Sunday, August 9, 2009

Extend Grace and Forgiveness

Forgive your children when they wrong you or make a mistake. Again we’re still focusing on our example as parents. Our children will inevitably make mistakes and say things that hurt us as well. We must model an attitude of grace and forgiveness. It doesn’t mean we approve of the behaviour, but we extend grace to the person. As we extend grace and forgiveness to them they will learn to extend it to others.

My six-year-old daughter once said to me, "Mom, you don't know anything." Those words really hurt my heart. We spent some time talking about it. She cried. I cried. But I forgave her and we both learned something about ‘working things out’.

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