Daughters, be good to your fathers too.
God has been convicting me this morning that everything you do in life starts from home. How can I say I serve God, how can I go out to serve others when I do not pay enough attention to serving my parents, doing the chores, washing the dishes etc – with the excuse that I’m busy doing ‘bigger’ things? My parers has been so gracious to me- knowing that I’m busy with sm3 and meeting up with friends (trying to redeem my hols with whatever time) they require me to only do minimum stuff. Yes they discipline me, but after awhile I forget. Their love sometimes even pushes me to ask me to go out and enjoy myself: but hey I should never ever take them for granted. Everything in ministry starts from the home; Lord remind me to never neglect to increase in my love for those that are dearest to me, and never take for granted the greatest gifts that you have given to me, and help me to cherish them every day of my life.
My dad once posted this in fb (something to this extent)-”we’re so busy growing up, we forget our parents are growing old”. May we continue to appreciate our parents by spending time with them amidst our busyness. I realize how we young pple today are so focused on our parents imperfections, we forget they are also human. They have never been parents before; it’s a journey for them, an experiment that they keep trying, a success they keep striving for despite the inadequate resources life gives to them. One thing that remains though; is their love that has persisted till now. The fact that they are yr parents today that still provides for you shows that they have not given up on us. May we continue to transmit the perfect love of our Father~ a love that does not replace but instead complements their love that sometimes may fall short. It is this constant shedding of light on His perfect love, our proddings of encouragement, our persistence in prayers for them, that I pray would make them lean on God in their journey as parents as well, and learn to be the parents that God wants them to be by focussing on the perfect role model Father we have.
God, help me to be a proper steward of the role of a daughter You have given me, and help me to always hold this role close to my heart.
