Psalm 128 (NIV)__________________________________________________________
A song of ascents
1 Blessed are all who fear the LORD,
who walk in his ways.
2 You will eat the fruit of your labor;
blessings and prosperity will be yours.
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house;
your sons will be like olive shoots
around your table.
4 Thus is the man blessed
who fears the LORD.
5 May the LORD bless you from Zion
all the days of your life;
may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,
6 and may you live to see your children's children.
Peace be upon Israel.
O Lord, thinking back upon my own youth days, I have not been an obedient teenager. Thank You Father for the wonderful parents You have entrusted to raise, teach, and guide me every time I went astray.
With each generation of younger people, it seems to me sometimes that they are getting more and more out of control. Rebellion and violence, amongst many other examples, often revolve around me. Can it truly become impossible to love the unlovable?
Father teach me the ways so that I can have a patient and loving heart. Only by Your grace can people truly change, and I believe entirely for I have seen with my own eyes how lives were transformed.
No doubt it may be challenging, but I trust You to show me the ways to become a better brother-in-Christ for my friends, and a better parent for my future children.
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