God never promises that these tasks will yield immediate fruit, that parenting will get easier, or my life more comfortable. God loves me too much to give me the luxury of walking by sight. So, if you’re like me and are looking for a little Bible encouragement and resolution in your parenting, let this conviction settle down deep: your children are a grace; they’re an enduring legacy, a strong security, and a powerful weapon of warfare in God’s Kingdom.
A big God makes sin a cross-sized problem. But no problem is too big for God’s all-abounding, all-cleansing, magnificent grace. I hope this week you’ll see past the cruel Romans, beyond the petty Pharisees, and through the fearful disciples to eternity’s finest display of love and grace: “while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
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