#adopt

Moses was getting to know God as Jehovah-Rohi, his Shepherd. Like a shepherd, God would feed and lead Moses as he led the people of Israel. “I will be with you,” God said earlier. What music that must have been to Moses’ ears! He took this promise by faith and thus was able to step confidently into his life purpose. “He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young…” –Isaiah 40:11. ↗

— Beth Willis Miller

#moses #shepherd #age

Moses needed to learn that God was Jehovah-tsidkenu—the One who is righteous and the source of true acceptance. The staff was symbolic of Moses’ life. God was asking him to let go of it—to give complete control to him. When Moses picked it up, it was no longer his life but the very life of God…Just like Moses, until we yield control of our lives to Jesus Christ, it is impossible to see ourselves through God’s eyes. Try as we may, we will never see our worth through accomplishments or the opinions of others. (from Under His Wings: Healing Truth for Adoptees of All Ages) ↗

— Beth Willis Miller

#healing #truth #age

Listening to Eddy describe his relationship with our mom seemed to indicate that what I feared would be my reality. He never talked poorly about our mother, but he was as honest and sincere as he could be. In a way, he was almost defensive of her to us – trying to help us understand what life had been like for her, so that we could comprehend the choices that she had made. ↗

— Janet Louise Stephenson

#birth-mother #dysfunctional-relationships #family-drama #family

What is less often noticed is that it is precisely the kind of moral instruction that parents are constantly trying to give their children — concrete, imaginative, teaching general principles from particular instances, and seeking all the time to bring the children to appreciate and share the parent's own attitudes and view of life… The all-embracing principles of conduct ↗

— J.I. Packer

#fatherhood #god #sermon-on-the-mount #attitude

Jews are the intensive form of any nationality whose language and customs they adopt. ↗

— Emma Lazarus

#any #customs #form #intensive #jews

The outstanding people realized that the job involved more than just writing a good strategic plan. It was also important that top management should understand the plan and be prepared to adopt it. ↗

— David C. McClelland

#also #be prepared #good #important #involved

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#another #anything #child #children #else

'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say. ↗

— Dick Morris

#agenda #american #american politics #animate #disarm

Teach your children how to behave with animals. Adopt a pet. Don't go buy one. Please. That's a sin. Let's get these puppy mills out of business. ↗

— Shelley Morrison

#behave #business #buy #children #get

They had always dreamed of a large family but have now realized that they would be equally blessed to have even one child. ↗

— Jane Green

#child #children #dreams