This past weekend my daughter almost mastered riding her bike without training wheels! Needless to say, I got a workout in the process. As I removed her training wheels and ran by her bike and then watched her as she kept going, something hit me about faith and the process of learning to ride a bike.
At some point we have to take our training wheels off our faith and learn to navigate through life with a biblical worldview on our own. At times we rely on the faith of our parents to show us the way. But, at some point we need to own our faith. Sure, we will need to have those run beside us to help guide us, but then we must eventually launch on our own. We will most likely fall at times but will use them as defining moments of strengthing our faith.
The question then becomes how we as parents come to the point that we allow our children to take the training wheels off. I recognize that timing is very important in this matter. I think it is wiser for children to learn their own faith while still under our roof. Remember, when we learned to ride our bike, our parents still ran beside us for a while and allowed us the opportunity to learn balance. Then eventually we were on our own. College is a dangerous place to learn to own our faith. So much of the world can be found on college campuses.
So, how do we do this as parents and what does it look like? Comment and let me know your thoughts!
Blessings
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