One child saying to a friend, “Let’s go away. We HATE him. [about another child]” Putting off making phone calls to friends yet another week. So long that now she’s embarrassed to call. One child trying to discern how appropriate a request is before obeying.Trying to figure out the future before she stops worrying about [...]
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The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to [...]
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It’s been a joy to be in a church where so many of the older women have a burden for mentorship, and are actively seeking to teach the younger women God’s Word. I’ve also watched as young women show humility in their desire to learn from the older women. This is good, and I’ve been [...]
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From Friday’s Post: Michelle finally stops waiting for wisdom and determines to do the best she knows how. Turns out her decision was fine, but Michelle is now confused. Did God neglect his promise to give wisdom? Is wisdom the same as knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt what to do in a certain [...]
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Have you ever gotten excited about finding wisdom, and then got discouraged when you realized how many questions you had that didn’t seem to have an answer? I have. More than once! Here’s what it might look like: New mother Michelle wanders aimlessly through Proverbs during her Bible reading, at times being challenged, but not [...]
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Wednesday is the day I challenge myself to think about what I’m doing differently this week because of what I’m reading or meditating on. Since the application of Scripture is how Jesus defines wisdom, I call this day Wisdom Wednesday. The scripture that has been driving me to action this week is I Corinthians 13, [...]
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I’ve been pondering this passage as it relates to love and serving our children. We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. 3 For even Christ did not please Himself; [...]
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Lately I’ve been thinking about how I teach my children to actually use the Scripture they’ve been memorizing. So I’ve been asking a lot, “How do you do that?” For example, Laurel was devastated when I told her she could not use some particular markers at a particular time. Since I was working on a [...]
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One of the really awesome things about God is that He doesn’t expect us to know it all. I have been contemplating this week the ministry of the Holy Spirit when we see a problem, but don’t know what to do about it. We pray. We do pray, don’t we? Yes, but sometimes we don’t [...]
There’s a fascinating balance that we find in Scripture. On one hand, we learn about self-sacrificial love from Jesus Christ. In fact, this is the way we can begin to fathom God’s definition of love. Jesus gave us an example, that we should love others. On the other hand, we recognize that it’s a bad [...]
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