Congratulations to our winners for the Watching America contest! They are: Kris Price Courtney from HeartforHome MyCrazyLife …and Emily I think Emily especially deserved one since she attracted the attention from the president and co-founder of WatchingAmerica.com. What a neat surprise; you can see the president's response to Emily's comments here. Pretty cool. Email me at JenIg@TOSMag.com and tell me where to send your prize.
Today was interesting. My five year old son, Dippy, came into my room crying his eyes out. I
thought he was hurt at first. He was just falling to
pieces. So I'm asking him what's wrong and then he finally chokes
out, “I lied to you yesterday”, and then he grabbed onto me and bawled
his eyes out. I hugged him and kissed him and told him I was glad
he came and told me that he lied. In reality, it made me want to
cry to see how seriously he took his sin. I hadn't known or even
suspected anything about it. He just came and repented on his
own. So anyways, I set him in front of me and looked him right in
the eyes and said, “I am really glad you came and told me. It is
important to never lie.” and then I asked him sternly, “Do I love you when you lie?“ he teared up again and shook his head 'No'
And then I was able to scoop him close to me and hold his little face
in my hands and tell him. “You're wrong. I do love you when
you lie. I don't like it if you lie but I will always love you. Don't ever forget that.”
Lastly, I just now almost burnt down my house; I'll tell you about it later. good grief.
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on February 21st, 2006 at 9:56 pm
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Aw! Isn’t it great when you can see God working on their conscience! Three cheers for your truthful son!
on February 21st, 2006 at 10:37 pm
You must be so proud!
PTL, I’m happy for you, there’s only a handful of children that would have done that, and your son happens to be one of them.
God Bless,
Amber
on February 21st, 2006 at 10:49 pm
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Oh man! What a great moment with your son! No wonder God loves it when we repent.
on February 21st, 2006 at 11:08 pm
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Quote by JenIG on my blog posted Feb. 20th: I will call you tomorrow evening… now correct me if I’m wrong, but that would mean the evening of the 21st right? And since it’s 11pm my time, which is an hour earlier than the Curry Farm… I can only assume I’ve once again, been stood up.
I think we should break up. I just can’t handle this roller coaster relationship… I think you need to send me some sort of prize or something… that motor home would make everything forgiven…
Deeply hurt (and tired since I stayed up waiting by the phone),
Amy aka Nutpickle
on February 21st, 2006 at 11:25 pm
What a mom!
I love when those unsolicited confessions come out. It means the HS is working! What a lesson your ds needed to learn and hear from your lips……that you love him even when he lies……like God does for us! You sound like a great mom!
Blessings,
Becky
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on February 21st, 2006 at 11:54 pm
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Aww! That is so sweet.
Almost burned the house down? Was it the wood stove or were you cooking again?
on February 22nd, 2006 at 12:57 am
how sweet
what a sweet boy you have. sometimes i wonder, especially about my emeline, if her heart ever gets heavy with sin. like tonight i reminded her when she wanted to go first getting her hair rolled (see blog for more info on that) was she being humble? “i don’t care about that,” she replied. i guess we’ll review those scriptures again tomorrow. sigh.
on February 22nd, 2006 at 1:07 am
What's your secret?!
Oh, I can only pray my little one will do that eventually! She’s so much like me at that age. Which, of course, is why we’re homeschooling …
Now I’m envious again, and I’m just going to have to go repent again … ; )
on February 22nd, 2006 at 3:07 am
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How sweet. I love those completely ^%innocent^% moments…when they are so truthful and put their heart right out there for us.
Edited by eyecorn on Feb. 22, 2006 at 1:07 AM
on February 22nd, 2006 at 7:58 am
Wonderful Moment
What a wonderful moment for you and your son! Glad you didn’t burn the house down!
on February 22nd, 2006 at 9:54 am
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I love the new picture in your sidebar! It is so playful and fun!
on February 22nd, 2006 at 10:56 am
Honesty
My little Hannah did a similar thing on Saturday. She went to a birthday party and played Pin-the-Tail on the donkey. Later, she tearfully confessed to being able to see under the blindfold!
on February 22nd, 2006 at 11:55 am
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LOL!! I win?? and I didn’t think one with my contrary opinion could win! ha,ha. Thank you very much. 🙂
Emily (nsremom)
on February 22nd, 2006 at 9:59 pm
Can't have it all
So, you almost burned the house down but at least you’re doing an awesome job raising godly children! That’s pretty classy. Just don’t take this whole “on fire for God” thing so literally next time. Maybe we should all send you some of those plug-in candles…
on February 23rd, 2006 at 2:40 pm
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That is precious!
Dianna
on February 25th, 2006 at 12:58 am
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That is so sweet it makes me tear up…he is too precious! And what a great opportunity to tell him that you will love him no matter what.
Okay, I am seriously missing my boys right now…
Love,
Marshie who is glad that you did not burn your house down…now take this fantastical opportunity to go buy some new undies a la AmyV’s drawer of blessings style! hehehe…