Parenting requires patience—not the patience that puts up with inappropriate behavior, but the patience that intervenes effectively, repeatedly, as long as our child struggles. This allows our children the opportunity to struggle to grow,
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“When we choose to live our lives focused on some future, heavenly hope—no matter how blessed or true—we fail to understand or to take hold of the hope this psalmist brings, and we fail to experience the hospitality of God breaking through into our here and now.”
― Psalms Volume 1: Volume 1: From Biblical Text...to Contemporary Life
― Psalms Volume 1: Volume 1: From Biblical Text...to Contemporary Life
“Meditation is presented in the New Testament as a key aspect for the godly renewing of the mind. It is also used as a primary means to comfort and encourage Christian perseverance.”
― God’s Battle Plan for the Mind: The Puritan Practice of Biblical Meditation
― God’s Battle Plan for the Mind: The Puritan Practice of Biblical Meditation
“All of this means that it is foolish to be seduced by the glory of the nations into rebelling against God. Rather, God’s servants are meant to submit to him trustfully and declare the glory of the only God to the nations.”
― Isaiah
― Isaiah
“What your teacher never told you is that math class, just like all other required courses in school, is teaching you something much more valuable than the solutions to the problems on the pages of worksheets you’re given. It’s teaching you how to think better.”
― Mathematical Thinking - For People Who Hate Math: Level Up Your Analytical and Creative Thinking Skills. Excel at Problem-Solving and Decision-Making.
― Mathematical Thinking - For People Who Hate Math: Level Up Your Analytical and Creative Thinking Skills. Excel at Problem-Solving and Decision-Making.
“Suddenly I realized that this was the beginning of a new life. But was it possible to start over again from scratch? To make myself at home in this new, unknown language? And, most frightening of all after all these years of fighting for survival, to learn once more how to live? And if I succeeded in coming back to life, would I not be betraying all my dead friends and loved ones?”
― Shadows in Paradise
― Shadows in Paradise
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