Dear dayhiker,
A friend of mine is a father and I know what his heart for his children is according to what he has said about his heart for them.
Jesus has said what the Father's heart is for His children, how can one not know?
Hi Phinehas2,
I'm a father and I konw how a father wants his children to be who they are suppose to be. But I don't expect my two sons, who are close, to be the same.
Now I was in a church a while ago, my EX was having problems with me and went to the pastors. I agreed to be counciled by them. As the counciling went on I came to realize that they were asking me to me someone I couldn't be and someone that God didn't create me to be. I finally had to stand up and say that's not what God is asking of me. You have an agenda for me that isn't what God wants.
My wife divorced me over this. Over me doing what God was asking me to do. She is a good Christian that loves Jesus with all her heart.
So I know about raising boys and letting them be who God wants them to be. I know about standing up to be who God wants me to be. In that and many other things God has worked into my spirit, I don't seem God asking of people some of the things that other think God is asing.
Micha
6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good,
and what the Lord really wants from you:
He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful,
and to walk humble with your God.
God bless
dayhiker