ROYALTY
Today's reading: Proverbs 1

"Listen, my child, to what your father teaches you. Don't neglect your mother's teaching. What you learn from them will crown you with grace and clothe you with honor." Proverbs 1:8-9 NLT

I'm becoming more and more like my parents.

The older I get, the more evidence of that there is.

I don't mind, I consider myself to have been raised by two of the greatest people on earth.

What they've taught me, now that I'm seeing it at this age, has set me apart--manners, respect, love, godliness, having a servant's heart.

I don't know if I'm crowned, but I feel very, very privileged.

I will admit, this appreciation has only come after having become a parent myself.

You see, they made it look easy. Or they had perfect children--that's a laugh!

I want to set the young prince living under our roof up for the same success, the same level of character, the same values.

And I'll daily remind myself that he won't appreciate it until much later. He won't feel it was at all worth it until he's a parent himself. He won't think it's important until someone notices, in him, his Savior!