Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Christianity category.
All of a sudden
Filed in Christianity,Teenagers, July 22, 2009, 7:52 am by ValerieA couple of years ago, I had one of my aunts say to me “Enjoy every minute, they’ll be gone before you know it and then you’ll be having grandbabies”. Well, I hope the grandbabies are many years off (especially now with critter coming), but I recently have been hit with the “oh crap, it’s [...]
Wisdom from Heaven
Filed in Christianity,Frustration,Rough times, June 29, 2009, 11:13 am by ValerieI thought of this blog in some restless moments of my late night/early morning insomnia. Have you ever felt like you needed some wisdom? Were overwhelmed by a situation and didn’t know what to do? That situation keeps cropping up for me. I’ve learned that when you are repeatedly faced with a situation, it usually [...]
Conforming to His Image
Filed in Behavior,Christianity,Parenting, December 8, 2008, 9:36 am by ValerieI’m a bit uncomfortable with the topic this week. Yes, I know I picked it. But the more I sit here considering what to write, the more I am unsure of myself. Confession: I am not a Bible scholar. So as I consider what “conforming to the image of Christ” means, I admit that I [...]
Lessons in Parenting
Filed in Behavior,Christianity,Parenting, December 1, 2008, 2:53 pm by ValerieThis is still a continuation of the theme “Moms are Made in His Image”, but I’m moving on to the part about what God wants us to learn from being a parent. 1) We are not really in control, and we need to surrender our children to Him 2) He uses our children to conform [...]
He Answers When I Call
Filed in Christianity,Parenting,Parenting with Peace, November 3, 2008, 5:55 pm by ValeriePart 1 of the blog series – How does God parent us? Isn’t it funny sometimes to think of God as our parent? Yet, Jesus often refers to God as our Father (Matthew 6:32, Matthew 5:35, John 4:23….and so on). In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus modeled for us that we should pray “Our Father who [...]
Moms are made in His Image
Filed in Christianity,Parenting, October 27, 2008, 8:06 am by ValerieLast Wednesday, at Bible study, our pastor taught on a passage out of Mark chapter seven, about the mother who pleads with Jesus to save her demon possessed daughter. One of Pastor Fred’s points was about God making moms in His image, (Genesis 1:27 confirms this for us: So God created man in his own [...]
Reflections
Filed in Christianity,Family,Parenting, September 1, 2008, 2:07 pm by ValerieFor a school assignment this week, I had to write a paper on why I am entering the counseling profession. In my reflections, I noted that the reasons many people enter the “helping” professions are self-serving. Sure, many of us want to help people, but there are usually deeper reasons there too. I’d like to [...]
Bad Habits
Filed in Behavior,Christianity, August 25, 2008, 7:31 am by ValerieMy husband has this bad habit that makes me nuts. In my opinion, he’s not a very good driver. The specific habit I refer to is his insistence that he can simultaneously drive, keeping his eyes on the road, and do various things on his iphone. We went out to dinner over the weekend with [...]
They’re baaaack
Filed in Christianity,Family,Parenting, August 18, 2008, 5:50 am by ValerieRemember way back in the day when school started after Labor Day? When at this time of the summer, the “dog days”, you knew you still had a couple of weeks of freedom, swimming, and sleeping in? Where have they gone? My kids came back from their dad’s this past weekend and are home to [...]
When God Doesn’t Make Sense
Filed in Christianity,Frustration, August 14, 2008, 8:31 am by ValerieI just finished reading “When God Doesn’t Make Sense” by James Dobson. Aren’t there lots of times in life when we just wonder, “huh?”, “why?”, or “why me?”. If you are one of those people who has never done this, YOU ARE NOT NORMAL. Truth be told, I probably question God more than I should. [...]
