Today we’re talking about acceptance.
Acceptance may seem like a given in your family; of course you accept your children! You accept all your children — your bio kids, your adopted kids, your step kids — that should just be a given…right?
Let’s look at the example of marriage.
Read more...The Drive to Develop Personal Autonomy in Adoptive Families is Natural…
Personal autonomy in a nutshell is the sense of self-governance and the freedom to make your own choices.
And in making our own choices we are able to practice the exercise of self-control.
As Christians we know the Bible teaches us that self-control comes from God’s Holy Spirit and is listed in Galatians as a fruit of the Spirit.
Read more...You often deal with conflicts pretty effectively. Right?
You deal with conflicts in your marriage, conflicts with your parents, conflicts with your in laws, conflicts at work, at church, or in your friend groups… wherever it is… there are conflicts that we have to deal with and many —even most of them — are very minor. So we deal with them and we move on, and sometimes we don't even think anything else about them. As adults we may think that we’re pretty well versed in handling conflicts.
Most of the time.
