As a parent, should I take an active part in guiding my child’s spiritual growth? Or are spiritual matters a personal issue we should leave for our children to decide on their own when grown? While I help my child learn to read, floss their teeth, and be kind, should parents influence their children regarding faith?
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You’re getting ready to spend the rest of your life with the person you love. That’s wonderful. But be sure you really, truly know your fiancé before making that life-long commitment. Here are several thought-provoking, and hopefully enlightening, questions to ask your fiancé to uncover the parts of them you may not have thought to search out.
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One day your child is crawling around in diapers and the next she’s engaged. In the months that follow you’re adrift in a sea of wedding details, showers, and ever-growing expenses. Like a marathon runner on mile twenty-five, the end of your parenting journey is in sight. Another mile. Another chance to bless your child before marriage.
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If you think about it, nearly every community is exclusive to some degree. It reminds me of the time I wanted to sing on my church’s worship team. I love music, but I forgot one important detail: I can’t sing.
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Practice praising God as a family, and it will change the way you deal with circumstances and lighten the atmosphere in your home.
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Little moments in your child’s routine make for great times of worship to God. “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” Mark 12:30 It doesn’t take much to help kids worship God from their heart right alongside you. To get you started, try these fun ideas:
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Were you ever bullied on the playground? Or called names by the neighbor kid? Do you have an annoying co-worker? A friend who pushes your buttons?
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Dr. Roger Birkman would often make this statement: “The reality of life is that your perceptions—right or wrong—influence everything you do. When you get a proper perspective of your perceptions, you may be surprised how many other things fall into place.”
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My parents were caretakers for a group of cottages on three secluded lakes in Northern Ontario. It is an area of 2500 acres with only 7 cottages, plus our family “sugar shack”, where we made maple syrup. It is pristine and still remains this way. I grew up on these lakes and miss being so far away.
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Nobody likes a thorn. You might name your baby girl, Rose, but I have never heard of a child named Thorn. To us, a thorn a bad thing. We do not like thorns. We do not plant them, and we do not want them around—not in our gardens, flower beds, or fingers. Thorns are a nuisance, and we do everything we can to get rid of them.
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