When he raises the concern, "Is there something wrong with my bed?", they do not say to him, "Father, we have heard all your educational lectures." They say, "Hear, Israel - just as there is no one in your heart but one, so there is no one in our heart but one." What is in your heart - is what is in our heart.
Children are our mirror. They respond not to what their parents say, but to who they really are. They pick up on fakery, anxiety, and insecurity. But they also pick up on inner honesty, faith, and true love for God.
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