Posted on the 'Femima' blog, I read this a couple of weeks ago; and found it challenging. The writer gives a few thoughts on
"How can we maintain a cheerful, calm, happy, giving attitude when we certainly don’t feel like it?"
Basically...
" When you give freely, you receive fully.
Stingy out gets stingy in."
:: Masking Anger as Justice ::
Another post from Femima. Once again it is a challenging one. It focuses on whether the discipline of our children is being applied in a God-glorifying way, or in an angry way that we describe as 'justice'. It is summarised well by this paragraph...
"The wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. If you are an angry parent, you will not produce righteousness in your children . . . even if all your anger is directed at sin. The wrath of man DOES NOT produce the righteousness of God."
And another excerpt...
"We like to pretend that our anger is righteous, and that we’re in this for justice and truth. But as a matter of fact we’re just being selfish little punks when we lose our temper at our children."
A lovely article by J.R. Miller on what true Christian motherhood looks like. He uses Hannah, from the Bible, as an example. Many encouraging thoughts to ponder.
"The great need of this age, is mothers who will live with their own children, and throw over their tender lives all the mighty power of their own rich, warm, loving natures. If we can have a generation of Hannahs, we shall then have a generation of Samuels growing up under their wise, devoted nurture."
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Beautiful wise words! thanks for sharing :)
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