LOVING OUR GROWN-UP CHILDREN - 1 CORINTHIANS 13*****************************
COMEDIAN HENNY YOUNGMAN USED TO SAY, "I'VE GOT TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN-AND TWO OUT OF FIVE ISN'T BAD." WHEN CHILDREN REACH ADULTHOOD, MOST PARENTS HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT HOW THEIR OFFSPRING HAVE "TURNED OUT."
SOME ARE PROUD OF EVERYTHING THEIR KIDS HAVE DONE, WHILE OTHER PARENTS EXPRESS MISGIVINGS OR DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT THE CHOICES THEIR CHILDREN HAVE MADE. HOW CAN WE CONTINUE A POSTIVE PARENTING ROLE AFTER THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT OUR NEST?
IN 1 CORINTHIANS 13, OFTEN CALLED "THE LOVE CHAPTER" OF THE BIBLE, PAUL WRITES THAT THE GREATEST GIFTS OF SPEAKING, UNDERSTANDING, AND SACRIFICIAL SERVICE ARE WORTHLESS WITHOUT LOVE. LOVE ITSELF IS THE FOUNDATION OF WINSOME BEHAVIOR, AND ITS INFLUENCE NEVER ENDS.
"LOVE SUFFERS LONG AND IS KIND; LOVE DOES NOT ENVY; LOVE DOES NOT PARADE ITSELF, IS NOT PUFFED UP; DOES NOT BEHAVE RUDELY, DOES NOT SEEK ITS OWN, IS NOT PROVOKED, THINKS NO EVIL; DOES NOT REJOICE IN INIQUITY, BUT REJOICES IN THE TRUTH; BEARS ALL THINGS, BELIEVE ALL THINGS, HOPES ALL THINGS, ENDURES ALL THINGS. LOVE NEVER FAILS.
WHEN OUR CHILDREN NO LONGER SEEK OUR ADVICE, THEY STILL VALUE OUR LOVE. IN EVERY STAGE OF PARENTING, IT'S NOT ONLY WHAT WE SAY BUT WHAT WE DO THAT COUNTS.
MAY GOD IN MERCY GRANT TO US
A HOME WHERE CHRIST HOLDS SWAY,
WHERE PEACE AND JOY FROM HEAVEN ABOVE
ABIDE FROM DAY TO DAY.
A PARENT'S LOVE NEVER ENDS. NOW ABIDE FAITH, HOPE, LOVE, THESE THREE, BUT THE GREATEST IS LOVE. I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY**************
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