Raising Boys and Girls Podcast: How to Be a More Hopeful Parent
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With everything we have going on as parents, being hopeful is not something we typically focus on. But hope anchors the soul! Join Sissy Goff, David Thomas, and Melissa Trevathan this week as they share why it’s so important to be a hopeful parent.
Connect with Sissy, David, and Melissa at raisingboysandgirls.com
Connect with Minno at podcast.gominno.com
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Books, Podcasts, Blog Posts, and Resources Mentioned in the Show
Jon Reddick – God Turn It Around
Quotes, Questions, and Helpful Information
What you are feeling is normal.
You are doing a great job.
When you don’t believe those things, that’s when you stop feeling hopeful.
One of the things that block hope is comparison.
Comparison is the thief of joy. – quote
Comparison is also the thief of hope. – Sissy Goff
Struggling builds resilience . . . for our good and His glory.
Another thing that blocks hope is loneliness or isolation.
Every parent needs a team. Find other parents who will tell the truth about the things that are hard.
Have parents on your team that are 5 to 10 years ahead of you.
We need voices speaking truth to us as parents.
Pain and failure block a sense of hope for parents.
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Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Romans 5:3-5 NIV
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3 Intentional Practices:
Make a chart for hope (Romans 5:3-5).
Create a hope list.
Find your people.
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The path to hope comes with a lot of heartache in the process but in it, He grows good things. – Sissy Goff
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Parents let us laugh together by telling tales of the idiocy of these tall children. Laughter diminishes problems by granting a blessed release and a realistic perspective. Let’s talk seriously too—exchange advice, discover how very common after all is all that we thought bedeviled our family alone. And let’s pray out loud. For each child by name, and for the parents. Because God is the God of teenagers too. God is the one parent that shall not be superseded.
Walter Wangerin
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Anchoring Truth: Melissa Trevathan
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Oh! May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope! Romans 15:13 MSG
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“Green Hope” is a hope that has a source and is growing.
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But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait eagerly for it with patience and composure. Romans 8:25 AMP
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Hope is a life-giving energy.