I’ve forgotten to mention something we’ve talked about recently with our children at odd moments when talking about selfishness and anger. It’s a response that even Laurel (age 2) can understand. “Are you happy right now?” I’ve found that, unlike other probing questions I might try, this question they understand and know the answer for. [...]
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who [...]
Filed under: Obedience
In my mom’s new book Glimpses of God, she points out how often God gives a command and then says, I am the Lord. In essence, he’s affirming his authority and right to give a command. I thought about this as I work on obedience with my children. It’s helpful to reinforce the authority structure [...]
Filed under: Obedience
It’s not just because Lee is gone, because I noticed before he left, that all three children need some attention in the obedience category. This is something I’m praying that the Lord will help me work on in the next few weeks and months. Now, some parents believe if I were a perfect parent and [...]
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This morning I was expecting a phone call. Lee is about fourteen hours ahead of me, so last I had heard he had a full day with nothing scheduled. Surely he would have sent an email or been able to call. As the morning passed, I sat by the computer in case he might call. [...]
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Filed under: Obedience
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 [...]
Filed under: Child Development, Getting Along, Obedience, Uncategorized
I’m familiar with the story of Nebuchadnezzar and how God allowed him to live like an animal because of his pride. What I didn’t know or had forgotten or had missed the significance of is that God gave him advance warning. Look at Daniel 4:24-27. Nebuchadnezzar dreamed a scary dream, and finally asked Daniel what [...]
Filed under: Introspection, Obedience
Today I made some caramelized pecans. They’re really quite easy. You just put a half cup of sugar in a pan, turn on the fire, and keep stirring until the sugar completely melts and is a beautiful caramel brown color. Then you turn pecans in it one at a time and put them on a [...]
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One of the things my mom has said is that it is true you cannot force a horse to drink, but you can give him salt so he wants to drink. It would be lovely if I could simply tell my children what to do, and have them do it, all the time. But the [...]
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I’ve heard various Christians react to the apparent conflict between shepherding a child, and winning the battles of authority. Regardless of how you want to label the conflict, I had a good experience this morning loving and caring for my twenty month old. She ran away with sister’s toy, and when I told her to [...]
Filed under: Obedience
