Book review... Intentional Parenting

I recently realized that I never posted a book review on an incredible book called Intentional Parenting. Written by three counselors, Sissy Goff, David Thomas, and Melissa Trevathan have nailed it with this book on encouraging and challenging ways to be an intentional parent. The 11 chapters included topics like being a patient parent, a consistent parent, a playful parent, and a merciful parent. Within those chapters are dispelled myths replaced with Scriptural truth, real life examples, and practical ways to implement the teaching found within that chapter.

I have the greatest desire to be an intentional parent, but sometimes the days get so busy and I lose track of what really matters - my children's hearts. I also beat myself up for my parenting failures, becoming a perfectionist with lofty expectations and forgetting that my God is a God of grace and second chances. I love what is said in the last chapter about being a "free" parent:

  You can be free, as a person and as a parent, no matter how much pressure you feel today. You can't do it right. You can't be the perfect parent, and you can't create the desired outcome in your child. But you can immerse yourself in the better hope that Hebrews 7 speaks of. You can fix your eyes on Jesus. You can entrust your child to Him. He's really the One in control, anyway. And He loves you both more than you could ask or imagine. 

Doesn't that encourage you? This book is full of truth that appears like an energetic cheerleader "hurrahing" me through the hard weary days, reminding me of God's love and example in how He parents His children. I am going to be rereading it again soon, actually. It's one full of golden nuggets that I need to be continually reminded of.

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