Chambers’s Family: Breakfast and Devotion

Strengthening our children’s foundation is so essential for today’s world. They need to know that no experiences define them, their birth justified their existence, and they are here for divine reasons. One life taken is too many. One life lost is worth finding. One healthy seed sewn is worth watering.

Every parent has to decide how to guide, love, and protect their children. No guilt, and it’s okay if you are not doing the same thing your parents did or if you are including healthy/healthier activities. Free yourself by knowing that you create the family you want, not society, social pressures, tradition, or America’s history. The time is always now for a better life, a stronger family, and a United nation. Everything always starts at home with the individual.

We started this year with Dr. Myles Munroe’s Understanding Your Potential and have two more books in this series of Potential to finish this year. We just finished Chapter 4. I love that there is a study guide to stimulate conversation. It’s great to see how everyone is processing the information. Other books we’ve read as part of our family devotional were Dr. Myles Munroe’s 365-day Devotional & Journal (2x), The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Allen, and James Allen’s As A Man Thinketh.

As parents, we have the right to sew seeds of hope, compassion, love, discernment, determination, and perseverance. After my experience with pain, I requested to be aligned with this Spirit. I knew it loved me. I also want my children to have a personal relationship with this Spirit. It’s not what you call this ever-knowing, all-present, all-powerful, loving energy inside of us. It’s what you believe in this energy.

I have seen our growth as spiritual guardians and in our children. We focus on the actions less and aim to see the pain behind the actions —  to get to the heart of the matter. We aim to use experiences as life lessons instead of blaming and shaming one another.

Two weeks ago, my son said he wanted to reach out to other children to discuss issues such as bullying and others to help them move beyond their experiences to a healthier state.

Today’s breakfast was perfect for our great discussion about the human body’s purpose, intellectual and spiritual consciousness, respect for human life, and other pivotal concepts.

Parenting is not about picking a religion or the biggest, brightest books but helping our children to remember who they are and bring out the best in them.

As always, make this lifetime great! Your life is not over yet!

Timika