I will never judge my mom or dad for what they did when they were my age or younger. Them trusting Jesus as their Savior at my age, has nothing to with that either. I have been wronged by both sets of my parents.
I do not believe that once you are saved, you are completely changed. It's a growing process, and sometimes the lights don't come on until years and years after.
I have been wronged in different ways from EACH parent. It may be that one was more extreme then the other parent, but I still love them. I may get mad and just frustrated. But I love them still.
One thing that most people don't realize is.... what a child learns they will live in their teen years....but what a teen learns, that is what they will carry into adulthood.
Teens may act out to no end, but we have lessons to learn before leaving the nest. Most of the time...it's the hard way. But 8 times of 10...we come out of it.
All teens lack integrity. They may not make it known of their choices, but those mistakes are still there.
They lack knowing EXACTLY their own identity. And in that time, we are drawn to suppress that feeling with something.
I didn't make the best choices as a teen, but they weren't un-normal.
I may not have a church home, but I still believe in God. I still open my Bible and study it. My walk and my relationship with God may not be as strict or the same as others...but that's because it's MY walk.
I do not judge people by their past, because that's not what Jesus does. And I wish others would do the same for me. It hurts my heart honestly.
