Jamie

“Parenting isn’t just about getting tasks done; it’s about building relationships at the same time.”
― Scott Turansky, Good and Angry: Exchanging Frustration for Character

“A Prayer of Confession Good Father, I confess to you the oldest sin of humankind: using knowledge to control. I confess my desire to know the future, rather than entrust the future to you. I confess that I run to information for refuge, instead of running to you. I confess to using knowledge to coerce or manipulate others, instead of praying and bringing the matter to you. Thank you for the gift of knowledge—that we can know and learn—but restore me to a right relationship with it. You alone are God, and there is no other who can make my feet steady and secure like you. Amen.”
― Sharon Hodde Miller, The Cost of Control: Why We Crave It, the Anxiety It Gives Us, and the Real Power God Promises

“It is Satan’s desire to destroy the world. God’s intent is not to destroy the world but to deliver it from destruction. His plan is to redeem this fallen world, which he designed for greatness.”
― Randy Alcorn, Heaven: A Comprehensive Guide to Everything the Bible Says About Our Eternal Home

“Albert Wolters points out that most of Christ’s miracles “are miracles of restoration—restoration to health, restoration to life, restoration to freedom from demonic possession. Jesus’ miracles provide us with a sample of the meaning of redemption: a freeing of creation from the shackles of sin and evil and a reinstatement of creaturely living as intended by God.”
― Randy Alcorn, Heaven: A Comprehensive Guide to Everything the Bible Says About Our Eternal Home