This week marks my eleventh wedding anniversary. I’m so thankful for these eleven years of marriage to my wonderful husband. He has been a joy to share my life with, and I’m looking forward to seeing where God will lead us in the future. It’s easy, especially when one’s children are small, to spend the [...]
Filed under: Mom Time
Christmas is a great time to teach children about giving and receiving gifts, about selfishness and loving others. Some years I do better at making worthwhile gifts with the children to give to others. Other years, I feel like all my good intentions simmered in a pot but never left it (say, “child under 18 [...]
Tags: Christmas
Filed under: In the Car and on the Go, Manners
For some people, social situations and verbal navigation are simple and enjoyable. Others with different personalities find those treacherous. I want to think a little bit about how a mom can work on helping a child who finds words difficult navigate the verbal world a little easier. We’ll talk about several things in the next [...]
Filed under: Emotions
This is actually a post from a previous week that I never got around to writing. We’re studying Job at our Ladies Bible Study, so I was reminded about an occasion where we discussed Job and God at our house. Setting: The house Characters: Mom, Three darling children Conflict: Children all want to understand WHY [...]
Filed under: Obedience
What We’re Working On For the little one, not screaming or crying to get her way. Requiring more time between screaming and a second opportunity to ask for something properly (i.e., more significant consequence since she’s older and has a greater understanding of what she’s doing wrong, and what she should be doing instead) Not [...]
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Now that our children are a little older, we gave them new rules about the Christmas tree this year. They could touch the ornaments on the tree, but they could not remove them. I have a few that they aren’t allowed to touch, and those are mostly up high anyway. It’s worked out well. They’re [...]
Filed under: Obedience
In our Sunday school class, we’ve been discussing repentance. And I decided that if we adults sometimes need help defining it biblically (and we do), then it would be worthwhile to share the love and teach these things to our children. Yesterday I read them Psalm 32. I told them that King David sinned. [what [...]
“Because I said so” has gotten a bad reputation, but it’s a great phrase. It’s been getting a honest workout at our house these days. I feel strongly that our actions as parents need to be purposeful, that we do need to consider why we do what we do. I also feel strongly that these [...]
Filed under: Obedience
For awhile I’ve wondered whether it is makes sense to allow my children to pray at mealtimes. We do ask them to pray, and sometimes they volunteer. I’m certain that I’ve avoided having them pray when they’ve been naughty (although I wonder if that’s more recognizing the priority of my own need to pray). But [...]
Today I was thinking about how often we think that we have to have all the answers to our questions before we obey God. I reminded myself that God gives grace to the humble (admitting that I don’t know all the answers and that I need God’s help to obey the things I do understand). [...]
Filed under: Discipleship
