Daughter Perseverance Research Paper
A Daughter’s Perseverance has got my attention
Lessons are often taught by our children, and my daughter Macie is teaching me about perseverance because she is restless. Macie will stop at nothing when she knows what she wants. Countless times I have felt like she was a hound dog nipping at my heels. Yes, I have thought of my daughter as a pest considering she can go on and on about the things she wants; yet, perseverance is a quality that the Bible tells us to possess.
Because in Luke 11:5-9 tells a story of a man going to his friend asking for bread. The friend tells him to go away because it is the middle of the night and the family is asleep; yet, the man of the house will end up giving anything to the man at the door because of his friend’s persistent. There is also another example, in Luke 18:1-8 where a widow woman cries to a judge to be …show more content…
I recalled Macie telling me God was giving her a puppy and her faith and perseverance paid off in the end. She loves that puppy and treats it like a baby getting up with it in the middle of the night to answer it cries. I am shocked how well she takes care of the puppy with joy in her heart.
Even though Macie can be annoying with her persistence, I am beginning to see that her perseverance is a strength that I need to admire and not discouraged. Even though I have hated that characteristic about her, it does not mean it is a wrong character to possess. God is for us being persistent. As a parent, it is very easy to try to damage characteristic about our children that affected us. But let’s remember that just because our children have ways and ideas that irritate us, does not mean we should destroy these attributes. Knowing that I do not always think like God, I must remember to always look at what God thinks about my child’s behavior before I try to correct her. I am learning it is not always my child that needs correcting because it can be
Lessons are often taught by our children, and my daughter Macie is teaching me about perseverance because she is restless. Macie will stop at nothing when she knows what she wants. Countless times I have felt like she was a hound dog nipping at my heels. Yes, I have thought of my daughter as a pest considering she can go on and on about the things she wants; yet, perseverance is a quality that the Bible tells us to possess.
Because in Luke 11:5-9 tells a story of a man going to his friend asking for bread. The friend tells him to go away because it is the middle of the night and the family is asleep; yet, the man of the house will end up giving anything to the man at the door because of his friend’s persistent. There is also another example, in Luke 18:1-8 where a widow woman cries to a judge to be …show more content…
I recalled Macie telling me God was giving her a puppy and her faith and perseverance paid off in the end. She loves that puppy and treats it like a baby getting up with it in the middle of the night to answer it cries. I am shocked how well she takes care of the puppy with joy in her heart.
Even though Macie can be annoying with her persistence, I am beginning to see that her perseverance is a strength that I need to admire and not discouraged. Even though I have hated that characteristic about her, it does not mean it is a wrong character to possess. God is for us being persistent. As a parent, it is very easy to try to damage characteristic about our children that affected us. But let’s remember that just because our children have ways and ideas that irritate us, does not mean we should destroy these attributes. Knowing that I do not always think like God, I must remember to always look at what God thinks about my child’s behavior before I try to correct her. I am learning it is not always my child that needs correcting because it can be