Parenting by Paul David Tripp
Week 3: Principle 2 — You Have Been Chosen
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In a culture that makes parents feel perpetually inadequate, Tripp's second principle is a bracing encouragement: God chose you, specifically, for these specific children — and that was no accident. Come ready to receive that truth.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Tripp insists that you were not randomly assigned your children — God purposefully placed you with them. What comfort does that offer on days when you feel completely unqualified for the job?
2.He also argues that God chose your children for you — meaning he is using them to shape and sanctify you, not just the other way around. Which of your children, or which season of parenting, has been most formative for you personally? In what way?
3.If God has chosen you for this particular calling, then he has also equipped you (or is equipping you) for it. Where do you most struggle to believe that? What specific lack — of patience, wisdom, time, energy — makes you doubt your calling?