I had a difficult repeat conversation with my husband, and as he said he appreciated my accompanying words of affirmation, he felt like he was on a job yearly review and it was difficult to hear.
Even though he is such a graceful feedback receiver, and attentive and patient and humble, I bet it was not easy.
But as I sat this morning in church, I thought about our temptation as parents to rescue our family from discomfort. But that hinders the process of growth. Discomfort moves us to action.
“it’s not that bad” lets us slow down a bit and be complacent because it’s easier. I have taken that escape route myself.
But if we have the resources to take action, to step ups to see what needs to be done and act, then by gods grace may we have people around who believe in us and let us try.