Letting Grace Write The Narrative of Your Life
~ ~ ~ Big Idea : You can't give grace to others if I don't have it first. Receiving is the First Step to Giving I knew this lady once. She was a mom of two, and her kids could be pretty unruly. She was a young mom, and she tended to get really visibly upset when they would start acting up. Right in front of me, she would reprimand her kids in a way that was frustrated. Mean, even. It always made me feel really uncomfortable. Obviously disciplining kids is important, and there's a way to do it in love. I'm not saying parents shouldn't do that . But the way we do it matters . Doing it harshly, and red-faced with a raised voice? There is no grace in that. That's what made me uncomfortable. It was the thought that creeped that that she always talked to them like that. All the time. I couldn't believe that someone could do that. The Pendulum Just as there's a way to discipline kids with love, there's also a way to do it that hurts their heart. And...
