tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757705433187574833.post4468738754579216527..comments2023-10-30T05:17:42.975-06:00Comments on Becoming LDS: Is Your Family Floating?Pokemonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880788926930516661noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757705433187574833.post-87726137827700065472010-05-20T08:05:38.419-06:002010-05-20T08:05:38.419-06:00Great post!
Reasoning is necessary! I just had a...Great post! <br /><br />Reasoning is necessary! I just had a discussion yesterday with my high school senior son who came home with news of a drug sweep at his school that resulted in an acquaintance (known to both of us) being arrested. We talk often about cause and effect, consequences of choices, etc.Shoebox Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130504662561785845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757705433187574833.post-78322043515632892932010-05-06T20:46:21.346-06:002010-05-06T20:46:21.346-06:00Mona, I love your thoughts. Reasoning is so impor...Mona, I love your thoughts. Reasoning is so important. Our kids need to know the why behind what we and the Lord expect of them. I love the book called, Why? Powerful Answers and Practical Reasons for Living LDS Standards, by Hilton and Sweat. If you haven't read it, I'd highly recommend it to everyone.Pokemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16880788926930516661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757705433187574833.post-88022901219448368542010-05-06T20:42:51.492-06:002010-05-06T20:42:51.492-06:00Steph, thanks for sharing. I think that opposition...Steph, thanks for sharing. I think that opposition needs to be a fourth reason added on of why we don't put on the floaties or continually pump them up. It is so, so true. <br /><br />Satan definitely doesn't want us to stay afloat and I'm sure that he tries to puncture our little floaties, make us lose them, or forget about them entirely. Definitely opposition there. Thanks again.Pokemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16880788926930516661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757705433187574833.post-5256160089891314382010-05-06T19:23:08.841-06:002010-05-06T19:23:08.841-06:00Love your "floaties." I've wondered...Love your "floaties." I've wondered lately how sometimes these simple things can seem so HARD to do at times. A good friend recently pointed out to me that since they're so important, they are met with OPPOSITION. This thought was so liberating to me because I'd begun to wonder if I was just a spiritual wimp. Now I realize that I'm not, but there's a battle against the basics and I have to fight for them.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486223394459963669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757705433187574833.post-11927224317243176612010-05-03T08:53:46.313-06:002010-05-03T08:53:46.313-06:00Thanks for your very well thought out post. I enjo...Thanks for your very well thought out post. I enjoyed the connections you made.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757705433187574833.post-63092784519796556912010-05-02T20:07:43.759-06:002010-05-02T20:07:43.759-06:00Thanks for this article. It's just what I need...Thanks for this article. It's just what I needed today!Diannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09517246579704472278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757705433187574833.post-40092947304138524572010-05-01T22:42:44.148-06:002010-05-01T22:42:44.148-06:00I feel very strongly about this. Last week in RS, ...I feel very strongly about this. Last week in RS, the teacher asked, "What can we do to teach our children moral discipline?" Immediate answers: LOVE THEM. EXAMPLE. Then silence. I finally raised my hand: "Reasoning," I said. Everyone just sat there and the teacher made no move to write my answer on the board beside the others. They didn't get it. So I expounded: Our children are getting tsunami"ed" by moral relativism: all lifestyles are of equal worth. The truth is, is that relativism is intellectually lazy, let alone spiritually lazy. Teaching children standards and truth ("floaties") - developing character -- is so much more rigorous. We have to use REASON with them. We have to constantly teach them WHY the higher road is desirable at every level. We have to actively teach them "the promises afar off". Love and example will seal the deal. Rules WIHOUT relationships breed rebellion (both personal relationships and relationships to solid reasons.) And, of course, rebellion means the exhaustion of jumping in to save their lives over and over. It is far less stressful to swim beside them when they have become responsible, thoughtful adults because of the rigors we put into equipping them with their own "floaties" as children and teens.Ramona Zabriskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16872101764302006271noreply@blogger.com