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The Bible offers nuanced guidance regarding trust in people, balancing the wisdom of cautious discernment with the commandment to love and serve others. Wisdom and Discernment: The Bible advises using wisdom and discernment in whom we trust. Proverbs 14:15 says, "The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps." This suggests that while it's not wrong to trust, one should be thoughtful and discerning about it. The use of the word steps implies an observational component to trust. We should walk but pay attention to the outcomes of our actions and their impact on others. Trust in God Above All: The Bible strongly emphasizes trusting God above humans. Psalm 118:8-9 states, "It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes." This highlights the idea that ultimate trust should be placed in God, not in fallible people. The misunderstanding here is not that we shou...

Teaching my daughter to read, I discover that the shorter the word the more rules it is likely to break. Phonetics seems to make little since. Digging deeper I discover that the teaching technique for reading is to focus on both memorization & phonetics, leading me to Dolch words. On a side note, I have become a big advocate of sign language as a teaching aid to understanding both in communication & logic. While teaching her Dolch words via flash cards, I notice that giving her a sign helps her remember. She sometimes remembers just the sign and other times the English word. Baffling to me, teaching her more made learning easier & understanding quicker. She knows the 220 Dolch words and should achieve the speed I desire by Christmas before we begin the Dolch Nouns. She is 4 & a half years old. A lot of patience and focus on keeping learning interesting has propelled my daughter who has already read 6 different books on her own (Biscuit, Green Eggs & Ham, Time to Get...

Over the last year, I have strived to teach my daughter to read Dolch words. Turning 5 years old in July 2012, she has nearly completed the 220 Dolch words. Midway thru teaching I noticed that when I taught her the sign for the word her retention increased. For my daughter, teaching both English & sign made reading flash cards more fun & easier. We also read 2 to 3 books a day together as well as work on spelling which seems to be the best way to teach phonetics at her age. I have compiled the Dolch nouns with links to their sign for our final step in Dolch memorization. We will focus on speed and pronunciation till the end of the year on the 220 Dolch words but will begin the 90 Dolch nouns in January. Just click on the name to find the link to the word on Signing Savvy. I will post my 220 Dolch links soon. Note: For "Robin" we use the sign for red & bird. Dolch Nouns apple baby back_1 2 ball 1 2 bear 1 2 bed bell bird birthday boat box boy...

Arming peasants with toothpicks of knowledge does nothing in a battle of swords. When you address the Da Vinci Code, the congregation will not be armed on the argumentation battle field to take on a believer in the Holy Grail. Their opponents will quote false and possibly true historical evidence that will make them question both your integrity and your knowledge of your faith. I would encourage the focus not to be on the facts which are all debatable but on faith. Maybe posing the question “If I could prove Jesus did not exist, would you still believe?” What is proof? What is faith? Proof changes from year to year. Faith is a constant. Our frail understanding of our past and the biased writers who have interpreted past events gives us very unstable “evidence”. Historians can’t agree on what happened 200 years ago much less 2000 years ago. But faith is the evidence of things hoped for. Faith is what makes believers strong not knowledge. Knowledge is a by-product of faith. Faith directs...

I have searched for food allergy information through CDC (Center for Disease Control), FAAN (Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network), FAI (Food Allergy Initiative), NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), AAAAI (American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology), and many other sites. Honestly of all the research I have done this one seems to have the most variance. I couldn't find government issued statistics on food allergies. It seems that the science of food allergies is still progressing and is timid of making bold generalizations. In general 4% to 8% of all children have a food allergy. 90% of these allergies are from the big 7: Milk, Eggs, Soy, Wheat, Peanut, Tree Nut, and Seafood. Around 70% of children grow out of their food allergies before age 5. These foods should be avoided before the age of 1. Of the 350 million people in America only 100 die each year of food allergies. Although food allergies are not much of a death risk, the connection to Ast...

I have read 50 websites of moms arguing over whether drinking bathwater is bad for their child or not. The overall consensus is that it is gross but is it really bad for them. A lot of opinions and misplaced facts seem to be curculating about drinking bathwater and diarrhea. Hopefully this will set your mind at ease. According to the Dr. Sadloer, bathwater has too many unknown chemicals. Soap doesn't seem to be a huge concern but the chemicals from the diaper area could be of concern. [ http://www.babyzone.com/askanexpert/drinking-bath-water ]. Dr Altmann recommends discouraging this behavior, but says you don't need to be too concerned about it. Drinking soapy water could cause an upset tummy. But this is unlikely, most kids spit water out if it has that unpleasant soapy taste. And the amount of soap your child would actually ingest is pretty small considering how much water it's diluted with in a typical bathtub. As far as cleaning products, the amount of chemicals used ...