tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577593297528579327.post872782866423234263..comments2023-10-31T04:18:32.562-07:00Comments on WOMEN TAKING A STAND: AT THE WELL...raising a godly daughter in a NIKE world!LAURIEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14486313421145067150noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577593297528579327.post-76975005499319885312009-10-13T08:44:18.327-07:002009-10-13T08:44:18.327-07:00Hi Laurie, I read your comment on Debbie's bl...Hi Laurie, I read your comment on Debbie's blog and just had to come say hello. I really love your wonderful illustrations of living out the Word of God in your own life, and teaching through that example and through scripture how we can change the outcome of our experiences. We raised a son, a very good guy that never was any problem, but our daughter is mentally disabled, so I didn't know the differences until our granddaughters came along. The 10 yr. old is already going through difficult times, and calls me in tears almost every night. She isn't getting the Christian training at home, I'm sad to say, and my influence is limited, but I've given her God's Little Devotional for Kids, and I pray with her at night. When she's here, which is quite often, we talk about things from God's perspective and from the Word. I know those things will help her through whatever difficulty she finds herself in. I so agree that being 14 today is very different than when we were 14...our kids have so much more to overcome, but with God's protection and praying parents and grandparents, the will all the stronger, for they're cimbing higher mountains than we could have imagined. God bless, Laurie.<br /><br />MaryMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15369867469773842215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577593297528579327.post-46979872801488412562009-10-12T06:32:48.342-07:002009-10-12T06:32:48.342-07:00Oh Laurie, again I can REALLY relate to your post....Oh Laurie, again I can REALLY relate to your post. I love the illustrations you use to pull "real life" into your teachings. I too had 3 grown sons (my boys were all quite a bit older than she was. She was our little last minute gift) and my only daughter left to raise at home just a few short years ago. We too talked about ABSOLUTELY everything together, (sometimes for hours on end) shared everything and so much more that only mothers and daughter can. I felt such a HUGE responsibility to raise her to be a strong, loving Christian woman in a topsy turvy world. Not that I didn't with my sons, but you are right, for me it was different. Soooo many lessons to be learned, and again you are right, for BOTH of us. I look back on those years now, and I miss them for sure. The stories I could tell you. My advice for mother's of teens would be just what you have already said....talk, talk, and talk some more. I was always totally honest with Melody and there wasn't a single subject matter off limit. Melody married a year ago last June (to her high school sweet heart) right after she graduated from college that May and moved 1000 miles away from to join her Dairy farmer husband in New Mexico. How I miss her!! And yet, the lessons haven't stopped. They are different now. They are from adult to adult. They are mainly over the phone. And sometimes I find myself listening to her words of wisdom too. Many times recently when I am missing her and bemoaining the fact that she lives soo far away, I feel like the Lord whispers to me, "You did your job well. You raised her to be a strong, independent, daughter of the King, living for Him, and she is." She turned 23 this July and I still can't believe how fast it all went. I would say to anyone in your shoes right now...ENJOY this special, special time with your daughter and praise God for her every day. She will be grown and gone before you know it. I may have entered a new season with mine, but it is still such an honor and a thrill to be the mother of a daughter. Have a great day. Blessings to you, DebbieDebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09836655708421528876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5577593297528579327.post-5703672178208077602009-10-11T22:35:30.300-07:002009-10-11T22:35:30.300-07:00Wonderful post, God bless you and your dear daught...Wonderful post, God bless you and your dear daughter.Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275456448997619944noreply@blogger.com