[Faith-talk] FW: [FriendshipCenter] Temperature Control

[Eric Calhoun]

Original Message: 
From: "Kliphton" <kliphton at gmail.com>
To: "Kliphton" <kliphton at gmail.com>
Subject: [FriendshipCenter] Temperature Control
Date: 
Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:58:34 -0500

The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness
will be quietness and confidence forever.
Isaiah 32:17
                    
When you enter a room -- whether it's a Sunday School class, a company
meeting or maybe a lunch event -- it's usually not very hard to gauge the
mood of the place. It's warm, it's cold, it's engaging, it's distant, it's
comfortable, it's stuffy. 
                    
Anybody can be a thermometer. 
                    
But as Donna Otto, founder of Homemakers by Choice, shared with us one
day on our radio broadcast, we are not called to be thermometers in our
homes but thermostats. 
                    
That's because thermostats don't just read the temperature. They guide
it. They determine how warm or cool the home environment will be. 
                    
In the same way, parents determine whether a home environment will be
fun, peaceful, authentic, full of grace. Will it be a quiet sanctuary from
the hard press of life? Will it be a place of joy and celebration and
fellowship? 
                    
Many parents today feel helpless in adjusting the climate of their home.
They feel as if they can't control the predominant tempo and rhythm of the
day. They've grown weary of fighting the TV-watching, video game-playing,
tuned-out isolation of individual family members. In the process, far too
many homes have lost a sense of purpose and direction. They've become
little more than random activity centers, with no grown-ups willing to set
the tone. 
                    
I encourage you to counter the frantic, frenetic pace of modern life by
creating an environment that limits the endless noise of bustle and
commotion. Train your children to be still and read a book, to interact, to
ponder and to create. 
                    
Don't be a thermometer. Set the temperature. 
                    
Discuss
Take a look at the thermometer -- what is the climate in your home? Now
name some of the things you love best about the way your home operates.
Talk about how you two can reset the temperature of your home.
                    
Pray
Ask the Lord to unite your family around similar convictions. And where
you meet pockets of resistance, pray for the determination to keep pushing
for your principles.

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