Tuesday Tidbits

God Made Moms to Teach Their Children….Self Respect

R-E-S-P-E-C-T is powerful word. Aretha Franklin’s song screamed it on behalf of women back in the day. But the word S-E-L-F R-E-S-P-E-C-T is just as powerful when it comes to being an individual. Many of us lack self-respect which makes it almost impossible for us to respect others. Self-respect is taught/learned, we aren’t born with it. So it’s up to parents to teach the children to respect themselves as well as others when it comes to their speech, their actions, and their dress. Our culture in itself has lost a lot over the years by just trying to fit into the mainstream. Do our children justice by teaching them to represent themselves in ways that scream “ I respect myself/parents enough not to or I respect myself/parents enough to do it”. Teaching our young children to respect their parents is a way of instilling self-respect for the growing years.

Be blessed and encouraged today, it’s a choice. ~ Delphine

Hebrews 13:7 -- Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.

Matthew 7:12 -- Therefore, however you want people to treat you, so treat them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Tuesday Tidbit

God Made Moms To Teach Their Children...Be Lenders and Not Borrowers.

During the peak of this recession you have heard or seen a lot of people suffering. Many are still losing jobs, many are still going through years of savings just to get by, many are sick with no health insurance and some are still losing homes they have worked so hard to obtain. Now on the flip side, we have also heard pastors giving messages on Christians not experiencing recession and stories of Christians prospering through the recession. A message meant to encourage us to not be fearful of what is taking place around us and to fully trust God to provide our each and every need. But with those messages comes the responsibility of using wisdom in our everyday lives. My immediate family has not had to suffer through these times as many others have and I thank God for it. We’ve actually been blessed to be a blessing in some cases. And we bless God for that as well. But we also have cut back in certain areas, so we aren’t affected or even affected as much. Things we can’t afford, we don’t buy until we can afford them. Things we don’t need, we don’t buy until there is a need. Having a mind like Christ, is to operate as He would. Using wisdom with the knowledge we have of His grace and mercy, will get us all through the recession. That’s why it’s important to teach our children to be prepare their minds to be the lenders and the borrowers. There is no need for any of us to be slaves to debit or consumption. One of God’s promise and desire has always been to provide us our every need.

If you are lead, try reading Deuteronomy 28, to rediscover or discover the blessings of obedience and Genesis Chapters 37 to 45, the story of Joseph.

Be blessed and encouraged today, it’s a choice. ~ Delphine

2 Tim 1:7 -- For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.

Phil 4:19 -- “And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”

Tuesday Tidbit

God Made Moms To Teach Their Children…Cultivate Your Minds With The Positives

Today’s tidbit is a short one. I’m going to piggy back from another Tuesday Tidbit I posted a couple of weeks ago by posting the powerful writing below. It’s from a wonderfully written powerful book entitled “As A Man Thinketh”, written by James Allen.

A Man’s mind may be liked to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or neglected, it must and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind. ~ James Allen

Be Blessed and encouraged today, it’s a choice. ~ Delphine

Luke 24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Good Read of The Month

For sixteen years, my mother's hands represented strength to me...And then, one night, my mother's hands became a weapon... That's my man, she said. Her voice was a low, hoarse whisper. The way she snarled at me made the skin at the back of my neck tingle... Don't you ever -- she slammed my head down --Ever-- slammed it down again, Step to my man. You hear me?! ...What hurt more than any physical pain was the fact that this woman was my own mother. But what really hurt me was that it was all over a man. And it was over her man. A man who was not my father. A man who was not even her husband...She'd looked at me with sheer hatred in her eyes. All because I'd dare to challenge a man who I believed had no business in our house at all.

Four Women -- Homage to Nina Simone

Tuesday Tidbit

God Made Moms To Teach Their Children...To be Responsible Adults

Part of being a responsible adult is casting your vote. Be an example to your children(future adults), by voting and by allowing them to see or discuss your vote. Do your research and don't be fooled by the mainstream. Too many people before us made too many scarfices for us to not vote. There was a time when we were not allowed or even acknowledged as human beings to vote. Let's not go backwards. Cast your vote and be counted. A right we shouldn't take for granted.