The story is told of one man who was called to bail his son out of jail. As he left for the jail, a nosey neighbor said, “If he were my kid, I’d leave him in jail.” The father answered, “If he were your kid, I’d leave him in jail too.”
One of the curses of being the oldest child is having kids before your siblings and listening to them tell you how to raise your child. You hear words like, “When I have kids, they will not…”
One of the joys of being the oldest child is watching your younger siblings have children and seeing those children do exactly what their parents said they would never do.
To understand why this happens, read First Peter 4: verse 8, “Love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” I call this passage a New Testament proverb. It would fit well in the book of Proverbs.
The reason my kid’s sins are not as bad as your kid’s sins is because I love my kids deeply and “love covers a multitude of sins.” It is the way of love to look past faults and imperfections.
Now read it again and this time stop after the word “covers.” It reads “Love each other deeply, because love covers…”
When you love someone, love covers…whatever. It doesn’t make wrong right, but it helps you love one another.
It is the secret of living together in happiness.
I’m Lonnie Davis
And these are thoughts worth thinking.