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Passionate Mom

Parenting

Ponder What You Can Sacrifice for Your Kids

Who has time to ponder? No one. No one, today, has time to ponder. Well that is not entirely true. It is true that we pack more into a day than ever before in history, but the reality is that we do still have time. I often pitch the complaint to my husband that I just don’t have the time to do something. My husband always swats it right back with “Everyone has time and so do you. You are just not making this a priority for your time.” Ouch. Point being we have time to ponder, we just use that time for other things. Pondering is not a priority. Pondering takes sacrifice–the sacrifice of time, sometimes lots of time. Isn’t that what we want to do for our children – to deeply ponder what they need in life? How would our children benefit if we made the time to really think about their character, their behavior, their struggles, strengths and weaknesses? What if we purposed to dwell on things that deep down caused us to wonder from time to time? Could it help turn a child from destructive behavior? Could it even save a life? We used to …

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Encouragement

The Circle of Fear-Worry-Anxiety

The circle begins with… Fear – a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, whether the threat is real or imagined; it is the condition of being afraid. When the fear is fertilized it feeds and grows into… Worry – To give way to fear; allow one’s mind to dwell on troubles. To torment oneself with disturbing thoughts; fret. When the worry is firmly rooted it consumes our thoughts and gives birth to… Anxiety – uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune that develops into a state of apprehension and psychic tension. And the circle is complete – happy with the knowledge that anxiety will only lead to… more fear…and worry…and anxiety…and round…and round…and round. And we are miserable in our state of apprehension and psychic tension. But we know this – we know that if we humble ourselves before God that He will lift us up in due time. Humble yourself. Do you mean that I have to admit that I do not have a solution? Give up my analyzing, searching, obsessing, planning? Do you mean I have to wait? Patiently? Trusting God to do what I think I can and must? I …

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