Tue, 02 Sep, 2008
Protected: Seeking His Will
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Wed, 28 May, 2008
God’s Yellow Pages
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I originally posted this on my personal blog but thought I’d share it here as well. Some edits were added to make it a little more discussive..
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Our older girl, Ashley, had sent an internet link to me in an email recently. That link led to a web page, God’s Yellow Pages, that lists various Bible references available on the Internet that one could turn to in various times of need and tribulation. These verses are taken from the online copies of various Bible translations hosted on the Bible Gateway website run by Gospel Communications.
Given the fact that our two girls only came to know the Lord recently a number of months back, I was greatly encouraged by the fact that Ashley was looking up Bible verses and other things related to Christianity on the Internet when there was so much out there that could tempt or distract her from her new found faith.
As a person who spends a predominant proportion of my day on the Internet because of my work and my interests, I am greatly aware of the different temptations and distractions that the Internet holds and how easily accessible these are to children. Conventional wisdom dictates that we, as parents, should try to protect our children from these distractions and temptations by taking actions to make them unavailable or to block them off.
However, we made the decision [fairly early on] that being over-protective and attempting to shelter them from the evils and wrongs of this world and the Internet [would cause] them greater harm [in the long run] instead. We felt that [our] children should be made aware, from an early age, that right and wrong exists out there in the world.
[Opting to mould] rather than obstruct their inquisitive minds, my wife and I try to encourage them to discuss what they do encounter with Mum and/or Dad… especially when they do come across websites that may be inappropriate for their age, images that make them feel uncomfortable or content that contradicts what they’ve been taught at home and in church or simply when they have questions about what they [read or] encounter.
“Train up a child in the way he should go,
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.”
- Proverbs 22:6 NASBWhile we recognize that there will be occasions when they will make a mistake, we trust that God will guide them in exercising the correct judgement and that God continues to help us educate them on the paths of His Way.
We believe that our parental duties include educating and equipping our kids so that they possess the mental capacity to make that differentiation between what is right and what is wrong for themselves and the fortitude to identify what is inappropriate for their age.
- adrian
Mon, 12 May, 2008
Lyrics to Anita Renfroe’s Momsense
Posted by Adrian T under Adrian T, humour | Tags: Family |Leave a Comment
The Youtube video can be found here.
For those of you who are interested, the lyrics to the song as follows:
MomSense
Get up now
Get up now
Get up out of bed
Wash your face
Brush your teeth
Comb your sleepyhead
Here’s your clothes and your shoes
Hear the words I said
Get up now! Get up and make your bed.
Are you hot? Are you cold?
Are you wearing that?
Where’s your books and your lunch and your homework at?
Grab your coat and gloves and your scarf and hat
Don’t forget! You gotta feed the cat
Eat your breakfast, the experts tell us it’s the most important meal of all
Take your vitamins so you will grow up one day to be big and tall
Please remember the orthodontist will be seeing you at 3 today
Don’t forget your piano lesson is this afternoon so you must play
Don’t shovel
Chew slowly
But hurry
The bus is here
Be careful
Come back here
Did you wash behind your ears?
Play outside, don’t play rough, will you just play fair?
Be polite, make a friend, don’t forget to share
Work it out, wait your turn, never take a dare
Get along! Don’t make me come down there
Clean your room, fold your clothes, put your stuff away
Make your bed, do it now, do we have all day?
Were you born in a barn? Would you like some hay?
Can you even hear a word I say?
Answer the phone! Get off the phone!
Don’t sit so close, turn it down, no texting at the table
No more computer time tonight!
Your iPod’s my iPod if you don’t listen up
Where are you going and with whom and what time do you think you’re coming home?
Saying thank you, please, excuse me makes you welcome everywhere you roam
You’ll appreciate my wisdom someday when you’re older and you’re grown
Can’t wait till you have a couple little children of your own
You’ll thank me for the counsel I gave you so willingly
But right now I thank you not to roll your eyes at me
Close your mouth when you chew, would appreciate
Take a bite maybe two of the stuff you hate
Use your fork, do not burp or I’ll set you straight
Eat the food I put upon your plate
Get an A, get the door, don’t get smart with me
Get a grip, get in here, I’ll count to three
Get a job, get a life, get a PHD
Get a dose of,
“I don’t care who started it!
You’re grounded until you’re 36″
Get your story straight and tell the truth for once, for heaven’s sake
And if all your friends jumped off a cliff would you jump, too?
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said at least a thousand times before
That you’re too old to act this way
It must be your father’s DNA
Look at me when I am talking
Stand up straighter when you walk
A place for everything and everything must be in place
Stop crying or I’ll give you something real to cry about
Oh!
Brush your teeth, wash your face, put your PJs on
Get in bed, get a hug, say a prayer with mom
Don’t forget, I love you
And tomorrow we will do this all again because a mom’s work never ends
You don’t need the reason why
Because, because, because, because
I said so, I said so, I said so, I said so
I’m the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom!!
Ta da!!!
