No matter how hard you try as a parent, you can never:<\/p>\n
protect your children from everything
ensure your good intentions (or lessons) will be interpreted correctly
imagine the highs & lows you will experience as they grow up
force God to open their eyes, convince or convert them\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Far from trying to brain wash them into religion, we have always wanted our children to *know* the Truth for themselves. (The Truth is Jesus, the living King of all, *not* a set of religious beliefs or doctrines).<\/p>\n
Tonight was one of those times where I saw evidence that He was revealing Himself to one of my children\u2026totally outside of my planning, \u2018wisdom\u2019 or effort.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hugging them & watching the genuine tears of contrition run freely as they experienced grace, I could hardly hold my tears (of joy) back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He is so, *so* faithful!<\/p>\n
Thankfully His Truth is *far* than the mere religious philosophy \/ ideology of millions, He actually has the power to save.\u00a0<\/p>\n
#thankYouJesus #howsweetthesond #amazinggrace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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