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In April a Morning Dove decided that she wanted to lay her nest in the window box near our front door. Having a bird make her home within our view was amazing to watch. She was unphased by our entering and exiting, thank the Lord, so we could come and go without her flying off each time. Since she was going to be our guest, I looked up the nesting habits of Morning Doves and learned some incredible things that teach Incredible lessons about parenting!
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Many, many Christian parents who thought they were doing the right thing with their child for all their growing up years have had to hear hard words like these. The parents’ hearts are torn apart. I’m not sure if there is any pain as difficult for a mother or father to endure than when their heart is breaking over their child who has gone astray.
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The year was 1978, and all in one weekend, my twin sister got married, and I moved out of my home to go teach school in a state about 7.5 hours away. Our other sister was already married, so this left my parents with a double empty nest all in one swift swoop! My mom told me later that for a day or two she was sad, but then she said,
“After a few days, I realized, ‘Hey, this is pretty nice!’”
She never looked back. Every time I’d call home, my parents were headed here, going there, enjoying this new phase of their lives. It gave me security to see them happy, even now that their lives as parents was now very different from the previous 19 years! What a great example and blessing they were to me! I felt “free” to do whatever God called me to do!
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Being a mother is filled with emotions. There’s joy when the baby is born! Joy at their first coos and words. Weariness at their crying and fussiness. Excitement at their understanding of new things like reading and numbers, and Who made them and the world they live in. No one could deny the feeling of anxiety when their child goes through hard things – whether it be just learning to obey or enduring the pain of a bully at school.
Continue reading “How to Influence Your Children Beyond the Nest”With our grandson’s birthdays approaching, the question in our minds was,
“What can we give them that will be meaningful?”
If we had asked them, their answer would have been another leggo set or some other favorite toy that is on their list, which would have been fun, of course! However, as we considered our choices, we decided we would rather spend time with them. Also, being a twin myself, I also decided that we would have them one at a time, rather than together so we could focus on each boy.
As I prayed about it, I asked the Lord what we could do that each of them would enjoy. The results were a passel full of memories made and such sweet times together!
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