Champion Your Kids
Champion your kids.
Seriously. I don’t know who needs to hear this, but don’t spend one second holding onto disappointment. They can feel it even if you’re faking it and it’s a residue that slimes their greatness. They’re not going to do it your way. And thank God for that.
They’ve come wired with all their own strengths and weaknesses and wild dreams and they deserve the opportunity to make mistakes and figure it out just like we did. They don’t have to look like anyone else or be like anyone else.
It’s not always fun to watch. But being their safe place, the one person they can trust is worth more than anything. And as long as I can be that, I’ll have more opportunities to direct and guide by being the one person they always run to.
Trust them. Even when it’s hard. Small moments of unmerited honor have power to transform and inspire. Trust who they are. Trust what you’ve poured inside. Trust Jesus. Grasping for control will only hurt them and increase your own suffering.
They are who they believe they are. And we hold such an awesome responsibility in that. I want them to hear my voice long after I’m gone, knowing that it’s always full of faith in them, pushing them forward.
I live a life I love and get to do a lot of cool work. But I won’t consider my job well done if I don’t succeed at this.
Author: Stephanie Jackson
Seriously. I don’t know who needs to hear this, but don’t spend one second holding onto disappointment. They can feel it even if you’re faking it and it’s a residue that slimes their greatness. They’re not going to do it your way. And thank God for that.
They’ve come wired with all their own strengths and weaknesses and wild dreams and they deserve the opportunity to make mistakes and figure it out just like we did. They don’t have to look like anyone else or be like anyone else.
It’s not always fun to watch. But being their safe place, the one person they can trust is worth more than anything. And as long as I can be that, I’ll have more opportunities to direct and guide by being the one person they always run to.
Trust them. Even when it’s hard. Small moments of unmerited honor have power to transform and inspire. Trust who they are. Trust what you’ve poured inside. Trust Jesus. Grasping for control will only hurt them and increase your own suffering.
They are who they believe they are. And we hold such an awesome responsibility in that. I want them to hear my voice long after I’m gone, knowing that it’s always full of faith in them, pushing them forward.
I live a life I love and get to do a lot of cool work. But I won’t consider my job well done if I don’t succeed at this.
Author: Stephanie Jackson
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