Christina Fox writes, "Many
people describe marriage as the laboratory where our spiritual growth is
fostered and developed. I find it to be equally true of parenting as well. God
has used parenting in my life to refine and change me in ways I had not
anticipated. He’s given me a child who requires more than I was trained to
handle so that I would depend on him and not my own strength. I’ve also learned
things about myself I never knew and have seen things in my heart I never
wanted to see. I’ve come face to face with sins I didn’t know were buried deep
inside, sins like impatience, selfishness, irritability, and discontent. While
uncomfortable and sometimes downright painful, the sanctifying work of
parenthood has been necessary and good."
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