Since it is Mother's Day, we are going to take a break from our study in First Peter to talk about parenting. That said, I confess my approach with my own children, and therefore I am assuming that it may be yours too, has been a plug-and-play kind of formula. Education, dating, and discipleship are drills we teach our kids by rote. To borrow a metaphor from Jesus, we focus on the outside of the cup, but rarely notice the inside. So, they grow up in church, but not in Christ.

To quote Douglas Wilson in Covenant Household, “…our task as parents is not our kids to conform to the standard: our job is to get them to love the standard.” (Covenant Household, pg. 106). I’d like to bring that truth to bear at home this Mother’s Day from 1 Corinthians 13:1 - 3 & Deuteronomy 6:4 - 9.