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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Mountains and Molehills


As a teenager I had an amazing relationship with my mom. I loved her, respected her and genuinely loved spending time with her, as did my friends. She wasn't the type of mom that sacrificed her authority to be my best friend... I knew the boundaries, but she truly was a great mom. To this day, next to my husband, she is my best friend.


Over the years I've heard snide remarks about parenting in the teen years and quite honestly I didn't understand because that wasn't my experience as a teenager.

So naturally I was looking forward to parenting teens.

Maybe I was a tad naive as I entered this stage of parenting, but as of late it has become more challenging than I thought it would have been. Mind you, my teenager is not heading off the cliff (for which I am thankful); it's just the little stuff that when built upon tends to grow into a monument. I'm not to the point of wanting to make snide remarks about raising a teenager, but I can definitely see that I can not do this on my own... I need God's help. Quite honestly, that is the best place for me to be at... in total dependance on God.

As I've been thinking about this issue over the past 24 hours, I've been asking God to show me what are the issues in my teen that MUST be addressed and what issues are just molehills. By nature, I'm prone to make mountains out of molehills, so I need God's guidance in showing me what needs to be addressed and what issues are just points of irritation. I don't want to be that nit picky mom who points out every little infraction and in turn causes the heart of my teen to turn away from me and from God.

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4
 
 
Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged. Colossians 3:21
 
Is this an issue your dealing with too? Let's pray together that God would guide us in raising a teen that genuinely loves and fears God. Pray that our irritations won't be the rudder that guides our parenting.
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