Faith & Family

As the girls get older, I think we've been trying to solidify what our family will be and what is most important. I kept thinking of all these different character traits that I wanted to see develop in them and how to be intentional in teaching those. But I think we've been able to bring it down to two simple things that we want to instill in the girls, a strong faith and a strong, tight family bond with us & their sisters. Faith encompasses all of those character traits that we think is important and puts a guidebook there for it, the Bible. We're still working on making Faith a daily, regular part of their world and a few times, I felt overwhelmed because it's not like I have them memorizing scripture everyday, heck, I still don't know 1/4 of what I need to from the Bible. In talking to Jennifer about how she practially applies God "stuff" on a daily basis with her kids, she gave me great advice. That advice was, when your kids see you making it a priority to have Bible/God time each day, they'll follow. And of course because God knows I usually need at least a few diferent sources to drill it in my head, our Fathers' Day service @ Church focused on how it's not teaching scripture and discipline that will ensure your kids grow up to walk with God, it's the example that we set as parents. Little bit of pressure!