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June 24, 2014 / Learnings

Thanks for Grounding Me…??

“Thank you, mom, for loving me enough to follow through. I appreciate that you grounded me,” my child said to me.

Wait.

What?

Thank you?

I asked said child, “Why do you appreciate getting grounded? You are missing out on your friends and video game time…and tv…??”

I was mystified.

“Because if you let me walk all over you, that just means you love yourself and easy stuff more than you love me. I need consequences, or I’m just going to do this again.”

Okay.

Wow.

No idea.

So…when I have painful circumstances in my life, I can know it’s because He loves me. Check Proverbs 3 . It’s all spelled out.

And discipline your kids. Because you love them. More on life’s consequences here.

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Thankful to be on the journey with you,

~Nina

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