My Parents, My Teammates

Talking about young loves, it is essential for you to involve mom and dad into your romantic life. And please don't have the sights that they'd mess things up, but rather trusting them as a God-given source of wisdom. They can provide prayer and counsel. You need to be open to them, cause they can't do this unless we choose to actively involve them and seek their wisdom.

(Parents in here does not always refer to mom and dad. It is can be our guardian or someone we can trust the most in our Christian life.)

Proverbs 6: 20-23 says, "My son, keep your father's command, and do not forsake the law of your mother. Bind them continually upon your heart; tie them around your neck. When you roam, they will lead you; when you sleep, they will keep you; and when you awake, they will speak with you. For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light; reproofs of instruction are the way of life."

This shows an active participation on the part of both the children and the parents. 

Ephesians 6: 2-3 says, "Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise: that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth."

Part of honoring our parents is allowing them to have the role in our lives that God has intended them to have. It is His design to have a father protects and guards his daughter from other men who would be harmful to her in any ways, until the day he gives her to the right man in marriage. 

I am indeed so glad to have mom and dad walk beside me (read: us) which plays a huge part in helping  us keep our commitment to purity. Once the trust springs to us, we will keep it and commit not to break it. 

I has found the safest room to share my romance folks. I believe there will never be any danger to be open to them because they won't let me trapped walking in the wrong direction. It is also great to know how they respond my stories. When I caught positivity in their responses toward the person I drawn to, then I introduced them one to another. So that the people I love may have a closer exposure and able to create a full-of-blessing culture.

Well, 

I still remember the first time I got my menstruation, I was quite tickled by dad's excessive worries. He asked my brother to stay away from me like seriously when my brother kept laughing at me of my puberty. Then the other days, my dad took a time to spend private chat about puberty awareness. He warned me that there will be no room for a mistake in virginity. I knew he extremely loves me that he does not want anyone to put me in a harm. I am a proud daughter!

Not even stopped, he kept reminding me about taking the self-responsibility as a woman. Mom also teaches me about having the right way in femininity (attitude and behavior in a daily life). They both keep supporting me and providing me Godly examples from their own experience that I need the most. They take the role God wants to happen.

So when you need advice or counsel, instead of turning to a friend, go to your parents. When they come to you offering advice, receive it humbly and thankfully. Even if you don't completely agree with what they are saying. Always be respectful and teachable in your attitude toward them. 

As I believe until that day, it is good to respect and honor parents. Not our own parents but every parent :) 

Mom and dad are surely God-given teammates I will always cherish.

So, have you got your teammates in?