8 Keys to Help Keep Our Kids from Pulling Us Apart {Part 2}

*In Part 1, we talked about 1) The Tendency to Drift and 2) How Not to Blame. We’re continuing with Part 2 with a couple more critical “keys” to help us keep our kids from pulling us apart…..

3.   Recognize the enemy

Our issue may be something simple like communication.But sometimes we seem to go after one another without thinking, and we say and do things we later regret.

It is important to recognize that we do have an enemy, and it’s not our husband.

It’s Satan. Either we don’t take him seriously enough, or we focus on him too much. Realize that he is real, and he would love to destroy our marriages. He is also subtle, and too often we don’t recognize his ways.

Perhaps you’d had a bad day dealing with a difficult teen. You are tired, frustrated, and feel like a failure. Your husband comes in and you immediately jump on him. Soon you find yourselves in an argument that seems to have come out of nowhere.

It’s time to call a halt and recognize that the enemy is trying to get a foothold.

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