Grown-up
As I attended a high school graduation party I looked at these parents and their daughter and thought, “What must it be like to have a child graduate from high school?” Later I kissed my own two children goodnight and paused on how fast 19 months have gone. I’ve been told this ride of parenting will only get faster. Soon I will be attending a graduation for my daughter and then my son. What will that be like? What do I want for them? How do I want them to remember our family? What will “successful” parenting look like in the lives of my kids?
Is it all about a good education? They should be able to get the education they desire. Is it all about good jobs? They should be self-sufficient and not in want.
But what I really want, more than anything, is that after living in a minister’s house for over eighteen years that they would love ministry and the church as much as I do. If they do, then they’ll love God and his people (the church) who his son died to redeem. It’s a tall order, but a goal that is always before me. Let our first priority to have our children love the church as much as we do. I think that as ministers we need to refuse to disqualify our ministries and life’s work, by failing at what we’ve worked for our whole lives – our families.-
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May 29th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Just think, not only are you the authoritative influence on your own children’s lives. But also you have an impact on all of our, your youth group’s people’s, lives.