Couples Need to Breathe

Just as you need both inhaling and exhaling, couples function best when--according to God's design--we are able to enjoy both bonding (inhaling) and being separate (exhaling). The healthiest marriages are those that are in a rhythmic routine of bonding and being separate, and each spouse is comfortable with both. Partners need a sense of security in order to view separation as something to be encouraged, valued, and promoted.

                                                                                 - Milan & Kay Yerkovich

The Very Best Cell Phone Plan for your Child

I found this awesome new cell phone plan for kids! I wanted to just let

people know what a great investment it is! This is only a partial list of its benefits:

1. No monthly fee (one time charge only)

2. No hidden fees, late fees, or any other fee!

3. It rings when you want it to (just press one of the buttons). It does

 not ring when you don't press the button so you have complete control!

4. It is really easy to resist texting while driving

5. It is very colorful

6. The screen won't break if you drop it (so you won't need a screen

 protector, or a case)

7. No crank calls

8. No one can use this to steal your identity

9. The NSA cannot track you

10. It blocks sexting, 100%

11. Your kid can't ask you for money using this phone

12. No Youtube in bed

13. Prevents screen addiction

14. Encourages outside activities

15. Doctor recommended (I'm a doctor and I recommend it)

16. Can be used by any age child! 

17. Blocks access to extremist web sites of all flavors (though there is

 a one-eyed monster as you can see; you have to deal with that one)

I am sure you can add to this list (please do!). I highly encourage the

dollar store cell phone plan for your child!

A good father

“My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad; my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.”     -Proverbs 23:15-16

A good father cares about how the son grows up.  Whether or not he is wise.  Whether or not he speaks the truth.  The good father cares not only for the number of children, their material successes, and what they can bring home.  He cares about their choices and their character. 

The bad father is never disappointed in his children:  for him they can do no wrong.  That father thinks that he loves his children the most by honoring them above God, above truth, even above common decency.  But that father does not truly love.  For love is of God.  To ignore God for the sake of the child is to create chaos for the child.

Of course there is the overbearing, controlling parent who is never satisfied with the child’s behavior.  But this parent also ignores God, and creates an ideal image of what the child must be, be it based on religion or economics or education.  The child as a person does not exist, but only the image to the parent.

The good father rejoices in the right, and is doubly blessed when his son speaks it.