Author Archives: Shirlee Abbott

Pass It On

Exodus 20:5-6 (CEV) If you reject me, I will punish your families for three or four generations. But if you love me and obey my laws, I will be kind to your families for thousands of generations.   Better a … Continue reading

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Praying about Parenting

  Matthew 5:48 (CEV) But you must always act like your Father in heaven.   Father God, you are one hard act to follow. Can my children see you in me?  Help me! I certainly can’t do this on my … Continue reading

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Father God

  “God strikes not as an enemy, to destroy;   but as a father, to correct.” James H. Aughey (1828-1911)     Every now and again, we need a little Fatherly correction.    

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Father Knows Best

    What of your earthly father do you see in your heavenly Father?   Support Discipline Wisdom Love People with mean, judgmental and arbitrary earthly fathers sometimes see those same characteristics in their heavenly father. God is better than that. … Continue reading

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Blessed Father

 

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Blessed Parenting

  “Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear.” The Duties of Parents J.C. Ryle  (1816-1900)   Methinks I talked too much.    

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Broken-Hearted Parents

1 John 4:10 (NET) In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.   God knows what it is to lose a … Continue reading

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Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

  Jesus felt each life slip away, and he grieves with every survivor over the loss of friends, family and security.   Isaiah 53:4 (ESV) Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.  

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Blessed Children

  We just celebrated Children’s Sunday. I asked, “What’s the best part of having children?”     Leaving a heritage Watching them sleep The miracle of birth Grandchildren! (from a bumper sticker: “If I’d known grandchildren were so much fun, … Continue reading

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My Best Hope

    Oh Lord, you are my best hope.     Yes, indeed. I hope for the Best.  

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