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Freedom Fest at Southside
Southside Baptist
Church will hold
Freedom Fest 2007
from 3-10 p.m.
today. The event,
which attracted
thousands last
year, will feature
Chris Tomlin with
Starfield, and
guest speaker
Jamey Ragle. It
is billed as “a call
to prayer for our
faith, family and
freedom.” There
will be activities
for children, a
food court and a
fireworks display.
The event is free
and all are wel
come. Southside
Baptist Church is
at 1040 Houston
Lake Road in
Warner Robins.
Contributed
Dote Spanking not always necessary
QUESTION: Do you
think you should spank
a child for every act of
disobedience or defi
ance?
DOBSON: No. Corporal
punishment should be an
infrequent occurrence.
There is an appropriate time
for a child to sit on a chair to
think about his misbehavior,
or he might be deprived of a
privilege or sent to his room
for a time-out or made to
work when he had planned
to play.
In other words, you should
vary your response to misbe
havior, always hoping to stay
one step ahead of the child.
Your goal is to react con
tinually in the way that
benefits the child and is in
accordance with his “crime.”
In this regard, there is no
substitute for wisdom and
tact from a parent.
QUESTION: My hus
band’s parents are won
derful people and we love
them very much. They
have always refrained
from interfering in our
family - that is, until our
daughter was born.
Now they’re arguing
with us about how we’re
raising her and under
mining the things we’re
trying to teach. We want
to base Amy’s upbring
ing on biblical principles,
but not being Christians,
my in-laws don’t really
understand this.
How can we deal with
this situation without
offending them?
DOBSON: It is time to
have a loving but candid con
versation with your in-laws
about how your child will
be raised. I would suggest
that you take them to dinner
some evening during which
this topic will be addressed.
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When the
moment
is right,
tell them
of your
concerns.
Make
it clear
that you
love them
and want
them to
enjoytheir
grand
daughter. But the responsi
bility for how she is being
raised must rest entirely
with you and your husband.
Remind them that they
had their day - when the
decisions about child rear
ing were theirs alone. Spell
out the issues that mean the
most to you, including your
desire to raise your daugh
ter according to Christian
principles.
Try to help them under
stand your reasons, but rec
ognize that their worldview
might make it impossible for
them to agree. If that is the
case, they’ll need to honor
your wishes anyway.
It is likely that sparks will
fly during this conversation.
If so, try to remain calm and
stand your ground.
If the worst occurs and the
dinner ends in an emotional
walkout, I suggest that you
give your in-laws some space
while they’re cooling off.
When you do come back
together, let love and respect
continue to be your guide
- but don’t back off on the
issue at hand. You have
the right to do what you’re
doing.
Your in-laws are the ones
who are out of line. But
remember that Amy needs
her grandparents, and your
goal should be to harmo
nize your relationship. In
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most cases, that will occur
in time.
QUESTION: You often
describe marriages
where the wife’s emo
tional needs go unmet
because the husband is a
“workaholic.”
That description is
scary to me because I
can see my own marriage
in what you said. I’m a
student who has to work
full-time just to make
ends meet, and I rarely
see my family. We have a
baby and a toddler, and
my wife is pretty unhap
py with me.
But what can I do?
If I’m going to get my
degree, we have to sacri
fice for a while.
DOBSON: Your self-dis
cipline is admirable, and I
hope you reach your goals. A
word of caution is in order,
however.
No amount of success is
worth the loss of your fam
ily. You and your wife are
in a high-risk category for
marital problems.
The bonding that should
occur in the first decade
requires time together -
time that can’t be given if
it is absorbed elsewhere. My
advice is to hold on to your
dreams, but take a little lon
ger to fulfill them. Success
will wait, but a happy family
will not.
Dr. Dobson is founder and
chairman of the board of
the nonprofit organization
Focus on the Family, P.O.
Box 444, Colorado Springs,
CO. 80903; or www.family.
org. Questions and answers
are excerpted from “The
Complete Marriage and
Family Home Reference
Guide” and “Bringing Up
Boys, ” both published by
Tyndale House.
Dr. James
Dobson
Focus on the Family
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Horse drowns in
three feet of water
A boy was sitting on a
park bench reading
his Bible and loudly
praising God. Along came a
man who had recently com
pleted advanced studies in
religion at a local university.
Feeling himself schooled in
the ways of truth and eager
to demonstrate his acquired
enlightenment, he asked the
boy why he was so joyful.
“Hey” replied the boy with
a big smile, “Don’t you have
any idea what God is able
to do? I just read that God
parted the Red Sea and led
the whole nation of Israel to
safety.”
The enlightened man
chuckled softly, then sat
down by the boy to explain
this so-called miracle of the
Bible. “That can all be very
easily explained,” said the
man. “Modem scholarship
has shown that the Red Sea
in that area was only 10
inches deep at that time.
It was no problem for the
Israelites to wade through.”
The boy was stumped. His
eyes wandered from the man
back to the Bible lying open
in his lap. The man, content
that he had enlightened a
naive young person on the
finer points of the Bible,
began to walk off. Scarcely
had he taken two steps when
the boy began to rejoice and
Profit gained by labor brings appreciation
Today’s “Reflection” is a spin-off
from last week’s column. Judging
from the subject, “we’re living the
bug whacker lifestyle,” I am of the opinion
that my thoughts were not adequately
expressed.
Using the: frogs and their hanging
around the bug whacker waiting for their
prey to be zapped instead of putting forth
energy to catch them alive, comparison was
made with people who look for the easy
way to satisfy their desires.
Elaborating on the illustration, my inten
tion was to focus on thd wisdom of a young
friend. In his years of youth, he had devel
oped valuable qualities. He was courteous,
reliable, and took pride in fulfilling his
responsibilities.
Recognizing the lack of ambition evi
denced in some individuals, this young
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exclaimed the boy happi
ly; “God is greater than I
thought! Not only did He
lead the people of Israel
through the Red Sea, He
topped it off by drowning
the entire Egyptian army in
only 10 inches of water!” ...
... The 19th chapter of
Exodus picks up the flight
of the Jewish nation from
Egypt with Pharaoh’s army
in hot pursuit.
“The Lord drove the
sea back by a strong east
wind and made the sea dry
land, and the waters were
divided. And the people of
Israel went into the midst
of the sea on dry ground,
the waters being a wall to
them on the right hand and
on the left.” The Egyptians,
driving chariots and riding
horses, chased after them.
As they entere4 the sea
bed, the Lord made the dry
ground change to mud, clog
ging their chariot wheels and
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praise
louder
than
before.
The man
turned to
ask the
reason
for the
lad’sjubi
lation.
“Wow!”
Note: Powell is current
ly recovering from heart
surgery at the Piedmont
Hospital in Atlanta. For
those wishing to send
cards, the address is Room
373, Piedmont hospital,
1968 Peachtree Road,
N.W., Atlanta, GA 30309.
We will use reprints of
his earlier columns until he
is well enough to resume
writing.
causing them to drive heavi
ly. After the fleeing Israelites
exited to the other side, the
Lord instructed Moses to
stretch forth his hand over
the sea. Immediately “the
waters returned and cov
ered the chariots and the
horseipen and all the host of
Israel. Not so much as one
of them remained.”
Some liberal theologians
believe that the nation of
Israel did not cross the
Red Sea but went across a
marshy area further north
called the Sea of Reeds
where the water was only
about 3-feet deep.
But wait a minute. Didn’t
the scripture say that all of
Pharaoh’s army as well as
the horses drowned? Can
you envision a horse hav
ing to he down in three feet
of water so he can drown?!
Gurgle gurgle!
man expressed the desire
to earn his way through
life. “I want to work for
what I get,” he said. “If I
work for it, I appreciate
it more.
The “bug whacker life
style” is not the way God
intended for humankind
to prosper. Proverbs
13:11, (Modern) might
Earline Cole
Reflections
be revised to read,
“Wealth acquired by the ‘bug whacker life
style’ dwindles away; but he who gathers
by labor incr .tses.”
Frogs can fe et by while depending on the
bug whacker, but eventually they will have
to hop back to work. And, it is with individ
uals who lack ambition, the bug whacker
lifestyle cannot go on forever.
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