What's in Your Quiver?

This is Sarah Beaton writing this blog. Hopefully you have enjoyed the other blogs so far. The church and family are not meant to compete. The church is to encourage and edify each other.

There is a movie called “Like Arrows: The Art of Parenting.”

In this movie, Kate’s tribute to her parents always gets me. I cry and think about the many families that could have her same tribute to their parents. It’s a tribute that I wish I could have said to my parents.

I won’t spoil anything in the movie, but the movie shows us the life span of a couple as they raise children. Our children are to be arrows. In Psalms 127:4-5 it says that:

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,

So are the children of one’s youth.

Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them;

They shall not be ashamed,

But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.

Her tribute shows us that parents have a bigger impact in their kid’s lives than just making sure kids are good citizens and good people; and caring to those around them. Parents can change to be an arrow in the army of God and teach and guide their children to be an arrow in the army of God. Parents must equip their children to be used by God and to understand how to continue to follow Christ once they get married and leave the house.

“Parents can change to be an arrow in the army of God and teach and guide their children to be an arrow in the army of God.”

Her tribute reminds parents that it is never too late for them to change the atmosphere in their home. As I look back over the past 13 years of my life, I noticed how I made a change in my life to understand, learn and be teachable from my parents only in my early 20s. Gosh, do I wish I had learned some of the lessons earlier. But I will say I wouldn’t change much of how I got to be there for my father during his health challenges and learn all the cool stories he told me. Do I wish I could have heard them more than twice? Yes, but I know them (I would have loved to know names in the stories better).

When it comes to my parents and how they saw us as an arrow, I know they definitely prayed for their children. They knew prayer was extremely important in raising us. I don’t know if my parents had a target for us, their children, and I have never asked, but I do know that they showed me that a relationship with Christ was vital. Did they do it correctly? Maybe not, but they have 2 amazing kids that love the Lord. I know that the changes that I have made in my life allow me to be an arrow in the army of God. I want my future children to be an arrow in the army of God.

We never know what our arrows or children are going to achieve in their lives? We don’t know what God is going to use them for? We don’t know who they will influence or whose lives they will impact. But wouldn’t you want God to have a willing arrow, a sharp arrow and an arrow that is not ashamed? Wouldn’t you want your arrows to be willing, sharp and not ashamed?

Pull Back, Pray & Let Them Go… Like an Arrow

Have a nice day… See you soon