But even then, I was ready to go home. I was blessed with parents and grandparents that were strong in faith and church. Even though they failed, they set a standard that I still try to, and fail to, live up to today.
/johnny
Well, the gold standard is Jesus, and yet God will never damn you for how you fail when you do. You will get chastened, but that’s different from damnation. Chastening is “the anger that lasts but a moment” and leads to “repentance without regret.” Don’t worry about how anyone else but the Lord lives. The race/struggle is against Satan not against your family or the world.