David Erickson

“Until we are willing to see our children as who God made them to be, we will never treat them the way God calls us to. If our first thought about our children is that they are a hassle or manipulative, we are not seeing them as God does. We can acknowledge the challenges of raising children while still recognizing that they are made in God’s image and profoundly loved by Him.”
― David Erickson, The Flourishing Family: A Jesus-Centered Guide to Parenting with Peace and Purpose

“It's in these moments when our children push us to the brink that we see how desperately we need the work of the Holy Spirit in us. It is only through Him that we can find real peace-the kind that allows us to be peacemakers when our children are anything but peaceful. Parenting as peacemakers helps our children learn how to problem-solve, how to reconcile, and how to restore relationship.

But we can model this only by cultivating peace within our own hearts first, leaning into the power of the Holy Spirit and hiding ourselves in the safe harbor of Jesus' peace.”
― David Erickson