tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648926369091231553.post2609147908287992045..comments2024-01-27T15:21:25.414-07:00Comments on Call Her Blessed: Parenting Like The Ultimate FatherDaiquirihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040557437955969295noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648926369091231553.post-57784368501540511012008-07-28T12:57:00.000-06:002008-07-28T12:57:00.000-06:00I loved reading this. God has helped me to be a b...I loved reading this. God has helped me to be a better parent by joining a prayer group called Moms Intouch (MITI). I get together with another woman and we pray only for our children, focused solely on them and their activities and school and our family relationships.... anything that involves only our children. I have stopped being a "yelling parent", I have learned to be more patient. I have always been loving and respectful. But my patience was truly lacking. This is a wonderful prayer group that all mom's should look in to joining or starting.<BR/><BR/>My husband and I are not on the same page though, like you and yours. We go to church as a family, he is a lay minister (elder) in our church, has high religious expectations. But he really doesn't have much of a relationship with God, that I witness. He doesn't pray, that I see. He has grown so much in the last year or so since I started reading Power of a Praying Wife. Not that I am taking any credit, I give it all to God. So I don't mean to say he is a bad parent. But he is short tempered, somewhat disrespectful to the kids, rough around the edges. He demands good behavior and Christ-like behavior, but the kids are expected to just do it, and not learn from example. And whta I hate the most is his bad language. I don't mean for John to sound awful. He really isn't. I just pray that he will open his heart to a book or a prayer group that he can learn from the way that I have. He spends time with the kids, they love him and respect him, he teaches the importance of hard work and teaches them from his youth experiences, which the boys love. He even lets my daughter dress him up with her hats and purses. He is a good dad, I just wish that I saw more Christ-like parenting from him.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for a really great entry. And sorry this is so long. :)Marlaynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153091607252736968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648926369091231553.post-24297338109591790252008-07-27T12:32:00.000-06:002008-07-27T12:32:00.000-06:00THANK YOU for the tip for paragraph spacing. I te...THANK YOU for the tip for paragraph spacing. I tend to have this problem a lot on Blogger and I'm so happy to know how to fix it. This would make a good Works for Me Wednesday tip. <BR/><BR/>: ) BBecky Avellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111329550123400819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648926369091231553.post-41367383687532813702008-07-27T11:04:00.000-06:002008-07-27T11:04:00.000-06:00I am so thankful I don't have to parent alone, wit...I am so thankful I don't have to parent alone, without God's help. I'd be a mess just from the fear of doing it all wrong. <BR/><BR/>I'm sorry that my post is having spacing issues...Blogger is not my friend this morning. I can't get any paragraph breaks. Oh well..that's free for you, right? : )<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>BeckyBecky Avellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111329550123400819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648926369091231553.post-48035590100122649012008-07-27T01:15:00.000-06:002008-07-27T01:15:00.000-06:00Good stuff! I hope and pray that I am the mom that...Good stuff! I hope and pray that I am the mom that God and The Boy need me to be!Vansmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04346528899732164773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648926369091231553.post-37704354976743607872008-07-26T22:46:00.000-06:002008-07-26T22:46:00.000-06:00wow oh gosh, god has helped me in so many ways in ...wow oh gosh, god has helped me in so many ways in regards to being a better parent. One thing I've found the most valuable is that if you're wrong, apologise for it, simple as that. It helps that our children seen we aren't perfect, we do make mistakes and that we are willing to humble ourselves for them.<BR/><BR/>AmyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com