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The difference between a parent and a teenager

"Validate your self-worth with God"

The difference between a parent and a teenager!

One of the biggest and noteworthy difference's between a mature parent and a immature younger person is, before a parent usually says or does something in their lives, they will think about the choice's before them, especially if there are consequences involved that include how it will effect themselves as well as others.

A parent will usually ask themselves; What if?, what if this hurts somebody I love or somebody else. And this difference in your parents life is why you should honor your mother and father the rest of their life.

You are alive today, because of their love for you and for them keeping you safe up to this point in your life. This is called unconditional love. Your parents, without hesitation would give their lives up to save yours, they would spend all of eternity in Hell so that you would go to Heaven.

(Thank God that they don't have to do that, for you and them to go to Heaven) But because we as parents are not perfect, we do not have perfect love, and we will not always say and do the right things, each and every time. We as parents get hurt too, and sometimes we say to ourselves that we deserve more respect from the younger generation. We have to be careful that we don't become bitter and start to use this thought process to justify our wrong doing as parents by the words we say or the actions that we do.

A wise Pastor once said; "If your right but your rude, then your wrong!"

As a loving parent I have made many less than perfect choices that I know that I have regretted making in raising my teenager. God knows that I have made those mistakes with a pure heart and with good motives. I also know that I have made many more right and good choices than wrong ones that my daughter will always cherish. I love my daughter more than life itself. I teach my daughter to always validate her self-worth with God and God will never let you down.

Now that you know that your parents love you more than life itself, and not to put all your "eggs of self-worth"of who you value yourself as a good person with man. But with Almighty God, who is and deserves to be on a "pedestal of perfection" and He will never let you down because he is the only thing that is perfect.

You may not be thinking of this at the time that you are in a heated argument with your parents,

It helps to keep things in perspective by always knowing that they will always love you, no matter what words come out wrong.

This thinking will help keep your core values of who you really are in a place of peace and holiness, and help you in respecting your not so perfect parents. You will always know and carry in your heart that you are a good person, no matter what anybody says falsely about you.

When you do go through your own adversities in your life, and you will. You will rise above the ashes of your fires of adversity just like Joseph did from the Bible.

You will learn to put all your eggs of self-worth into what God thinks of you and not man, and God will never leave you or forsake you in your lowest moments of your life. He will move Heaven and earth to turn everyone of your adversity's in your life into a blessing of victory, and triumph over everyone of your obstacles each and every time, for keeping the faith and doing it God's way!

As hard as it is sometimes for you to believe this while your under extreme stress in difficult times with your father or mother. No matter how old you are and no matter what you have done in your past, Deep down inside, your parent's still think of you as the little innocent newborn that they brought home from the hospital, that seemed like it was just yesterday. So give them the love and respect that will help bring you both closer to the cherished love that they have for you, just like it was long ago.

When those difficult times happen and they will, when all good and loving Fathers or Mothers are less than perfect and let their children down. Your parent's may be defensive and expect you to want to fight or argue and show them total disrespect as all teenagers sometimes do.

You see when you were young and innocent, your parent's gave you 100% of their love and energy to protecting and cherishing you. Today they cannot give back so much of themselves as before. They need your help and your understanding in patching things up between the both of you. Sometimes they need a little recognition and appreciation from their own children. Sometimes they just don't know how to ask this from you.

As a teenager this is your purpose in your life, this is the moment that God created you to be, that defines what a good person you really are, to yourself and to your parents.

How precious and rare it would be for you to have the God given opportunity to help heal and melt your parent's prideful and hurtful heart as they hear these words spoken from you of your unconditional love for them from their own children's heart and soul, such as...

That's ok Mom/Dad,

The truth is without you, I would not be here today,

It's my time to give back the love that you have given me,

we'll get through this together,

because right now...

I have enough love, for the both of us.

"God Believe's in You!"

Reverend Michael Cartwright

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