{"id":1229,"date":"2012-09-08T00:34:56","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T21:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2012-09-08T11:10:52","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T08:10:52","slug":"three-of-the-greatest-lessons-my-parents-taught-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/three-of-the-greatest-lessons-my-parents-taught-me\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3 Greatest Lessons My Parents Taught Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

This evening I received the following email from my mom:<\/p>\n

Last week in Sunday School Graham gave a good challenge for us–a question to ask our grown kids.\u00a0 What were the 3 most important things I taught you when you were growing up?\u00a0 I’ll look forward to hearing what you have to say–even though it is a bit scary\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well it got me thinking right away and it didn’t take me long to come up with my answers. \u00a0Looking back on my formative years it struck me that the most important things my parents taught me were not necessarily things they told me but those that I learned from observing their lives.<\/p>\n

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Faithfulness<\/strong>
\nIf it’s important my parents don’t give up on it and that’s unusual in today’s world!\u00a0They never gave up on \u00a0the 8 us kids, even though there were countless times when we gave them plenty of reason to. They never gave up on each other and instead continually worked on the perfection of their marriage. They never gave up on the church despite having to deal with setbacks that would have driven others away.<\/p>\n

Here is a little list of ways my parents have taught me faithfulness:<\/p>\n