I search often, probably too often, for blogs that encourage Christian moms of teens. I can find a great number of awesome blogs for moms of little ones. I am so glad those resources are available for those of you just beginning your journey through motherhood. But, I never seem to be able to find a whole lot for those of us who are in the throes of the middle and high school years.
My hope is that this blog will be a resource for my fellow moms of teens. I pray it encourages you and builds you up as you face the great trials and great joys of seeing your children into adulthood.
With that, I am going to jump right into an introduction of sorts.
I grew up Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB or IFBC from here on out). I was born and raised in the same IFB church and I went to the school attached to the church my entire life. For the most part, I remember my childhood and teen years being pretty awesome. I had a stable home life, my parents adored each other, and my world, being so small, was a very safe place in a lot of ways. It really wasn't until I had two brothers walk away from the faith and then my own children began to grow up and started asking me hard questions that I realized how theologically inept I actually was. There were some things I am grateful for in regards to my upbringing, the most important being that while my church often mixed legalism with the Gospel, I did hear the Gospel regularly. However, a lot of damage was done by the theology in the IFB and you will find me tackling and working through some of that on this blog.
My writing style is often far less formal than most and I don't pretend to have any gifts of teaching. I am writing to fill in the gaps in my own understanding of what it means to "raise and admonish" my children to the glory of God. I am open to feedback and scripturally based critique. Some of these blogs will be brutally honest about the struggles I have had; I welcome respectful dialog about those. I hope you find something to encourage you.
To His Glory,
The Grace Divide
My hope is that this blog will be a resource for my fellow moms of teens. I pray it encourages you and builds you up as you face the great trials and great joys of seeing your children into adulthood.
With that, I am going to jump right into an introduction of sorts.
I grew up Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB or IFBC from here on out). I was born and raised in the same IFB church and I went to the school attached to the church my entire life. For the most part, I remember my childhood and teen years being pretty awesome. I had a stable home life, my parents adored each other, and my world, being so small, was a very safe place in a lot of ways. It really wasn't until I had two brothers walk away from the faith and then my own children began to grow up and started asking me hard questions that I realized how theologically inept I actually was. There were some things I am grateful for in regards to my upbringing, the most important being that while my church often mixed legalism with the Gospel, I did hear the Gospel regularly. However, a lot of damage was done by the theology in the IFB and you will find me tackling and working through some of that on this blog.
My writing style is often far less formal than most and I don't pretend to have any gifts of teaching. I am writing to fill in the gaps in my own understanding of what it means to "raise and admonish" my children to the glory of God. I am open to feedback and scripturally based critique. Some of these blogs will be brutally honest about the struggles I have had; I welcome respectful dialog about those. I hope you find something to encourage you.
To His Glory,
The Grace Divide
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