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 in that maybe she always talked to them like 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 unfortunately, that's what I was seeing. When I tho...
