Perhaps more important than throwing a party for or presenting
a gift to a child who is leaving is giving the child's classmates an opportunity to express their feelings.
An outright
gift to a child who is 18 years or older — or anyone other than a spouse or common - law partner — is not subject to this rule.
Not exact matches
Kids are encouraged
to choose what
to give based on what they've already used in their own classrooms, so that they can actively share their experiences with the
children who will be receiving the
gifts.
For people
who plan ahead and make annual
gifts during their lifetime
to children and grandchildren, this can be an effective tool in reducing the size and tax bills of future estates.
I aim
to get at some of the theological underpinnings of that unease in language that may seem unfamiliar or even unwelcome, but it is language that is grounded in important Christian affirmations that seek
to understand the
child as our equal» one
who is a
gift and not a product.
11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how
to give good
gifts to your
children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good
gifts to those
who ask him!
Partnering with organizations like WorldReach (
who allows you
to sponsor
children) and Charity: Water (
who lets you tell your friends
to donate instead of getting you a birthday present every year) or finding a cause like ending human trafficking, supporting education or assisting the homeless can represent more than just one - time
gifts or temporary passions.
We can thus accept with humility the special
gifts mediated
to us through those
who are His homosexual
children, our brothers and sisters whom we can not and would not disown.
We are not serving
gifts of stone or snake for the
children who ask, there is only a Father of Lights handing out bread
to the entire hillside, this is a party.
God is not serving
gifts of stone or snake for the
children who ask, there is only a Father of Lights handing out bread and wine
to the entire hillside, this is a party.
Little by little, though the irresistible development of those yearnings you implanted in me as a
child, through the influence of
gifted friends
who entered my life at certain moments
to bring light and strength
to my mind, and through the awakenings of spirit I owe
to the successive initiations, gentle and terrible, which you caused me
to undergo: through all these I have been brought
to the point where I can no longer see anything, nor any longer breathe, outside that milieu in which all is made one.
It advises lawyers
to draft special exclusions from the Wills Act 1837, which allows
gifts to pass
to the
children of an heir
who has died, because this is not recognised in Islamic law.
The international Christian charity revealed that 11,012,840 parcels - packed with toys, toiletries and school supplies - were donated
to vulnerable
children who might otherwise not have received a
gift.
After giving us his illustration of prayer, Jesus concludes his general advice
to persevere in prayer with this promise (cited above in part): «If you then,
who are evil, know how
to give good
gifts to your
children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit
to those
who ask him!»
«God makes a
gift of revelation, not
to the erudite theologians but
to the uncouth,
to the
children,
to those
who, with filial spirit, are able
to say Abba opens the Kingdom» (Jeremias, 1974:142).
For us
to receive this
gift of salvation, we must BELIEVE and RECEIVE the
gift from Him, «Yet
to all
who receive Him,
to those
who believed in His name, He gave the right
to become
children of God.»
This attitude is at complete variance
to that behind Natural Family Planning (NFP), wherein a couple
who have reason
to space their
children accept the
gift of sexuality exactly as it is stamped in the human person by God and do not treat their fertility as a problem
to be expunged by technology.
I will look from the other side — at what it means
to be a
child who is a product rather than a
gift.
«If you then,
who are evil,» Jesus said (Mt 7:11; cf. Lk 11:13), «know how
to give good
gifts to your
children, how much more will your Father
who is in heaven give good things
to those
who ask him.»
But it is not just creation alone which groans; we
who have the Spirit as the first of God's
gifts also groan within ourselves as we wait for God
to make us his
children and set our whole being free.
Luke 11:13 (NIV): «If you then, though you are evil, know how
to give good gifts to your children, how much more will YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM!&raqu
to give good
gifts to your children, how much more will YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM!&raqu
to your
children, how much more will YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM!&raqu
TO THOSE
WHO ASK HIM!»
If you sinful people know how
to give good
gifts to your
children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good
gifts to those
who ask Him.
If you then, though you are evil, know how
to give good
gifts to your
children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit
to those
who ask him!»
He does not passively sit by awaiting our imaginations
to be enlivened by misty - eyed images of a cosmic Santa Claus
who gives
gifts to every
child because none are bad.
Here the figures of speech, the examples selected, and the persons addressed all belong
to the villages of Galilee — the savorless salt thrown into the street, the one lamp that lights the whole household, the village blasphemer with his string of profanity and terms of abuse, the temple pilgrim offering his one
gift, the village judge and the jailer, the local ruffian swift
to strike, the king's man or garrison officer
who compels the peasant
to carry his baggage or
to yield up his own cloak, the sinner's field wet with the same rain that falls on his righteous neighbor's, the local tax collector, the birds of the air and the lilies of the field, the
child asking
to be fed, the fruitful trees and the unfruitful, the wise and foolish house - builders.
If you then,
who are evil, know how
to give good
gifts to your
children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things
to those
who ask him!
Parents are urged
to develop an atmosphere of mutual respect;
to communicate on levels of fun and recreation as well as on discipline and advice;
to allow a
child to learn «through natural consequences» — that is, by experiencing what happens when he dawdles in the morning and is permitted
to experience the unpleasantness and embarrassment of being late
to school;
to encourage the
child and spend time with him playing and learning (positively) rather than spending time lecturing and disciplining (negatively), since the
child who is misbehaving is often merely craving attention and if he gets it in pleasant, constructive ways, he will not demand it in antisocial ways;
to avoid trying
to put the
child in a mold of what the parent thinks he should do and be, or what other people think he should do and be, rather than what his natural
gifts and tendencies indicate;
to take time
to train the
child in basic skills —
to bake a cake, pound a nail, sketch or write or play a melody — including those things the parents know and do well and are interested in.
The Church thinks that loud bands, trendy vicars, comfy seats,
child minding and a cafe will bring um in, give me a break, when I first got the call, the Church then was cold, hard pews, poor lighting, a choir
who thought they were Gods
gift to the world, toffy nosed upper classes
who looked down their noses at me and the divorced, but I didn't care, I loved it and joined in the singing except when it was in latin.
11If you then,
who are evil, know how
to give good
gifts to your
children, how much more will your Father
who is in heaven give good things
to those
who ask him!
In part, of course, this is because it sets out the fundamental theme of your memoir: a wife
who can not seem
to become pregnant,
who knows the story of Hannah and Samuel and prays that, if she is given the
gift of a
child, she, too, will dedicate her
child to God's service.
Psalm 127:3 —
Children are a
gift from God
who personally creates every life, ergo no conception is ever an accident You're adding your own spin
to it.
Luke ch11: 13 «If you then, though you are evil, know how
to give good
gifts to your
children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit
to those
who ask him!»
Sadly you also throw around the term «
child abuse» with a cavalier looseness that suggests you don't have the foggiest idea what
child abuse is... it's a shame abused
children everywhere can't write in and tell you about their trevails at the hands of an abuser... Jesus Christ was no abuser... if I'm wrong about Jesus, he was at least a Rabbi
who loved his followers, and
who taught, peace, compassion, forgiveness, and inclusiveness... If I'm right, Jesus is the most amazing, wonderful
gift GOD could ever give
to his beloved creation... in either event, belief in him, and sharing those beliefs with
children is not abuse, it's loving and nurturing fact based belief, not mythology...
After all it is not difficult
to understand the value of
gift dimension for people
who know the growing experience, for example of a
child.
In this context, most Christians continue
to hold up as an ideal for all
who can reach it, a faithful union of a woman and a man
who love each other and are open
to the
gift and responsibility of
children.
Its authors, both of them mothers
who have experienced infertility in their own marriages, have laid bare many of their own crosses and experiences
to support others
who may be suffering through the absence of the
gift of
children — that crowning
gift of marriage — in their lives.
if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good
gifts to give
to your
children, how much more shall your Father
who is in the heavens give good things
to those asking him?
Abstinence is good
to teach our
children that sex is worth waiting until marriage... But if there are any Christians
who dare try
to ruin sex, you are ruining the
gift that God gave humanity
to express love, and the bible says in I John 4:8 «Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is LOVE.»
Though it is difficult
to raise
children in what might be called a «gender - neutral environment», part of the antidote
to the current gender - laden environments in which
children tend now
to be raised is this view of the work of the Spirit in giving
gifts as the Spirit chooses, which encourages those
who are the teachers and guides of the young
to observe the emerging qualities of spirit in each
child and
to bring those qualities
to full flower rather than trying
to redirect any «alpha» qualities in women or «beta» qualities in men towards any «norm.»
The misuse of God's
gift of sexuality is the issue, for this applies just as much
to those
who gratify their desires outside of marriage (which for some reason many do not have an issue with) as it does
to LGBTQ,
child predators, etc..
This moment of getting the silver dollar, from a man
who seemed
to gift them purely for the joy of watching
children's faces light up, is one of my indelibly printed memories of Hanukkah.
Just as Linus had high expectations for the arrival of The Great Pumpkin
who would generously give
gifts to children around the world, I anticipated an abundance of brown sugar and spice in the pumpkin cinnamon rolls I baked for this Halloween.
In all the folk rituals where
gifts are solicited, from Roman times on, cakes have been given
to children,
who represent both our past and out present.»
None of the parents knew that their beloved and winning coach — this glib, engaging soul
who had lived with and among them,
who had so generously baby - sat their kids, taken the youngsters
to movies and bought them expensive
gifts — had undergone more than five years of treatment in two state mental hospitals for
child molesting.
The story is appropriate for all
children and adults
who desire
to understand the
gifts of love and family created through the adoption process.
New Voices commissioned the production company, Footpath Pictures,
to make the documentary, which offers insight into daily school life for
children who are hampered in their speech or mobility but
who have good academic potential, and some of whom are
gifted.
For a lovable, jolly old man
who brings
gifts to children, Santa sure is a contentious figure.
Once I recognised that my
children could no longer fit any more handmade toys or crochet blankets in their bedrooms and we had run out of friends and relatives
who could receive handmade
gifts, I knew I had
to find an outlet for my creativity.
Some uses for them: — Force your
child to get attached
to one as his security bunny / bear / alien — Attach
to the outside of a store - bought baby
gift to make it more personalized — Place on a shelf in your house
to remind yourself that you can make things besides babies — Give
to your mom as a reminder that she is the mommy and you are the
child who still wants her approval
While breast milk is known
to offer an array of benefits
to infants, including supplying vital nutrients, several recent studies have revealed that women
who choose breastfeeding after pregnancy may be giving their
children the
gift of more than just a steady food source.