When parenting is bigger than we are…

Yesterday I sat on the couch and talked through a very small issue with my teen that I see slightly differently. It was honestly a very small issue. It was more about how we handle different perspectives. I’ve messed up these conversations many times by letting rash emotions or the gnarly clutch of fear control…

In everything give thanks. Everything.

“In everything give thanksFor this is the will of God.” Should we be thankful just because He wants us to? Maybe we should let Him transform the way we view His wishes instead to an invitation to experience His mysterious blessings. Gifts we could easily have missed. Choosing gratitude and thankfulness when life isn’t easy…