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A Holy Harvest
Fall is finally here and with it the harvest. There are many kinds of harvests. One of them happens, not in the fall, but because of the fall, the fall of man into sin. Words are like seeds. Once spoken they are planted in the hearts of the hearer. They too produce a harvest. Words can be a harvest of blessing but unloving words produce a harvest of hurt. I remember running to my mom crying, just a little girl hurting inside, crying because of ugly words. I was broken hearted by caustic remarks. My mother, taught me a little rhyme that she had used as a child: “Sticks and…
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Seven Steps to Embracing Emotions- #7- Know When Your Child Needs More than Your Help
Life is a series of daily losses. Loss results in grief. Emotions are a gift from God to help us navigate this life with all the changes it entails. Change of any kind throws us into a river of emotional grief. The only way out is to journey through to the other side. The hardest grief to overcome is the death of a loved one. Do not underestimate the power that grieving can have in the life of a child. Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. in his article, Helping Children Cope with Grief, says, “Know when to get help.A question parents often have is, “How do I know if my child…
