Saturday, November 3, 2012

The more kids I have and the older I get, I seem to get closer to God and learn and grow through him.
I think I am having some baby blues, but it's nothing to worry about so far, just been sad at random things about life and the day.
The Lord is helping me to appreciate my sweet children more and more. They have taught me alot about patience and love and something I learned recently rings true; "good behavior is caught, not taught".
What that means is that our behavior in front of our kids is what they mirror, not the constant, broken record sayings as they go: "put these and those away", "don't hit your sister/brother", "share your toys", or the all to famous "don't talk back".
I think most of theses problems, can be remedied by modeled behaviors; it's hard, yes, but we need to pray alot and read the bible (with our kids), and we will start to see some changes in them and quite possibly ourselves too!
-Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
-Deuteronomy 6:7  You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
-We do not develop habits of genuine love automatically. We learn by watching effective role models – most specifically by observing how our parents express love for each other day in and day out.  ~ Josh McDowell
 -Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. ~ Charles (Chuck) Swindoll




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