"Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life." Proverbs 4:23

Kristin and I have begun reading a wonderful book on Biblical parenting called Shepherding A Child's Heart. This book is a great reminder that our hope as parents is more than good behavior from our kids. Our hope is a good heart. The author of the book, Tedd Tripp, repeatedly reminds us that the behavior our kids exhibit is an expression of the overflow of their hearts. 

"The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the heart, the mouth speaks." Luke 6:45

The book covers a wide array of parenting topics such as a biblical view on parenting, child development, parenting goals and training methods. Tripp will be the first one to tell you that his books don't offer a new seven-step plan for trouble-free kids. We can tell you from what we've read so far, the core issue in all of his topics is shepherding the heart.

By the way, we came up with this book after surveying several families we admire who have wonderful kids. They all recommended this book as a good starting model for Biblical parenting.

You can click here to buy a copy from Amazon, if you're interested.