Most of my peers growing up, grew up in the church. Whether Baptist, Pentecostal, etc. we spent many a Sunday in Church.
I have several relatives and friends that are also 'Preacher's Children'. Whether their father is the Church Pastor, Mother is an Evangelist, etc. I've noted throughout the years some peers were a bit defiant in what was deemed proper protocol in and out of church. Outsiders looking in would peg Preacher's children as the worst. Not so. As everyone has their faults with some form of dysfunction in all families.
My train of thought in this post leads to the children who are faced with adversity & or they have done something that is shameful to the church. As a parent of the Cloth where do you draw the line between parent and church?
If your son or daughter comes to you and expresses discontent within themselves do you quote a scripture and send them on their way? When your son or daughter comes to you and advises you that they have not been honest in their relationship/marriage, expressing the need to talk. Will you first treat them as a church member anointing them with oil, praying for them, etc. or will you talk to them as your child. Will you be the parent first or the pastor? Will you shun them because they are an embarrassment to you and the church or will you embrace them as a parent and Lover of God should?
Random Thoughts, as a parent of the Cloth which cloak do you wear?
~~~~~Skin I'm In~~~~~
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