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I didn't know what to expect from this book but I really, really enjoyed it. I found it to be thorough yet not boring; fair and objective and short enough that it didn't take forever to get through. I bet if you read it you will see many of your own
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they would insist that helping the needy through generous giving should be called mercy, compassion, or charity, not justice. In English, however, the word “charity” conveys a good but optional activity. Charity cannot be a requirement, for
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“Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us—a crucified God—must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.”
― Don't Waste Your Life
― Don't Waste Your Life
“Let those parents that desire Holy Children learn to make them possessors of Heaven and Earth betimes; to remove silly objects from before them, to magnify nothing but what is great indeed, and to talk of God to them, and of His works and ways. before they can either speak or go.”
― Centuries of Meditations
― Centuries of Meditations
“Children do not experience our intentions, no matter how heartfelt. They experience what we manifest in tone and behavior.”
― Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
― Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
“I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.”
― Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
― Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“The key is to understand that our children don't belong to us—they belong to God. Our goal as parents must not be limited by our own vision. I am a finite, sinful, selfish man. Why would I want to plan out my children's future when I can entrust them to the infinite, omnipotent, immutable, sovereign Lord of the universe? I don't want to tell God what to do with my children—I want Him to tell me!”
― Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who walk with God
― Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who walk with God
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