Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.
Proverbs 13:24
I love you so much, and I won’t always be around. I desire for you to be thriving and joyful in the future, so I must discipline you Now.
My heart hurts so bad when I have to tell you no, when I have to take your phone, when I have to make you stay home.
I know you want to be an adult, you want what you want, when you want, but I don’t. I don’t give in because I won’t give up, leading and guiding you until you are all grown.
I’ve always told you, I will hold you accountable for the decisions you make. I won’t blame your friends and the side of your teachers I will take. Now if push comes to shove and you truly are wronged, I will stand by your side and under my wing you belong.
But I do not helicopter, I do not fight your battles. I will always encourage open conversations even when they are awkward. (Mostly awkward because of me, but at least you have learned A TON 🤪)
I do ALL this because I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. I want you to succeed, I want you to be who God created YOU to Be. (Not Me.)
If I guard you to much you will never fall down, you will never see hurt, until I’m not around. I would rather be there when the hard times come, so you have someone to talk to, someone to lean on.
If I discipline you now (even when you don’t understand) I’m letting you learn, how to not give up but to overcome you can.
It hurts me to discipline, to hold you back from what you want, but if you don’t learn consequences now, I’m hurting you worse for years to come.
I love you, my children, and I will stand by this because I want you to live fully into the life God had given you to live.
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