What happens when a mother grows weary & looses heart
H ow did I get here? Here is so different from where I thought I would be as a mother. I mistakenly thought that "with time parenting got easier." In many ways things are much easier for me now as a mother, now that my children have gotten older. But when I ask, "How did I get here?" I mean in a place where it doesn't seem like much of what I'm teaching is being grasped by my younger children anymore. It seems as if they are going backwards right before my very eyes, and this causes me a lot of mental anguish—seeing the default of their character. Even though I've taught them at home all of their lives, even after teaching them line upon line—precept upon precept God's Word, right from wrong. Even after instilling values in them. I see attitude. Ungrateful hearts. Sin abounding. There's just no way of eluding that sin nature. Little ones bicker, and I hea...