5. Parents

I, the LORD, am your Father and Mother. I bring you into abundant Life. I nurture you. You learn from how I do things and from who I AM. You have a name—MY NAME—and you belong eternally to me. You owe your ability to make your way through this twisted world to the strength you derive from belonging to me. As an orphan you would be deprived of this strength. Seek never to deprive your own sons or daughters of the strength of both of their parents. They will need the consistent nurture of both to make their way forward in strength. Only by abiding in the love and trust of both a primary male and a primary female will they be able to adequately pattern themselves and thus derive what is necessary from both natures.