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at paultrip.com slash Wednesday or on Facebook, Instagram, and the Paul Trip app. This week, as we

continue our series on discipleship, Paul wants to take a closer look at the word speak. In the love,

no, speak, due ministry model we've been discussing the past few weeks.

Here's this week's Wednesday's work.

Have you ever had a parent teacher meeting at school discussing the behavior and academics of your child?

I was a Christian school teacher for many years, and during one of these meetings, the mom came ready for a fight.

She knew her daughter was having difficulty, but we, as a staff, were very fond of this little girl, and were trying to help her.

In fact, we thought we were the problem, missing an opportunity to assist and hoping her parents could provide insight and wisdom.

To my surprise, the mom started yelling at me as I explained the situation.

She accused me of not loving her daughter and wanting to rid the school of its problems.

I tried to rephrase my first statement only to be yelled at again.

I attempted once more to state

our intent to help and was shouted down once more. Finally, her husband interrupted,

Dear, I don't think Paul is accusing us. He just wants to help. The mom looked disoriented,

then mumbled embarrassingly, I'm sorry, I just hate these meetings. I was sure you were going to tell

us what bad parents we were. Of course, the sin of pride plagues us all, but these parents had been

hurt in previous conversations that should have been marked by grace. At a different Christian school,

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