Today's required reading for Christian parents.

Via SortaCrunchy.  An excerpt:

"Don't we both have the same goal of ending up with kids who love God and serve Him?"

I would say that is absolutely NOT my goal, nor is it a reasonable goal for any believing parent to have.

Is it the cry of my heart? Is it something I long for? Will it be one of my greatest joys?

Absolutely.

But a goal?  Nope.

A goal has to be something that I have the power to actually accomplish.

Read the whole thing.

Thanks to Melanie Bettinelli at Wine-Dark Sea for putting this in front of me today.

It reminds me a little bit of a one-liner I have been keeping in mind for a long time:  "Quit asking yourself 'what Jesus would do.'  Whatever He would do, it's not your job to do it, because you aren't Jesus."  Your job is to be the you that He wants...