Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Parenting with Him

“There is nothing more important to consistent, faithful, patient, loving, and effective parenting than to understand what God has given you in the grace of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.” Paul David Tripp
Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family
This bookπŸ‘†πŸΌis a game-changer. I thought parenting would just come naturally. It’s all I ever wanted to do, so I assumed I would be pretty darn good at it (not to brag or anything πŸ™„).
As it turns out, parenting does not just “come natural”. Also breaking news, I am not that good at it.
Parenting takes a crazy amount of intention, discipline, focus, sacrifice, surrender, humility, brokenness, patience, self-control, and all the things DAILY.
I am not good at ALL of those things everyday. I am not good enough to parent these sweet babies. I am absolutely inadequate. Realizing THAT has changed everything.
I am inadequate, but He is not. Knowing how much I desperately need His grace helps me pour out to my children the same grace they so desperately need.
This book, ya’ll. Seriously. πŸ’™

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