tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post2165373359007047600..comments2024-03-23T13:56:46.539-04:00Comments on Hungry for God: Why Moms Shouldn't Eat Burnt Toast Lori Hatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11675180460653949981noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-58490630800097646372015-05-09T23:09:36.037-04:002015-05-09T23:09:36.037-04:00It's unfortunate that there are some husbands ...It's unfortunate that there are some husbands who never learn to share the responsibilities and always expect the wife to jump up and do all those little things. I've seen wives who attempt to teach their children that mom isn't a servant only to be undermined by dad.Betty Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571711137078235274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-52936970425208224232015-05-09T12:29:45.853-04:002015-05-09T12:29:45.853-04:00I love your thoughts on this! If we could change h...I love your thoughts on this! If we could change how Mom acts towards herself about sacrificing, and how Dad and children react to it too, it would be awesome! It would change our household and our children's in their futures! Mom does SO much and she would be happier, healthier and more confident and secure within herself if these appreciative techniques were enacted! Sharon Braswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336871204630173646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-43832426013353067892015-05-09T08:36:57.079-04:002015-05-09T08:36:57.079-04:00I loved the article. I never thought of sacrifice ...I loved the article. I never thought of sacrifice in that way.Roxannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11758429631596250456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-47050351606016732622015-05-07T19:10:06.028-04:002015-05-07T19:10:06.028-04:00Words can't express right now how this has tou...Words can't express right now how this has touched me. Thank you for sharing this. I really needed to hear/read this. Marcie Bridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04764697019499634837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-42583293587203127652015-05-04T20:29:29.339-04:002015-05-04T20:29:29.339-04:00This is so true, and yes, I've been known to e...This is so true, and yes, I've been known to eat burnt toast. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521266558200041238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-33474414526299693002015-05-04T14:29:54.763-04:002015-05-04T14:29:54.763-04:00Love this! I am working hard at teaching this to m...Love this! I am working hard at teaching this to my children, after escaping an abusive marriage. I was not valued by my husband, and my children saw that!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066068066205696089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-77821405461222807642015-05-04T11:26:32.205-04:002015-05-04T11:26:32.205-04:00Lots of food for thought. Great ideas, but how to ...Lots of food for thought. Great ideas, but how to get Dad to step up and do this too?? :-) SaraMomofmanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06077550568359416108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-56640191296200450242015-05-04T10:15:32.393-04:002015-05-04T10:15:32.393-04:00Terrific article!Terrific article!Mamacathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01620262518282497965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-30062098236773700502015-05-04T08:12:54.865-04:002015-05-04T08:12:54.865-04:00Very good reminder!! Thank you!Very good reminder!! Thank you!Karen Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562221317658390595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-59975280791103977972015-05-03T15:01:27.251-04:002015-05-03T15:01:27.251-04:00Thanks for creating this 5 minute devotions! I do...Thanks for creating this 5 minute devotions! I don't care who you are or how busy your day is...slow down for 5 minutes to talk with the Lord! Awesome!Robin in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256822236126412994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-46826854098830539962013-09-05T10:10:50.152-04:002013-09-05T10:10:50.152-04:00This is incredible and explains dipmatically the y...This is incredible and explains dipmatically the years of abuse that I've witnessed through mum always sacrificing for her children and her children growing up thinking its normal for men to walk over women and abuse them & women to lay down and take it. <br />A disheveled home in need of desperate and urgent care is disregarded by husband and wife. Meanwhile their children have grown to accept this as normal and the new wives SUFFER from the same kinds of ill-repair. <br />A little self-respect, iniative and interest and her home would have a bathroom floor instead of a hole to the ground covered by a bath mat, an oven that works and is usable and walls that have paint on them instead of peeled paper rubbish. Perhaps front windows would be repaired rather than sticky taped and the kids window and frame replaced. Don't tell me they have no money to fix it after 8 years of watching it. Private schools, technology, gadgets, plane trips.. <br />It is not ok. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-37760323714155614912013-05-22T18:23:10.009-04:002013-05-22T18:23:10.009-04:00Good for you, Nikki, it probably felt a little str...Good for you, Nikki, it probably felt a little strange, and maybe even selfish, didn't it? But you've given your children a gift in disguise -- the knowledge that Moms have needs and feelings too, and the opportunity to honor. Thanks so much for sharing your experience. It made me smile :)Lori Hatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675180460653949981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-52773380435756978432013-05-21T13:59:02.389-04:002013-05-21T13:59:02.389-04:00I read your post last week, and I couldn't sto...I read your post last week, and I couldn't stop thinking about it. So I came by to let you know. I don't always eat the "burnt toast;" my husband shares the responsibility with me, and sometimes we even pass it on to the children. However, I do tend to stop what I'm doing when I have a couple of minutes to do what I would like, and my children want me to do something. I've stopped doing that and said, "Mommy needs a few minutes right now. I just read you books, so now it's my turn." Thanks for the encouragement!Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01252557235709012777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-84146476253608416172013-05-20T09:54:35.985-04:002013-05-20T09:54:35.985-04:00Sounds like your mom gave you a great gift, Nan. F...Sounds like your mom gave you a great gift, Nan. Freedom in a lot of ways :)Lori Hatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675180460653949981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-48280912804123646742013-05-20T09:53:55.507-04:002013-05-20T09:53:55.507-04:00But how quickly we lose sight of that, Janice, in ...But how quickly we lose sight of that, Janice, in the "tyranny of the urgent." No, he who yells loudest doesn't necessarily deserve the grease! Thanks for stopping by.Lori Hatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675180460653949981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-38618992410490894482013-05-20T09:52:37.087-04:002013-05-20T09:52:37.087-04:00Thanks for the laugh today, Mary. And thanks for s...Thanks for the laugh today, Mary. And thanks for stopping by !Lori Hatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675180460653949981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-25811760438802664282013-05-20T08:42:16.459-04:002013-05-20T08:42:16.459-04:00Good article! Reminds me of Ecclesiastes 3 where t...Good article! Reminds me of Ecclesiastes 3 where there's a time for everything under the sun. When a parent needs something, we need to place that need over a child's wants. But if we ever get food poisoning, it's the time to burn toast on purpose, and the charcoal will provide an antidote :)Mary Saylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709628386233742459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-25812333049999400312013-05-19T13:05:58.765-04:002013-05-19T13:05:58.765-04:00Wonderful article that needs to be passed on to al...Wonderful article that needs to be passed on to all the mothers we know. The same advice also applies in husband - wife relationships no matter what the age.Janice D. Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704058339496902871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-24674165694713389132013-05-14T23:44:30.928-04:002013-05-14T23:44:30.928-04:00This is lovely, Lori! Much truth here. I remembe...This is lovely, Lori! Much truth here. I remember trying to teach my youngest to be unselfish and learn to share with others, but my oldest son never really cared and always gave in to him. I said "How am I supposed to teach him to share when you're always giving in?" <br /><br />When I was a young girl I watched my mom serve my dad and do stuff for him. I was taught that girls waited on men and so I helped my mom bring the food to the table and asked my brothers if they needed anything while I was up. If they wanted anything during the meal I got up and got it.<br /><br />My brothers got into the habit of asking me to get up and get them something whenever they wanted it, whether we were sitting at the dinner table or not. I just got them whatever they wanted whenever they wanted without even thinking about it, and they were bossy and not thankful about it.<br /><br />They would just say "Nan, go get that" and off I would go, lol! They would just order me around. It never occurred to me to say no and it never bothered me.<br /><br />But it began to annoy my mom as they were being selfish and not doing anything for me or learning the gift of unselfish service. So one day my mom told me "You don't have to wait on them hand and foot."<br /><br />I remember just looking at her and saying "I don't?!" and she said "No, you don't," and she put an end to it that day, and had some words for my brothers too, lol!<br /><br />Thanks for linking up to the "Making Your Home Sing Monday" linky party today! :)momsthewordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14519343990735608713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-39718346889170072542013-05-14T20:19:32.873-04:002013-05-14T20:19:32.873-04:00This is so good!! My children gave me such a wonde...This is so good!! My children gave me such a wonderful Mother's Day that it has made up for the times where this has happened. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing such a special post on WholeHearted Home.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303626433109140676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-87690170991929826622013-05-10T13:06:23.246-04:002013-05-10T13:06:23.246-04:00Nоw that I've just devoted six hours on your w...Nоw that I've just devoted six hours on your website reading your posts, I'm hooked <br />on your blog. I bоokmarked іt aѕ well ѕo that I <br />cаn keер up with it regularlу.<br />Сheck out my own personal blog if you get the <br />chancе anԁ give me your thoughts..<br /><br />Also vіsit mу hοmepаge <a href="http://mathewsdivinewords.blogspot.ca/2008/07/not-much-doing.html" rel="nofollow">62832</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-75412348798766543012013-05-08T21:45:40.581-04:002013-05-08T21:45:40.581-04:00Cyn,
“I had consulted God with every decision,”...Cyn,<br /><br /><br /><br />“I had consulted God with every decision,” as you followed in obedience (and sacrifice), you can rest by faith that God used (and will continue to use) those God-honoring sacrifices in your son’s life. I just read Samuel’s words to Saul, “to obey is better than sacrifice,” and I’d say in this case, you obeyed AND sacrificed. Thanks for commenting.lorihatchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-25731780273595996572013-05-08T11:09:13.740-04:002013-05-08T11:09:13.740-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4027870719667125440.post-30799253118864528572013-05-08T08:52:39.744-04:002013-05-08T08:52:39.744-04:00My turning point came when my ADHD son, who had be...My turning point came when my ADHD son, who had been in Christian school (sacrifice) until early 8th grade. Having trouble w/ peers, etc, I homeschooled him 9th grade(sacrifice). Midway 10th grade, he announced he was going to live with his dad(my ex). I exploded & imploded. My life could no longer be "all about him". I had consulted God with every decision; it was time to ask Him for a new passion. Not only did He give me a new passion,(writing) He melded it with my own forgotten passions (sculpting&speaking). Hence a new ( uncharted) career. Be encouraged! He isn't done with us yet!Cyn Rogalskihttp://twitter.com/cynrogalskinoreply@blogger.com