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Isaiah 59:19 (NKJ version) While I haven’t entered parenthood just yet, I often marvel at the strength and hard work of moms and dads everywhere. It’s a huge task in itself to have to take care of a child’s basic needs like food, shelter, and clothing. It’s an even greater responsibility for parents (and nowadays grandparents) to raise a child to be an upstanding, God-fearing adult.  There’s some truth in the statement that no matter how a child was raised, they make their own decisions when they become an adult. Nevertheless, most parents make sure to take the time to guide their children to a way to for them to live the best life possible. I find it such a high and daunting calling, and I understand why there are so many debates on what way of parenting is best. No child is the same and one method for one child doesn’t always work for another. Knowing this, I feel the need to be praying IN ADVANCE for my future children. I pray ultimately for their hearts to be full of love and joy.

1 Corinthians 3:10-11 Personally, I like S.T.E.M. (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) subjects more than the English or Literature. In S.T.E.M., you’re presented with a problem and your objective is to provide the solution. I loved the fact that in most cases, there is only one solution and there’s a clear cut method to get to the solution.  The more advanced you get in those subjects, you’re often given the task to write proofs, or validate that the method you used to solve the problem works no matter what real world problem you’re presented with.  We’re understandably in an era of seeking truth...about the state of the economy, or maybe the state of our relationships. The problem is there’s never a clear cut answer. Everything is subjective and the state or one thing most times depends on another.  Sometimes it feels our our confidence...our self esteem...our self worth gets wrapped up in the subjective. Our worth depends on who said what about u