::.. Day 34 ..:: Prayers of Biblical Hope
March 29, 2004
From today's prayer:
"Teach our sons and daughters Your ways. We can only show them broken lives, healed to some extent by Christ. Even the best parents have in some way failed their children...Our marriages have soured and shattered, leaving our kids to learn a warped and broken way. So we turn to You heavenly Father (p. 52)."
Our children have perhaps been the greatest casualty of our damnable individualism and the lie that our personal lives and choices affect no one but ourselves.
Our children have perhaps been the greatest casualty of our damnable individualism and the lie that our personal lives and choices affect no one but ourselves. I do agree with this statement, DP...
... but what I really like is what you quote in the first statement: We can only show them broken lives, healed to some extent by Christ. I think that if we are honest with our children (to the level that is appropriate) about our brokenness, and the power of Christ's healing in our lives - we will be giving them something precious.
I'm thinking of my parent's generation, who maybe didn't pursue individualism to the extent that my generation has... yet also didn't honestly admit to the need for Christ's healing in their lives, and what a dis-service this was in their children's lives as well.
Posted by: Chris(tine) | March 29, 2004 at 09:34 AM
What is scary is that I hear my parents' voices come out of my mouth almost daily, and what I am saying to my boys is, "Let me be, let me study, let me read, let me be ME without YOU!" Individualism, even when you know it is wrong, is hard to break.
Posted by: Mary | March 30, 2004 at 09:17 PM
Hey Mary! Welcome to Paradoxology -- finally!
You're sure right about understanding the woes of individualism, but it being "hard to break". Lord help us!
Posted by: Chris | March 30, 2004 at 09:31 PM