I have a friend who is trying to love her child. Her child is rebellious.
How will our children know we love them?
I read your blogs and love to look at the pictures and I look back on my babies. I see how you interact as grown children with your parents. There is fruit out there! Many are harvesting an abundance and it brings joy bubbling forth from my soul. So, to all of you, Thank you, and Thanks be to God!
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I know I don't have teenagers yet but I don't understand your friend's "trying" to love her child. If a parent cannot or does not love their child then they don't love God. Rebellion doesn't change a mother's feelings, does it? Please tell me it doesn't because I was an awful teenager and I know mine will have periods of rebellion too...I think I will worry, pray, and be stressed over my kids, but I hope that I (and they) will NEVER doubt the love I feel for them!
Ah, my focus was not on the trying, but if you want to know what i think, teenagers are "trying" and it is a difficult time. I don't possess God's perfect agape love and therefore I think I will always be trying to love. But, rebellion will always change "feelings" but love does remain, as deep as mother's love is, it still has nothing compared with God love and how He continues even in our rebellion.
I prefer to look at the joy part of my comment, and thankfulness to God for his abiding love, which never,ever changes!
When I look at the many Godly people that I have the privaledge to know, and hear their stories, I realize that some of the godliest have come through very hard, rebellious times. And... the Lord has used that for good in their lives. What man has meant for evil, God can use for good. So never stop praying. Maybe tell your friend to start praying for safety of the child in these rebellious times and then hopefully with some time and age, the wisdom will come. And yes Karen, I do agree.. there is fruit out there. :) Thanks be to God.!!
Mike says......
There is hope in loving your children even through times of rebellion. Thank God for mom's who don't give up on us when we are in rebellion b/c if I had been my mom, I would have sold me to the gypsy's . :) Thanks for loving me through it mom!!
I don't think it's a problem with your friend "trying" to love her child. I don't think that's the point. I think she loves her but when a child is rebellious, situations can become tedious. A rebellious attitude can put a huge strain on any relationship...even a parent/child one. I know I ran my parents crazy. They never stopped loving me and I never thought they did...even when they got upset, grounded me, yelled, etc. The love was always there. That's what kept me loving them back. I am praying for your friend.
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