Legacy of faith

" I don't care whether my great grandchildren know my name or not... but there is a name. A name that is above every other name. A name that I would like them to know. because knowing that name will be the difference between life and death. " 
- Pete Bradbury (paraphrase)

I just want to take this time to say thank you to Daddy and mummy:

You see... I have not always appreciated my Christian heritage because when I was growing up I sometimes felt like it contributed severely to me being a misfit. I can remember a gazillion TV shows which everyone would be talking about at school that had been "banned" in our home. From Riviera to Sunset Beach and even Generations!!!(seriously??!) I even remember the time Daddy sat to watch Friends with us and when the show was over, he asked us to turn off the TV(which he called "the box") and discuss what we had learnt! (Aby's lessons were the best! Claiming to have learnt the opposite of what was being portrayed on the screen e.g "I learnt NOT to have sex before marriage" :-D hehehehehe)

Anyway... I also felt like because of you, many of my friends did not think I could not really understand many of their challenges at home. I would be kept out of conversations because "what did I know anyway?"

But I see clearer now. And I thank you.
Thank you for being exemplary. The faith you spoke about in public is the faith we saw at home. From how you dealt with the house-helpers (who in our home are called Domestic assistants and could even get rank promotions!) to the way you disciplined us. Your faith was never a show. It was real. I could see how it affected your lives. How it affected how you dealt with people from all walks of life.

Thank you for not being afraid to be vulnerable. Not hiding your weakness from us. Sharing even your doubts and struggles in the faith. Listening to you ask God "why" while still coming back to Him helps me overcome my doubts and struggles because I knew that even real Christians can struggle. And as we have grown older, you have increasingly opened up to us about many of your challenges in work, calling, marriage, finances, shared your lives with us and allowed us to really see you.

You have given many things to us but there is nothing more valuable than this faith. I am truly grateful that you shared your faith which is your life. Thinking of you I can confidently say that walking with Jesus does make a difference in life! I want to be like you when I grow up! Help me Jesus, I still falter way too much.

Thank you Lord for Daddy. Thank you for mummy. Thank you for Daddy and Mummy.