I’ve got lots of posts written but have felt woefully lacking in tone– In any case, I’ll share a little of what has been rolling around in my head. Hopefully I can keep my tone under control. We seem to need a more robust (i.e., biblical) idea of sanctification. That’s safe, isn’t it? We can [...]
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Do you think God is pleased with your parenting right now? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself. You need to know that I fall short in many ways. I wrestle with selfishness as a mother. I am often reminded of areas where I fall short (i.e., sin). Yet, I really do want to please [...]
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Yesterday, I gave each child a third of some glorified silly putty I bought for Lee awhile back. They played with it and I talked. Maybe they liked playing with the silly putty (I told them they could only play with it when we were talking about the Bible), or maybe they just wanted to [...]
Filed under: Family Devotions, Salvation, Using Questions
This year for Thanksgiving, we didn’t have any verses to read aloud at the table. We didn’t take turns sharing what we’re thankful for (although we might do that another day). We didn’t read any Thanksgiving books this year (maybe next week). I didn’t have hors oeuvres that look like turkeys. We didn’t have Thanksgiving [...]
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A few years ago, I found this passage: The King of Assyria is threatening God’s people, and good King Hezekiah is badly outnumbered. And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of trouble and rebuke and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth. [...]
Filed under: Introspection
On the way home from church the other night, on a whim, I asked the children, “What verse would you think about if you were having a hard time being kind to your sister or brother?” The children were all stymied. “Children obey your parents”? We talked about some better possibilities. Then I asked, “Can [...]
Filed under: In the Car and on the Go, Scripture Memory, Using Questions
When God doesn’t give wisdom, I sometimes discover that I want wisdom for the wrong reasons. Not getting what I’m asking for motivates me to examine our motives again. Do I want well behaved children because they are embarrassing me? Do I want my children to be saved in order to validate my approach to teaching [...]
Filed under: Wisdom
It’s easy, when we are newly aware of our need for wisdom, to become overwhelmed with what we don’t know. We see our lack of wisdom and can be discouraged because we know we need it. But God’s timetable is not ours. He always has a reason for not giving wisdom, and it is always [...]
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Do you have clean underwear on? [pause] Do you have any underwear on? Why are there grapes in your bed? For what purpose did you take cherries upstairs? Are these raisins in this cup? How did they get here? Is this a pile of powder on the bathroom sink? How did it get here? When [...]
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Not only do I have a distractible personality, but I also have the pleasure of three little distractions. I hesitate to say that my husband is a distraction, but it is true that on occasion, he can make my rational thoughts come to a complete standstill. As long as you don’t distract me when I [...]
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