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TulipMama · 03-20-2005, 06:08 AM

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As much as I am her mother, I am also her sister in Christ. This has been really helpful to me in thinking through parenting issues. . . . Why do they discpline their children and then set them up to do the same things again?

Wow. Picturing that moment has impacted me.

Those ideas of my boys being my brothers in Christ, not simply my children, really had a profound impact on me. Hubby and I discussed that in depth, and I'd say that was one of the key moments in my gbd journey. Reading Galatians 6:1-2 in context of our children as well as the usual Church discipline context, followed up on that.

Those who are strong, gently correct those in sin. Bear one another's burdens. . .

I realized how easy it was for me to be harsh with my children, my brothers in Christ--when I would never dream of being that harsh with an adult brother in Christ (or even an adult non-Believer. . .)

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