Are we the same? Will we see things the same way? Are we saying the same things just differently. I have prayed, sought council, explained and discussed approaches to parenting. Much of the things we can agree on, and others we see differently. Things like allowing a child to miss school due to illness, purchase... Continue Reading →
Read the words upon waking and in your rest. In your going and your coming. In your joy and sadness. During your trials and when your path is clear. Keep it in your home…
Our children and in fact our family is moving through a world that can appears to be busier than ever. Do not let them leave without the word in their hearts. Maybe start with you/us first and make the word a priority in our daily walk. So in our request we can have concrete solutions... Continue Reading →
Words, phrases and verses for the family
During family time of devotions I would recommend taking time to discuss what was read in the word and get in agreement. We sometimes ask for more independence in the things assigned to our children but a greater emphasis needs to be placed on inputting the necessary values needed to succeed and knowing where their... Continue Reading →
Gather
Let’s gather our children near. Introduce them to the truth of who they are and are called to become. Affirm them with the words you received since their conceptions that they may make a boast of the name of Jesus. Disciple the little ones in faith, hope and love, teaching them through the gospel of... Continue Reading →
Shame
Simple but yet complex. Internally? generated or externally reinforced. Initiated by the things we do or forced upon us by another? Does laws protect you from shame or if done onto us, is it due to another breaking the law? Let’s look at the first book of the Bible for its meaning. Please help the... Continue Reading →
Parents help fill the holes.
Please encourage love for others in our children even when it’s hard for them. Address the fears as effectively as one can early as possible because it’s hard to unlearn behaviors that isolate them from others. I know the challenges of making time to help them face each battle they encounter, hence why spending time... Continue Reading →
Provision protection and presence are only a few things in being a Dad?
Linked to promises? I like many aim to be the best Dad/Parent I can be and at many times fall short. Without the Source I am nothing. Being who our Heavenly Father calls us to be, is being true to our promises. I am so inadequate independent of Him. Our children need so much that... Continue Reading →
Agents of you
One location to many. How are parent companies guiding branches? Your little ones character is a major aspect of who they are, so what do others say about you. Can our character go before us. Yes, none of us are perfect but character is something that presents as the default. They are almost, if not... Continue Reading →
Serving another
Can serving others keep us from the things that makes us ill? Serving another with determined focus has a weird way of taking us to a place of deep focus where time stands still for a moment and the reward is in completion. This is not easy to achieve is you mind is elsewhere. Those... Continue Reading →
Hope, faith and love
Human made in His image. Body, soul and spirit all working as one to form who we are. When does a child become anxious? Feelings of falling and grasping for air during one of the stages of sleep. Clinging to a parent as though one might be snatched away, watching or hearing stories about the... Continue Reading →
Power of routine
Have you ever went outside of your routine to do something leisurely beneficial or overall self gratifying. You may find that the typical first instinct is to want to try putting that time or activity again. This appears to be similar to what occurs when a child is given the freedom to go outside their... Continue Reading →
Sterring
Who steered you? What were your influences? Whose opinion is valid and relevant? Are there parts of you that wants to go it’s own way? Steering ourselves can be difficult, so imagine if your child is …Sterring How exactly do we improve, is it consistent repetition or the love of learning or receiving reproach with... Continue Reading →
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