In the movie, Rocky, the character Paulie was trying to understand the connection between his sister and the boxer. He asks, “What’s the attraction?” “I dunno,” Rocky replies. “She’s got gaps, I got gaps, together we fill gaps.”

As parents, we too have gaps. Parenting is one of those jobs for which none of us are fully prepared or qualified. But God knows what our gaps are, and He has the ability to fill them. Scripture includes many examples of men and women who felt inadequate when called by God to a specific responsibility, yet in every case, He used them—through their dependence on His ability instead  of their own.

As a parent, God is with you just as He was with Moses, David, Esther, and many others (see Isaiah 41:10). Depend on Him completely. Pray about everything. And watch Him fill your gaps.