Open-handed faith acknowledges that our responsibility as a parent is not to follow some perfectly formulated equation that ensures a successful outcome, but it recognizes the need to trust fully and completely in God’s ultimate plan knowing that He is our child’s Creator.
Though we are made in God’s image, unlike Him, we are creatures locked in time. There are limits to our understanding. We are unable to know what we do not know. Full stop. And yet…
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Do we trust the world’s answers more than we believe in the ability of God to redeem and work through our confusion?
All of us, no matter who we are or how hard we have been hit by the wrecking ball of 2020, can take heart knowing that Jesus comes to meet us at our places of need.
How do we overcome our fears so that we can help our kids overcome their fears? The answer is questions. We can’t give the right answers unless we first ask the right questions.
Christ-focused discipleship simply reminds us of our first love, encouraging us not to look first to public servants to accomplish what Christ has already guaranteed to do.
My prayer is that we are able to step outside of the noise, and see this uncertain moment as an an opportunity to renew our vision of covenant fidelity to God while inviting our students into that hope.
The sooner we admit our vulnerability to ourselves, to our friends, and to our children, the sooner we can stop holding ourselves and our kids hostage to unattainable ideals, and lead them instead into the rest and freedom of life with Christ.
