We don’t know what will happen to us in the next minute and it’s equal to saying that we don’t know what will happen tomorrow. So many of us make the mistake of promising our kids.
Some parents make the biggest mistake by always wanting to make promises to their children. And when fulfilling the promise becomes difficult, they now try all their best to do it. In a nutshell, they fulfill the promise by force.
In the video, Bro Eli mentioned that we should not promise anything. Even though it looks sure and certain, don’t just promise anything. A surprise is better than a promise fulfilled by force.
https://youtu.be/xdfp8Bgrm4I?si=L7PuMO6UtEcyHDCk
Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 says that; When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
What does this say? Do not make a vow. Do not make a promise. Do it in your heart and let it be a form of surprise to the child. Have you ever observed that children love surprises a lot? They love it.
Children love it when you surprise them. It makes them happy instead of you promising them which you may later not fulfill. It makes them sick. Humans have a general trait.
When someone promises me something, I’ll keep my mind there. That’s the same thing that happens when you promise a child or your child something. Their minds will be there and if you do not do it, you have sinner against them and even God because God himself love surprises and not promises that you will be finding hard to pay.
Instead of making promises, throw a surprise instead!