A few months ago, I was praying about wisdom to talk with my children better. I get distracted easily when my children want to talk, and I’ve been dissatisfied with a lack of opportunity to talk once the day gets rolling. As they have gotten older, I’ve discovered that they aren’t always comfortable having conversations […]
When Using Questions Doesn’t Work
I’ve noticed that none of the good child rearing manuals tell you what you should do when the best instructions don’t go according to script. We might be tempted to grow frustrated with the incomplete instruction, but that wouldn’t be wise, would it? I felt this frustration yesterday. I know that asking questions is a […]
teaching along the way
(in light of the previous post) Today, several times we talked about God seeing everything. When I prayed for breakfast, I told God thank you that he could see us eating breakfast. Later, as we were driving home from the grocery store, I asked David if God could see us in our van, and he […]
The Next Spiritual Truth
I think the next spiritual truth we’re going to teach David is the omniscience of God. Today,he was being quite unkind to his sister, and I was asking him questions about his actions. He wouldn’t admit that he was being unkind. Maybe I should have asked, “Was God pleased with how you talked to your […]
