The hardest thing about letting go
23rd October 2004
When No 1 Daugher openly rebelled and declared she doesn’t want to follow God, go to church or be a Christian any longer, my pastor counseled me, “Let her go… if you put your foot down now, it might take her 10 years to come back, but if you let her go, she might come back in a year or so.”
Letting go… that is the most difficult thing for me to do.
Aren’t I supposed to be a father? Aren’t fathers supposed to lead, to train, to discipline and to set the boundaries? Aren’t fathers supposed to correct, to teach, to show the way and to say “No, thou shalt not…”?
That is when I woke up…
Fathers… they are supposed to model…
…Christ, who looks at them when they mess up, when they sin, when they cross the line… and Who forgives unconditionally.
…Christ, who suffers when the fathers continually disobey and break His heart when they want their own way, take short cuts, yell and scream at their kids, “Why are you like that??” and yet the Christ stands ready to pardon, to strengthen, to offer grace and mercy…
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