No parent wants to see their children suffer.
No parent wants to watch their children repeat the same mistakes.
And yet…
Generation after generation…
We often confuse love with control.
Care with possession.
Guidance with manipulation.
Children are entrusted to us.
But they do not belong to us.
They belong to the One who gives them life.
The One who planted gifts within them long before we ever recognized them.
“My Son and My Daughter” from This Love (Acoustic Album) — streaming and download:
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Lyrics:
My Son and My Daughter
A, G, A, G
My son and my daughter
Don’t walk through this life
In someone’s devise
For someone’s demise
Don’t seek for the riches
Don’t live for the world
Possessions are cold
But the wisdom’s like gold
F, G, A
So pray to the Lord
And live in His Word
The Word that will shelter
Your hearts from this world
Your faith will not waver
And you will not fall
Through noise of the masses
You won’t miss His call
In the name of our Lord
Listen to your father’s words
A, G, A, G
Like sheep to the slaughter
They crave for your lives
The wolves in disguise
They flatter with lies
The counsel of sinners
The teachers of law
Stay far from their ways
For short are their days
F, G, A
So pray to the Lord
And live in His Word
The Word that will shelter
Your hearts from this world
Your faith will not waver
And you will not fall
Through noise of the masses
You won’t miss His call
In the name of our Lord
Listen to your Father’s words
Sometimes without meaning to…
Parents begin writing a story that was never theirs to write.
We decide who our children should become.
What they should do.
What their success should look like.
We plan years ahead…
Yet we do not know what the next moment will bring.
But our sins against our children are not greater than the mercy of our Father.
Because they are His children too.