A Princess is Born
Filed in Blessings,Parenting,Teenagers, December 29, 2008, 8:27 pm by ValerieToday my baby girl is 15 years old. I always get sentimental and teary on my kid’s birthdays. Why is there that awful place between wanting them to be grown up and out of the house, and wanting them to be little bitty again? When you have kids, you have to take the good with [...]
Veering off course
Filed in Blessings,Parenting, December 15, 2008, 12:53 pm by ValerieI’m going to veer off course a bit today, and not quite finish the series of “Moms are Made in His Image”. I’m on the last week anyway, and I really don’t have much to add to it, except that I am just trusting God to use what He has taught me to help my [...]
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 [...]
