Blessed Beyond Belief

Unrepentent Cycle of Sin Husband imperfectly acts or speaks >>>>>> Wife judges, criticizes husbands behavior >>>>>Wife develops emotions of disgust, dislike >>>>>Wife begins to characterize husband as unworthy of respect >>>>> Wife speaks and acts disrespectfully toward husband >>>>>Wife is miserable, dissatisfied & unhappy>>>>Return to beginning of cycle with increased severity **Continual unrepentance may end in a miserable or broken marriage God Honoring Behavior Husband imperfectly acts or speaks >>>>>Wife extends forgiveness & grace because she remembers that she too needs & wants forgiveness & grace >>>>Wife develops emotions of humility & compassion >>>>Respectful words & behavior flow from humility of heart Husband imperfectly acts or speaks >>>>>Wife remembers that respect is offered out of love for God and is n...

Some people would call my parenting extreme. I would agree. Recently I took extreme measures with a lovely adorable little lady living under my roof. You see it seems this little one is suffering from an extreme case of discontentment, pickiness and ingratitude. She has been of late very picky about foods, very particular about her clothing, her family, her family’s financial means etc. “I don’t like that.” She cries as I place a plate of nutritious fresh food before her “Do I have to wear that?” As I pull a blue floral dress out of her closet. “Is there mushrooms in this?” “No”, I say “Yes there is! What is that brown thing?!?” She cries in sheer horror as if it were a live spider or someone’s missing finger on her plate. “Why can’t we go on trips like McKenna, she has gone to Hawaii, her grandma’s house, to Texas. We never go anywhere.” Lately it has been a daily battle with getting dressed in the morning. It starts out the day on the wrong note and has been causing discord in our ho...