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My Impressionistic Life: I've Got It Good!
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Learning to Let God Make Something Beautiful Out of My Messy Life! Tuesday, December 23, 2014. I've Got It Good! As the two bouquets of flowers that I received (one from the stranger in the store and one from my friend, in the November post “A Ray of Sunshine”) began to fade, I went to Hobby Lobby to find silk flowers to match them so that I could have a permanent reminder of this special gift that I was given. And so I set out to put together a similar bouquet of silk flowers. I began marching to the fr...
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My Impressionistic Life: Questions for Getting to Know Yourself and Others Better
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Learning to Let God Make Something Beautiful Out of My Messy Life! Saturday, December 20, 2014. Questions for Getting to Know Yourself and Others Better. I didn’t know where else to post this because it is so random, but I wanted to repost this list of questions from my other blog. I was sitting there once with some family members, waiting in the hospital waiting room. And it seemed like there wasn't much to do but wait and look at the television and wait some more. Minutes turned to hours. And I'd love ...
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My Impressionistic Life: Serious Advice 12-13: Wise Decisions, Mompetition, Tolerance
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Learning to Let God Make Something Beautiful Out of My Messy Life! Sunday, January 10, 2016. Serious Advice 12-13: Wise Decisions, Mompetition, Tolerance. On a more practical note, take the responsibility of being a wise parent seriously and make conscientious decisions in life. By all means, put thought into the who, what, where, when, why, and how of raising kids. God gave them to you. Never just accept what others say as truth, including the “experts.”. Research it for yourself. And we have been shock...
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My Impressionistic Life: Serious Advice 16-18: Positive Words and Blessings
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Learning to Let God Make Something Beautiful Out of My Messy Life! Sunday, January 10, 2016. Serious Advice 16-18: Positive Words and Blessings. Okay, onto a lighter subject! 8220;Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.”. Tell your children daily that you love them. Make it a ritual when they wake up, leave for school, or go to bed. They love to hear it and they need to hear it. And you never know when it will be the last time you get to say it! Relax and find some qui...
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How Secular Family Values Stack Up: A Response
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Skip to primary navigation. Faithful Christian Parenting in a Secular World. How Secular Family Values Stack Up: A Response. January 21, 2015. Last week, there was a fascinating opinion piece in the. How Secular Family Values Stack Up. The author, Phil Zuckerman, is a professor of sociology and secular studies at Pitzer College. Quotes from the article are in bold, and my response follows. Quite well, it seems. Far from being dysfunctional, nihilistic and rudderless without the security and rectitude...
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My Impressionistic Life: Serious Advice 3-5: Child Eyes, Gentleness, and Discipline
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Learning to Let God Make Something Beautiful Out of My Messy Life! Sunday, January 10, 2016. Serious Advice 3-5: Child Eyes, Gentleness, and Discipline. Here’s another one about seeing it from their point of view:. Get on the child’s level to see things through his eyes in order to interpret his behavior, to figure out why he might be doing something. Many times, we misinterpret their behavior, and we discipline them unfairly because we aren’t seeing things from their eyes. And what did he do? They don&#...
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How to Get Your Christian Parenting Priorities Right This Year
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Skip to primary navigation. Faithful Christian Parenting in a Secular World. A Call to Action: How to Get Your Christian Parenting Priorities Right This Year. January 13, 2015. I really enjoyed my blogging break and am excited to start posting again. I love the start of a new year because it feels like there are so many opportunities to adjust the things in your life you know aren’t quite right. Yet everyone knows the vast majority of resolutions are doomed to failure. Why is that? Not at all. Consid...
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My Impressionistic Life: Serious Advice 9-11: Reaping, Learning, and Modeling
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Learning to Let God Make Something Beautiful Out of My Messy Life! Sunday, January 10, 2016. Serious Advice 9-11: Reaping, Learning, and Modeling. Always remember, you only get a few years until they are grown. And when they are, you will reap what you have sown. 8220; . . A man reaps what he sows.”. They will treat you in response to how they were treated. Parent in such a way that earns their respect and honor. Don’t expect it just because you are the parent. Maybe the change needs to start with you.
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My Impressionistic Life: Why Would Anyone Choose Jesus?
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Learning to Let God Make Something Beautiful Out of My Messy Life! Tuesday, December 1, 2015. Why Would Anyone Choose Jesus? As I was listening to a Christian radio station, they interviewed a random woman on the street who said, “I think the writers of the Bible just made it up to get people to follow them.”. And I laughed out loud at the thought of that. I wanted to ask her if she ever read the Bible, if she knew what it teaches. We are sinful and cannot rescue ourselves. We need a Savior to rescue us.
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My Impressionistic Life: Starting Your Own Relationship With Jesus Christ (And Why We Need Him!)
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Learning to Let God Make Something Beautiful Out of My Messy Life! Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Starting Your Own Relationship With Jesus Christ (And Why We Need Him! John 3: 16: “For God so loved the world that he sent his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”. God so loved the world. He didn’t just love the world; He so. Let me ask you something: If you were to die today or if Jesus came back today, would you be ready? I believe that religion is best d...
