Today in the AMI prayer it said,
Lord, let my children follow only my good examples, and reject the bad ones.  May they follow the examples of Christ.  Oh God, may my children surpass me in every aspect, particularly their love and devotion to You.  Thank You.
To be honest, that prayer made me feel pretty heavy hearted. Did my parents ever pray to God for me to love and devote my life to Him? To follow His heart when they’ve “failed”?
Coming from a non-christian family, and living in one for the past 3 months as a believer has been hard. Life goals, standards for the future is a difficult conversation, love comes in a different language, and every time we have a serious conversation, it ends up being long hours circling into different topics. I can’t help but think, They don’t understand where I’m coming from. If…