Dinner and a Bible, aka the funny things my kids say in front of Jesus.

When I read this passage as a kid, and I knew I didn’t have nice clothes, I felt sad. Thankfully, this is not as simple as wearing the wrong clothes.

We talk about how change happens. My son devolved into a kid with doubt. That he can’t change. Ever. That’s simply not true. We miss the miracles if we doubt the change. If we doubt the miracles in our own lives. For me, it was the ability to just find a date and a ride to my prom. LOL, trust me, that was a miracle.

Adam and Eve didn’t stand a chance against the serpent. They didn’t understand consequences. As we grow older we go from thinking 5min ahead to 5 years ahead. This is how we can find peace today, planning and understanding consequences and true fruitful rewards.

These scriptures show the elevation from human teachings to Godly teachings.

In 6th grade I prayed for a few things beyond protection. I prayed for friends to spend a lonely summer with. Behold God delivered! Best summer ever in the concrete jungle of Chicago.

So this was a last minute sermon. I also showed him that the Bible demands I discipline my children or I become the fault of the family.

It’s hard to see oneself as arrogant but even harder to change it.

Yikes. When are we going to stop being Pharisees and Sadducees? Where is the heart? The motive? The Spirit?

People pleasing is not Godly. We finally found proof in the Bible :)

We taught weight lifting exercises for the kids to grow strong. They hated it, took time out of their day. So we discussed how being Strong is a request from God himself and that it leads to courage.