April 29, 2005
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CAlling all homeschooling mommys with links. Or whoever else might have it.
Somewhere..at least one somewhere I've seen a list of Christian character traits. I googled several ways, and didn't really get what I wanted.
Any one have one? Please?
TIA
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Last week the leaders put an incredible amount of thought into giving each Cubbie in Awana a trait they felt they exhibited. They also wrote a Scripture verse with these. Kaylin's was gentle. And it fit. Actually I knew most of the kiddos there, and they all fit. It was a lot of fun.
For reasons unknown we started talking about it at dinner tonight. Zeria heard the word and instantly wanted it defined. Samuel said he knew what it was. "I know what character is...thats what they have on cartoons, You know cartoon characters."
And yup, that is one use of the word character. Samuel is another.
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Speaking of Samuel funnys. He is just becoming a delight. He has the funniest way of saying things all of a sudden. Or maybe I'm just listening closer.
While Rob was making breakfast, and I was desperately catchin a couple extra z's Jeremiah started cranking. Samuel voluntarily came over and entertained his little brother. Jeremiah LOVES Samuel. When they were done Rob said. "Thank you Samuel you were a big help taking care of Jeremiah. I don't know how I could of done it without you."
Later in the day (much later) Rob overheard Samuel tell Jamari. "Daddy says I'm a big helper. He doesn't know how he could do anything without me."
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Last summer I read a book that Kayte aka Daylesmilk had talked about a lot ever since I met her. Love Languages for Children. I just realized how much it has impacted our family. Because the day I read it...I truely honestly could not think of one thing positive I could say about Samuel. I had to sit for over 30 minutes prayerfully thinking about ONE.
Now...due to thinking and praying so hard...I have a hard time coming up with a negative about him.
Wow. Its amazing how dangerous the mind-set of negativity becomes.
I realized yesterday, that I have a dangerous mind-set about something else.
Myself.
There's a lot of reasons for it, but I do. I am in capable of recognizing my worth. I can NOT accept a compliment at face value. Rob gets so mad at me in a loving way when I disc myself. But I do it entirely too frequently. Because if *I* do it...I could prevent someone else from saying it to me.
Its time to start changing another negative pattern. I don't figure this ones going to be any easier then the last one.
1. I am a good mom.
2. I am a good wife.
3. I have become a good housekeeper.
My mind stops there. Its a start.
Comments (4)
Sorry I can't help with the links...most of mine are on the old computer still! LOL And I can't think of any I had that would help...if you find it, post it please! LOL
You're also a great writer and someone with great ideas and great sense of humor. Of course, there are other traits but me with my amazing short term memory can just come up with the above... heh...
You know, positive self talk can do amazing things for people of all ages!
You forgot something...you're a good friend.
YK, I've been like that a lot with Chad lately. He just irks me so bad, that I can't see anything good about him. But I've started complimenting him on the few things I could find good, and it's changed a lot of how I feel.
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