Insights Magazine: October 2011

Page 12

Strong Family

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Mother by Julia Johannesson

Colossians 3:23-24 “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord and not for human masters…It is the Lord Christ you are serving” (NIV). Parenting is not to be taken lightly. I became a mother at age 24 and it didn’t take long to realize God had chosen to bless my husband and me with our daughter and we needed to take that seriously. As parents, we all have moments where we want to walk away or feel like we need a do over, but that doesn’t happen. What does happen is our reflection in our children. 12


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