A young man went to seek an important position at a large printing company. He passed the initial interview and was going to meet the director for the final interview. The director saw his resume, it was excellent. And asked,'

"Have you received a scholarship for school?" The boy replied, "No".
'It was your father who paid for your studies? '' Yes.' He replied.
'Where does your father work? ' 'My father is a Blacksmith'

The Director asked the young man to show him his hands.
The young man showed a pair of hands soft and perfect.
'Have you ever helped your parents at their job? '
'Never, my parents always wanted me to study and read more books. Besides, he can do the job better than me.

The director said: 'I have got a request: When you go home today, go and wash the hands of your father and then come see me tomorrow morning.'

The young man felt his chance to get the job was high.

When he returned to his house he asked his father if he would allow him to wash his hands.

His father felt strange, happy, but with mixed feelings and showed his hands to his son. The young man washed his hands, little by little. It was the first time that he noticed his father's hands were wrinkled and they had so many scars. Some bruises were so painful that his skin shuddered when he touched them.

This was the first time that the young man recognized what it meant for this pair of hands to work every day to be able to pay for his studies. The bruises on the hands were the price that his father paid for his education, his school activities and his future.

After cleaning his father's hands the young man stood in silence and began to tidy and clean up the workshop. That night, father and son talked for a long time.

The next morning, the young man went to the office of the director.
The Director noticed the tears in the eyes of the young man when He asked him,

'Can you tell me what you did and what you learned yesterday at your house?'
The boy replied: 'I washed my father's hands and when I finished I stayed and cleaned his workshop.'

'Now I know what it is to appreciate and recognize that without my parents, I would not be who I am today. By helping my father I now realize how difficult and hard it is to do something on my own. I have come to appreciate the importance and the value in helping my family.

The director said, "This is what I look for in my people. I want to hire someone who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the hardship others go through to accomplish things, and a person who realizes that money is not his only goal in life".

'You are hired'.

A child that has been coddled, protected and given everything he or she wants, develops a mentality of "I have the right" and will always put himself or herself first, ignoring the efforts of parents, family and friends. If we are this type of protective parent are we really showing love or are we helping to destroy our children?

You can give your child their own room in a big house, good food, a computer, tablet, cell phone, and a big screen TV, but when you're washing the floor or painting a wall, children need to experience that too.

After eating, have them wash the dishes with their brothers and sisters, let them fold laundry or cook with you, pull weeds or mow the lawn. You are not doing this because you are poor and can't afford help. You are doing this because you love them and want them to understand certain things about life.

Children need to learn to appreciate the amount of effort it takes to do a job right. They need to experience the difficulties in life that people must overcome to be successful and they must learn about failure to be able to succeed.

Children must also learn how to work and play with others and that they will not always win, but they can always work harder to reach their goals. If they've done their best, then they can take pride in all the effort they put forth.

Life is about giving and serving and these qualities are taught in our homes.

Please pray for a mother who just lost her newborn baby. They went to get an ultrasound and there was no heartbeat.

Interesting statistics to think about if you have a family

@ThatAncientFaith

He's right.

Motherhood is magical. It grants you the power to fall in love with someone before ever meeting them. It gifts you amazing instincts to look after your cubs. It fuels you in ways you can’t explain to keep you going no matter how exhausted you are. And it expands your heart and fills it with more love than you have ever felt.

We got our daughter a new set of "The Armor of God" from Christian Book - and God gave us the best afternoon sun for a fun photo shoot. She takes it so seriously ❤️

"Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm."

A have a feeling that this family will never have to worry about their 6 year old getting a gender surgery.

Does your husband’s heart trust in you?

“The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.”
Proverbs 31:11 KJV

I mentioned a dinner I had with a couple where the wife took on the role as the head. Her husband asked for prayers for his father, who had recently been diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. He was going to go into surgery. He would visit his dad for a week while he was recovering. He was clearly very concerned for his health & wanted to be there - the surgery had a 50% survival rate.

I asked, “If he needs you any longer would you be able to stay?” And before he could open his mouth his wife said “He better not!” She cut her eyes at him and said “Someone else can be with him.” Then she continued to talk about how her homeschool schedule needed his attention more than his father. You could see his face fall as he tried to laugh and say “Yeah, my brother can do it.”

I was shocked that he wasn’t “allowed” to. They are financially stable & have very supportive friends and family who would join in and help with the kids if needed - I know them all personally.

Why not let your husband put his head on your shoulder while he laments his father’s health? Why decide this was the time to battle about whose stress was “more stressful”? Why not see this as an opportunity to show your man how much you love him by having him return to a clean home with warm food on the table? Why not see this as a chance to serve him - to be his right hand? Why not see this season as a time for your husband to build his trust in you as you care for his home & children while he tends to his ill father?

A woman of God should seek to magnify the love & power of the Lord in every action she takes, especially in marriage. Please do not forget the beauty of serving our husbands and allowing their hearts to trust in us. You may be renewing his faith daily in the loving actions you take. For the love of God’s kingdom, do not be the thorn in your husband’s side.

“It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.”
Proverbs 21:9 KJV

“A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.”
Proverbs 27:15 KJV

“A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.”
Proverbs 12:4 KJV