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So I'm thinking that if I post my soap notes here it will inspire me to be better about being consistent in doing them. Nikki at Angels of Heart has committed to reading through the bible in a year and blogging about it and is encouraging others to join her. Seems like a worthy cause, so I'm joining in. Anyone else care to join us???I also have to say that I finally sat down with the older 2 kids (the 7 and 9 year old) and showed them how to do soap notes. We decided they would start in the Psalms. Both of them took to the idea really well and did several the first day! I was rather shocked that I didn't have to "force" them to do this (of course, the novelty factor is there). Lukas went above and beyond the call of duty and did a soap note on each verse of Psalm 1. He let me and his dad read them, they are sooo sweet, it makes me want to cry! It's also good to see that he has been absorbing a lot of good teaching that he is exposed to through church and bible study etc. Eden wasn't quite so industrious as that, but she did soap notes on 2 verses in Psalm 1 (I told them they had to do one for each Psalm) and 1 for Psalm 2. She also was willing to let me read her notes and also impressed me with her childish faith.
My soap notes, however, are getting off to a slower start! I did one with the kids to show them what I meant (on Jan. 2nd), and then didn't do any again until today. So I need to get my act together. Here are the soap notes I did on the 2nd to teach the kids.
S: Genesis 3:20 "Now the man called his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living."
O: God named Adam. Adam named all the animals. God gave him authority over the animals, part of that was the freedom to name them. Adam also named Eve. Also showing that he was exercising authority over her. While God created them male and female and in His own image, and while men and women have equal worth and value in the sight of God, He definitely has different roles and responsibilities for each. Someone has to be the leader and someone the follower. God gave the leadership position to men. This verse comes after the fall, but male headship was established before the fall in Gen 2:23 when Adam said, upon meeting his new wife, "...she shall be called Woman..."
Male headship isn't part of the curse, although the fall has negatively affected this as well with women resisting male leadership and men reacting by imposing harsh and often cruel authority over women.
A: We are all under one or more forms of authority. My children are under my authority and that of their father's. I am under the authority of my husband. My husband is under the authority of God. My job as a wife and mother is to be submit graciously to the leadership of my husband and practice humble and wise authority over my children (ouch)
P: Lord, please help me to die daily to self both in submission to authority and assertion of it over my children. It's much easier to be a tyrant than it is to practice servant leadership! I'm so very thankful that you have made me the wife of such a wonderful man as Mike, who loves you, loves his family and is the most patient and kind and sweet and generous and Long Suffering man on the planet.
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