Author
|
Topic: A Parent's Prayer
|
Amalthea
Advanced Member
Member # 318
|
posted
I pray to BE that kind of parent. My husband and I are concerned with "the world" as it is now. However, we know a lot of kids (and parents) who give us hope for a bright future for our impending daughter.
We're not nervous per se, as we believe that Christ is with us and our little girl is truly a gift from God...we just pray to be able to raise her to love Him as we do.
Posts: 30 | Registered: Aug 2002
| IP: Logged |
|
|
barrykind
Advanced Member
Member # 35
|
posted
Me neither Linda, But Melisa and i are really trying...this was a real good prayer we thought.
We want to be like that and with Gods mercy and grace we will...amen
-------------------- The HEART of the issue is truly the issue of the HEART! John 3:3;Mark 8:34-38;James 1:27
Posts: 3529 | From: Orange, Texas | Registered: Jun 2002
| IP: Logged |
|
|
helpforhomeschoolers
Advanced Member
Member # 15
|
posted
Thanks for posting this. I confess that I am often not this kind of parent. I printed it in hopes that it will encourage me to not only confess but to repent.
Posts: 4684 | From: Southern Black Hills of South Dakota | Registered: Jun 2002
| IP: Logged |
|
|
barrykind
Advanced Member
Member # 35
|
posted
by Garry C. Myers, co-founder of "Highlights for Children"
Oh, God, make me a better parent. Help me to understand my children, to listen patiently to what they have to say and to answer all their questions kindly. Keep me from interrupting them, talking back to them and contradicting them. Make me as courteous to them as I would have them be to me. Give me the courage to confess my sins against my children and to ask of them forgiveness, when I know that I have done them wrong.
May I not vainly hurt the feelings of my children. Forbid that I should laugh at their mistakes or resort to shame and ridicule as punishment. Let me not tempt a child to lie and steal. So guide me hour by hour that I may demonstrate by all I say and do that honesty produces happiness.
****************************************************************
This is my prayer too oh God....amen
-------------------- The HEART of the issue is truly the issue of the HEART! John 3:3;Mark 8:34-38;James 1:27
Posts: 3529 | From: Orange, Texas | Registered: Jun 2002
| IP: Logged |
|
|
|