The golden rule and Grace, we are teaching them but are we living them?

Are we holding our children to a higher standard than we hold ourselves? 

Are we as parents following "The Golden Rule" we expect our children to follow? 

How about Grace? We certainly expect and at times take advantage of the Grace of God, do we extend that same Grace to our children?


I see it all of the time, and sadly I do it all the time. You know that situation where your 5 year old does something that they "know" they should not be doing, like painting the bathroom mirror with your new lipstick, then you lose your cool and yell, punish and humiliate them as though they just locked the doors and then set fire to an orphanage? Yeah. I think we are doing it wrong.
We *know* we shouldn't have lost our cool, yelled, some parents spank or worse, some call their children names, some even make them do things like scrub the toilet with a tooth brush........we KNOW better, we really do. But what is the typical response? While laughing with our mom friends we retell the story with a chuckle and say" we are just human, thank God for Grace!".
So not only are we completely unrepentant, we think it's *OK* for us adults to make mistakes because God gives us Grace. He doesn't scream at us, physically hurt us and humiliate us.......
Aren't we supposed to be modeling Godly behavior for our children?
Why are we holding our children to a higher standard than ourselves? I'm not saying we shouldn't discipline. But I think if we were better examples and worked harder to DISCIPLE our children, we would need to discipline less.

Today I am going to start remembering these verses and applying them as a mom;

"And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise."
 Luke 6:31 
"The one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as he walked." 1 John 2:6

Will you join me? Let's start treating our children with the Grace and Love that God shows us :)

Until next time!    ~ Allicen <3