A prayer for when you feel like a bad parent by Kinesha Saunders-Liddy, read by Liam

Martin.

Only be careful and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your

eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live.

Watch them to your children and to their children after them.

Deuteronomy 4.9

There's no manual for the children God gives us to raise.

There's no one-size-fits-all rulebook.

All we can do is our best.

My daughter was amazingly low maintenance until she reached twenty months, but now she's

so inquisitive that I have to watch her every move.

What's really surprised me, however, is the temper tantrums.

They seem to come out of nowhere.

She isn't even too yet, and yet she's saying no and throwing things.

My daughter can throw many tantrums in a day.

Sometimes I'm so surprised by the anger that bubbles up inside of me.

Sometimes I get extremely frustrated and I can't help but compare my reaction to God,

our loving Father.

Unlike me, he is so patient with us, and he truly forgives us whenever we mess up.

When we don't know what to do as parents, we can turn to the Word of God and see what

his relationship with us is like.

He tells us what we should do with the little ones he is entrusted in our care.

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