Chapter 2 -
".....my love for him was unfazed by his wrong actions"
I see this daily with my children, yet why am I so blind to see this in my relationship with the Lord? No matter what wrong actions I make his love for me is unfazed. He may have to use his hand of obedience to get my thinking back in line, but he still loves me and knows the desires of my heart. If I can truly embrace this daily, I am sure that the fruits of the spirit could flow a little better through his grace that he gives me. This would build up my confidence in doing the hard and new things that need to be done to change the patterns of behavior in my household.
"....obedience can change the heart."
I have found when I have had obedience in training for athletic goals, I tend to meet the over all goals if I stick with the training plan. Why can I not view this in my pârenting patterns? Why do I tend to fly by the seat of my pants with my emotions and my children's? This book has already made me see the value in creating a parenting plan and an action plan for success.
Chapter 3-
".... But when his grace begins to transform our hearts, it also begins to transform our parenting. It's not about what we do, it is about what his grace does through us."
Sometimes humbling ourselves allows us to see gods greatest wonders. If we are constantly looking to ourselves for strength and direction we will fall short of the glories that we have in store from him. By forgiving ourselves and others we are forgiven. So the more we live in this grace instead of just looking at it, the more we can really begin to feel the faith moving in us and around us. This application can be the one thing that leads to our children actually seeing the spirit move in us. When faced with trails do we look down, where we are, then look up for his guidance, and then look in front of us for his action plans and not our own. I have had a bad problem on not pausing before reacting. He is a big surprise my reactions are often based on my feelings and not my faith.
Chapter 4-
This chapter really made me realize That I need to action plans on how to show my children the fruits of the spirit. I can do this by starting the day with my gratitude jar and asking them what they are thankful for. I can also start the day by reading my scripture verse allowed and including them in on what I am doing daily to seek God's spirit in my life. I am going to make an action plan for the next week to address one of the fruits each night at dinner. These will be our topic at dinner. Ps - this will hold me accountable to actually sit down myself.
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