Learning by Living, p. 7 of "Changing Diapers Changing Lives"

I read the reflection for today and thought, "I've been a parent for almost 19 years, and I still don't know what I'm doing..."

As the author points out, faith and parenting are primarily learned by doing. However, I think having faith is often easier than parenting - I guess because faith doesn't have the free will to throw a temper tantrum and faith doesn't need to be potty trained... The real test, tho, is having faith enough to let our children grow and become, not who we want them to be, but who God has made them to be. We need a lot of faith to let go of the wheel (figuratively speaking),especially when our beloved children are in the car. Fortunately, love abides, and with God's help we can both parent - and let them go.

What do you think? Is it more difficult to have faith or to parent?

Blessings!
Meredith