Choosing to Be Refined

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The Lord often uses the people closest to us to refine us and make us look more like Jesus. Sometimes, even the ones with the most difficult personalities end up being the same ones living under our own roof.

Specifically with our kids, we might only get 18 years of this intimate refining that comes from these relationships.  

What are you going to do about it?

Are you going to just grit your teeth and deal with the fighting and the frustration?  

Or...

Are you going to let the Lord refine you, make you look more like Jesus, and fight for breakthrough?  

You might be thinking “I have tried everything, and it still isn't working.”

Here are two things you can do today to get back in the fight:

1. Pray, Pray, Pray – keep praying for your relationship. Pray every day or every time you're going into a difficult conversation with them – pray.  

2. Ask for forgiveness every time you make a mistake. A fight always takes at least two people and many times there can be fault found in both. Be quick to model repentance as these moments come up.  

God has perfectly equipped you as a parent for these kids in this time.  

You’ve got this parent!