Show SUNDAYS SUNDAY'S SERMON V A Ami AI Children A most common complaint of teenagers is that parents dont think I am nm old enough to take caro care of myself How low often do parents face faco this comment when they attempt to stop a child chillI from traveling ha with wills the wrong kind of oC companions when they refuse to permit them to go where everybody e else esO is going when they refuse permission sion ion to date dale or go steady at a avery avery very cly tender tendel age Life lIe can bo be easy for lor the parent who provides food 1001 clothing a Ii place to sleep sleep and and no eneo enco to the tho personal lives li of their offspring l Easy now now but but the heartaches come conic later latel How many times have o you ou heard leard a Ii parent in distress raise arms skyward and ask Where oh wheN where dil did I go wrong How flow anany times have you as IS an Inter Intel I ested observer known well full the answer but dared darel not speak a word Growing up II Is an up and down proposition like liko a roller coaster with many hie highs s and lows Most often when children need help the most the faster they fly to escape the tho voice of authority ant and experience The Tho parents who lose are ore those who stand aside with the Idea that things will turn out all alt right tomorrow Parental love Jove and guidance is the answer Children may not recognize re reo cognize it for what it is until is-until until some long distant tomorrow when things have turned out well I |