Day 3 — Your parents
It’s been quite some time since I’ve blogged, but this is a perfect opportunity for me to brag about some of the best people in my life: My Parents. Parents hold the stereotype of being overprotective, over-caring, overacting, and even overdoing. As children, we see these gestures as a nuisance because they’ve been like this since day one. We grow accustom to the ways they express themselves towards us, and soon, it becomes a routinely act which we may perceive to be annoying. Whether they are bickering because curfew was broken, or grieving because they are actually afraid of what could’ve happened to you in the wee hours of the night, the bottom line is that we so often fail to see what lies above the bottom of the line. Simply put, here’s the bottom line: Parents worry too much. And the line above? Because they love us so much.
I cannot begin to FATHOM how much my parents love me. The way they raised me, the support they showed and continue to show for me, the unending love they pour out onto me despite my unwise decisions in the past. Never have they given up, but always have they encouraged me. Thinking back on this really challenges me in so many ways. How many of us are able to continue to encourage someone who disagrees with everything that is naturally “right”? The answer for me is not “very few”, it’s “my parents”. I pray that I may grow to be even half as good of parents they were to me, for my future children. God blesses us all in many different ways, but He has blessed me tremendously with my gentle, understanding Mom and my ever-supporting Dad.
The family should be a closely knit group. The home should be a self-contained shelter of security; a kind of school where life’s basic lessons are taught; and a kind of church where God is honored; a place where wholesome recreation and simple pleasures are enjoyed.
-Billy Graham
