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Slide 2-What can I do when my parents drive me crazy?
HG : It is important first to look at yourself. Are you egocentric and unwilling to let your parents share in your life? This is surely not correct because you are in need of your parents' advice and guidance, and you cannot rely on your own wisdom. These days we may feel that we know everything, but we must consider that there are four areas of growth and maturity in a human being's life: physical growth, psychological growth, mental growth and spiritual growth. During the teenage years, physical growth is sudden, but the other areas mature gradually. So do not forget or neglect that there is a gap in maturity during the teen years. This gap is to be filled with guidance from God and the Holy Scriptures, the guidance of your spiritual father, and the guidance of your parents at home.
Sometimes their ways can be annoying and they may seem over-protective, but you must bear in mind the motive behind their actions, which is love and caring.
Therefore you must feel this need for communicating with them and be convinced that at present you are not yet mature in all four areas. Even in sexual life there are two main areas of growth: the physical and the psychological. Again the physical is sudden, but the psychological is gradual - during your teenage years you are in a stage called “general hetero-sexuality” which means you are looking at the opposite sex in general. Today you may like someone, but tomorrow you may not. This is not because you are bad, but this is the life, the science, and the psychology of this age group. After your teen years, you come to another stage called “selective heterosexuality”, and it is at this stage that you are now ready to choose your partner in life. In addition, during your teenage years, you are not yet ready mentally, or spiritually, for at this age you will not have the concept of asking for God's guidance in examining the spiritual life of both yourself and your partner. Therefore in order to select the right partner in life, it is necessary that you recognize these four areas of growth
Slide 3-Why should we respect our parents?
HG : Young people must respect their parents because:
1- Your parents love you more than you love yourself.
2- They have more experience than you.
3- They respect your personality, desires, thinking, and decisions, but out of love they want to participate with you in your life so that decisions made can be the result of team discussion, rather than being taken individually. If you make decisions individually, you are going to commit many mistakes, so you need their guidance. Bear in mind also that although your physical growth is sudden, your mental growth and your spiritual growth are gradual. So, you need the guidance and wisdom of your parents. Please take their blessings. This is a commandment of the Bible
Slide 4-I am under so much pressure and I can't stand it any more.What can I do?
HG : Certainly, we have pressure coming from the outside - through the instincts, from the world and from Satan. But why do you forget that through the Holy Spirit, and divine grace, and the Lord residing in you, that you can overcome this stress that you are feeling? The power which surrounds us in the world is limited and the power of God is unlimited. The problem occurs when we are not regular in taking this spiritual power from God. It is then we feel weak. If you, being finite, come into contact with the Infinite, who is God, you will feel strong and victorious over these pressures around you.
