Spiritual health is as important as physical, mental, and emotional health. Jesus said: “Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need” Matthew 5:3. When this need is met, or conversely neglected, all other needs just seem to fall into place, or not. I am blessed to have been raised by parents who valued this, and in turn I have endeavored to pass this on to my children. (Still endeavoring ) We are ALL works in progress and must remember that without spiritual we have no spirit to balance the rest.
I love the one about our children. How precious are they and we often act like they sing too loudly, play too rough, or take too long to find their shoes. How quickly is this life fleeting from us. I have to tell myself, “At least she’s singing. She could be whining or crying.” “At least she’s playing, she could be getting into trouble.” “At least she has shoes to lose.” LOL I just finished up the James Mercy Triumphs by Beth Moore and there’s a hard hitter in being patient and erring on the side of mercy.
We do so many of these things already – eating dinner together every night, family prayer time, family movie night once a week, church together on a Sunday, read, etc. I’ve also just downloaded the 5 Love Languages of Children to listen to…
As a family, we do a lot of this already, but it is good to know that the things that we are doing are strengthening our family and that we are on the right path.
We have found that one of the best things for our family is to have a strong marriage. Our children have always felt secure in knowing that we love each other first…they never worried that we were going to get a divorce like many of the families we knew. We took time each day to build one another up, hug and talk in front of the kids. They knew they were a part of something great. We did many of the things listed here as our kids were growing up, but we always, every day, expressed our love to each other in their presence. It’s funny now that they are all in college or older, they still stop and watch us kiss when my husband comes in the door.
Spiritual health is as important as physical, mental, and emotional health. Jesus said: “Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need” Matthew 5:3. When this need is met, or conversely neglected, all other needs just seem to fall into place, or not. I am blessed to have been raised by parents who valued this, and in turn I have endeavored to pass this on to my children. (Still endeavoring
) We are ALL works in progress and must remember that without spiritual we have no spirit to balance the rest.
I love the one about our children. How precious are they and we often act like they sing too loudly, play too rough, or take too long to find their shoes. How quickly is this life fleeting from us. I have to tell myself, “At least she’s singing. She could be whining or crying.” “At least she’s playing, she could be getting into trouble.” “At least she has shoes to lose.” LOL I just finished up the James Mercy Triumphs by Beth Moore and there’s a hard hitter in being patient and erring on the side of mercy.
Family is one of the most important things in my life that is essentially why I am doing this challenge. I want to be better for them.
We do so many of these things already – eating dinner together every night, family prayer time, family movie night once a week, church together on a Sunday, read, etc. I’ve also just downloaded the 5 Love Languages of Children to listen to…
As a family, we do a lot of this already, but it is good to know that the things that we are doing are strengthening our family and that we are on the right path.
We have found that one of the best things for our family is to have a strong marriage. Our children have always felt secure in knowing that we love each other first…they never worried that we were going to get a divorce like many of the families we knew. We took time each day to build one another up, hug and talk in front of the kids. They knew they were a part of something great. We did many of the things listed here as our kids were growing up, but we always, every day, expressed our love to each other in their presence. It’s funny now that they are all in college or older, they still stop and watch us kiss when my husband comes in the door.
It was affirming to see the benefits to what I strive to pour into my family. It is encouraging and motivating to continue onward.