A h, parents A ren’t we great? A lways running around serving, A cting like a combination of Martha and Mary. A+ parents who are in control, right? . Think again. When any one of us, whether a mother or not, refuses to give up control, we shut out the power of the Holy Spirit. In fact, we end up acting just like vacuum cleaners when it is God’s job to purify our family in His power, mercy and grace. He desires that we simply become conduits of His Love. It is by Christ’s suffering that mothers and their families are healed, not by the mother acting like a sacrificial lamb or a scapegoat like in the Old Testament. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him , And by His stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5) continue reading
