Do Unto Others...

...as you would have them do unto you.

This should be our mantra, day in and day out.

But, you know, my girlfriend and I were talking about my daughter going to the teen retreat, and then we moved on to talking about kids and how we do our best, but at some point, they start making their own decisions. No matter how we raise them, no matter if we're a good or bad examples, kids take their own path. With luck and the Good Lord guiding them, they'll find their way back Home.

Then she mentioned that even the Pastor's son had some issues.

That brought to mind, how hard we are on the preachers' kids.

Poor kids, we as the congregation really have some unrealistic expectations of our pastors' kids.

Our kids can be mess-ups and we pray over them and forgive them for all the crazy things they do.

But let the pastors' kids act up and oh my goodness, you'd think satan himself had entered the church doors!

We are so dang judgemental and unfair to the pastors' kids. No wonder some do bust loose and do some wild things along the way. We pile our hopes and dreams and expectations on the pastors' kids.

They're held to a higher standard. A higher standard than we hold our own kids.

It's not fair to our young people.

We, as the congregation, need to remember those important words:
"Judge not, lest ye be judged"
and
"Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you."