All of us have someone in our lives who makes us crazy. Whether that person is a menacing co-worker, judgmental parent, or rebellious teenager, it seems nothing helps when it comes to coping with the contrary personalities of people who don’t quite see life the way we do. If we are walking with the Lord and know that someone’s behavior and choices are clearly wrong, we often pray for God to change them so they will be more Christlike and easier to get along with. Then we try countless ways to persuade them to see the error of their ways. But what if they don’t change?
This is a problem that I have struggled with the past four or five years as the parent of a rebellious teenager. Many times I have recalled what it was like to be an adolescent and marvel that my own mother never raised her voice at me the way I have with my son. And she had six of us...
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