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Every new mother begins as a child-mother. A child-mother is old enough to have babies and has good instincts in the right direction, but she needs the mothering of an older woman or women who essentially prompt, encourage, and support her in her mothering of her children.
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés • Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
One of the great general purposes you can transfer to your children is the goal of being a wisdom hunter. Wisdom is seldom available to the young, but it’s made available sooner rather than later when we see that part of our role as parents is to teach our children how to turn knowledge into practical truth and insight. That’s all wisdom
... See moreTim Kimmel • Grace-Based Parenting
Lev Shomea — The Heart That Hears
📖 1 Kings 3:6–9
Solomon’s prayer wasn’t for riches or long life. He asked for Lev Shomea—a heart that hears. Wisdom as sonar.
How did he know God was generous in the first place? Likely through three streams that flowed from his father, David:
Storytelling — Deut. 6 reminds us: “Tell your children…” David probably
“The heart cannot be taught in a classroom intellectually, to students mechanically taking notes…. Good, wise hearts are obtained through lifetimes of diligent effort to dig deeply within and heal lifetimes of scars…. You can’t teach it or email it or tweet it. It has to be discovered within the depths of one’s own heart when a person is finally
... See moreThe Creator builds with wisdom. (proverbs 3:19)
He gave that wisdom to Daniel for his calling. (Daniel 1:17)
And He offers the same life-shaping wisdom to anyone who will ask and trust. (James 1:5-8)
Solomon had the ability (by God) to teach uncommon lessons through commonplace things.
'He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish. ' — 1 Kings 4:32-33
