Do you ever feel like your home has enough drama to fuel a reality show? Is there any way to bring peace into your chaos?
I’ve found drama is inherent with childhood, but that doesn’t mean we, the adults, have to be sucked in to it. Here are six steps toward bringing peace, order, and proper authority back to your home.
1. We must learn to accept—and deal with—tension
Jesus told us, “In this world you will have trouble.” Stress and difficulties are part of life, and every family has tension and chaos. It’s part of living in a busy, uncertain, ever-changing world. Employers place increasing demands on our time, our kids’ schedules can easily balloon, and financial issues hit when we’re least able to deal with them. Life is chaotic, but chaos and tension don’t necessarily create drama.
According to Robert Conn, family pastor of Reality Church, parents need to expect life to contain a certain amount of emotional struggle. More than that, they must learn to withstand the struggle in an emotionally healthy and Christ-centered way.
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