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• Aug. 4, 2009 - Romancing your Child's Heart
I love the book Romancing Your Child's Heart, by Monte Swan! Here are a few quotes from chapter 10:
For every little boy or girl in our world, there's a father or mother who can get so focused on achieving life's little goals that he or she fails to see the opportunities to make their child prince or princess for an hour, or a day- and do an eternal work in their hearts. Our noble missions, even legitimate ministry involvements, steal time that ought to be given to our children.
In Endangered Minds, Jane Healy wrote that an executive mind is created through dialogue between a parent and a child. The disappearance of the dining room table correlates with the appearance of what she terms "McLanguage." Verbal fast food, she says, consists mainly of inflection and gesture: "Its like (shrug). You know, like...." Healy adds " Because the development of human language is the foundation for the development of human thought, this sloppy syntax is a symptom of a serious problem- kids don't think". When adults engage in passionate philosophical conversation, children are all ears, and when we ask them their opinions, the answers are often profound.
When our children see, hear, smell taste , and feel the Word of God, it becomes part of them. As they participate through our traditions, they enter the Story. This isn't some make-believe play-it's reality for a Christian, because it connects us to eternity past and brings God's mighty works throughout creation and history into our lives. We should be saturating the atmosphere of our homes with God's presence.
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• Aug. 14, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Hope you are doing well. When is that baby due?