ON DAUGHTERS AND DATING - HOW TO INTIMIDATE SUITORS:
Parents of daughters read this one! Instead of intimidating all your daughter’s potential suitors, raise a daughter who intimidates them just fine on her own. Because you know what’s intimidating? Strength and dignity. Deep faith. Self-assuredness. Wisdom. Kindness. Humility. Industriousness. Those are the bricks that build the wall that withstands the advances of Slouchy-Pants, whether you ever show up with your Winchester locked and loaded or not. The unsuitable suitor finds nothing more terrifying than a woman who knows her worth to God and to her family.”
WHY DIFFICULTIES IN THE BIBLE ARE A GOOD THING:
The more you read the Bible the more you might find yourself reading portions that are difficult to comprehend. And it gets even more challenging when there is disagreement in the church on what a text may mean. However Gods intent for the Bible is for it to be understood. Give this really helpful article a read.
FOUR DAILY PRAYERS FOR YOUR CHILDREN:
Here's a perfectly practical yet rooted in Scripture post for every parent. Especially with small kids, prayers can be difficult to lace together. We have a thousand requests for our children: that they would be saved, that they would learn obedience, that they would finally learn to eat broccoli, that they would quit hitting other kids in their class, and on and on. Where do we start?
THE WORTH OF THE WEAK:
The church is filled with all kinds of different people rubbing shoulders and often disagreeing with one another. It's not always harmonious. Why does it have to be this way? This short little post gives some great perspective on why the church needs the strong and the weak for the growth of us all.