Nice Guy

Do you know any nice guys? I do. Did you ever wonder how they got to be that way? There are several reasons why nice guys turn out the way they do, but if I had to sum it up in one word the reason would be . . . parents.

Nice guys come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. They come in all kinds of colors and faiths too. I'd guess just about all of them come from good families with great parents.

"11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." - Hebrews 12:11

The next question is where do good parents come from? I'd be willing to bet that most parents come from good parents themselves. I'm sure there are exceptions but in most cases I think that good parenting is hereditary.

If you go back far enough in the family tree I suppose all good parents came from God. But then, so did all of the bad parents. It's just that the bad parents had something happen to them along the way.

"6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." - Proverbs 22:6

Maybe it was a divorce or some criminal act perpetrated on the child at an impressionable age. All that stuff that can change good parents into bad ones can be summed up in one word too. Satan.

If you see a good kid, look to the parents as the reason why. You will, most often, be right. But don't stop there. Look to God as well. Without Him, none of this would be possible to begin with.

Jesus was a nice guy and then some. I think it's because He has a Good, Good Father.

This first song still gives me chills. It did today

What If - Nicole Nordeman

Ad here's another song for good measure, just because.

Good, Good Father - Chris Tomlin