So often people ask me, “Brad, should I be tough or should I be loving?”
To which I always answer, “Tough love, my friend, tough love.”
They don’t teach you this stuff in school. This is war wisdom. Wisdom that comes from fighting the battle of love in the trenches of the church.
It takes tough love to tell someone who is sick in bed with the flu to suck it up. It takes tough love to tell a children’s ministry teacher that their puppet show was awful and could really benefit from pyrotechnics. It takes tough love to make your children’s ministry a healthy place that serves sushi and raw wheat grass instead of graham crackers.
Be tough. Be love. Be tough love.
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Such wisdom!! Especially enforcing healthy snacks for the children. Koolaid and crackers aren’t getting the next generation anywhere!