Every now and again I have to remind my children who has what role in this house. I tell them “Daddy and I are the parents. You are the child. We assume these roles with these tasks and you assume those roles and those tasks.” Then, sometime later, they began to mix up who is who and who can do what and again we review. Such is life. Turns out, my children are not the only ones guilty of misunderstanding who is who in the story of life. I, too, have some issues. I realized this while Continue Reading
The Other Option
Relationships can be tough. The ones between siblings, spouses, friends, co-workers, neighbors, and offspring—all of them can run you ragged. And when things start to go south, you may ask yourself, “Now what? Do I just ‘get over it’?” “Do I reach out and express that I feel this way?” “Do we just go our separate ways?” I mulled over these options until this happened: it occurred to me that extending forgiveness is also an option. Getting over it, sharing my feelings, or Continue Reading
Seek It
Once the Kingdom of Israel split after Solomon’s reign, both the NorthernTribe, called Israel, and the Southern tribe, called Judah, had a series of very evil kings—one after another, with a few exceptions. King Josiah was one of those exceptions for Judah. Josiah was the grandson of Manasseh and the son of Amon—both of whom were wicked. Their evil ways ultimately led to Josiah being crowned king at the early age of eight. Despite being closely related to these evil men, 2 Continue Reading