Christian Growth and Big Toe Troubles

Four sets of teenage feet! These feet all look different and God can use all kinds of things to encourage you. Read on for more

How God Can Use a Toe to Encourage YOU in your Christian Growth

Guest post by Melissa Lawrence

When I was in high school I had the most traumatizing thing happen to me.

I had to have my big toe nail removed.  Yep.

Ok, so you might be thinking I am being a little dramatic here, but seriously, it was awful.  What was worse is the fact that when my new toe nail grew back it was a shade of green.  Did you read that…green!! It also was raised up a little bit.

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A Good Parent is Patient, even when your child is SCREAMING!

A young girl with a tear running down her cheek

A good parent is patient with a crying child.  Thanks to Caleb for sharing this opening story and for being a good dad to his kiddos.

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Patience and The Crying Child

Caleb  (the dad)  and Adam who is 3

I’m finding that parenting involves a lot of scolding. Consider the conversation from this morning. . .
Adam: WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!! (x 30 min.)
Me: *frustration rising*
Me, talking to myself: Self, why are you getting angry?
Self: This DUMB KID won’t stop CRYING!

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Priorities: What have you lost in the bustle of Christmas? I can’t find my glasses!

2 stockings hanging by fireplace

Priorities and Christmas Time

The two concepts almost don’t seem to go together. What have you lost in the bustle of Christmas?  So far this year, it has been my glasses!  I am going to have to make finding my glasses one of my priorities. I am afraid that I have boxed them off and mailed them to Denver.  Fortunately, I mailed them early enough that they should arrive at my daughter’s for Christmas.  And she is kind enough that she will mail them back.

We are so trying to be the Mom.  You know, the Mom who has it all together.  The Mom whose house is clean.  The Mom whose house people want to come to.  The house of peace and calmness. The Mom who bakes delicious food from scratch everyday and everyone loves it.

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