And I know that I and anyone else who is not mentally defective can solve any problem if we are willing to take the time. - M. Scott Peck

The idea that God is actively nurturing us so that we might grow up to be like Him brings us face to face with our own laziness.

it must be said that parental decisions are difficult, and that children often do “grow out of it.” But it almost never hurts to try to help them grow out of it or to look more closely at the problem. And while children often “grow out of it,” often they do not; and as with so many problems, the longer children’s problems are ignored, the larger they become and the more painful and difficult to solve.

We cannot be a source for strength unless we nurture our own strength.