Comments on: Parents and Children

By: Tamara Roberts

Tamara Roberts — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 03:49:23 +0000

I thank God for the grateful of bringing I had with my parents. They are both gone now but I still have those strong values within Me.

By: Taylor Grills

Taylor Grills — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:56:32 +0000

By: Summer Weakland

Summer Weakland — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:41:19 +0000

I was not raised with any of this shown to me by my parents. Both struggled with substance abuse, now both are clean. My mom is a believer but my dad is not. I pray He finds truth. Being able to fully accept and be known by Abba Father hasn’t always come easily but the more I rest in it, the more I put my trust in him….he has yet to let me down. And he never will. I’m so thankful for that. Being able to model my own marriage after Jesus and his relationship with his church….is a gift I’m able to give my own children daily.

By: Heather G

Heather G — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:31:20 +0000

I have prayed hard to become a Godly wife and mother for my future family. I have prayed for blessings of a big beautiful family. I have prayed that God would prepare my heart to love my family with His intent. I have prayed that God would prepare my life to walk as the best example of Christ that I can emulate for my future children.

I know the reason God has not given me these things and He has tested and challenged me with such intensity, is to do exactly what I prayed for. He wants me to be the wife and mother that I desired, but to get there I need to do a lot of work. Please help me to be accountable for my faith, grow in wisdom and discernment, stand firm in my individual value, uphold personal boundaries and serve purposefully for Christ.

By: Heather G

Heather G — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:23:17 +0000

Lord thank you for giving me a front row seat to the most beautiful marriage I have ever noticed – my parents. I pray for their individual salvation and that they would each accept you as their only Lord and savior.

My parents marriage taught me more about Gods unconditional love, unending grace and forgiveness, His perfect timing, the Lords patience and persistence in our walk, and Gods intentionality for us / purposefulness, than I could ever imagine. Their love for each other was an example of Christ and continued commitment.

Lord thank you for setting me in a whole and loving household, thank you for the strict rules and parenting expectations that were upon me as a child. Thank you for the protection you guaranteed.

My parents did an excellent job with the resources they had to serve their role. I could have used some more clear models or a closer relationship with them for better guidance and more accountability during difficult phases in my life – but they definitely tried to surround us with a community of examples to offer roles they didn’t feel fitted for.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 02:06:11 +0000

Known by Tauren Wells is the song that I thought of. Highly recommend sitting in the truth of this song.
https://youtu.be/QAKWod74VLs?si=O7UsrYCIowXNt8-B

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 01:53:13 +0000

In reply to Nichole Sells. I'm so sorry you had that hurtful and lonely experience, Nichole! You are fully loved by our perfect Heavenly Father! Do you have a community that is speaking truth to you now?

By: Nichole Sells

Nichole Sells — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 20:16:45 +0000

I did not have any of these modeled for me. My mother had severe mental illnesses, that she refused to treat. So, she used drugs to self medicate. She was extremely unpredictable, and quite abusive, both mentally and physically. Through all her faults, however, she expected me to be perfect. For example, if I got a B on my report card, I got spanked and grounded. Only A’s were acceptable. We did not attend church, and I knew nothing about God. I wish that I had known. I would not have felt so alone and unloveable.

By: Paula Mourin

Paula Mourin — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 15:28:12 +0000

By: Wendy B

Wendy B — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:20:31 +0000

I was fortunate enough to have been raised in a Christian home and had Christian grandparents and great grandparents as well. Were things perfect? No. We regularly attended church, every other church related thing, my parents served, we did daily family devotions at the breakfast table for many years. I saw many things as an example but wouldn't say there was a lot of actual guiding my heart, or discipleship or talking about personal faith. My Dad was quite authoritative and could be a bit quick tempered and my parents did bicker a lot. I don't think that at all neccassary gave me a poor view of my Heavenly Father but I dont think I fully understood the true heart of the Father until I was much older and that my own Dad "should* be an example of that. I don't feel like I hold anything against my parents for these things, I certainly never expected them to be without fault. As I got older and have matured in faith I definitely see how multi-faceted and perfect our Heavenly Father is. And becoming a parent definitely sheds a whole new light on things and my own shortcomings in modeling the heart of the Father became glaringly obvious. Yikes. In reading Proverbs we truly get a wide view of who He is and it brings into perspective how I should have been as a parent. Can't go back now, but as a parent to young adult children I can still model the heart of God in ways that honor Him and are an example to my kids. I do think that God has covered over my parental missteps and pray and trust I haven't made any mistakes that have dramatically, negatively affected my girls. We have a huge challenge in this season in honoring our own parents, my husband in particular and its very hard. My inlaws are very elderly- 90 yrs old and refuse to give up driving(and its terrifying), make a change in their living situation, or acknowledge that they should make any adjustments to their lives. Its a heavy burden and concern for my husband (and his 2 brothers) and he has had to be the bad guy and address things with them countless times and it falls in deaf ears. I pray for patience and wisdom on this often and try to see them through the lense of the Father and trust God that He will continue to guide and protect.