Tracey Rector is a freelance writer in Birmingham, Alabama. She and her husband Al are the parents of three adult children who are reasonably well-adjusted. She is a member of Brookwood Baptist Church where she taught youth Sunday School and plays in the handbell choir. She loves reading mysteries, cooking for her family and friends, and singing silly songs to her grandchildren Joshua and Evelyn.
With confidence in his grace and his example, we can apply discipline in a way that honors our Father and reflects his love for us.
The commitment to return to in-person church activities is an investment that will cost us some of the freedoms we might have enjoyed during the lockdown.
God promises a supernatural peace that will defy any human attempt to understand it. It was a promise I desperately wanted to believe, but I was skeptical.
God works through the messiest situations, turning our feeble attempts at obedience into more than we could do on our own.
Our kids may need the reminder that, while these times are certainly challenging, they are not outside the realm of God’s redemption. Sin always leaves us weary because it’s difficult for us to resist the temptation to try and break its chains by our own strength.
Do we trust the world’s answers more than we believe in the ability of God to redeem and work through our confusion?
