Cheryl Schatz

Mark,
You said:

If she chooses to reject God’s commandment, it is between her and God.

That actually seems to come across as if you have no authority over her at all. That you have no permission from God to punish her as if it is none of your business as God will deal with her? Is this right? If you have no power or authority to punish her, then how is it that you actually have authority unless she actually gives you authority? If she gives you authority to make decisions that she could have made, doesn’t that mean that she has the power to give something that actually belongs to her too? Wouldn’t that mean that she is submitting to your equal right to make decisions and she is yielding to you, but that you do not have any more authority over the children than she does?