One of the best things you can do as a family is play games together. Family game time creates wonderful memories, encourages family bonding and can even help teach your child some godly principles. Professionally manufactured board games are expensive and you need to purchase one for every type of different game you might want to play with your kids.
There is a way though to make game boards that will last and can be used for multiple games just by writing new game cards. To make this affordable, you need to make use of coupons for your local craft store.
At some point Christianity became about planting seeds. (Yes, I know there’s a verse about that, but if you recall there was also a mention of someone watering.) Suddenly, Christians were running around like Johnny Appleseed dropping little spiritual statements everywhere. The belief seems to be we have no responsibility for anything much deeper than that because it wouldn’t be seed planting.
Being a mom has a lot of highs and lows. There are days you love your role so much it hurts. You want to cuddle those precious children forever. Then there are days full of bodily fluids, crying and frustration. You feel like you might just be the worst mom ever.
Have you ever thought about how many of the stories in the Bible make more sense if you understand the culture of the time in which it was written? Most of our children are not being raised in an environment where shepherd is an occupation. When the Bible talks about Jesus being our shepherd, the most our kids can do is think of sheep.
Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like worry and parenting come hand in hand into your life. It begins with the strange sensation that if you don’t watch carefully, that new little bundle of joy might not breathe. Pretty quickly most first time parents learn to control this original fear.