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Thought for the Day 7/29/2026

  T he only thing of value we can give kids is what we are, not what we have . ~ Leo Buscaglia A ssemble the people, the men and the women and children and the foreigner who is in your town, so that they may hear and learn and fear the LORD your God, and be careful to observe all the words of this law. ~ Deuteronomy 31:12

Thought for the Day 8/12/2022

  Friday Tale - "You Don't Love me!"   H ow many times have your kids laid that one on you? And how many times have you, as a parent, resisted the urge tell them how much? Someday, when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a mother, I’ll tell them. ·     I loved you enough to bug you about where you were going, with whom, and what time you would be home. ·     I loved you enough to insist you buy a bike with your own money that you could afford. ·     I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover your friend was a creep. ·     I loved you enough to make you return a Milky Way with a bite out of it to a drugstore and confess, “I stole this.” ·     I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your room, a job that would have taken me fifteen minutes. ·    ...

Thought for the Day 6/16/2021

  R emember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.  S o husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself, BUT nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church. ~ Ephesians 5:29-30

Thought for the Day 8/21/2020

  Friday Tale - Children Learn   IF children live with CRITICISM          They learn to CONDEMN. If children live with HOSTILITY          They learn to FIGHT. If children live with RIDICULE          They learn to BE SHY. If children live with SHAME          They learn to FEEL GUILTY. If children live with PERSEVERANCE          They learn to BE PATIENT. If children live with ENCOURAGEMENT          They learn to HAVE CONFIDENCE. If children live with PRAISE          They learn to APPRECIATE. If children live with FAIRNESS          They learn JUSTICE. If children live with SECURITY          They learn to HAVE FAITH. If children live with APPROVAL          They learn to LIKE THEMSELVES. If children live with ACCEP...

Thought for the Day 12/24/2018

T he best of all gifts for any time of year: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. ~ Burton Hillis (adapted) M ay the Lord give you increase, you and your children!  Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.  ~ Psalm 115:14; 127:3

Thought for the Day 8/4/2016

Children seldom misquote you;  in fact, they usually repeat word for word    what you shouldn't have said. -Unknown My son, if your heart is wise,   my heart too will be glad. My inmost being will exult when   your lips speak what is right.   -Proverbs 23:15-16

Thought for the Day 7/9/2015

W hat the mother sings to the cradle    goes all the way down to the coffin. -Henry Ward Beecher Buy truth, and do not sell it;    buy wisdom, instruction and understanding. Let your father and mother be glad;       let her who bore you rejoice.  -Proverbs 23:23, 25  

Thought for the Day 4/10/2013

Many times, when I was having a hard time         with one of my children, God would always remind me that He was having a harder time with me than I was with them. Charlie "Tremendous" Jones But when Jesus saw it, he ….said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it." Mark 10:14-15