And What If He Doesn't Change?

Great parenting reminder found here from the marriedlife.com blog. John Loftness writes:

I’d imagine every parent, at some point in his or her parenting career, cries in exasperation: I’ve done all that I know to do, and nothing is working! The couple with the foster child is not unique: the best spankings in the world will not necessarily change a tough kid stuck in his sin.

So what do we do? Are we out of gas? Hanging by the end of our rope about to fall into the pit of parental despair and family chaos?

I find that in these situations we can become strangely secular in our parenting. The word “secular” means “of this world.” We forget about God. We think it’s all about technique: “Apply the three rules of child training and they come out like muffins in the oven.”