Knowing what to do with desire? Getting rid of something that we know is not good for us? Can we identify what is good? What do we do with something our body finds pleasure in? Teens appear to be faster and more open or totally opposite in trying new things than most of us who... Continue Reading →
What’s important? How do we keep God’s word in our home
Are we asking too much of our little ones in reading the word daily. Every morning we make sure they brush their teeth, eat and go to school? How much more emphasis should we place on them reading, knowing and living the word? Do we need to do these things in order to request it... 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 →
Understanding through the “what.”
Have you as parents encountered the what? As your child begin to speak, and from the moment they demonstrate awareness, or the one that we are able to notice, our children seem to repeat the what. Go back to game of “peek a boo”, when they turn their heads to your voice and fix their... Continue Reading →
How to avoid anger as men? What should we do as Dad’s and Husbands given the roles we have been assigned.
So many questions? How do I consistently be gentle with the ones I love, treating them with gentleness and humility as I would a neighbor, client, friend, colleague. Am I even gentle there? How do I become a peacemaker in every situation and in all aspects of my life. Does it start with me striving... 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 →
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 →
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 →
Becoming a bow
Parents as bow and children as arrow... What kind of bow do you think you are?
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 →
Elemental love
Children are deserving of pure love.