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• Archive: Do you want to stop reacting in anger towards your kids...but you feel powerless to change?I'm Gina, mom of 3 beautiful kids.And I have an anger problem.That's really hard to admit.
• But I'm willing to admit it because so many of you tell me that you struggle with it too.In fact, it's the #1 thing that moms tell me they are trying to work on.Isn't it frustrating because you feel so powerless when it happens?I have an old pattern of falling into a cycle of anger, impatience, guilt and shame...followed by more of the same.
• Ick.I’ve talked to a lot of moms about this problem we share, and the general consensus many come to is that they should just...try harder.But that doesn’t work!
• Relying on our own strength to change is downright futile.A wise person once said, “Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.”I’ve done a lot of praying, researching and soul-searching on this topic. I wanted to be more Spirit-led in my parenting, exhibiting the fruit that Galatians 5:22–23 talks about: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.But that fruit doesn’t come from me, no matter how hard I try.
• It comes through Christ, living in me.I don’t need to pursue the fruit; I need to stay in the vine.