It is interesting to watch how, people who used to be young and courting their future spouse, are now the parents of young people courting their future spouse. We apply to our children standards that no one applied to us at their age. We set in place guidelines for our children that no one established for us at their age. Growing up and growing older makes us aware of dangers that we were oblivious to when we were young. Everyone is in favor of marriage until it is their children who want to get married.
When revival first was happening in Prescott there were a lot of young people getting saved. There were some young families already in church. The parents were excited to see what God was doing. Until the parents began to wonder if their daughters would marry these new convert guys. Some of them actually did marry guys who were newly saved. And they were successful pastors for many years.
When parents grow up they become nervous about the future for their children. How will they turn out, will they stay saved, who will they marry. Life is a gamble with no guaranteed outcomes. At some point you have to let your children find their own way and trust that God is able to help them as they navigate their way through life. You cannot keep them home forever. You have to let them go or you might lose them forever.
Trusting God is easy when it is academic. The challenge for us is when we have to trust God for ourselves or our children. We can trust God no matter who or what. Amen!
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