tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726416.post6608878939587362456..comments2023-11-05T07:34:33.607-05:00Comments on Pleasant Places: My 39thBriana Almengorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293491814957933904noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726416.post-52731560402836959882015-10-16T08:57:40.920-04:002015-10-16T08:57:40.920-04:00Great open, honest, vulnerable and transparent pos...Great open, honest, vulnerable and transparent post. Some would recommend prescription drugs to help with all the anxieties of parenting. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I did for a season. But for me, the best relief is GRACE. God's grace to me, shown when I do well and when I don't. And His grace THROUGH me to my children. The challenge is to remember God chose me to be the primary conduit of all that grace to them while they are "mine". And that His grace was enough for Paul, as he "raised" countless spiritual children that his letters show were every bit as precious to him as your kids and mine are to us. If that grace, coupled with brutally honest and stern administration, was enough to straighten out the Corinthian church at its worst, how much more can we hope for our little "congregations"? See Ephesians 3:20.<br /> And happy belated birthday number 39. (Fb didn't remind me) You both don't look much different than the kids we watched get married "a few" year ago. Love your writings.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10839381243790606543noreply@blogger.com