Ambassador: Parents who approach parenting as representatives come to it with a deep sense of identity and are motivated by meaning and purpose.Owner: Owner parents tend to look to get their identity, meaning, purpose, and inner sense of well-being from their children. Identity: Where you look to find your sense of who you are.Parenting is not first about what we want for our children or from our children, but about what God in grace has planned to do through us in our children in these four areas: The only thing an ambassador does, if he’s interested in keeping his job, is to faithfully represent the message, methods, and character of the leader who has sent him. It really is the perfect word for what God has called parents to be and to do. The word that the Bible uses for this intermediary position is ambassador. God’s plan for parents is for us to be His agents in the lives of these ones that have been formed into His image and entrusted to our care.
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