I decided in the fall that I needed to change something in my life.. my relationship with God. While it has DEFINITELY been a struggle, I am not giving up!
I started attending PWOC (Protestant Women of the Chapel) on Thursday mornings at Northern Lights Chapel on post from 0930-1130. In case you are interested, they do offer free childcare. This semester, I have chosen a bible study by Judy Rossi: Raising Responsive Children. Judy Rossi is a retired military spouse of 34 years. If you'd like to read more about this bible study, feel free to visit: Enhancing your Marriage & Family Ministries.
This is definitely one area of my life that I truly need God's help with, especially with deployment creeping up faster and faster. Sara turned the magic age of 6 this month. With that, she has picked up so many bad things from the kids at school. It is so hard to see her be someone other than the child I once knew. Just tonight, instead of saying "i'm done eating" she told Josseck "I don't want anymore of this junk" WHAT???!!! OH MY GOODNESS! That isn't my child! What happened to her? Josseck was so hurt and offended. Mind you, this is after she ate the first helping and asked for seconds and ate half of that. We know she didn't know what she was saying, but it still hurts. Yelling hasn't seemed to work. I am not a fan of spanking for EVERY LITTLE thing. She has already gone to bed early every night this week because she called her class stupid heads on Tuesday. We tried grounding her from everything and if we aren't watching her 24/7, she will just go play with whatever she wants. WHAT TO DO???!!!
I am really hoping this bible study helps.
With that said, I think I will blog about the bible study. That way I am reiterating what I've read/learned to myself in hopes that it will stay with me everyday.
God, I know that you are in our lives. I know that you give us challenges each day to test our faith. I just ask that you help Josseck and I be more patient. We want to enjoy our last weeks together as a family instead of always having to punish Sara. Please help us work with her actions to better enjoy our family time.
Good luck Tiff! I hope you find what you are looking for with this bible study :))
ReplyDelete:) You and I are on a similar journey and that's the study I was thinking of doing. But I'm not going now. I have too many other things going on at the moment :( Good luck! I'll be reading your blog with interest, I'm doing the same on my blog about the studies I'm doing.... maybe we can learn something from each other.
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