If you have little kids or grandkids, especially if they are boys, you are likely familiar with their propensity to wrestle with you. Even though they lose every match they keep coming back for more. I had a friend who used to hold his boys down until they said “mercy” but they were so young it came out “merthy”. They would cry for mercy yet as soon as their dad let them up, they’d jump on him again.
Security ought to be a word that describes our families. We feel safe in the arms of those who are stronger than us. In fact, we rely on their strength. Even when we are competing with them or have made them angry, we count on the fact that their strength will be kept under control and not be used to harm us. When you are the one entrusted with the muscle, be sure the rest of the family knows you stand with, for, and behind them all the way.
-Pastor Joel Everhart