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My son recently attended a Freshman retreat at school.
This "Parent's Creed" was given to all parents who attended
the orientation session. I thought I would share it with
the group. Maybe you can use it as a part of Scout Sunday.post
Posting on Sunday seemed appropriate.
(I think this is general enough not to violate one of the 3G's).
-Ken Walker

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                          A PARENT’S PRAYER
         
I pray that I may let my child live his own life and not
the one I wish I had lived. Therefore, guard me against
burdening him with doing what I failed to do.
         
Help me to see his missteps today in perspective
against the long road he must travel, and grant me the
grace to be patient when his pace seems to be slow.
         
Give me the wisdom to know when to smile at the small
mischiefs of his age and when to show firmness
against the impulses he fears and cannot handle.
         
Help me to hear the anguish in his heart through the din
of angry words or across the gulf of brooding silence;
and, having heard, grant me the ability to bridge the
gap between us with understanding.
         
I pray that I may raise my voice more in joy at what he is
than in vexation at what he is not, so that each day he
may grow in sureness of himself.
         
Help me to regard him with genuine affection so that he
will feel affection for others. Then give me strength, 0
Lord, to free him so he can move strongly on his way.

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Ken Walker, CM P-200, ASM T-259
District Training Committee
Circle 10 Council/Great Plains District - Plano, TX
(W) ken.walker@mscsoftware.com -or- (H) walker99@ix.netcom.com

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