Most parents will do just about anything to protect their children. Many parents will give their own life for their children. One spring day there was a family who went hiking. Along side the trail there was a raging creek. Being it was spring time the water was at its high point. A young boy who was part of the family went near the water. He fell in the raging creek and his mother immediately jumped in to save him. The boy was able to grab onto an overhanging branch and pull himself out of the water. The mother was swept away and drowned.

What parents will do for their children is amazing. They are willing to give their life to save their children. Parents will do anything to save their children from physical death or harm. Parents will do this for their children, but yet they will not prepare them spiritually. It is important to save your child's physical life, but it is much more important to make sure their spiritual life is saved.

How do we prepare our children? We must be diligent in teaching them. We must train them. "Train up a child in the way he should go and he is old he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6). We must keep this in mind. If we train our children to follow the Lord then we have a part in where they spend eternity. If we don't train them, them we have a part in where they spend eternity.

Make sure you teach your children to observe all that God has commanded. Children repeat their parents actions. Make sure those actions are some that you want your children to repeat. Make sure you teach your children to observe what God has commanded. Protect them physically and spiritually.