It doesn’t make Jesus happy when you... It’s a phrase I’ve heard many times from well meaning parents and in my early parenting days I may have said it once or twice myself. Let’s say that little Johnny refuses to share a ball with his sister. His sister cries and gets the attention of her mother. Her mother asks Johnny to please share and gently reminds him that it doesn’t make Jesus happy when we don’t share. Innocent enough, right? Actually what Johnny’s mother has just do

I gave my 10 year old a math test today. He spent nearly an hour and used four sheets of scratch paper. He worked each problem with intense concentration. And then with a deep breath he handed it to me to be graded. I quickly worked my way through the test and calculated his score. “It’s an 89” I said, “that’s a high B.” Immediately his eyes filled with tears. He had done his best work, given his greatest effort and had still come up short. I looked at my boy and back down at

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