“……love never fails….” I
Corinthians 13:8
One thing common to everyone who has taken on
the role of a parent, and that is the occasional feeling that you are failing
as a parent.
Perhaps that is how you are feeling at this
moment.
There is no parenting scoreboard or
instrument for measuring how you are doing as a parent at any given moment. It
is a moment by moment process and every child is a work in progress and
sometimes it just feels like you are losing!
You don’t like losing at anything! Neither do
I. It is especially hard to feel like you are losing in the job of parenting
because (1) you don’t want to lose your child; and (2) you don’t want to be
thought of as a poor parent.
For every parent who has ever felt this way
(and that would be every parent) there two Scriptures have encouraging news for
you! LOVE NEVER FAILS!
Some things work every time they are tried.
Obedience always works! Every time you obey God it allows Him to work in and
through your life! There has never been a time that a Child of God obeyed Him
and it didn’t work out for that one who obeyed.
Prayer works every time it is tried. While
you may not receive exactly what you prayed for you know that every prayer is
heard every prayer is heard in Heaven has an impact on earth. When you pray in
Jesus’ Name, every prayer is heard in Heaven and every prayer causes something
to happen on earth. Sometimes something will happen in the heart of your child
or something will happen in your heart. To every prayer God answers, “Yes”, “no”
or “later”. Your job is to pray, then believe, then watch for the evidence that
God is at work in answer to your prayer.
Love works every time it is tried!
But that is only true if the love is question
is the love of God because God’s love never fails. God’s love always triumphs
over any fear, over any doubt, over any hatred, or any feelings of failure as a
parent. Love never fails!
Your love may fail toward your child but God’s
love working in you and through you will never fail because “Love never fails”! You can only fail
with your child (ren) if you fail to love your child with the supernatural “agape”
love of God!
So, disregard any feelings of failure as a
parent. It isn’t about you or your failures anyway! It isn’t about you at all!
If you want to receive the power of God you must crucify your selfish, self-loving
nature and receive His love through the Holy Spirit!
Once you receive His Holy Spirit and the
fruit of His Spirit, His love will fill your heart and it will cover for any
failures you might make as a parent. His love is stronger than your failures!
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers
over a multitude of sins.” I Peter 4:8