{"id":2346,"date":"2009-11-13T07:38:04","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T12:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=2346"},"modified":"2009-11-14T08:49:13","modified_gmt":"2009-11-14T13:49:13","slug":"soap-love-is-patient-in-parenting-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/soap-love-is-patient-in-parenting-too\/","title":{"rendered":"SOAP: Love is patient in parenting, too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Observation:<\/strong> I so soften think of this verse in terms of my husband or grown family members. This morning my children came to mind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application:<\/strong> Sometimes I get frustrated with my children and then I\u2019m not as patient as I could be. Sometimes I am not patient because of something they might be doing repeatedly. And sometimes I am not patient because I am in the middle of doing something I want to do and their interruption frustrates me. (I\u2019m giving you some true confessions here, folks.)<\/p>\n<p>I need to remember to be patient always. Sure, I need to teach my children appropriate times and ways to interrupt. But I also need to remember when interrupted to respond appropriately and in love.<\/p>\n<p>(As I was writing that my son just came down and interrupted with a question. How funny!)<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the verse rings true in parenting, as well. How easy is it to get caught up in our own children and let a bit of our self-worth be wrapped up in them?<\/p>\n<p>Comparing to others and envying and\/or boasting is not good either. Instead build your children and support other\u2019s too. And recognize that every child and family is different. All children of God have different gifts, as I wrote about yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer:<\/strong> Lord, Thank you for reminding me of how your word can make me a better parent.<\/p>\n<p>Guide me today and always to keep control of my temper and selfish ways and instead be patient and kind with my children. Always.<\/p>\n<p>Help me to teach and train them as you would have me do so. And guide me to do always do so in love.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your love and patience with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. Observation: I so soften think of this verse in terms of my husband or grown family members. This morning my children came to mind. Application: Sometimes I get frustrated with my children and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2348,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346\/revisions\/2348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}