This last month has been rather busy, and I told friends that my July was going to be completely empty! But that’s part of my story. We can divide many of our troubles into problems we can do something about, and problems we can’t do anything about. Often our problems are a mix of the [...]
Filed under: Friends, Military Life
On our street the neighborhood children have been buying and selling things. It started as an idea for raising money for a charity project at one of the schools, and it has evolved into a new diversion. It’s been interesting to see the things children value, but it’s also been interesting to see the approaches [...]
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It has been fun to watch God answer prayer regarding friends, just in this last week. God allowed me to see occasions where young people my children admire greatly demonstrated genuine Christian love and character. I bragged for a long time about those friends on the way home from church, and told my children how [...]
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Because of my husband’s busy and relatively unpredictable work schedule, we’ve worked hard to make the most of the hours he’s home. One step we’ve taken is to have a general rule that weekends are family days, not friend days. So on Saturdays and Sundays, we want the children with us, not necessarily playing outside [...]
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We have very friendly neighbors, including a number of pleasant children the same age as my own children (and a few years older). My children have enjoyed getting to know them, and spending time with them. I want to have a ministry to these neighbors. (Let your light so shine among men…) I also think [...]
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On Tuesday we talked about the challenge of developing Christ-honoring relationships while in a military community. Today I want to think about how my obedience to God in this area affects how I parent my children. First, my children learn about friends by my example. They are listening to what I talk about with my [...]
Filed under: Friends, Using Questions
Often after we get together with friends, I ask my children about their time spent. Since we’ve been discussing wisdom, I often ask, “Is so-and-so a wise friend?” That’s because we are told in Scripture that a wise person looks for wise friends. Since we’ve been talking about wisdom, they know what that looks like. [...]
Filed under: Friends, Getting Along, Humility
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. This verse is found twice in Proverbs 22:3 and 27:12. Sometimes it is not wise to engage our society; it’s wise to run and hide ourselves. If we assume that these situations will arise in our parenting, how [...]
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