Trinity Church Blog:
We've all been there - nearly ready to throw in the parenting towel due to a vicious combination of our childrens' collective sins and our sinful response to them. We brought our children into the world as we bathed them in prayer and armed ourselves with the biblical tools and confidence to be super-parents. But in the years since, chronic sin in the house has dashed our dreams and left us with a deep sense of failure and guilt. Can anyone relate?
It's a good thing that parenting, according to the Bible, has never been about 'success.' In his book Think Orange
, Reggie Joiner encourages us away from the Christian 'parenting success syndrome' by reminding us of some important facts, including that ever since the Fall, the human race has been one, big dysfunctional family. Joiner writes,
Where do we find truly 'successful' families in the Bible?
* Noah had a drinking problem.
* Abraham offered his wife to another man.
* Rebekah schemed with her son to deceive her husband.
* Jacob's sons sold their brother into slavery.
* David had an affair and his son started a rebellion.
* Eli lost total control of how his boys acted in church.
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