Christmas Wonder
Christmas is my absolute favorite time of the year. For our family it’s a full month of celebrations. The wonder of Christmas comes in many forms: gifts, surprises, songs, stories, games, traditions and even magical elves and a jolly dude in a red suit. But the true wonder of Christmas cannot be lost amidst the celebration. The fact that God left Heaven to become a human baby, is indeed miraculous. Miracle on top of miracle reveals God’s relentless love for mankind as He embraced humanity...
Read MoreWholly His
It struck me that much of our Christian parenting can be focused on the dos and do nots in the Bible. Obviously God cares about our moral character or He would not have provided guidelines for behavior in His Word. He does in fact have a standard for living, as much as our culture would like to disagree and make everything subjective and about love. He has also imprinted His image into each human being and thus we have with in us the ability to know right from wrong. Morality does matter,...
Read MoreToo Safe to Live Free
Too Safe to Live Free To fully understand where I am going on this issue you may want to read my previous blog “Living Free”. I admit I’ve never been much of a rule follower. It’s gotten me into my fair share of trouble through the years. Now that I am raising children of my own, I try to do my best to be a law abiding citizen; however some of the recent laws being forced upon us are stirring up my rebellious nature. Ronald Reagan said it well, “Man is not free unless government is limited.”...
Read MoreUnderstanding Introverts
I am an extrovert, my husband, not so much! Up until the past few weeks I have seen this as a personality flaw, which needed to be fixed. My personality was clearly better and the more he could conform to me, the better we would be. Such maturity, I know. I believe our culture is biased towards outgoing, extroverted people. The educational philosophies that dictate our schools mandate cooperative learning and group projects. In my graduate program, not one class went by without...
Read MoreYoung at Heart
I have always had an adventurous spirit. It got me into a great deal of trouble when I was young. The trouble is, I still think of myself as young but my husband keeps telling me that we are old. Though I refuse to believe him, there are growing signs that indicate he might be on to something. When you are young if you fall down the stairs (not that that has ever happened to my children who are always under my very careful, watchful eye), you literally bounce right back. Cry for a minute or...
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