https://tooverflowing.com/for-when-weve-been-inconsistent-in-discipline/ teaching women to think on true things Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://tooverflowing.com/for-when-weve-been-inconsistent-in-discipline/#comment-2305 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:34:00 +0000 http://ToOverflowing.com/?p=6183#comment-2305 When I was a younger mom, one of my biggest distractions often occured in the mid to late afternoon….as my kids were coming home from school and beginning homework or playing outside, I would be starting dinner. And…..the phone would ring! I had purposefully bought an extra long cord for the kitchen phone (can you tell this was in the days before cell phones?) so I could walk all around my kitchen and talk and cook at the same time – big mistake!! Always, always, always (or so it felt) one of my children would require my attention….and I would get frustrated. Not just because of their needing me, but because I wanted to talk on the phone!! (sounds more like a teenager than I want to admit!) The Lord was gracious to let me (and them) suffer the consequences of my own behavior until I realized there was something I could do about it – politely ask the caller if we could talk later in the evening. And you know what? – it worked!

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