I’ve recently felt like I am frequently making mistakes (sinning) around my children, such as being impatient, unkind, easily angered, and irritable. I noted to my husband that at the same time I’ve observed that children are very forgiving. Even though I act ungraciously toward them, they still love me and don’t dwell on the wrongs I have done onto them. I am comforted by this and it encourages me to be more patient and loving.If you feel like you’re constantly fouling up with your children, take comfort in that children are very forgiving. Of course this does not mean that we simply continue in our folly, which would exasperate them, but rather it should lead us to repentance. We should also ask for their forgiveness when we wrong them and continue to extend our love to them. What’s important is that we need to keep their hearts and demonstrate to them that we care and love them, even when we mess up.  The heart of gospel-saturated parenting is not perfect parenting, but grace-filled parenting.  And there is scarcely a better way to demonstrate that grace by being quick to confess sin and to seek forgiveness (from our children as well as from God).  The worst thing we can do is to attempt to hide our mistakes (as if our children don’t see them).But again, I thank God for my forgiving children.