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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!
Continue reading “10 Ways to Support Your Adult Child Without Smothering”We know that children are a gift from God – especially when they first come into our family. Whether it’s a natural birth, fostering or adoption, they were leant to us from the Lord, and we recognize this.
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. Psalm 127:3-5
They are squishy, funny, curious and precious. But they can also be messy, sassy, and willful. They act out in public and we blush and say, “This is my ‘Wild Child’.” A parent can be at their wit’s end to know how to deal with them, and if they were honest, they might even admit that they’re afraid to try to deal with them because of the backlash they would encounter from the child. Does this sound like you and your son or daughter? How can we deal with these difficult things and keep pointing them to Christ so that they will live out their days for His glory?
Continue reading “Responding to Our “Wild Child””Recently I had a friend ask me what I thought about the statement,
“Every mother’s middle name is guilt.”
I considered it for a couple of days – even mentioned it to a couple of women and was interested in their responses. “Oh, boy, isn’t that the truth!” was pretty much what I heard from others.
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