The Wonderous world and works of God

The New King James Version (Psalm 19:7–11)

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul;

The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart;

The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;

The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever;

The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

More to be desired are they than gold,

Yea, than much fine gold;

Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Moreover by them Your servant is warned,

Scripture … is the only revelation of the mind and will of God available to us. This is what the finality of Scripture means to us; it is the only extant revelatory Word of God.

See also: Children; Parenting

The typical parent spends less than one hour per week in meaningful interaction with each of his or her children.

George Barna

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

Socrates

We never know the love of a parent until we become parents ourselves.

—Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher

The parent must convince himself that discipline is not something he does to the child; it is something he does for the child.

James Dobson; James C. Dobson

 2   If a child can’t learn to obey a parent who is visible, he’ll never learn to obey a God who isn’t.

Chip Ingram

Effective Parenting in a Defective World (2006)

Chip Ingram

Grandparents are parents who have a second chance.

Anonymous

John Murray

When God put Adam and Eve in the garden, He did not put them there to sit and look at each other and to hold hands. He said they were to take care of the garden. You remember that—they were given something to do. Some people believe that work is a result of the curse, but that’s not true. The idea is abroad that the man who works is a boob, and that work is only for fools—but God made us to work.2

A. W. Tozer

And in keeping them there is great reward.

The Wonder of God’s Word

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Theodore Roosevelt

A lot can be achieved by an ounce of talent and a ton of hard work.

John Blanchard

They say hard work never killed anyone, but I figure: why take the chance?

Ronald Reagan

Theodore Roosevelt

In time you may perhaps find that most of the work of the world is done by people who aren’t feeling very well.

Anonymous