When I look into the faces of my sweet kiddos, I can't help but wonder what they will be. As a mother, there are many things I hope for my children - and as much as I want them to stay little forever, I also can't wait to see what they become. There can be some fear there - I know it well. We wonder if they will love the Lord. We wonder if they will be successful - by the Lord or the world's … [Read more...]
2 Boundaries Our Kids Need
Some lines from the Bible are just sad. One line that gets me every time is buried in a little-read section of 1 Kings and it’s about King David being a bad dad. King David’s grown son, Adonijah, was acting up. He started pulling lowball moves in a cocky effort to thwart David’s wishes about the throne. The reader reasonably dislikes this Adonijah character right away, except for one … [Read more...]
3 Ways to Launch Your Bible Study Time
It was a draining season of motherhood. My days were filled with the tantrums of an Autistic two-year old and my nights were filled with the bright-eyed baby boy who refused to sleep. In addition to my draining mom situation, my husband worked nights and breaks were few and far between. Exhausted, I was running on empty and my soul felt sucked dry. I needed help. As a long-time Christian, it … [Read more...]
Two Absolutes Your Kiddos Can Cling To
Our kiddos often find themselves standing on shifting sand. Friends disappoint, school disappoints, glitzy cultural promises disappoint. Then there’s the double whammy when our kiddos disappoint themselves. These kids need something absolute on which to stand. That’s fine because we’re just the parents to give it to them (otherwise known as: we’re the only parents they’ve got, therefore, … [Read more...]
Putting on Love
Today's culture has the word Love and Lust confused. I also believe we have the idea of enjoyment and love confused. We think in order to love someone or something, we must desire it and enjoy it. However, as I read 1 Corinthians chapter 13, that is not the idea of Love that I see portrayed. The world wants love in it's time table, however it sees fit. Yet as Christians, we have to look from Love … [Read more...]
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