What image comes to mind when you hear the word control? Then consider the words power, freedom and unafraid of confrontation.
Control has a healthy dimension as well as a pathological side that diminishes freedom
of choice. Parents exercise a healthy control over children until they’re
capable of good judgement and independence.
There is
a fragile alliance between freedom and control, given that the alliance
eventually builds a bridge toward independence, self-control and maturity. Two
basic factors affect this alliance. Trust allows gradual independence for an
adolescent on the way to young adulthood, and self-control implies good
judgement is possible.
Life is
full of situations that produce anxiety and insecurity. However, God offers us
hope through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ which builds a bridge to inner
peace and security. Proverbs 29:11 confirms that “A wise person keeps himself
or herself under control.” With this as a consistent objective, problems are
more manageable.
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