FivestarMan

Everyone wants to have a great family! Unfortunately, for many, family relationships produce a lot of strain – and “great” would not be a word used to characterize them. Still, most parents are doing a good job of building their families – but don’t realize it.

Human nature being what it is, we tend to rest on our laurels. When the risk is removed, our drive is often removed as well. When it comes to tenure, what started out as well meaning, has gone horribly wrong – to the point that I believe the entire tenure system needs to be yanked.

You want your kids to fulfill every bit of their unique purpose in life. As your children grow, you are able to direct their dreams for a while. Life is good. Then something happens. All of a sudden, seemingly overnight, everything changes.

Father, you cannot underestimate the power of the words that you speak over your children. As a father, your words can have the power of life and death.

She was falling. Fast. Smoking weed, drinking and hanging out with the wrong people. Cheyenne McKinney went from someone who was doing a lot at Booker T. Washington High School to someone who no one thought would graduate. Then she met Keith Reed.

A few years ago I read the great words written by Dr. Ken Lehman. He wrote them as if a child were speaking to his or her parent. I have found them to be very helpful as Tatum and I raise our children, in fact we actually have them hanging in our kitchen. So as they have helped us, I’m persuaded they can help you too.