Come to the place Where there's no trace Of the harried pace, the pointless race, the hardened face. Come into His ways, Where there's abundant Grace, In the Light of His Face...
Fear destroys power. Fear steals victory, says "run and hide", says "I can't", "I won't", "I mustn't!" Fear talks too much. Fear is a big fat bully. Don't let it bully you.
Perfect Love casts out fear.
(Ha! What Love??? Fear surrounds me, and pounds me. I'm as the woman caught in adultery. And I can't even get up. I'm tired. I'm afraid.
Many mock and say - Where is her God? Where is her help?)
I'll show them.
Because Perfect Love casts out fear. God - I'm Waiting. On You.
"Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers."
Except for my boys, of course! Frank, Rory and Joseph -2007
That's what people say about today's children. So, who said the above quote?
Socrates! 2,427 years ago! (420 b.c.)
So the teenage difficulties just really end up being discipline problems within the home. Problems with respect and communication and methods of discipline. Maybe we ought to blame the culture less, and look at our own behavior as parents!