{"id":1384,"date":"2009-10-23T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2009-10-23T22:58:38","modified_gmt":"2009-10-24T02:58:38","slug":"the-game-october-23-daily-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/the-game-october-23-daily-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Game, October 23 Daily Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Spencer

Spencer playing a video game.<\/p><\/div>\n

Notice the size difference between Spencer and the machine?\u00a0 Wonder how he is doing playing the game?\u00a0 Is he wining, being defeated or is he just pretending to play because he ran out of tokens?\u00a0Does he have strategies for playing or is he just winging it all?\u00a0 Has he learned the correct way to play or is it all aimless?\u00a0 It’s just a game to him now.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Someday it will be my little boy all grown up playing the game of life.\u00a0 Will he be prepared for it all?\u00a0 Will he have the strategies it takes to survive in our society to win or will he feel defeated and give up.\u00a0 Will he make enough money to thrive or will he lose all his tokens and be unemployed?\u00a0 Will he know the best path to take that will lead him to the good side or will he make bad choices and go the other way?<\/p>\n

As parents we have been loaned this most precious gift of a human life.\u00a0 God entrusts us to do what we think is right for our children.\u00a0 We are our children’s greatest advocate.\u00a0 There is no one on this earth that loves our children more than we do.\u00a0 It is an awesome responsibility and opportunity that we accept when we decide to become parents.<\/p>\n

We as parents do not have all the answers half of the time we are questioning our own judgements.\u00a0 It is indeed a slippery slope raising our children in our society.\u00a0 We all know as informed and educated parents that our actions effect our child’s life of decisions.\u00a0 We all know we need to set the example for our children.\u00a0 What we don’t know is how exactly to do it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We can check out books about raising children and do endless research on studies of children.\u00a0 We can go to counselors,doctors and teachers\u00a0and ask what is right and wrong.\u00a0 Education is never a bad thing.\u00a0 The more we learn the more we grow.\u00a0 Ultimately though, we as parents have to make the day to day decisions on what to do.\u00a0 No book, research or doctor can supply you with instincts or love.\u00a0 God can help to give us guidance but we have to trust our instincts.\u00a0 How many times have we gone through different stages with our children and finally found that solution that works for discipline and then the stage changes and you start from scratch once more?\u00a0 It is frustrating at times and that is because we care so much. We have a vested interest in our children, not because of potential earning, but because we want them to be able to be the best person they can possibly be.<\/p>\n

So I propose what we as parents do is; yes, listen to research, yes, read books, yes, \u00a0talk with counselors, doctors and teachers.\u00a0 More than anything listen to our hearts and our instincts, they are God given.\u00a0 Discuss with other parents what works for you and what doesn’t.\u00a0 Pay close attention to our instincts, pray, ask God for guidance and love our children unconditionally.\u00a0 Instead of being caught up in the thought that every move you make is being analyzed just be the best person and parent you possibly can by loving your children, giving them attention, giving them praise, giving them you.\u00a0 Our children do not want things, they say they do but what they truly desire is to be loved and most importantly by you.\u00a0 Giving them yourself, your love, your guidance, your presence will give them all the strategies they need for life to go out and play the game no matter how big it is.\u00a0 From You, your child will gain the security, confidence and ability to love that will prepare them for the game of life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So stop worrying so much and instead just love them like only you know how.\u00a0 Stop trying to be perfect and just try to be the best person you can be.\u00a0 Stop over-analyzing ever move you make and start trusting that God made the right choice when he made you a parent.\u00a0 Love them unconditionally like God has loved you and they will learn what they need to know to not just survive in this society but how to be the best person they can be, one who loves, trusts in God, gives to others and is ready for whatever life throws at them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Notice the size difference between Spencer and the machine?\u00a0 Wonder how he is doing playing the game?\u00a0 Is he wining, being defeated or is he just pretending to play because he ran out of tokens?\u00a0Does he have strategies for playing or is he just winging it all?\u00a0 Has he learned the correct way to play or is it all aimless?\u00a0 It’s just a game to him now.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[24,314,22,59,292],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}