One of the greatest things that I think I can teach my children is how to show other people God's love. This can be done through so many things: helping them when they need help, smiling at them, giving hugs, talking to them, and generally being a nice person. However, just as with teaching any other concept to small children, it's not so easy. My children mimic what they see around them and - let's face it - that's not always God's love. Even I (gasp) don't always show my children God's love. I get frustrated, impatient, and even angry when my children do something they aren't supposed to. Then, the phrases that come out of my mouth tend to come out of my children's mouths when they get frustrated, impatient and angry...phrases such as, "Seriously!" "What were you thinking?" "STOP!" and "No! That's unacceptable." It's not necessarily that these are bad phrases in and of themselves. In fact, ...
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