What I'm about to share aren't simply good parenting practices, honestly & without any Ill intention I'm stating that they're also absent during my childhood & now I'm fighting by God's grace everyday to do them..
💎 I let my boys know whenever possible that just by simply existing (regardless of achievements), they are already the source of my joy.
💎 I demonstrate the things I myself have been longing to hear :
* "Sorry" whenever I realized I have failed to exercise perfection / truth / God's principles in parenting, they will know that we humans make mistakes, and the way out is not perfection, it's the giving & receiving of forgiveness.
* "Please / help", giving them dignity but also a realization that their satisfaction comes not from annexation, but from serving.
* "Thank you".. same as above.
💎 I tie & summarize as much of our conversations to the realization that God is the reason, sustainer, and the conclusion of this grand story called "life".
💎 I made sure they reached the fulfillment of my & my wife's matrimony vow, that is to mentor them in Christ. I might not own nor attain much, but I recalled when I guided them to embrace the fruit of The Cross wholeheartedly. I watched their small faces drown in tears of thanksgiving for what Christ has done for their forgiveness & salvation. I felt that no success nor riches can compared to having your whole house enjoyed the gift of new life.
God is the source of unending love. He's
enabled me to become a dad I've never and might never had. Through the Cross, Christ has revealed the perfect heart of My Heavenly & Loving Father, and that sacrifice has covered all guilt and settled all debt.
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