how do you know when you’ve really accepted somebody? simple. you don’t insist that they be like you.
galatians 6,4 (ncv), each person should judge his own actions and not compare himself to others, then he can be proud for what he himself has done.
1 corinthians 13.5 (lb), love does not demand its own way.
so many parents today are trying to make carbon copes of their kids. they say either subtly or overtly, “you need to be like me, act like i do, think like i do, talk like i do. you need to excel in the things that i excelled in. you need to be interested in the subjects i’m interested in. you need to do as good in the classes at school as i did or better.” if you’re athletic, you expect your children to be athletic or better athletes.
when GOD made your children, HE didn’t make them to be a carbon copy of you. the world does not need another you! GOD made your children to be themselves, so when you try to force them into a mold you’re not accepting their differences.
when doctors try to make their kids doctors and when lawyers try to make their kids lawyers and pastors try to make their kids pastors, you’re missing the point.
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some of you had parents who did this to you and you know the pain that it has caused. then don't do it to your kids.
just a thought from the front porch...
3 comments:
Thanks for this post, Pastor.
We are naturally always wanting our children, and even our spouse to be like us.
Thanks for the reminder that God makes each us different.
We should instead draw the maximum good out of all these differences ;)
very true. GOD doesn't make junk and we need to accept and honor HIS creation in each one of us!
Amen! I was 50 years old before I learned this lesson and it was only because of Jesus that I learned it then. The Holy Bible is indeed our only source of true knowledge and this posting proves that to me. I feel sorry for folks that believe unless Jesus can be proven he must not exist.
What a joy to be free!
Thank You Bill
In Jesus' pure and perfect love.
Allan and Marisela
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