I've got a few years before I would be considered an old coot. I was raised in a small conservative Midwest town and brought up by parents who made us toe the line, respect authority and work. They were honest hardworking Christians who expected the same of their offspring.
Oh how I wish more kids had the blessing you had with your parents!
So many today are fatherless and leaderless.
And, crazily; the Government subsidizes MORE of these; all in the name of HELPING them!
I grew up, after the age of 6, withOUT a father in the house and the Christianity that I absorbed came from the society I was blessed to live in.
It wasn’t until I was in the U.S. Air Force that I began to be exposed to actual teaching from the bible. A fellow that I worked with was a Christian and asked me if I’d like to go with him to church some time.
The rest is history - very shaky at times - but GOD has His ways of workin’ on a guy... ;^)