Do You Have A Vision?

Written by Craig Binkley


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To have a multi-generational vision, there must be a few, essential things in place.

1) You must already have—or plan to have—children, because without them there is no generation to follow in your footsteps. (This is a given, wouldn’t you agree?) 2) You must teach your childrenrepparttar vision, lest it die. 3) You should have a true desire to see your children and your grandchildren supercede your level of “success”. I am not just talking financially, but as a child of God. 4) You must have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. We must place our trust in Him if we are ever to expect our vision to become reality. Plain & simple.

Now I’ll briefly expand onrepparttar 110903 list above.

Item #1 is a no brainer.

It is impossible to have a multi-generational vision without children being involved. Unfortunately, many people today consider children a “burden”, instead of what they truly are: blessings! Personally, I consider debt to be a burden, don’t you? But many people have it backwards. In fact, those same people will go so far as to reject blessings (children), but APPLY for curses (debt). Psalm 127:4-5 states “As arrows are inrepparttar 110904 hand of a mighty man; so arerepparttar 110905 children of thy youth. Happy isrepparttar 110906 man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak withrepparttar 110907 enemies inrepparttar 110908 gate.” Wow! Picture that!

Item #2 is very important. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 states: “And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest byrepparttar 110909 way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.” Tip: In other words, they need to spend time with you learningrepparttar 110910 various multi-generational tasks and beliefs. Teach them of those who came before them in history who keptrepparttar 110911 faith. (Hebrews Chapter 11 is a great place to start.)

I believe that #3 and #4 go hand in hand. By having a personal relationship with Jesus and seeking His will for our lives, I truly believe this desire to seerepparttar 110912 future generations succeed us will come.

There are many organizations and ministries that offer wonderful resources on this life-changing topic. My favorite (andrepparttar 110913 one that I recommend every parent or future parent check out) is Vision Forum Ministries - http://www.visionforumministries.org.

Doug Phillips,repparttar 110914 founder of Vision Forum, is a leader inrepparttar 110915 field of providingrepparttar 110916 timely tools men need today to train their children, so that they might have a multi generational vision for their families.

To sum up: seek God’s will for your life.

Create a vision for your family. It won’t berepparttar 110917 easiest road you’ve ever traveled down, butrepparttar 110918 rewards will be far-reaching!

I will close with this quote from Matthew 7:14: “Because strait isrepparttar 110919 gate and narrow isrepparttar 110920 way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Craig Binkley – husband, father and home business owner assisting in the restoration of the “traditional” family through home business ownership. http://www.bornagainbargains.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Empty Nest Syndrome

Written by Ruth Rusk


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When our children are in high school, they begin to form new friendships, and start going out on weekends. We worry about so many things during this time, and rightfully so. With drugs and alcohol abuse at an all time high, it is a frightening time for parents. While we must be diligent in keepingrepparttar lines of communication open, we must also remember that our children need some privacy too. As much as we wish they would tell us everything,repparttar 110902 fact is, they will not. We have to respect that. All we can really do is let them know that we are there for them, no matter what.

Whenrepparttar 110903 time does come that our children marry or graduate from high school and leave for college, it can be difficult to deal withrepparttar 110904 emotions that we feel. We try to hide our sadness from others because these events in a child’s life are supposed to be happy occasions. While we are happy for our children, we are also feeling a deep sense of loss. We have to remember that these feelings are perfectly normal, and not be afraid to seek out comfort from friends and family.

Even though this time in a mother's life can be a difficult time, it can also be a time of refreshing and a time for new beginnings. It can be a time of reflection, and a time to rejoice for a job well done.

Did you ever have dreams that you put onrepparttar 110905 back burner, and said to yourself, "Maybe whenrepparttar 110906 kids are grown?" Now isrepparttar 110907 time to bring those dreams out, brush them off, and move forward. Maybe you had always thought about going back to school or starting a business. Whatever it is, know that it is never to late. Remember, Moses was 80 years old when he ledrepparttar 110908 Israelites out of Egypt.

Ever wanted to try your hand at painting? Or maybe you always wanted to start writing. Maybe now is a good time to start a journal. What are you particularly good at? Turn it into an extra source of income. There are many things that you can do to alleviaterepparttar 110909 feelings of sadness and loneliness.

I am reminded ofrepparttar 110910 verse in Ecclesiastes 3:4, which says, " A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance." Let this be your time to laugh and your time to dance.



Ruth Rusk is a Transitional Life Coach and a writer. She graduated from the Christian Coaching Institute and is a member of Coachville and the Interntional Association of Coaches. Although her passion is working with Empty Nesters, Ruth works with people from all walks of life who are going through difficult changes and are looking for a more satisfying and meaningful life. For more information about coaching, email her at Ann2196@bellsouth.net


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