God is a Better Parent Than We Are

[Resting In Him]

Dr. Ray Pritchard
Author and Speaker

Friday, June 2, 2006

God is a Better Parent Than We Are

A few years ago, when we needed some encouragement, the Lord put this thought into my wife's heart: "God is a better parent than we are." No matter how much we love our children, he loves them even more. No matter how much we want the best for them, he wants it even more than we do, and he truly knows what it is best. Not only that, he can see from where they are to where he wants them to be, and no matter where the starting point is, he knows how to lead them from here to there. And he does it infallibly, and with an abundance of wisdom and a generous helping of tender mercy, and he wastes nothing along the way.

Cont'd... (http://www.crosswalk.com/news/weblogs/pritchard/?adate=6/2/2006#1400554)

[USATeacher2005]

I'm going to print that and put it on my desk at school cause even though I don't have kids a lot of what he said is very applicable to teachers as well, esp. in a day and age where a lot of our kids come from home situations that require teachers to act like surrogate parents, and with all the "stuff" I have to deal with on a daily basis sometimes you just want to give up. I liked that, and I needed to hear it, even though I'm just a teacher.