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By: Lena

Lena — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:40:01 +0000

What a great post. It actually opened my eyes on my behavior, on all the times that I whined and complained, that I have such a hard load to carry and how unfair life is. Thank you so much for opening my eyes, to be a servant of Christ and to teach my children the same.

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Big Families and Hard Work « Pursuing Titus 2 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:58:12 +0000

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By: Lori

Lori — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:41:02 +0000

Great post (for *my* attitude and my kids). This one’s going in the fav. file!

By: Sherry

Sherry — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:08:01 +0000

This was a great post! My eleven children are being raised daily to work hard along side me. My goal is to raise “Soldiers for Christ”. As the bible reminds us, we are in a war!
My husband is a missionary and we have lived on a foriegn field and visited many others. We have seen the lives that christians live in these contries. We have seen their willingness to sacrifice and suffer for the cause of our Lord. As “American Christians” we are all so wealthy and spoiled and addicted to ease, pleasure, comfort and entertainment(my self included). If we and our children could comprehend how blessed we are here, even our poor are so wealthy compared to most of the world, we would not fuss at our “work load”!
The additude of “poor me” I have so much work, I’m being taken advantage of is not from the Lord, it is sinful pride and should be addressed as such.
The issue is not how much work our children are doing but making sure we balance it out with the same amount of love, praise and appriciation for their efforts.
Thanks for the great post!

By: shanie

shanie — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:20:22 +0000

(somewhat in relation to what Mrs Taft said) i agree that there are OCCASIONALLY times when an oldest child has to much set upon them (i have seen this happen with friends, and it was the case with my mother… she was even made to get a job and give her paycheck to her parents at 15, on top of caring largely for her sisters and the home, which cause her to put her schooling on the shelf, she slept very little and was ill often as a result.. but that is an extreme case, i know)… but sometimes it might be ‘psychological’… an oldest child often feels the most pressure to be ‘perfect’… perhaps a child who feels overworked is trying TOO hard to make everything exact? not that i have kids, so i know i can’t talk much, but maybe if those are the cases, do you think emphasising EFFORT over perfection is important? the only perfect works are His after all just my addition… great post kelly!

By: jen in AL

jen in AL — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:04:06 +0000

Wonderful! Great reminder to check my attitude and what example i am setting for my children. love those verses…blessings, jen in al

By: Pam Leding

Pam Leding — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:14:30 +0000

Excellent post! It hit right to the heart of it….do we really
want to follow Jesus’ example? Thanks for this thought
provoking post!

Blessings,
Pam

By: brandy

brandy — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:28:43 +0000

“Jesus’ life was one continuing “pouring out” of himself physically, emotionally and spiritually. He lived to be spent and then He told us to copy Him.”….I need this reminder as I seem to be aggravated at wasting my time on stuff around here…..ouch!

By: Mrs. Taft

Mrs. Taft — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:43:35 +0000

I’m the oldest of seven, and while I did plenty to help the family out I never felt like my burden was too heavy. Many hands make light work.

On the other hand, I know several people who were also oldests or older girls and did have far too many responsibilities, especially compared to how much their parents did or the other kids did and it did affect how they saw things. And they are hard workers, not afraid of it, it doesn’t have anything to do with loving or hating servitude for them. They felt taken advantage of, and for good reason-they were.

I agree that we should raise our children to join joyfully in the daily and hard work of life, but we also must be careful not to pawn off our own responsibilities or give them reason for resentment (in accordance with the scriptures!).