Let Them Miss

One of the hardest parts of parenting—especially when coaching—is watching your kids struggle. You’ve prepared them. You’ve gone over the scenarios. You know they know what to do.

And then the ball comes their way... and they miss it.

Everything in you wants to jump in. To shout a correction. To fix it mid-play.

But growth doesn’t happen that way.

Sometimes, the most loving thing you can do is stand still. Let them miss. Let them feel the sting of it. And then, after the dust settles, help them learn from it.

It’s not easy. Not as a coach. Not as a parent. But if we rescue them every time they falter, we rob them of the lessons that failure can teach.

This is true in the spiritual life, too. God doesn’t yank us out of every hard moment. He lets us struggle, even fall—so we can learn to get back up.

Even in failure, God is still at work.