Be Humble

Okay, let's face it, who couldn't love that sweet face of a little boy eating french toast!  As much as we love Jack and the joy that he brings into our life, being a parent is becoming more challenging as time passes.  Jack is getting into more things than ever.  Sometimes he is just learning his boundaries and sometimes he is being defiant (like playing in the dog water, drinking dog water, sticking things in the dog water, are we sensing a theme?)  I came across this peice of advice while reading my daily parenting devotional a few days ago:
"Our fear of mistakes may tempt us to aviod making decisions, but parenting requires us to act. Thankfully God does not ask us to rely on our own wisdom.  When we acknowledge our dependence on Him and seek His guiance and strength, He promises to provide them.  Be humble enough to seek God's will, and bold enough to make decisions."
Being a teacher, I see so many parents who have avoided making decisions when it comes to their children.  Their children are now in high school and do not know how to act or they think that their parents will always "save" them.  The parents are worse than the kids, they never believe the teacher and they never think it can be their little angel's fault that they are failing a class.  But thankfully God is always there for us when it is time to make a difficult decision.  The line that spoke to me the most was the last "Be humble enough to seek God's will, and bold enough to make decisions."  As hard as it is to make decisions especially when it comes to disipline, avoiding them makes things worse in the long run!