Posts Tagged ‘Grace’
Wealth & Wisdom
There are people who are really wealthy, but not wise. There are people who are wise, but poor. Then there are those who are wise and wealthy and that’s the person I want to pay closer attention too. I think wealth and wisdom are often connected. People who are wise and wealthy are often self-educated.…
Read MoreRepentance & Obdience
I have grown up knowing what obedience means. My parents taught me to respect and obey the authority figures in my life. I’m aware that there are “bad actors” in authority, but the majority of people in positions of authority are good and honorable. I was taught to respect my parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles…
Read MoreI Know
There are things that I have learned that I can’t “unlearn”. There are things that I’m aware of that have made an indelible mark on me. Some things I know were hard to hear. Some things I know, I sought to deliberately learn. There are other things I know that I wish I had never…
Read MoreThanks & Praise
When my kiddos were small, I tried often to “catch them being good” and reward them for good behavior. It seemed there were seasons where all I did was punish bad behavior. It was way more fun to catch them doing good for sure. When I think of some of the things I’ve done as…
Read MoreFull House
I used to watch a show called Full House on ABC. It was a situation comedy (aka “sitcom”) based on the life of a widower named Danny Turner as he raises three daughters. Family dynamics can be a bit unpredictable. As our kids grow into adults, they develop their own unique personality. I grew up…
Read MoreBeautifully Functionally Dysfunctional
There are times when I speak of my functional/dysfunctional family. I went through divorce almost 28 years ago and my family was broken. We both fought for our children and ended up sharing joint physical custody of our three children. It was a very hard season of my life. We learned early on how to…
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