Children Need Parents.
This thought is potentially the most obvious statement an adult can ever make, and you would be right.
Last week, I found myself taking in the reality of the unconditional love children are born with. It’s pretty fascinating to me that I have interacted with adults who still long for their parents in age ranges that one would expect, “You’re an adult, you should stop missing, needing, or crying about that pain your parent caused you.” But interestingly enough, a child is always a child, and a parent is always a parent. Parents are supposed to take on the role of a parent and never drop it until they die. And if they did a great job, in the opposite direction, a bad job! Memories of them may continue to influence their children for better or worse.
This thought isn’t that deep. It’s just the reality that children have so much grace innately built for their parents, a parent would have to want to suck at parenting to mess it up. At least that’s my opinion. Please, O! This does not mean parents are supposed never to yell, or always feel like hugging, or always have the right words. I think the reality of what children carry opens up adults to parenting with their best hearts and actions, dropping the anxiety of messing it up. No one can control what life brings a child’s way as they transition into adulthood, but with God sparing our lives, we can be there to support and love them through their own stories. We can still be their parents.
That’s it, just a thought.