Typical Scenario: David is instructed to pray with siblings and start eating lunch while mom finishes folding clothes. Mom enters the room five minutes later to find no prayers said, a few nibbles out of Bethel and Laurel’s sandwiches, no prayer said, and David trying to keep a grip on his sister’s hand. When asked [...]
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I had a friend think through with me the process of teaching a young child to share, and addressing the biblical concepts of covetousness and giving. It was encouraging, because I realized that I have seen a lot of growth in this area from my children. The discussion was also challenging, because it reminded me [...]
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I’m at a disadvantage with dealing with teasing, since if I had my druthers, I’d get rid of most teasing, sarcasm, and general goofiness. Go ahead and stare; I realize it’s a little extreme. ????? ????? ????????????? ????????? With that admission, I have been aware that my oldest son has been bit by the teasing [...]
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This is a post I half wrote for Wisdom Wednesday last week. Hopefully this week will be a twofer. I’m asking myself, How Is Scripture Changing Me today? I’m still rereading Psalm 119. This chapter more than any other resets my thinking (i.e., renews my mind) as it pertains to my attitude toward God’s Word. [...]
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The tattletale has finally come into my radar. I’m surprised to find out that I’ve mentioned it only three times in the last few years. For the last four years, I have WANTED my little ones to come to me with offenses. They had no problem solving skills to start with, and the only way [...]
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Last week I took Laurel to the orthopedist, who confirmed the broken arm, and denied the broken leg. So the leg splint was taken off, and Laurel given permission to walk (but not climb, swing, jump, etc.). That’s been good news, and it’s been a lot easier to keep everyone busy and happy. I also [...]
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I watched the three children huddled together with interest. Someone was trying to strike a bargain, and another was not interested. When my four year old finally realized she would not convince her little sister to give her the coveted item, she started to wail. Since the coveted item belonged to the younger child, and [...]
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-25 Earlier I mentioned [...]
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Have you ever intervened in an argument and stalled telling your children something spiritual until you could think of something spiritual? The other day, Bethel was playing with brick blocks, large cardboard blocks that are remarkably versatile play objects. The only trouble is that we don’t have a large amount of them. David decided to [...]
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We’ve got three children who are very close together. When they play together, they usually play well, but often we have misunderstandings. Sometimes it’s plain selfishness, like yesterday when one child wanted to play “hurt bird” and the other child wanted to play “camping.” Several attempts at mediation failed, simply because each person insisted that [...]
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