It is difficult for a parent to pass on a faith that he or she does not possess. The best way for you to inspire your kids to have their own faith is for them to witness your faith—not only in your words, but in your actions.
Not long ago, a friend of mine told me he bought a new home. Now I obviously didn’t tell him this, but the truth is that my friend didn’t really own “his” house. That’s because the title to the home he claimed to own was actually in the possession of the bank. And it’s not until he paid off his mortgage that he would actually own the house.
You probably not only grew up reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, but also the Lord’s Prayer, “Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.”
Nothing can compare to the electricity, fully saturated with the smell of sweat, that permeates the air as men who tower over most of us battle head-to-head and hand to hand in search for nothing but net.