INCLINE YOUR HEART TO DISCERNMENT - Discernment and Our Family

Discernment and Our Family

Family members need to show wisdom and discernment, for these qualities will build up a household.  Says Proverbs 24:3, 4:  "By wisdom a household will be built up, and by discernment it will prove firmly established. And by knowledge will the interior rooms by filled with all precious and pleasant things of value."   Wisdom and discernment are like fine building blocks for successful family life.  Discernment helps Christian parents to draw out the feelings and concerns of their children. A discerning person is able to communicate, to listen and gain insight into the feelings and thoughts of his or her marriage mate. -Proverbs 20:5.

Wisdom and discernment are unquestionably vital for happy family life.  For instance, Proverbs 14:1 says:  "The truly wise woman has built  up her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands."  A wise and discerning married woman in proper subjection to her husband will work hard for the good of the household and will thereby help to build up her family.  One thing that will 'build up her house'  is that she always speaks well of her husband and thus increases  the respect of others for him. And a capable and discerning wife who has the reverential fear of Jehovah wins praise for herself. -Proverbs 12:4; 31:28, 30.

Next time: Discernment and Our Course in Life

The Watchtower, 1997