You parents of the wilful and the wayward! Don't give them up. Don't cast them off. They are not utterly lost. The Shepherd will find his sheep. They were His before they were yours - long before He entrusted them to your care; and you cannot begin to love them as He loves them.
Interpretation
Parents should never lose hope in their wayward children, as they are loved and valued beyond their understanding.
This quote emphasizes the importance of parental perseverance and unconditional love for children who may stray from the right path. It assures parents that even in troubled times, their children can be redeemed and are still cherished by a higher power, encouraging them to maintain faith and support.
In practice
In a speech to parents at a support group meeting for troubled youth.
We cannot judge fully of men's works by what we see, or what is said and thought of them; for man is prone to depreciate that which is really important, and to exact and extol what is trivial and of little worth. Many things which are hidden and unrecognized of human wisdom are nevertheless valuable and vitally important.
It is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father and Mother in heaven.
It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than they imagine, for the success they may have achieved, even in practical pursuits, and for the enjoyment their lives have afforded them.
Let me tell you a secret about a father's love,/A secret that my daddy said was just between us.”/He said, “Daddies don't just love their children every now and then./It's a love without end, amen, it's a love without end, amen.
The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
The family uses people, not for what they are, nor for what they are intended to be, but for what it wants them for- its own uses. It thinks of them not as what God has made them, but as the something which it has arranged that they shall be.
Be at your mother’s feet and there is the Paradise.
Parenting is an impossible job at any age.
I don't believe there are devils enough in hell to pull a boy out of the arms of a godly mother.
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