"If you don't hand me the keys, I'm going to pull the trigger!"
     "The jury has determined that you are guilty of all charges."
     "Sir, we could not find your child."
    
     Those have to be some of the very worst statements ever uttered.  Here's a worse one I read today: "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God." 

Sometimes, as a parent, I get tasky.  I get focused on what I am doing and not on the big picture.  In those times, it's really easy to use my authority over my kids to be selfish and force them into my schedule instead of build them up in their own right, apart from my immediate wishes.  Unfortunately, that is not helpful for them, or me, or the Lord's purposes in my life or theirs!  Not only is it not helpful, but it often

Practice what you preach.  Right?  Well, I tell others that they should be intentional to train their children in the Scriptures, and not just use the fancy-dancy, children's Bible with its mere 20 stories.  I preach it, I should practice it too, right?  Well, I certainly believe that and today I was reminded of just how much we-parents need the Lord's help to do it well.

I find that more women than men seem to journal.  I wonder why that is.  It's got to be something other than the stigma of being perceived as writing in my "dear diary."  Well, I'm sure that some men and women find that communicating with written words is hard.  Also, I'm sure that some people think there's no point since God knows everything already.  Some others might think that they don't have anything else to say than