To be parents like my parents... To be parents as God wants us to be!

"God gives us children and we are expected to help them develop into men and women of God." This is what I posted on my Facebook wall yesterday to remind me that I'm now a parent and it's my duty and responsibility to practice Scriptural principles because if I don't my child and future children won't either. I have to live what I "preach" because if I don't my words will just fall on deaf ears and create rebellious hearts. As parents, we don't have to be perfect, but we must be genuine, right?

My parents had discovered that God has equipped them to mold their 14 children to be men and women of God. They always talk to us about God's goodness and what God expected from us. They talk to us not in religious-sounding tones though they're both ministers because they wanted us to understand Christianity in natural language, in natural ways, at natural times. They wanted to inculcate to us that Christianity isn't a religion, indeed it's a relationship to our Creator.It's a lifestyle. They talk and teach us when we sit at home, when we walk along the road, when we lie down and when we get up. They always 'seize the day' to bless us their children. Instead of rock stars or sports celebrities of questionable character, they introduce us to Bible heroes who modeled godliness, righteousness and courage under pressure! We want to be parents like my parents. We want to be parents as God wants us to be!