Do As I Say, Not As I Did


Some kids hear, “NO sex till you’re wed”
from parents who long ago said,
   “Babe, let’s get it on,”
    then sneaked home at dawn
not knowing what might lie ahead!

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Crystol Woods

September 10, 2024 at 7:42 AM

Truer words...congratulations!xo

Janice Canerdy

September 10, 2024 at 8:25 PM

Thanks so much, Crystol. Janice

Kim Rodrigues

August 20, 2024 at 11:19 AM

Best to be honest with your kids. Waiting to have sex until married is a biblical principle thus aptly taught, not to say do as I do, but to point to greater ways. We all sin with consequences but better grace when we lean on the Lord. Well don, Janice! Thought-provoking!

Janice Canerdy

August 20, 2024 at 4:44 PM

Thanks so much, Kim! I think of people who have lung cancer due to smoking begging their kids not to smoke~~trying to save their lives! I also think of women who became moms when they were just kids. These are reasons parents don't want their kids to do as they did.

Daniel Henry Rodgers

August 20, 2024 at 9:38 AM

Dear Janice, It is so well said. It is like the generational sin that will go on and on until someone breaks the cycle. Well written! - Blessings, My Dear Friend, Daniel

Janice Canerdy

August 20, 2024 at 4:41 PM

Thanks so much, Daniel! Janice