Hello Everybody! (Lesson 10)
Happy Thanksgiving! As I pondered this week upon what I was most thankful for, I chose "peace in our home." We have been short on peace for a very long time, and I am so grateful for the manifestation of more peace in the past four months. I know that much of the peace we are experiencing is due to my Family 300 course and the things I have learned and implemented regarding how to be kinder, more forgiving, and charitable. I have also learned to be more diligent in abandoning pride. Second, Don and I have been taking the self-reliance personal finance course and were promised that as we made a budget and stuck to it as well as strive to eliminate debt, our family would be blessed with increased peace. I am so thankful for that!
In Goddard's text, we learned this week: "Our weakness is divinely appointed. It is intentional and heaven-sent. And it has one purpose: to make us humble." What a loving God we have: He tailors experiences, trials, and weaknesses specifically for EACH ONE OF US...INDIVIDUALLY. His trust in us extends to another of Goddard's teachings from this week, "...God expects me to consecrate not only my time but also my THOUGHTS! EVEN MY FEELINGS!" (bolding added). I know that God knows ME; He is my loving Heavenly Father who blesses me richly in my individual experiences...even in my individual relationships.
John Gottman taught a similar principle in chapter 11, "...happy couples are aware of each other's dreams and consider helping each other realize them to be one of the goals of marriage." That is true charity; that is consecrating our time, our thoughts, our feelings...this I desire to do throughout my entire life!
With gratitude,
Katie
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