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Thursday, September 30, 2010
What loving others looks like, part 2
Today we move on in our discussion about love and will talk about what it looks like to love our children? Again, we will share personal examples in our situations. What does it look like in your home?
I don't have any children of my own, but I still live at home and two of my siblings are 15 & 18 years younger than me, respectively.
Nine years ago, when my sister was born, my parents said that they wanted to do some things differently than when my brother & I were young. One of these things that I've come to like most fits your question precisely. That is, "What does loving your children look like in your home?" Actually, all of the changes fit, but especially this one.
When a circumstance arises, whether it's discipline or instruction being needed or something upsetting or unpleasant, we don't call out their full name (or first & middle) to get their attention. Our names are a gift, so to speak. So why is it that children mostly hear their precious names when we aren't pleased?
And, of course, our tone when we call for them & how we talk to them after they come is important, too.
"But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:" - Ephesians 4:15
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I don't have any children of my own, but I still live at home and two of my siblings are 15 & 18 years younger than me, respectively.
Nine years ago, when my sister was born, my parents said that they wanted to do some things differently than when my brother & I were young. One of these things that I've come to like most fits your question precisely. That is, "What does loving your children look like in your home?" Actually, all of the changes fit, but especially this one.
When a circumstance arises, whether it's discipline or instruction being needed or something upsetting or unpleasant, we don't call out their full name (or first & middle) to get their attention. Our names are a gift, so to speak. So why is it that children mostly hear their precious names when we aren't pleased?
And, of course, our tone when we call for them & how we talk to them after they come is important, too.
"But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:"
- Ephesians 4:15
Good point and thoughts to remember!
Good point and thoughts to remember!
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