I’m not sure I communicated well the significance of what happened in the incident I wrote about yesterday. I realized I had a question/ problem I didn’t know what to do about. I started looking for a solution by doing an internet search. I became dissatisfied with the information I found. I turned my thoughts [...]
Filed under: Wisdom
A few days ago, I mentioned that I wanted to teach our children appropriate physical contact between boys and girls. I’ve been praying for wisdom in this area. Am I being too sensitive? Am I worrying too much? Does God’s Word have anything that will guide me as I teach my young children to be [...]
Filed under: Modesty and Purity
This morning I was reading Psalm 32, and I decided it would be a good passage to talk about, since we’ve been dealing with some truth issues. Here’s how the conversation went: Did you know that one time King David was hiding his sin? Do you think he was happy or sad when he was [...]
Filed under: Lying, Salvation, Uncategorized
How do I frame gloating in biblical language? Here is the conversation: “I have the Richard Scarry book. I’m so glad I have the Richard Scarry book.” and the unstated “you don’t have it.” It’s not exactly rejoicing when your enemy falls, although I think that’s close. Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And [...]
Filed under: Communication and Meaning
I’m wrestling with communicating appropriate ways of boys and girls interacting. On one hand, I want to teach them the sanctity of marriage. It makes just as little sense to start teaching principles of purity when they hit puberty as starting to teach girls modesty when they suddenly look provocative in a bikini. I want [...]
Filed under: Modesty and Purity
My son yesterday called someone stupid. As far as I can tell, it wasn’t something like “I think playing princess is stupid,” which might be understandable. Rather it was something like “You’re stupid.” I was shocked. My child? We have no television. We screen all DVDs. We keep track of all their friends, and we [...]
Filed under: Getting Along
Note: Yes, I forgot that yesterday was Wisdom Wednesday. I switched my schedule around and I got mixed up. Next week, we’ll be back on schedule. Our girls wear shorts under their dresses. Partly they do this because hanging upside down on the jungle bars in a dress isn’t very modest, and our little girls [...]
Filed under: Modesty and Purity
I’ve been thinking about how simple routines with babies establish authority and lay a foundation for teaching obedience later on. What’s fun is that there’s a lot of freedom in how we teach authority and obedience. Mealtime is one situation where we generally manipulate the environment to avoid battles, but we still manage to stay [...]
Filed under: Mealtime
Sometimes I wonder if all the things I tell my children are making it into their heads at all. I have to remind myself that we should not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Galatians 6:9 Still, that’s on faith, since I haven’t yet gotten [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized
Fellow blogger and new mother Chiao Chyi, is facing the first days without her husband, who left for Singaporean military training for four months. Those of my readers who are spouses of a US military member can understand a bit how she’s feeling about now. Feel free to go post some encouragement on her blog.
Filed under: Military Life
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