We had our small group last Friday night... we’ve started a new book, Grow at Home. It talks about how we, as parents, are in charge of our children’s spiritual growth and education.

In the first chapter there are two small paragraphs about grace in parenting. Made me stop and think... how much grace do I give myself? My God showers me with grace ever second of my wakeful days, he loves with no bounds, he cares for me as if I’m the most important thing he’s placed on the earth.

And I parent like that.  I am constantly forgiving, re-doing, teaching, etc.

But do I accept God’s grace as a parent? The short answer is no. I recount my day as I’m drifting off to sleep and think of all the things I did wrong, instead of all the things I did good. I worry that whatever I did that day wasn’t good enough, cereal for dinner??

If you struggle with that like I do, how can we give ourselves the grace that we freely give our children?

Delve deep into the scriptures. Hold on to the promise that tomorrow is another day.

"Therefore, stop worrying about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself." Matthew 6:34