tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17250587.post6353852309851720099..comments2023-10-09T06:57:05.604-06:00Comments on The Carpenter Clan: Works in Progress...: Oh Sweet JosiahHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062109148055436125noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17250587.post-16229642011946288992008-12-01T18:57:00.000-07:002008-12-01T18:57:00.000-07:00Love reading about your family and lifeThanks for ...Love reading about your family and life<BR/><BR/>Thanks for putting the 24/7 MOMS button on your blog..we have a button for the holiday giveaways if you want to place it on your blog just head over to www.247moms.blogspot.com and grab it<BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/>Trisha24/7 MOMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371548396231584133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17250587.post-16564797399096854612008-11-24T16:38:00.000-07:002008-11-24T16:38:00.000-07:00To "Anonymous":I don't believe that anywhere in th...To "Anonymous":<BR/><BR/>I don't believe that anywhere in the post did I say I was trying to "control" Josiah. Rather, I made the point that I was trying to manage his attempt to try to control everything himself. I am sure you will agree that a 3 year old can't do everything he sets his mind to and that as a parent I need to judge what is appropriate and not appropriate for him to do when he "exerts his free will." <BR/><BR/>The Bible compares children to arrows in a father's quiver. To carry that analogy further, when people made arrows, they had to work with the wood to straighten it and they did lots of work to make it straight, so that when they shot the arrow it would go in the right direction when they are aimed it. This was a matter of life or death in some cases for people using the bow and arrow. <BR/><BR/>In the same way, children are like that bent piece of wood, we mold and shape them and straighten their way the best we can, and then noticing their "bent" or natural gift in the world, aim them towards that natural gift (which they chose with their own free will) and someday when it is time release them out into the world. <BR/><BR/>The Bible also tells us we are in spiritual warfare here on earth. In doing the above, we are sending our arrows out into the world to fight this same spiritual battle. I and my husband alone are held responsible to how we raise our children and we will be before the Lord someday to account for that. <BR/><BR/>And as for your last statement "even a Carpenter must work with the wood she's given" I might ask, "where in the post did I ever say I wasn't wanting to work with my own child?" I DO work with the "wood" I have been given and that was actually the point, that I have been trying to find the best way to work with him. I think you will agree again that every child is different and you need to work with each of them in a different way. So perhaps how you worked with your children would not work for mine. <BR/><BR/>I hope this helps you understand where I am coming from a little better. I am guessing that perhaps you don't know me all that well, but since you didn't sign your name I can't be sure of that. If we are to continue this conversation, I would like to know who you are. <BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/>HeatherHeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062109148055436125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17250587.post-29091489390367687562008-11-24T09:49:00.000-07:002008-11-24T09:49:00.000-07:00Well, my dear, as the mother of 3, two "boys,...Well, my dear, as the mother of 3, two "boys," 24 & 25, let me just clue you in. You can't control Josiah; you must teach him to control himself. Remember that little thing called free will? Our God thought it was s0 important that He did not strip it from us, even though He knew it could stand in the way of our obeying, or being close, to Him. Teach Josiah that you value his free will, teach him what's in it for him when he chooses to do the right thing. Even a Carpenter must work with the wood she's given! God be with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17250587.post-48142758117218433472008-11-12T07:17:00.000-07:002008-11-12T07:17:00.000-07:00This is SO funny!!!!!!!! Little J is such a cutie...This is SO funny!!!!!!!! Little J is such a cutie! Thank Heaven for little boys!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com