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Question & Thought for August 12th, 2016!!!

Question & Thought for August 12th, 2016!!!
Good Friday Morning!
1. Question – Describe an experience where sacrificially loving another person brought you joy and peace. How would you explain this “paradox of the gospel” to your children – that you found your life when you gave it away?
2. Thought – The Heart of the Matter:
  • Our children will treat people the way we treat people.
  • Fathering the heart means teaching our children to think of others before thinking of themselves.
  • Your children will love with abandon by you and Christ.
  • Fathering the heart means teaching our children to relate to all types of people.
  • Because we are made in the image of the triune God, we were made for relationships. (The Dad in the Mirror by Patrick Morley and David Delk)
“The human mind is made for truth.” (James Sire)
No texting and driving. Drink water – alkaline water if you can. Exercise. Meditate and be grateful – it brings simplicity – and simplicity brings order – which brings harmony and thus beauty and just sometimes, sometimes, we get a slash of Joy!

Question & Thought for July 12th, 2016!!!

Question & Thought for July 12th, 2016!!!
Good Tuesday Morning!
1. Question – Aren’t we all – and everything in this world – so so so ‘Unique?’
2. Thought  – Then there is the opposite attack on thought: that urged by Mr. H. G. Wells when he insists that every separate thing is “unique,” and there are no categories at all. This also is merely destructive. Thinking means connecting things, and stops if they cannot be connected. It need hardly be said that this skepticism forbidding thought necessarily forbids speech; a man cannot open his mouth without contradicting it. Thus when Mr. wells says (as he did somewhere), “all chairs are quite different,” he utters not merely a misstatement, but a contradiction in terms. If all chairs were quite different, you could not call them “all chairs.” (Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton)
“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.” (Carl Gustav Jung)
rem – I had no knowledge that I had no knowledge.
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Question & Thought for Mother’s Day 2016!

Question & Thought for Mother’s Day 2016!
Happy Mother’s Day!
1. Question – What’s it like on the first Mother’s Day without your mother?
2. Thought – A hole. C.S. Lewis described ‘Storge’ love as that sort of love that you feel for someone who has been a part of your life for a long time, and if they go away, you miss them far more than you ever thought you would. They leave a hole in your emotional life that no one else can fill. That’s it for me. Lewis, once again, nailed it.
How do I handle that hole? I accept it. And I think about how grateful I am for all those good times. Charlie’s a friend of mine and he once told me a story about a friend of his who was busy making something in his garage. My friend asked him,  “What was he doing?” And his response was, “Making memories.” He was making something for one of his grandchildren. I loved that response. So, for all of you out there, I simply challenge you to, ‘Make memories.’
Moms are special.
rem – I had no knowledge that I had no knowledge.
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Question & Thought for May 7th, 2016!

Question & Thought for May 7th, 2016!
Good Saturday Morning!
1. Question – Were you raised by a stay-at-home mom?
2. Thought –

A Mother’s Work
TGIF Today God Is First
Sunday, May 01 2016

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother – which is the first commandment with a promise – that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth” (Eph 6:1-3).

 
One of the great tragedies of society today is the minimizing of the work performed daily by stay-at-home moms. Women who decide to stay home to raise their kids are a rare breed indeed. They must overcome the stigma of comparison to others who pursue careers outside the home. They fail to get the feelings of accomplishment that can come from a career. They are the unseen missionaries of our day. There will be a special reward for these selfless servants.

Without the commitment of our stay-at-home moms we would not have some of our greatest leaders. “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother,” said Abraham Lincoln.


Though poor, Ida Stover was determined to go to college. She scraped together enough money to attend Lane College in Lecompton, Kan., where she met fellow student David Eisenhower. She was known as a firm but gentle disciplinarian and was deeply religious. It is said she once won a prize for memorizing 1,365 Bible verses. As a pacifist, she was not in favor of her son attending West Point but decided to let him go. She was the mother of Dwight David Eisenhower, one of the greatest U.S. presidents.
 
Mary Litogot grew up on a farm, and met her future husband, William Ford, when he came to work on their farm. They married nine years later. Mary was self-sufficient and a diligent worker. Henry later attributed his clean factories to her belief in cleanliness. She encouraged his interest in machines early on. 
 
He later said, “I have tried to live my life as my mother would have wished. I believe I have done, as far as I could, just what she hoped for me.” She was the mother of Henry Ford.*
Has God called you to be a stay-at-home mom? Know that your obedience and sacrifice will be recognized by the Lord. 
Mother’s Day Tomorrow!

rem – I had no knowledge that I had no knowledge.
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