I was just reading in John Ortberg's new book "The Me I Want to Be" and came across a story about a strong-willed child I thought you might enjoy.
Some friends of ours had a daughter named Shauna who was a classic strong-willed child. When she was four years old, she kept trying to go AWOL on her tricycle. Her mom could not rein her in and finally said, "Look, Shauna, there's a tree right here, and there's a driveway right there. You can ride your tricycle on the sidewalk in between the driveway and the tree, but you can't go past that. If you go past that, you will get a spanking. I have to be inside; I've got stuff to do. But I'm going to be watching you. Don't go past either one of those boundaries. or you're going to get a spanking."
Shauna backed up to her mom, pointed to her spanking zone, and said,"Well, you might as well spank me now, because I got places to go."
I'll let you apply this story how ever you see fit; as for me I'm glad that God starts with me where I am.
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