Jean Himes served on the panel that discussed "Loving Our Children". Tidbits from Jean:
"God gave Glenn and I two little boys. I like boys' forthright manner of communication and the way they get the 'big picture' usually. Little girls seem more interested in the details of a project and I thought that was interesting. I thought often that children taught me a lot more than I taught them especially in the area of love and forgiveness. A child's heart is a beautiful thing. Between my mom's example of treating the tiniest child with respect and Glenn's example of always showing love to our children regardless of their inappropriate behavior at times, I feel I was fortunate to learn from two excellent parents.
I always loved Florence Henderson's Jello commercial: 'At our house, we treat company like family and family like company.' I think that is a Godly sentiment because it helps us remember to treat our family with love and respect instead of saving it for 'company'!"
Nancy Wiese served on the panel discussing "Practicing Kindness and Goodness". Nancy emphasized the importance of forgiving others if we want to practice kindness and goodness. She spoke about the struggle to be a forgiving person - our desire to be a forgiving person without actually having to forgive! Tidbits from Nancy:
"Sometimes one does not want to forgive. When I found myself in that place, I had to begin by praying that God would help me WANT to forgive that individual. Also, I knew I needed forgiveness myself, so really had no choice but to begin the forgiving process. And, it is a process ... not a one time thought that I will forgive them ... I had to work on the wanting to for a while!"
Remember ... "Tell the older women to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be self-controlled, chaste, good managers of the household, kind, being submissive to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited." (Titus 2: 3 - 5)Labels: Titus 2 Women ... Learning Together |
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