Sandy etal, Your boys can count on you and your husband for direction, they can trust your judgement and, (lucky for them),you are both Christ centered. Inherently children want to believe their parents are wiser than they are and they want to please their parents as well. Children want to know you love them. I was not raised in a Christian home. My parents were alcoholics, and many times the money my folks earned found it's way into the Nevada slot machines instead of buying things for the family. However I knew my parents loved me, and because of that I always wanted to please them. When I grew older I began to notice that my parents had no foundation, that their lives were very unsettled and they were not the wise sages I had believed them to be. In finding my own way in the world as a teenager I got lost. My parents never stopped loving me, even though my antics did not please them. The only thing I could count on from my parents was their love. So even if we are not the model parent, with God's help we do our best, and tell our children we want the best for them, but more importantly we show them that we love them. Sometimes that's all we can do, but love is enough to bring new life out of the desert of our own ways. Cdr Jen _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks!" RTKB&G4JC! Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rangernet.org
