I recently read a post on FB my daughter made regarding her feelings on the sensation of being an “Empty Nester”. Naturally, it took me back to my own personal experience of the time she left our home. I remember how lost I felt, how undone, I remember thinking I wasn’t ready for it, it wasn’t fair.

I know there are different reasons and circumstances that attribute to young people leaving home, some could be for a bad situation or a toxic environment but then there are those who leave home because it is simply their time.

Good or bad, no matter what the reason may be the emotions that come behind it can still leave a person felling undone, feeling at a loss…so, how does one push through it?

Can I tell you, it does not get easier but you do learn to adapt. You’ll always want them to come home no matter what age they are.

Reading scripture (Proverbs 22:6) it teaches us to train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.

What exactly does this mean? I put some thoughts to it this week and I concluded that 1) we should teach our children about Jesus above and foremost, teach them about the character of Jesus, who He is and about His love. 2) if you have a good relationship with them it will hold through the test of times and there will always be an underlying desire to want to get back home.

Now of course for every life there is a growing process that must happen, there are many obstacles that creep in and applies pressures for decisions that must be made and sometimes there are situations that cripple a child and pushes them into a different path which is why I believe it is super important to teach the children about Jesus, who He is, teach about His hopes and promises for their lives, because when they get out on their own, although they may not want to go home as much, they will always know and have that solid foundation they can stand on in those tough times because His word, His teachings will never depart.

Blessings!!!