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Not again!
You lost it, you’re furious, and you feel like a total failure. You yelled, slammed the door, or hit the table. Then the shame and guilt set in. “These are my precious children. What am I thinking? What can I do?”
Anger and parenting.
Nothing reveals our sin like our own children. God has uniquely designed our children to shine a floodlight on the true state of our hearts. And at times, it is not pretty. We use words with an intensity that can surprise and even frighten us.
You might have thought of yourself as pretty patient person—until you started having children. I know I did. I remember thinking, “Wait, God commands me not to exasperate them? Shouldn’t that be his command for them?”
Living the Gospel at Home
I knew I wanted my children to follow the Lord as
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