Every parent has great hopes for their children.
When we bring a child into the world, we hope and pray that they will be better students, athletes, people, and disciples than we were. I think this is a pretty universal feeling. We want our children to go through life without making the mistakes that we did. Many of us hope and pray that our children find Jesus Christ earlier than we did so that they might grow deeper and trust more completely than we do. Many of us knew the frustration and lostness of life apart from Christ and we want our children to get beyond that as soon as possible.