I was reading our pastor's blog recently (he isn't our current pastor, but one who has seriously encouraged and ministered to Will and I through times of great trial and is a shepherd we would both willingly follow!) and he linked an article, which Will and I both read together.
Why did we like it?
-It make us both pause.
-It made us both take inventory of our motives in parenting.
-It made us value more dearly the precious gifts our children are to us.
-It made us remember the gospel!
-It helped us learn to remember our children aren't projects or tools for acheivement. They aren't ways we prove our fabulous skills, they aren't experiments....they are fallen people just like us who need a chance to just be themselves and live their livesfor Him, not our life. And we should give them the independence/trust/chance-even-if-they-don't-deserve-it to do so without us trying to force them into a mold that is imagined and not real.
So if you think any of these reasons for our enjoying this article are things you might identify with or if you are just curious go and check it out now.
Click HERE.
1 comment:
I totally linked this on my blog too - SO so good. I have loved Reb Bradley for years but thought his recent article was really well thought out! There needs to be more out there like this...
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