A Prayer For My Son

Psalm 71 is my ‘Life Song’. Through the hardest times in my life, the truth in this verses has been an anchor for me. Choosing to hold onto My Rock of Refuge in the midst of the storm was not always easy – some times I was barely hanging on by the...

Day 16: Gentleness

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.  Saint Francis de Sales As I thought about Gentleness, I began to reflect on how I could teach gentleness to my son. I’m a lucky Mum, because Darling Husband is an awesome model of a...

Day 15: Faithfulness

Encouragement from BrookeI could talk about how many men struggle to be faithful to their wives. I could talk about how some men get tossed about for most of their lives, never really knowing who they are or what they believe. I could talk about how some of the young...

Day 14: Goodness

When we think about Goodness, we often think of the Good things that we do – I gave to charity. I helped the little old lady across the street. I help in the soup kitchen once a week. I have given my life in service for God. And the bad things we don’t do...

Day 13: Kindness

I wanted to just copy the whole article from the Warrior Prayers Leaders’ Guide today. That’s how good it was. It was reminiscent of John Eldredge’s ‘Wild At Heart’, only for little boys. It’s written by author Sally Clarkson, and...

Patience Like a Bear

{I’ve been visiting my fellow Warrior Prayers’ Blogs today, and I found this one by Haelie: Patience Like a Bear.} Just had to share this…Today, in the 21 Days of Prayer for Sons challenge, we prayed scripture prayers regarding Patience over our...

Love

I really enjoyed Church today. The kids actually went to Sunday School willingly, and I didn’t have to use too many brain cells, because the sermon was in English, thanks to a visiting team from Singapore.The sermon was based on Matthew 5:13-16, The Salt and The...

Day 12: Patience

Definition from Wikipedia Patience is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on annoyance/anger in a negative way; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially...

Day 11: Peace

Today I’m chuckling again. Actually, I’m laughing out loud. God what are you trying to teach me?Last night was a rough night. Bedtime Battles, followed by Insomnia, followed by Darling Son crying without end (well an hour) and refusing to be soothed. Then...

Day 10: Joy

I have to chuckle at today’s topic: JOY!!Right now, I’m not feeling joyful. We are having one of the worst bedtime battles we have had in a VERY long time. Part of me wants to give and just put the portable DVD player on their bed and let them fall asleep...