I just returned from Bible study, we weren't supposed to meet today but decided to anyway. We've been studying the book of John but since this was an unscheduled day our leader assigned us each verses about prayer. Mine was Col 4:2. The verse was a good one, but what touched me the most was some additional info on the page. It was like I was led to this page of the Bible to help guide me. The list is a list of Sins vs. Signs of Love. I'm going to put the list of signs of love in a Word doc, title it - Rules of Life, print it and post it on my fridge to help me remember that I am teaching my girls the right things. Here are the Rules of Love:
Compassion
Kindness
Humility
Gentleness
Patience
Forgiveness
These are the very things that make Abby an easy target to get picked on, but I don't want her to change her ways. She is following the rules, they aren't, they need to change, not her. Now, my mission is to help her stand up for herself in a way that doesn't go against her basic nature and to help her to not lose her self-esteem due to these children. Also, I'm struggling with how to make myself show grace to these other children and to follow the rules of life as it applies to my dealing with them. I need to take a lesson from my daughter.
__________________ Have a great day! 
~Mindy~ |