When your adult child sets a boundary with you

Parents are called to train children with intention.

Proverbs 22:6

When your adult child sets a boundary with you. You can look completely fine on the outside while this is doing a number on you inside. The danger is not that the feeling showed up. A clear mind can acknowledge the feeling without letting it write the next action. Your love for your child is real, but love does not give you control over every outcome. Your role is to love, guide, pray, and obey; the deepest keeping of your child belongs to God. Faithfulness does not require control over what happens next. Choose alignment with Jesus Christ over the illusion of control.

What part of this situation have you mistaken for a final definition? What would you do differently if you refused to let this define you?

Lord Jesus Christ, receive the part I can describe and the part that still feels tangled. Give me a clear response that reflects Your truth rather than my panic. Amen.