Comments on: Where are the best apples? https://simplysusan.com.au/where-are-the-best-apples/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-are-the-best-apples Musing thru Marriage, Motherhood & Mess Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:21:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.10 By: Susan https://simplysusan.com.au/where-are-the-best-apples/#comment-1601 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:21:37 +0000 http://susanpriolo.com/?p=2801#comment-1601 Hiya Cathy,
I agree. I think that our children need to have a personal revelation of this truth… else it is just second hand knowledge, which is not necessarily the knowledge that saves.

I’ll be praying for you and with you Cathy. Some people really do relate better with one gender of their children than the other. Naturally, as you know, this doesn’t let us off the hook rather challenges us to learn more about interacting and relating with the ones where it doesn’t seem to come a naturally.

Yes, there is balance between that enforcing role and relationship and I think that the only time (in my experience, for what that is worth) that the enforcing is accepted and beneficial is when the relationship is in place. Once the children start to get older and think/reason for themselves it’s important that we focus on relationship- else it is just rules- and many young people don’t respond well to rules only. They want relationship. They want to connect with us. They want us to engage their hearts and their minds, even if they seem to struggle against it sometimes. We need to be strong and firm and just keep going.

praying…

]]> By: Cathy https://simplysusan.com.au/where-are-the-best-apples/#comment-1600 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:27:09 +0000 http://susanpriolo.com/?p=2801#comment-1600 Bless you dear sister……that encourages me with my Ra…….it is a battle but God is the victor, I would rather she comes to that revelation by the creator (God) not the enforcers (us :-)). How come in the midst of enforcing we seem to loose relationship??? I love how I see you relate with your daughter, real friends, pray for me dear friend I seem to have an easy path with the lads, but not so easy with the lasses……

]]> By: Rosemary https://simplysusan.com.au/where-are-the-best-apples/#comment-1599 Mon, 31 May 2010 23:39:00 +0000 http://susanpriolo.com/?p=2801#comment-1599 Yes, so true!
We are just back from a wedding over the weekend (of my nephew) where both he and his bride were third gen christians on one side and second on the other side of the family….wow, is all I can say! The wedding was absolutely amazing and inspiring! It inspired me to continue to sow into Rebekah’s life and raise her in the fear of God….we were christians when we were married but first gen ones, so I could defnitely see the big difference between theirs and our weddings!

]]> By: Amanda https://simplysusan.com.au/where-are-the-best-apples/#comment-1598 Sun, 30 May 2010 06:50:47 +0000 http://susanpriolo.com/?p=2801#comment-1598 Wow, I love this! So true… if only more ‘apples’ would be content to remain at the top of the tree 😉

I also love your list of qualities… very important 🙂

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