Sarah and I took our daughter in to the doctor's this morning after a night of listening to her cough and hearing her wheeze. One Albuterol treatment later and she is doing much better. We knew she had my allergies and now it turns out she also has my asthma. Her's is categorized as intermittent which is better than the severe that I had as a kid. Still, I found myself in tears on the way home. Just me being emotional, but I hate to see this passed on to my daughter.
We don't always get to control what we pass on to our kids. Not only do genetics sometimes pass on things we don't want, but even our own habits and actions. We have our weak spots and weak moments, our character flaws and sin issues which are impossible to hide from our children since they live with us and see us at our best and worst. It is only as we humble ourselves before our children, and yield to the power of the Holy Spirit, that we can "treat" these things that we pass on so that they do not infect/affect our children too much. I will do whatever I can and whatever it takes to help my daughter treat and overcome her issues with asthma and allergies. May I also bring that kind of focus and resolve to the spiritual realm as father and leader of our family, to do whatever I need to to give her a healthy spiritual environment that will overcome the curse of sin that lives in me and that I have already passed on to her.
