Let’s
Appreciate The Sacrifices Of Our Parents
Every human being was born of a biological mother
and a biological father. You did not have the option to choose these parents;
God, in his infinite wisdom, just gave them to you. You might have grown up
with or without your biological parents for whatever reasons, but you were
brought into this world by them. You have biological parents; I have them too.
As we grow up as children, we tend to compare our
family set ups by those around us. We tend to judge the success or failure of
our parents by the standards of our next door neighbours. We tend to wish if
our friend’s parents were our parents! Because within the context of our
limited judgements, we tend to think that our parents ‘are not doing enough for us’. We tend to see them as ‘failures’ in our lives. Ummm, is that
really the correct assessment?
However, the majority of the people who harbour
this type of thinking later on repent when they become biological parents
themselves. It is only then that they realise parenting was never, is never and
will never be an easy task! It takes God’s grace to raise up children, and a
generation that impacts the world. Those parents we think are not doing enough,
are actually sacrificing a lot for us in order to make ends meet in this world.
There is so much at stake in parenting and parenthood.
It is crucial for us to understand that our
backgrounds differ. In that same regard, we cannot all start at the same level
of cruising to a better life. Likewise, our parents also started their lives at
different backgrounds and levels. Some had better foundations that were already
laid out for them by their forefathers, but some had to dig everything by
themselves in order to start on living. They had to put down so much resources
and energy for the sake of you and your siblings, beyond what you can possibly
see with your own eyes!
Notwithstanding the challenges that we continue to
face in our everyday lives, why don’t we take time to appreciate the sacrifices
that our parents have done for us! Even if we think they have not done enough;
the honest truth is they have given up so much already for that which we have.
Let’s appreciate our dear parents for everything
they have done. If they are now late, take a minute of silence to appreciate
them for every effort they have put in our lives. Let’s be an appreciative
generation, so that we can also be appreciated by our children and future
generations.
God bless you all
Tapiwa Zuze
