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Aug. 5, 2009
Child Training Wearing You Out?
It has been an adjustment, having a newborn in the house. My 18-month-old, who was a handful in the first place, went off the deep end of evil.
Why? Because he knew I wouldn't put the baby down to correct him, especially if I was nursing, which, as you all know, I was doing most of the day.
After much prayer, God showed me how my laziness was harming my whole family. Essentially, how can we expect our children to drop what they're doing and obey instantly when we're unwilling to drop what we're doing and correct instantly? Just when I was starting to get the hang of this and thinking I needed to write an entry about what God was showing me, I was blessed by an article that really helped me.
This wise woman nailed it right on the head. Right on my head, to be exact. Ouch! The blog entry is titled, "First Time and With a Cheerful Attitude." Below is a quote. But go read the rest! She has worded things so beautifully that they have stuck with me and I have been blessed and helped. Child training wearing you out? This will bless you, too!
First Time and With a Cheerful Attitude
But today I got to thinking about the spirit in my children when they ignore my first (or second, or third…) request. It’s a spirit of selfishness, of consumption with the present activity, of not wanting to change direction until it’s convenient, and I realized something. That’s the same spirit that I am exhibiting when I don’t correct them right away the first time they disobey, the first time I hear a scream of sinful anger or frustration, the first time I see signs of a brewing fight. When I put my phone conversation, my blog comment, my recipe ahead of doing my job as their mother at the first signal that they need me, then I am being a hypocrite if I expect them not to put their games, their block towers, their conflicts ahead of doing their jobs as children and obeying my voice. I’m always telling my children, “Slow obedience is no obedience.” Well, maybe slow mothering is no mothering.
Click here to read the entire article...
Until next time, you are all in my prayers, dear readers, that God will bless you, guide you, help you, and grow you.
Mrs. E |
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Aug. 5, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Great "article"/post.