I didn’t teach David his song. It wouldn’t have worked anyway, since a) I was playing the piano and Lee was directing, and b) Laurel was sick with another fever so I just came for the church song service and left afterward. However, I have next week’s song, and we’ll work on it for next [...]
Filed under: Introspection
Yesterday we had our book discussion and prayer time. Our context for discussion was Psalm 78 (of course), and the problem we were noticing was that we weren’t telling our young children the praises of God, his wonderful power and mighty works as much as we ought. We thought of two reasons. The first is [...]
Filed under: Book Reviews, Family Devotions
The other night, David kept calling for me. I felt the surge of impatience (I want to spend time with my husband), and swell of smug indifference (It’s not good for him to be demanding to see me). Reluctantly, I went to comfort him (and tell him to be quiet), and I realized he was [...]
Filed under: Fear
I have a few discipline examples today I’ve been thinking about. For some time we’ve been explaining to our children that they may not say “no” when mom or dad tells them to do something. Recently, we explained that this was disrespectful and they would receive a spanking if they did it. Yesterday afternoon I [...]
Filed under: Obedience
Our pastor is preaching through Acts, and said that he believed Cornelius was unsaved until after Peter came and preached the gospel to him (See Acts 10). I’m really sure whether I agree, but I do find that thought fascinating, because the Bible says he was godly and devout, and that God heard his prayers, [...]
Filed under: Salvation
By the way… Saturday morning I worked on potty training– every 15 minutes we sat on the potty. She had accidents three times on that schedule for the morning, so I put a pullup on her, fed her lunch, sent her to bed (it was naptime), and licked my wounds. I was very discouraged. When [...]
Filed under: Potty Training
I’ve been watching David at church, and have noticed for some time that he does not sing, even when he knows the song, or could easily sing the song. I’ve encouraged him to sing (You know this song), but I’ve always stopped short of telling him he must sing. I think we can see from [...]
Filed under: Discipleship
The probing question in chapter one of my mom’s book, Parenting with Wisdom (formerly titled Teaching Children Precept upon Precept), is “What distinguishes a godly Christian parent any other parent?” It’s a good question. I’ve known a number of excellent mothers who were unsaved. Their children were respectful, obedient, modestly dressed. It isn’t spanking, going [...]
Filed under: Manners
I had an epiphany in St. Louis about something I heard Ted Tripp say on his videos. It’s bugged me for a few years now. He says something negative about parents who solve their children’s arguments by asking “who had it first?” I believe his point was, we should instead teach our children that it [...]
Filed under: Getting Along
Laurel is sleeping better since we’ve been home, thankfully. For some reason, being in her own room and on her own sheepskin with her own fuzzy blanket and pacifier made a difference. I’m thankful to be getting more sleep. This morning, I was awake enough as Lee got ready for work to actually lie in [...]
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