Enabling is doing for someone what they could and should be doing for themselves. Helping is doing something for someone which they are NOT capable of doing for themselves. As we minister to people our goal should be to help not enable! “Enabling is reacting to a person in such a way as to shield them from experiencing the full…
My wife had a creative way of motivating our children when they were young. - No, it was not capital punishment. Our house was elaborately decorated with bright colored wall charts. Each contained smiley faces, check marks, smurf stickers or whatever inanimate creature du jour would motivate them to clean their rooms or take out the trash. It was a…