Three Ways We Can Rest as Parents Who Are Justified
As people justified by grace, we already have a clearly defined purpose that cuts through the noise of parenting-advice-overload
It’s when we feel alone and unsure of God being for us that we, in self-defense, turn to self-justification.
As people justified by grace, we already have a clearly defined purpose that cuts through the noise of parenting-advice-overload
although my struggle with sin is very real, I have a hope that is anchored in the settled reality of resurrection
What reminders might parents need as we start the day with our families?
Do you long for your students to know the light burden and easy yoke of Christ in Matthew 11? Teach teenagers to run to Christ, to see him on the cross, and hear him declare to them: “It is finished.”
The answer then to perfectionism is not working harder but resting in Jesus’ work and worth. Our perfection—our identity and worth—is found in his. Whether or not we or our children achieve certain goals, are honored or noticed for our accomplishments, or perfectly excel at anything are not what gives us value.
It is only through identity in Christ that the “do not cheat” can be an act of loving God, not just a Christianized metric of performance and approval.