Talking with a friend over the weekend about our kids--and our worries about the different challenges that they face whether they be physically, socially, academically, emotionally or otherwise.
It seems that as parents we're hard-wired to want to protect our kids from having to face hard things in life. This is a good instinct--it's part of what it means to be a good parent.
But given how unafraid God seems to be to allow challenges and obstacles to come our way, it would seem that this instinct might be in need of some serious regulation. Apparently (at least on this side of the Great and Terrible Exchange in the Garden) obstacles and challenges are the keys to character and spiritual formation.
Apparently, the redemption/correction of the parental-guardian instinct is yet another area where we need God's grace and mercy to do its work in our souls.
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