July 15, 2024

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Nana Dolce

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Parental Failures

Nana Dolce

June 23, 2015

God's Grace, Christian Parenting, God's Power, Godly Parenting, Guest Post, Motherhood, The Gospel, Sufficiency of Christ, Sanctification

Parental Failures and the Gospel

Nana Dolce

June 23, 2015

God's Grace, Christian Parenting, God's Power, Godly Parenting, Guest Post, Motherhood, The Gospel, Sufficiency of Christ, Sanctification

I'm thankful to the Reformed African American Network for their re-post of my 2014 article, Parental Failures and the Gospel. The beginning paragraphs follow and the full post can be found here. Always grateful for your read!

I could begin this post with countless descriptions of my parental failures. Moments when anger got the best of me; times when a little patience would have made all the difference; or just plain insecurities in making the right decisions for my children at every moment and at every stage of their development.

You might agree that feelings of inadequacy are common to parents; whether relatively new like me or seasoned with experience, we feel the weight of the responsibility and the immensity of the task. But in some ways, feelings of inadequacy can be a blessing!

Nana Dolce

July 1, 2014

Christian Parenting, Godly Parenting, Motherhood, Sufficiency of Christ, The Gospel

Parental Failures and the Gospel

Nana Dolce

July 1, 2014

Christian Parenting, Godly Parenting, Motherhood, Sufficiency of Christ, The Gospel

I often feel inadequate as a parent and I thank God for it! For it drives me to lower my head, bend my knees and seek His perfect strength in my weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9-10). The blessing is not in the weakness or inadequacy itself but in the humility it offers that draws me nearer to God for help--which then increases my dependence and confidence in the One who works in me, both to will and to work for His good pleasure (Philippians 2:13). Praise be to God from whom all blessings flow!