This is one of my favorites! This was a possibility for a novel study in Dax's fifth grade class and so I read it along with a few others out of curiosity. It is a wondrous collection of life lessons woven in nonsense tapestry to bring some great Truths to life. The argument between Dictionopolis and Digitopolis has long been in my mind- for my adoration of words long outweighed my opinion of digits. However, they are both helpful to life. One of the most perplexing things to me as an only child are sibling rivalries similar to the one between the two kings.
Answers to questions like "what is the point of this monotonous stuff?" do come out in real life parallel to how they happen in the book. I have longed for independence and control like Milo did with the symphony. I have experienced doing something with pure motives as he did with the "BUT" and finding I had made a mess for others. As my aging wisdom grows, I have become so fond of Rhyme and Reason. Reason's quote, " You must never feel badly about making mistakes...as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do my being right for the wrong reasons," in Chapter 18 stirs my heart.
My absolute favorite is Chapter 9 "IT's all in the Way You Look at Things"! I love perspective discussions. I love seeing things from God's point of view when He makes it possible; I love seeing things from someone else's perspective. I am no longer afraid of life changing my mind on some things.
2 Timothy 2:23-26 "Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. And the LORD's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
I Love You the Purplest by Barbara M. Joosse
As a mother, this has to be one of my absolute favorite books! This wise mother taught and encouraged me to be prepared, to look ahead, to anticipate the questions my children ask and to take a breath of thought before I answer. As many accounts throughout Scripture attest to the challenge of sibling rivalry, this book illustrates the Truths of Psalm 139 that claim that we are each known and made distinctly, wonderfully, and fearfully, and above all else we are all, each one of us loved by our Father in Heaven. As parents we can marvel at the variations of color that each child brings to our life, and love them each one more than we ever asked, imagined, or dreamed possible.
"Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows." - Luke 12:7
"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." - Ephesians 3:16-19
What would our families look like if children together came to grasp how much each of them is loved by their parents, not in competition but in awe at the love that God can place in a heart for others within His family? What would the Bride of Christ look like if fellow saints truly believed they were loved and then turned to outpour that love on their fellow saints?
Farah: Reeses cup (smooth and delicious delivery of a very strong concept)
"Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows." - Luke 12:7
"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." - Ephesians 3:16-19
What would our families look like if children together came to grasp how much each of them is loved by their parents, not in competition but in awe at the love that God can place in a heart for others within His family? What would the Bride of Christ look like if fellow saints truly believed they were loved and then turned to outpour that love on their fellow saints?
Farah: Reeses cup (smooth and delicious delivery of a very strong concept)
Thursday, August 16, 2012
My Brother by Anthony Browne
This book is amazing!! So simple; yet so powerful! The artwork is adorable and has some hidden humor that little eyes need some extra study time to find. We have used it to underscore that just because one brother is awesome does not take away from the awesomeness of the other brother (or sister)!
Oh to take this into the "brotherhood" of fellow men and especially the church body!
"How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!" -Psalm 133:1
"Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble."- 1 Jn 2:10
Oh to take this into the "brotherhood" of fellow men and especially the church body!
"How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!" -Psalm 133:1
"Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble."- 1 Jn 2:10
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