Tag Archives: children

Exodus 20:12 Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Recently I spent a holiday visiting my parents in Sydney. They are in their mid-eighties now and like many that age, have their fair share of ...

I remember when it really dawned on me how much my parents had done for us kids. There were four children living under one roof in our blended family, two teenage boys and two girls in elementary school. Mom would come home from work and start dinner, cooking meat and ...

Jeremiah 24:7 I will also give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me wholeheartedly. Being a mom with a new heart of God miraculously leads me to understand ...

Isaiah 41:13 FOR I THE LORD GOD WILL HOLD THY RIGHT, SAYING UNTO THEE, FEAR NOT; I WILL HELP THEE. In order for your children to feel safe when you go out you ask them to hold your hand. This is for safety reasons. In our every day struggles we ...

Most of us  learn things from our father as little children that we draw upon later in life, often coming to the realization that we learned patience, or fairness, or empathy from the man we looked up to the most. When I had a challenging day caring for my three ...