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About 20 years ago, a mother of three young children said to me, “Our children can only learn to stand for Christ in this world by being exposed to the world and its values.  That way they understand what the world is about and know the difference.”
Uh?
Would you throw your child into the deep end [...]

So, you’ve smacked your child and had no good result from it.  The conclusion you have come to is that ‘it doesn’t work’.
To me, that smacks of an arrogance that says “I know better than God”.  The belief that smacking doesn’t work has become a High Place in many people’s minds as it [...]

I was blessed at a ‘Blessing Day’ yesterday.
“What,” I hear you ask, “is a Blessing Day?”
Well, we have friends with four children.  When each of those children are around 13 -14 years of age, the parents set aside a day in which they welcome their child into adulthood.  It is a significant day in the [...]

The High Place I have identified here is explained by an example, but its application is much broader than this one example.  Try to catch the spirit of what I am saying……….
“Third and fourth children always miss out, so we only had two children”.
The statement amazed me.
It was made by a man in ministry [...]

A Joyful Mum
My eleven year old son was outside hitting a tennis ball against the side of the house the other day when I heard a dull thud instead of the usual firm one.  A few moments later, he came through the door and put his racquet away - and I felt really blessed.
A [...]

In September of 2006, our second son took his wife and three children to live in Germany. He’s an engineer and works mainly in aeronautics. Germany provided my son with the kind of work that wasn’t available in Australia – and was also the doorway to a second language and the adventure of [...]

The next ‘High Place’ is one about which people can get very passionate.  When people come to me asking for God’s wisdom on training their children, I must eventually speak of the use of the rod.  Too often, I have heard the response, “But ‘rod’ doesn’t MEAN ‘a Rod!”!!
This is usually said with a tone [...]

This post will make a lot more sense if you have read part 1 of ‘Our Good Boy Song’ first.  If you haven’t done so already, go and read it, then come back here for part 2.
As I said in part 1, my husband made up a little song that we sang to each of [...]

We were farewelling our family the other night, after having celebrated the birthday of a daughter-in-law with a games night at our home.  Our hallway leading to the front door was, at that moment, a bit like a highway.  Fathers carried portacots to their cars.  Mothers cradled babies, and children old enough to wear shoes [...]

Several years ago I talked with a young Mum who had three children aged 4 - 10.  She shared with me some of the challenges she faced.  Among other things, she lamented over the fact that her children embraced the world’s values despite her efforts to train them to follow the Lord.
As she explained some [...]

Have you found out where Lot and his family were when God rained fire and brimstone on Sodom and Gomorrah?  If you haven’t seen Part 3 of ‘High Places’ don’t read any further right now, but go back to Lot’s Escape and see if you can answer the question.  In fact, if you haven’t read [...]