When Parenting Feels Too Hard
A child you cannot reach, exhaustion with no end in sight, and the fear of getting it wrong.
Encouragement
Parenting exposes every limit you have, which is partly why it sends people to their knees. Scripture does not promise that children will be easy; it promises that the instructions for them should be on your heart, spoken while you sit and walk and lie down. In other words, the everyday moments count, even the ones that feel like failure. You will not do this perfectly, and your child does not need a perfect parent. They need one who keeps showing up, keeps praying, and keeps pointing them to God. Bring your fear of getting it wrong to the One who loves your child more than you do.
Scripture for this season
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Ready · Read aloud exactly as written in the King James Version.
Guided prayer
Father, I am afraid I am not enough for this child You gave me. Thank You that they were Your gift before they were my responsibility. Give me patience today, wisdom in the words I use, and hope for the parts I cannot fix. Help me keep showing up. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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One practical next step
Pray out loud over your child tonight, even briefly, even if they are asleep.
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