What to do with Children who aren’t Children Anymore?

The recent post on Kate Megill’s blog: Building Friendships with Adult Children brought up some very good points:  http://teachingwhatisgood.com/friendships-adult-children/   Made me think hard. That’s good!  Here’s my 2-cents worth:   We never stop being parents.   Ok, that’s out of the way. True confession time: I am the parent of adult children. Three beautiful, wonderful, … Read more

Patience, Have Patience

Anyone remember Quigley’s Village? Danny Lion and his sister, Lemon? Singing that song? Patience, have Patience? Obviously, some children learn better than their mothers!   I received a specific message I know God meant for me to read yesterday. His gentle reminder that He knew where I was the day before and the place of patience … Read more

Sanctification

From the Late Latin sanctificāre, from Latin sanctus holy + facere to make   Oswald Chambers asked this question and followed it with a clarifying statement:  “Am I willing to reduce myself simply to ‘me’ determinedly to strip myself of all my friends think of me, of all I think of myself, and to hand that simple naked self over to … Read more