So how do we deal with consistent disobedience?
I am struggling with my beautiful, willful daughter at the moment.
We have been battling over internet usage, but we always come to the same place. We give a little, trying to build trust, and she gets caught sneaking.
We have tried taking all privileges away, we have pin-protected all devices that don't belong to her, we have tried allowing some access with parental monitoring, nothing works, she always seems to find a way around it.
I understand that this is a heart issue.
She is challenging our authority, and is deceived into thinking that she is pulling the wool over our eyes.
I must admit, as I write this, that I have been praying for the wrong things. I have been praying that I will parent her right, and that she will step into Jesus' plan for her life, when I should have been praying for Jesus to open her heart to His ways and that the Holy Spirit will reveal to her that her heart attitude to this is wrong. (she is born again and baptized)
Godly parenting is such a joy and a privilege, but it is also one of the most challenging, eye opening roles one can have, beaten only by Godly marriage, i think!
Prayers would be appreciated right now!!
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