When the house has little children in it, parents can get tired and discouraged from the constant needs, emergencies, and repetitions of their little flock. So much effort goes into keeping everyone alive to the next day, it’s hard to think about a long-term vision! Yet we’ve found that many things we did just to keep the family safe, sane, and manageable, had great effects on the family as the kids reached teenage and adult years! This episode we look at some ideas we adopted when the family was young, and the fruit we saw when the children were older.

Some Scripture We Mentioned
   “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!  You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
   “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.” (Deuteronomy 6:4-7)

For the word of God is living and powerful [or active], and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)

Some Resources You Might Find Helpful

Some of our books

Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching, and Appreciating Boys

No Longer Little: Parenting Tweens with Grace and Hope

Our Christ-centered holiday series – for Thanksgiving, Advent, Christmas, and Reformation Day

Another we found helpful in our own family

For Instruction in Righteousness (Pam Forster, Doorposts)

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