If your like me, you felt called by God to be a mom, you know the importance of the job that you have, and you know the significance of doing it the way God has called us to do it. But in this world, there is so much compairing, judging and self help books it is hard to hear His guidance over what the world says. So many of us read “what to expect when your expencting”, what to expect the 1st year…toddler years….etc. We’ve researched the best way to feed our babies, and teach our children, how to potty train and discipline. We’ve researched how to teach them to be kind and respectful and obedient. We have tried to teach them by example, we have tried to correct the bad behaviors.
I am guilty of reading some parenting books, of asking my Godly friends who have children older than mine how they did certain things…. but you know what? The more we are in HIS WORD the more guidance He will give us. We can’t be “cookie cutter parents”, we can’t buy a book from the store that says how to parent, and expect that it is the end all be all of parenting, it isn’t going to fit every quirk, every temperament, every personality that is your child. Don’t get me wrong I am sure that you have some amazing people in your life that can give you AMAZING parenting advice, but you know where the end all be all of parenting advice comes from? HIS WORD! The Bible is full of absolutely everything that we need and so much more. But beyond that, the more we are in His Word the more we converse with Him, the more we learn and react the way He would want us to.
I may not be able to find: what to do when my kid is having a temper tantrum in the BIBLE per se, but as I am in the Word He will give me the guidance that I need to take care of each situation I encounter.
I have been continuing to listen to Heidi St. John’s podcast, and am so saddened by all the craziness that is going on within our schools. She shared this week about schools out in Washington that are voting to change their sex ed classes for kids to some really crazy stuff, stuff that will be teaching our children that they are wrong for thinking that there are men and women and that they cannot be changed, that sex is good and they should just use condoms, what the draw backs of abstinence are, etc etc etc. Be praying folks! Our values are being blasted away from our kids, the activists are trying to indoctrinate all kinds of non-Christian beliefs into our kids, trying to make our kids believe that their Christian values are wrong. As Heidi St. John would say “Get off the bench!” We have to fight for our kids, fight for their future, fight to keep our children safe from that craziness of this world. As I am reading Heidi’s book “Becoming Mom Strong How to fight with all that’s in you for your family and your faith.” this is something she has written in her book: “we as parents are surrounded by lies too. We’re being told that unborn babies have no right to life. We’re being told that marriage between a man and a man or between a woman and a woman is not only okay, it’s to be celebrated. Deception and unbiblical thinking have become so commonplace that we’re afraid to even speak the truth for fear of being discriminated against or being labeled “intolerant”.”
Beautifully Blessed 