Topic #2:
This is a little bit more self reflective. And a question leading to the question, if you will. For those who have children, how many of you really hope that your child will be just an Average Joe? None of us!! We want the star player, the head of the class, the over achiever!!! So, with that being said, let's put this into a bigger perspective...
Do you believe that God created us to be average, to just get by?? No way!!! He wants us to be Amazing, Successful, Extraordinary, Take a Stand, Make a Difference!!! He wants us to stretch ourselves, go where we don't think it is possible to go! So, why do so many of us settle for mediocre?? Why are we so content in the land of Ordinary?? What causes us to live so short of our God given potential?
Fear? Doubt? Discouragement? And if God created something amazing in us, how do we discover what it is? How do we bring ourselves to the realization that we are worth something? How do we uncover our buried greatness??
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- Think E!! Encourage. Empower. Edify. This blog was designed for the sole purpose of building and strengthening marriages and families, and helping people to see their full potential. I have heard many times that it is said that even the shyest person will impact 10,000 people in their lifetime. I want to start now making a huge impact for good in the world!! We all can lead a life of significance! Let's get there together and make a difference in our communities, country, around the world! Let's get everyone to be THINKING E!!
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I think the first step is taking the talents that come natural to us no matter how simple they may be. When you build up your simple talent it will give you the courage and confidence to do more!!
When I got my blessing, the patriarch said the blessing was like a bar (high jump bar). This is going to show my how much I can my raise my bar in life. If I do the right things, I can achieve things that are way high! I think we can all look back on our blessings and see what we are promised. We can achieve and do amazing things.
I think that we discover our talents through who we are as a person if that makes sense. Talents are god given and come naturally, but it is up to us to utilize them and develop them. If we don't they go to waste. I don't think we will ever lose them, but they do become rusty. We are ment to become something great here on earth. It doesn't come easy and procrastination and laziness will set us back. If talents were so easily mastered would they be talents? So as for our children, we need to teach them to be motivated to want to be all that they can. We can not push them too hard or push them in the direction we want them to go. It will cause them to be stubburn or not want to. We have discovered our talents on our own so must our children. It is hard to stand and watch them and let them learn on their own. But it is the best thing to do I believe. We can give them pointers and encouragement but the a discovery is only so rewarding when you find it on your own and not someone showing it or giving it to you or telling you what it should be. So with our children we can stand on the side lines with encouragement. Teach them to empower themselves and be independent but yet not afraid to ask for our help... geeze whoever said parenting was easy was a liar! But the rewards are great!
I am leaving a comment here addressing one from "anonymous" that was put under the subject "the Beginning"... I think it was put there by mistake... However, the comment is addressing how we help our children see their potential and live up to that. First, I will share a couple of things that I do with my kids...(I will preface that I am Christian, so this is how I do things, which may not apply if you are not.) I make a point to daily point out to each of my children the gifts that God has given them and tell them that God has a plan for them using their specific talents. For example... My son has the gift of talking to others. It sometimes gets him in trouble at school, but I don't want him to lose that gift because teachers don't appreciate it. So, at home I try to nurture it. I tell him that God has given him the gift of talking to people and blessing them. He just needs to learn to use it when its appropriate. I also take the time to pray with each of my children specifically every morning before they head out into the world. I specifically ask God to bless them in the areas that I see as strong traits. This does a couple of things. First, they know that I see and recognize their gifts, and also they see that they have God behind them championing their efforts. It gives them a greater sense of security to go out and be a bold leader. The third thing we do in our home is positive affirmations. This is an activity we do multiple times per day. We say out loud with each child a series of things... ie, "I am a champion. I am a leader. I bless people because I am kind..." etc, etc. Essentially, we verbally speak the things into our children that we want to see and develop. This technique can be very helpful in not only strengthening existing gifts, but also over coming weaknesses. Your subconscious brain has an interesting way of gravitating towards the things that we speak. Use that to your advantage.
I would like to recommend a couple of books. One is called "Nurturing the Leader in Your Child" by Tim Elmore. The second book would be for your kids (however, I found it an excellent read for myself as well). It is called "Do Hard Things" by Alex and Brett Harris.
Hope this helps!!!
i want to just put in my 2 cents that the blog is a bit frumpy looking. can we change it please :)
Oh, Megan.... I will look into a different background, just for you.
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