Comments on: Family habits

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:06:03 +0000

In this house, we love and fear the Lord, honor God with our possessions, give thanks in all circumstances, love others above ourselves, pursue wisdom, show hospitality, forgive liberally, and refrain from letting the sun go down on our anger in order that Christ might be glorified and enjoyed in our family.

I think it’d be an interesting exercise to see what we would come up with now, years later.

By: Valerie (Kyriosity)

Valerie (Kyriosity) — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 01:11:57 +0000

So what’s your mission statement?

By: heather

heather — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 18:11:20 +0000

We looked at what the Bible had to say about living, and from that, developed a family mission statement that hangs over the fireplace in our family room.

You know, we have never officially drawn up a family mission statement, but for the life of me I cannot figure out why we have not. We do make very deliberate decisions and many of our friends just shrug their shoulders and say, “You’ll have to move to the hills if you want to live like that.” Still, what a fabulous gauge. I believe I will bring that up to Jeff tonight. What a fabulous date night journey! Coffee, a pad and pen, and the beautiful task of laying out a family mission statement.

PRAISE THE LORD! I am so pumped about this!

By: Kel

Kel — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 23:42:27 +0000

Intentional living is a rare but beautiful choice. And I agree with you about blogging for clarification, the comments offer further insight always.

By: kerri

kerri — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 21:32:19 +0000

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately too. My husband and I don’t have this completely ironed out, and we change things around now and then, or find we’ve been too lax in one area or to strict perhaps in another. Maybe one of the reasons God doesn’t just spell out every single detail is so we do have to incorporate thoughtfulness into our everyday life.

By: Valerie BBG

Valerie BBG — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 21:15:28 +0000

Awesome, Amy. You state very well a big reason why I attempt to maintain a blog. Private journaling didn’t quite do it, although it helped at times, but feedback (or the prospect of it) helps me to be more deliberate, and sometimes to spot the weaknesses in my opinions and beliefs even before I post. Which is one of the reasons I usually don’t post very often — it’s not for lack of things to write about or discuss.

Thank you for expressing things so well, and for encouraging me in biblical deliberateness. However that may look in our own family.

By: Shannon Miller

Shannon Miller — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 18:03:10 +0000

We do have to be careful to be deliberate in the habits we cultivate. I wish hubby and I had started right away (also about 8 years ago - dec 1997) forming our family according to Godly principles instead of worldly ones, but it took us a few years to catch on. We also had a lot of family issues to work through. But God blesses us when we try!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 17:04:43 +0000

Good thinking, Amy. Without being deliberate with our lifestyle, I think we often end up in a place we didn’t want to be.