Parent advice from an godly old man *
A few days ago I turned 84 years old. I became a Christian when I was in college at the age of 19, so that means I’ve been a Christian about 65 years. I’ve seen a lot in that time span. When I woke up this morning (much earlier than I would have liked) I began to think about all the Christian parents I have known during those 65 years who were vastly disappointed in the way their children turned out. I’m not talking about half-hearted Christian parents, but devoted Christian parents who took their parenting very seriously. Naturally, the question that arose in my mind was why. Why did all those good intentions fail so utterly? In several cases I was so close to those parents that I was greatly distressed at what happened. The next thing that came to my mind was all the serious young Christian parents that are now setting out in their parenting career. Some of these are my grandchildren. Will they come to the same grief with their children? Why does this tragedy get rep...