My wife raised five kids. Two are married now.
This week, she wrote out her job description for the new season. Mother of married children. I have not stopped thinking about it.
Her list:
Love their spouses like my own children.
Pray for their marriages. Daily.
Encourage them when it gets hard. It gets hard.
Never assume authority in their home. I have none there.
Never speak a negative word about their spouse. To them or to anybody.
Support their decisions as a couple without feeling entitled to an opinion.
Model what I want them to become. Character. Forgiveness. Growth.
And the last one. The one that costs the most:
Accept that I now hold a less important place in my children's lives. And accept it with grace.
Twenty-four years married. She learned the hardest job a mother ever gets is the demotion.
Nobody teaches this.
She just did.
“If you send your children to Caesar, don’t be surprised when they come back Romans.” - Voddie Baucham convinced millions of parents to take their children out of public school with this one, brilliant line.
Having a wife who...
-Loves the home
-Nurtures my kids
-Works hard
-Respects me
-Learns new skills
-Loves to be a woman
...is an insane force-multiplier in my life.
She doesn't usurp my role; she loves her own. The home is a vast domain for the diligent woman.
Oh man, this is AMAZING! @j_bambrick took @JoshDaws up on his challenge to do a better He Gets Us ad that reflects the heart of the Gospel. Put me down for the “former” wretch camp too. Praise God I am no longer what I once was!! �
Old Neptune, He's Roaring, a song for sons.
Come on, boys, don’t you know?
There’re dragons out there, dragons out there
Come on, boys, don’t be slow
Cut down Leviathan, go get the girl
Bonus points if you get all the various Tolkien and Lewis references.
I believe in gender-specific parenting:
- I praise my daughters for being feminine
- I praise my sons for being masculine
I'm want my girls to grow into godly feminine women and my sons into godly masculine men.
The guy currently driving around shooting random people in Memphis was convicted of attempted murder in 2020 and yet was back on the street within two years. Democrat crime policies are wreaking havoc and getting countless people killed. Enough is enough.
“Come, behold the works of the Lord, Who has wrought desolations in the earth. He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow & cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariots w/ fire. ‘Cease striving & know that I am God;
I’ll be exalted among the nations’” Ps 46
My UGA grad husband has gone from “I think I’m gonna go to bed. It’s over. No momentum left” to unmitigated excitement and happiness in less than 10 mins
On homemaking…
It is impossible to overstate the importance of cultivating a godly home. Our culture diminishes homemakers. It is so much more than folding laundry, cleaning toilets and making meal plans. It’s about tone and atmosphere.
Hey mama:
As you go about the same day every day of changing diapers, putting in yet another load of laundry, cooking another meal, wiping tears, picking up messes...
Remember that God is pleased and delighted by the holy work of motherhood.He loves it!
"So an essential part of the preparation for a young man as he considers his cultural mandate is his training for marriage.
Future men are future husbands."
- Doug Wilson
Everson’s Agents (EA2) successfully solved the case today!! My spies were able to find out who stole all our pencils and my golden pencil!! We had a great day reviewing multiplication and division, while solving our secret mission! #TeamDCS#RaiseTheBar
Ms. Puskar’s 4th grade students wrote letters to Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite and he took time out of his busy schedule to come visit and answer their questions about our local government. #community#RaiseTheBar#TeamDCS