The only way to parent is with faith that God is able to<\/p>\n
keep and hold our children. The only way to parent is to be<\/p>\n
dependent on his sovereign plan and tender care for them.<\/p>\n
The only way to parent is to be dependent on the strength<\/p>\n
of the everlasting arms to hold us, to hold our children, and<\/p>\n
to keep us in perfect peace with our minds stayed on him.<\/p>\n
Brave is not the right word for parents. Dependent is.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Rachel Pieh Jones <\/a>in Mom Enough<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The only way to parent is with faith that God is able to keep and hold our children. The only way to parent is to be dependent on his sovereign plan and tender care for them. The only way to parent is to be dependent on the strength of the everlasting arms to hold us, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2289,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12,25,31],"tags":[67,83,11087,11110],"class_list":["post-3350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-death-by-living","category-help","category-kids","tag-anxiousness","tag-children","tag-christianity","tag-motherhood"],"yoast_head":"\n
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