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She: When my children misbehave and I'm correcting them, I remind them of who they are and that misbehaving isn't part of their nature.
Me: Wow! Please walk me through a typical correction process for your children.
She: OK Pastor! So for instance, if one of my sons told...
Me: Wow! Please walk me through a typical correction process for your children.
She: OK Pastor! So for instance, if one of my sons told...
...a lie, I'd correct him in this manner, "Hey Boy, you're a blessed child and blessed children don't tell lies.
If you tell lies, you're denying and betraying your own nature and that's self-deception. The devil is the father of lies and you're not his child but a child...
If you tell lies, you're denying and betraying your own nature and that's self-deception. The devil is the father of lies and you're not his child but a child...
...of God. That's why you're blessed. Is the devil your father?
Son: No mummy!
She: Then tell the truth always like God's blessed child.
Son: Yes Mummy!"
This is how I go about my correction.
Me (full of smiles): That's amazing. So what has been the effect of this...
Son: No mummy!
She: Then tell the truth always like God's blessed child.
Son: Yes Mummy!"
This is how I go about my correction.
Me (full of smiles): That's amazing. So what has been the effect of this...
...correction style on them?
She: Anytime they catch themselves doing the wrong thing, they immediately tell themselves, "I'm a blessed child and blessed children shouldn't do this", and they desist from doing it.
Me (in my head and full of wide smiles): "Train up a child...
She: Anytime they catch themselves doing the wrong thing, they immediately tell themselves, "I'm a blessed child and blessed children shouldn't do this", and they desist from doing it.
Me (in my head and full of wide smiles): "Train up a child...
...in the way he should go; even when he is old HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT" Proverbs 22:6.
Dear Parents, even if you're angry with your child for being wrong, use the Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16).
This was my inspiring convo with an older Christian woman.
#PRich #LWStories
Dear Parents, even if you're angry with your child for being wrong, use the Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16).
This was my inspiring convo with an older Christian woman.
#PRich #LWStories
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