How about TIME spent with the Lord. Do our children grow in the Lord by taking time to be with Him? Do we? Relationships do not grow unless time is spent together. The same is true with our own relationships with the Lord. We grow in our relationship with Him by spending time reading our Bibles, time in prayer, time in worship, time in the fellowship of the saints! The Lord has been so good in all He has done for us, how can we not want to spend time with Him? Hosea 10:12 – "Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is TIME to seek the Lord, until He comes and showers righteousness on you."

How about growth in your child's willingness to HELP others. Cultivate a willingness to HELP others... this will improve relationships within our homes as well as cause them to grow a good reputation within our church and community. A wonderful, creative lady in our support group started a service club and they have done everything from bake and deliver cookies to election workers to decorate the local library for Christmas to write encouraging letters to our servicemen and women. A little bit goes a long way! One of the girls who delivered cookies to the poll workers was recognized by one of recipients and was told how much those delicious cookies were appreciated! Those girls have learned so much about helping in the Name of Christ. Ecc. 4:9-10 – "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can HELP him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!"

Just as a little plant needs the ingredients of sun, water and soil for growth, our children need the ingredients that we have been endowed by the Lord to provide for them...

Grace
Relationship with Christ
Overwhelming assurance
Worship
Time
Help    

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Kim Wolf has been married for 20 years and has homeschooled for 12 years. She is the Miami County, Ohio homeschool coordinator as well as well as a staff writer and Ohio web page coordinator for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. You may contact her at Ohio1@TOSmag.com