Modeling repentance for the next generation

This quote, from an essay attempting to understand Luther's pithy but curious injunction, “Sin boldly. But believe even more boldly in Christ, and rejoice", concluded with a strong and important admonition to me as a parent. Worth pondering.

"I think it is literally a temptation: It would be a parental sin, a sin of the foolish variety, to launch my children into adulthood armed with nothing but the advice not to sin. What they really need is the knowledge of how to deal with sin and guilt as they all-too-predictablyh acquire it. I don’t want them to be blindsided by the fact that they are sinners, or uninformed about what to do with consciences that rightly condemn them. They need to learn the Christian skill of taking it to God, of walking in the light, of believing Christ boldly, rejoicing, and praying boldly."

Citation: <http://www.patheos.com/blogs/scriptorium/2009/08/sin-boldly/>. Accessed 1/24/13.