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Remembering\u00a0this is key to having a great marriage.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2015-10-20.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You\u2019ve heard it said that one of the most important things you can do for your kids is to love their mother or love their father. Joanne Kraft says, \u201cIt\u2019s good to show them, from time to time, that you love each other.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>What we would do, when the kids were younger\u2014we called it \u201cRed Light \/ Green Light.\u201d\u00a0 So, if there was a red light, we would kiss. If it was green, they\u2019d get a pass. My husband would slow down if it was yellow. I\u2019d have all my four kids yelling: \u201cOh, it burns. I just threw up in my mouth. I\u2019m going to be sick.\u201d\u00a0 And so, we are affectionate. My daughter once took a picture of Paul and me in the car, and it\u2019s just us holding hands in the car\u2014those things stick with a child. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Tuesday, October 20<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We\u2019re going to talk today about the tough side of being a mom, but we\u2019ll talk about the tender side too. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tStay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. You know, I kind of wish somebody had sat down with Mary Ann and me, back before we had kids and said: \u201cListen, I know you want to be reasonable as you raise your children; but here\u2019s what\u2019s going to happen\u2014your kids are going to try to convince you that reasonable means something different than you think reasonable means. [Laughter] They are going to try and convince you that\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It\u2019s the mob. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>What\u2019s reasonable to the mob is not going to be reasonable to a parent. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>They are going to say: \u201cCome on, Mom\/Dad. Be reasonable.\u201d\u00a0 You\u2019re going to start to feel like, \u201cWell, maybe, we should just relax a little bit.\u201d You begin to wonder whether your standards and your values are wrong or not. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I think a lot of parents cave in from reverse peer pressure from their kids. That\u2019s\u2014frankly, we felt it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe peer pressure hits your kids, and then, they put the full-court press on you. <br>\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have a guest, who is nodding her head. She is the author of <em>The Mean Mom\u2019s Guide to Raising Great Kids<\/em>. Joanne Kraft joins us again on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Welcome back, Joanne. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>Thank you for having me. I\u2019m so happy to be here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Joanne and her husband Paul live in Nashville. They\u2019ve been married since 1997\u2014have four children. She is a speaker, a writer, author of a number of books. I just\u2014I want to go back to how you and Paul met because you were a police dispatcher. You and Paul shared some similar experiences that put you together and, ultimately, put you <em>permanently<\/em> together. Share that story with our listeners. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>Well, when my husband and I met\u2014he was the police officer that worked the graveyard shift that I worked at the police department\u2014I was the 911 dispatcher. We met over a homicide call\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Wow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>\u2014which I\u2019m not sure that will be the story that my children share at our 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary; you know? [Laughter] But yes, God was working even then\u2014that\u2019s how we met. My husband likes to tell people that\u2014well, first, he likes to tell people that he arrested me, which is a lie. So, if you ever meet him\u2014again, that\u2019s not true\u2014but he does tell people that: \u201cI was used to her telling me where to go. So, why not marry her?\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Neither of you, at the time, were walking with the Lord; is that right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>No. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>When the two of you met?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>Absolutely no\u2014no. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You came to faith while you were a police dispatcher. Was his spiritual journey influenced by yours?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>I believe that\u2019s definitely the case. We met, and we were hard-headed heathens. That first year, after we got married, a lot of things happened in our lives\u2014and a lot of hard things happened in our lives\u2014especially, consequence from sin and going through the divorce\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014and including my mom \/ she got sick. My grandfather died. My mom was diagnosed with cancer. We lost a baby. It just seemed to be over, and over, and over again. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Did you wonder whether you were going to be a single mom again for the second time?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>Oh, before\u2014even before that\u2014absolutely!\u00a0 I\u2019m the only divorce in my family. Women say things all the time: \u201cI want to be this,\u201d or young girls: \u201cI want to be this when I grow up.\u201d Who says, \u201cI want to be divorced\u201d?\u2014nobody says <em>that<\/em>. I was the only one [in my family to divorce]. Later, when I was married, I remember somebody saying to me: \u201cWow, Joanne, I remember thinking, \u2018A mom with two kids? Ain\u2019t no way anybody\u2019s ever going to marry her again!\u2019\u201d\u00a0 I thought, \u201cWow, other people were even thinking of that.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>But God makes all things new. I love that Scripture in Isaiah\u2014Isaiah 43:18-19: \u201cDo not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing.\u201d\u00a0 That is my life, and He has made our family seamless. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOnly He can do that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And you, in the process of giving your life to Christ, found out how to really love, especially how to love your husband. What are some ways that you found for a mom, who is in the throes of raising a big family, who has found ways to freshly love her husband?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>Well, I\u2019ll tell you\u2014in my book, in the first section, I talk about the different elements of a mean mom. I had to include marriage in there because it is fundamental. Every family is only as strong as the marriage inside of it. Paul and I have been very good about taking time together; but the two parts that I could really kind of talk about in detail in that chapter really were two things that kind of were highlighted in my life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe first one was: \u201cWas I being a blessing or a burden to him?\u201d\u00a0 The stories that I share in there happen to be about these times when we were at a soccer\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014like an end-of-the-year soccer pizza party. I was supposed to bring the coupon for the half-off pizza. There was a long line of people, and my husband is like, \u201cOkay, where\u2019s the coupon?\u201d\u00a0 \u201cOh, I forgot it!\u201d\u00a0 He\u2019s like, \u201cOh!\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cWell, I\u2019ll go run\u2026\u201d He\u2019s like, \u201cI don\u2019t want to make everybody <em>wait<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019m like, \u201cOh, I\u2019m sorry.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, a few hours later, we\u2019re at the grocery store. It is like, \u201cWell, Joanne,\u201d\u2014we ring up a turkey \/ he\u2019s like\u2014\u201cwhy did we have to pay for the turkey?\u00a0 I thought we got the free turkey with our\u2026\u201d\u2014I messed that up. It\u2019s like on, and on, and on\u2014I wasn\u2019t paying attention \/ I wasn\u2019t focusing on ways that could really bless him. That made a huge difference in our marriage. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI mean, confessing to him: \u201cI\u2019m sorry \/ forgive me,\u201d\u2014he said, \u201cYou know, Joanne, I\u2019m having a hard time seeing where you\u2019re being that help to me.\u201d\u00a0 That just pierced me\u2014so, that was one of them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnother area that I speak of in here, too, is\u2014women, our minds\u2014we\u2019ve got stinkin\u2019 thinkin\u2019 in our heads. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur minds are working a thousand times. You could say one thing, and I\u2019m thinking you\u2019re saying a million other things. So, where do our thoughts about our husband dwell?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI use Philippians 4 as an example: \u201cWhatever is noble, whatever is true, whatever is lovely,\u201d\u2014and I think it goes on to say\u2014\u201cif there is anything at all praiseworthy, think on these things.\u201d\u00a0 Just changing your thoughts\u2014and what I mean by that is\u2014let\u2019s say your husband leaves his socks on the floor. Instead of focusing on: \u201cHe left his socks on the floor for the 80<sup>th<\/sup> time!\u201d\u2014change your thinking and go: \u201cYou know what?\u00a0 He got to work today. He went to work again. He doesn\u2019t complain about it.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0I encourage the women: \u201cYou know what?\u00a0 Where does your mind camp?\u00a0 Where does your mind dwell?\u201d\u00a0 With Paul, it could be something as big as: \u201cYou know what?\u00a0 He provides for our family so I can stay home with the kids.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You use the phrase in the book\u2014you talk about taking negative thoughts captive. As you are aware of a negative thought, instead of letting that thought control your behavior, you control the thought; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>Absolutely. So, what I do now\u2014even in little things. My husband leaves out my vitamins <em>every<\/em> <em>single<\/em> <em>day<\/em>\u2014he is faithful!\u00a0 He is a faithful vitamin man! I look and I\u2019ll go\u2014when he\u2019s travelling and my vitamins\u2014sometimes, he\u2019ll even leave them for a couple of days for me \/ that\u2019s sweet to me. I try to focus on those things\u2014encourage women\u2014because those [negative] thoughts grow into bitterness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes, and I want to go back to one of your illustrations that you used, where your husband said you weren\u2019t being the help that he needed you to be. You kind of brushed by that, but there are a lot of women who would be defensive at that \/ they would recoil from that. But your response, as I heard you tell the story, was you were teachable. That\u2019s the mark of humility. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA great wife and great mom is one who never loses her ability to admit she was wrong, and to ask for forgiveness, and then\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014as you went on to illustrate\u2014change your behavior \/ change what you are doing, at that point. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and you guys also feel like it\u2019s important for the kids to see that Mom and Dad love each other and to see it lived out specifically and passionately; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>Yes!\u00a0 Well, actually, we\u2014I know what you are getting at! [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You actually try to gross out your kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>Well, we started this game\u2014but what we would do, when the kids were younger\u2014we called it \u201cRed Light \/ Green Light.\u201d\u00a0 We basically renamed that game that we used to play on the lawns, as kids. So, if there was a red light, we would kiss. If it was green, they\u2019d get a pass. My husband would slow down if it was yellow. I\u2019d have all my four kids yelling: \u201cOh, it burns. I just threw up in my mouth. I\u2019m going to be sick.\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 So, we\u2019d play that game \/ so, we are affectionate. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy daughter once took a picture of Paul and me in the car, and it\u2019s just us holding hands in the car\u2014those things stick with a child. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>Those things stick. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, how is loving, and helping, and being a blessing to your husband, and taking negative thoughts captive\u2014what does all this have to do with being a mean mom?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>Well, I\u2019ll tell you\u2014you need a strong parenting partner. I\u2019ve been a single mom. My heart goes out to single moms\u2014they have got a task. Even when you\u2019re married, in a healthy relationship, you\u2019ve got a task at hand. So, it builds up your relationship. You\u2019re a united front because you need him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I\u2019ll tell you one thing, with women\u2014and I talk about her as being one of my marshmallow moms\u2014\u201cPenny Putsthekidsfirst-Everytime\u201d\u2014there is no good man that is going to tell his wife: \u201cYou know what?\u00a0 Don\u2019t put the kids first.\u201d\u00a0 No good man is going to do that. So, it really is up to us, as the women, to say, \u201cHey, you know, it is bedtime\u2014time to get to bed.\u201d When your kids are little, you do control their bedtimes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhile I understand you may not be able to get a sitter every night, you can put them to bed for a while. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You also believe that God listens to the prayers of mean moms. Barbara and I used to talk about this as we raised ours. We expressed to one another\u2014we felt like God felt sorry for us. He felt sorry for a helpless parent who doesn\u2019t know how to address an issue with a child; or sometimes, it\u2019s a panic situation like you had at a waterpark?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>It was at\u2014specifically, for those people in Texas\u2014it was Schlitterbahn. It was over Fourth of July weekend\u2014so you can imagine the crowds. We were visiting, and our whole family was watching this boogie board kind of extravaganza going on. The Beach Boys music was loud; you know?\u00a0 You couldn\u2019t hear each other talk. I looked down, and I started counting kids\u2014I count three. Well, I have four. I realized that Grace was missing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>How old would she have been at this point?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>Goodness, I would say about six\u2014maybe. She was young. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>She was little. This is what I talked about\u2014with having wisdom and discernment\u2014when the Lord gives it to you. There were a lot of rides around. Gracie\u2014I just knew that I knew that I knew that she had gone this\u2014what was their river ride. She was too little for it\u2014and though we had a pool, and she was used to wading around, and swimming\u2014but not that kind of thing. I yelled to my husband, \u201cI think Gracie is over there.\u201d\u00a0 I <em>pushed<\/em> myself to the front of the line. I got all the way up to the front, and the wave took me in. I remember a woman telling me, one time, \u201cWhen you are scared, pray.\u201d\u00a0 I remember thinking, \u201cHow are you going to pray when you\u2019re scared and afraid?\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, all I could think to say, when I was in this ride, was: \u201cLord, put your angels around my daughter. Lord, please keep my daughter safe.\u201d\u00a0 It was a mantra in my head. I couldn\u2019t have any consistent thought-out prayer, but that\u2019s what I just kept praying. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI had taught my children, when they are lost, to find a grandma. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy the time I got to the end of the ride, I couldn\u2019t find Grace. My daughter, Meghan, had come up behind me\u2014I didn\u2019t know she had got on the ride to help me. She pointed out, \u201cThere she is.\u201d\u00a0 Well, I ran over to this grandma my daughter had found. I started crying. I put my arms around her, and I said to this woman\u2014I said, \u201cThank you.\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cI prayed that God would put an angel around her.\u201d\u00a0 I said, \u201cMa\u2019am, you are an angel.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, at that time, everybody came in; and we had this big family hug. I\u2019m crying. Well, I turn around to introduce my husband to this woman; and she was gone. I didn\u2019t think anything of it because it\u2019s a Fourth of July crowd. I thought, \u201cWell, she had her thing to do.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLater that evening, I was watching fireworks with Grace; and we were on the blanket. She couldn\u2019t get close enough to me the rest of the day\u2014I mean, she was attached to me. My little girl started talking to me. I said, \u201cHoney, tell me about what happened earlier today.\u201d She said, \u201cWell, Mom, I was reaching for the ledge, and I couldn\u2019t reach for it \/ I couldn\u2019t get to it. All of a sudden, this woman said, \u2018You\u2019re okay.\u2019 She grabbed me and pulled me out of the water.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe woman looked at Grace and said, \u201cWhat\u2019s your name?\u201d\u00a0 She said, \u201cMy name is Grace.\u201d\u00a0 The woman said to Grace, \u201cYour name is Grace because the grace of God is with you.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, I\u2019ll tell you something\u2014my daughter was too young to make up that kind of thing. I about fell over. Now, I don\u2019t know what happened there that day, but I believe God answers prayers. I love what John Piper says\u2014John Piper says that: \u201cUntil we understand that life is war, we won\u2019t understand what prayer is for.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes, and I would just add a great promise for any parent who has got something that\u2019s really troubling them about a child\u2014because we undoubtedly have some, right now, that are dealing with a situation that is out of control. Maybe, it\u2019s not a lost child at a water park; but just a spiritually-lost child. Romans, Chapter 8, verse 26, says, \u201cLikewise, the Spirit\u201d\u2014that\u2019s the Holy Spirit\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014\u201cthe Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know what to pray as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words\u2026\u201d That\u2019s what you were describing\u2014you were saying, \u201cI was compelled to pray; but it was completely capturing me, and I was afraid.\u201d\u00a0 Well, in those moments, the Holy Spirit promises He will pray for us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA mom has to cultivate her relationship with Jesus Christ. I remember Barbara really struggled over having quiet times\u2014finding a time to be able to pray, to get alone, to be able to get a few moments just to bring her children before God and pray for them. How do you do that?\u00a0 How have you learned\u2014especially in those early years, when you\u2019ve got a bunch of youngsters around the edges of your feet and grabbing a hold of your legs, and you just can\u2019t seem to get away from them?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>It is tough when your kids are younger\u2014that\u2019s the truth. Thankfully, the Lord didn\u2019t mind going into the bathroom with me a couple of times\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014and Charles Spurgeon has been in there as well \/ and Oswald Chambers. But I think, as far as\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Not your bathroom?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>Well, in book-form, they have been in my bathroom. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Joanne: <\/strong>Because a mom with small kids\u2014you know, it\u2019s very hard to say, \u201cHey, you need to set aside 20 minutes a day.\u201d\u00a0 Now, I mean, that\u2014in a perfect world, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI had a woman once say to me, \u201cJoanne, maybe, you should pray to have a little time.\u201d\u00a0 I thought she was crazy\u2014\u201cPray to have a little time.\u201d\u00a0 Well, sure enough, I thought: \u201cI\u2019m going to try this. I\u2019m going to pray.\u201d\u00a0 I said: \u201cLord, I don\u2019t have time for You today, and I\u2019m sorry. I\u2019m running around crazy with four kids.\u201d\u00a0 Sure enough that day, guess who slept for two hours?\u2014like all my kids. There must have been a gas leak, but\u2014no, it was the Lord. I know I was supposed to have time\u2014He gives it to you \/ He created time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut with prayer\u2014with my kids\u2014sometimes, it\u2019s like putting out fires. Sometimes, there is a child on your heart, and they just take all your time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou were\u2014you can\u2019t think \/ it\u2019s constant with them. What I do with my kids is\u2014I do keep a prayer journal. In the mornings\u2014but my kids \/ now, remember, my kids are older. So, I have more of this time; but I do write my prayers down about my children. There are some that have starring roles in my journals more than others. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s true of some of God\u2019s kids too. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You know?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We don\u2019t all struggle the same. To that point, how have you passed on, not merely the truth about God, but your experience of God and your relationship with Christ to your kids?\u00a0 How have you done that, practically-speaking?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>I learned, early on\u2014it\u2019s not words \/ it is actions. It\u2019s modeling \/ it is letting them see. They are watching when I wish they weren\u2019t; but it\u2019s admitting\u2014and some of the moms shared in my book\u2014one mom had just spoken to me so much. She said, \u201cThere is nothing that leaves a better, lasting mark than asking forgiveness\u201d\u2014you know\u2014\u201cwith your kids.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember our son\u2014we\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014my husband and I\u2014like I told you, we are spiritual late-bloomers. So, we forget some of the movies that\u2014back in the day, you thought were so great, 30 years ago. We put something on with our son in the room, and I had to ask his forgiveness later. I said, \u201cSon,\u201d\u2014we turned it off. I\u2019m thinking: \u201cI was the one who put that in front of you!\u00a0 I\u2019m sorry. I\u2019m really sorry about that. I\u2019m going to be a better job at figuring that out.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, those are the things that I think make a huge difference\u2014modeling it, let your kids watch you, and be a part of your life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and they know your story. They know what your background was. They know there has been a transformation in your life. They may have only known you in the post-Christ era of your life,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014but they know there is a background there. You haven\u2019t kept that hidden from them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanne: <\/strong>No. God really hasn\u2019t allowed me to do that too much, but I\u2019ll say with my kids\u2014and for those moms that are listening that maybe have just recently met Jesus and their kids are older\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I had a little bit of that with my oldest two. They remember us being different before. So, sometimes, parenting can be hard when, all of a sudden, you have a different idea about things that they\u2019ve just been eight \/ ten years doing something different. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAll I can say to those parents is\u2014and I share about this in my book\u2014I talk about it. It\u2019s a Scripture out of Zechariah, where he encourages Zerubbabel\u2014I may not be saying that right\u2014but Zerubbabel to rebuild the temple, \u201cDo not despise the days of small beginnings.\u201d\u00a0 I believe it is Zechariah 4:10. I think, as a mom\u2014even as a new Christian\u2014do not overlook those small things. In Nehemiah, when he rebuilds the wall, it wasn\u2019t all boulders he was rebuilding with all the men. It was little pebbles. So, I encourage moms to start anywhere\u2014God loves to see us begin. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>He does. I think, for every parent listening to us right now, you need to hear Paul\u2019s words to the church at Thessalonica\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u20141 Thessalonians, Chapter 2\u2014I think it\u2019s verse 7 and 8\u2014it says, \u201cBut we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.\u201d\u00a0 He goes on to say\u2014this is what you\u2019re really demonstrating here\u2014he said, \u201cSo, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you, not only the gospel of God, but also, our own selves because you had become very dear to us.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI know this speaks to a generation, right now, who are raising young kids. They like <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> because we talk about authentic Christian living\u2014not done by perfect people\u2014but people who make mistakes, and who repent, and who ask forgiveness of a child or of their spouse\u2014and we walk them through the process. That\u2019s what I hear you talking about\u2014it\u2019s not that you\u2019ve boasted in being perfect, but you\u2019ve boasted that God, in His redemptive power in your life, transformed you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe\u2019s still transforming you, and you\u2019re passing on that same hope to them. Why?\u00a0 Because you know they\u2019re going to need hope, along the way, that they need to be transformed as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>If a mom is going to be the kind of mean mom that you\u2019re encouraging moms to be\u2014and mean, in a good sense \/ with boundaries and with discipline\u2014there has got to be that kind of relational trust. There\u2019s got to be love. There\u2019s got to be transparency in the family. You talk about all of this in your book, <em>The Mean Mom\u2019s Guide to Raising Great Kids<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I\u2019d just encourage our listeners\u2014go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen that says, \u2018GO DEEPER,\u2019 and look for Joanne Kraft\u2019s book, <em>The Mean Mom\u2019s Guide to Raising Great Kids<\/em>. Again, go, online\u2014FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014to find Joanne\u2019s book and order it from us, online. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can also call 1-800-FL-TODAY if you\u2019d like to order the book. That\u2019s 1-800-358-6329\u20141-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I think what we\u2019ve talked about today\u2014I think all of us, as parents, need fresh reminders. We need fresh courage and just\u2014we need somebody cheering us on to stay in the game, to stay with it, not to be worn down by the kids who want you to go soft on them, but to do what God\u2019s calling you to do, as a parent. Our goal, here at FamilyLife, is to equip you with practical biblical help and hope because we believe that can transform a marriage \/ can transform a family. It\u2019s our mission, here at FamilyLife, to effectively develop godly families because we believe godly families can change the world, one home at a time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank those of you who partner with us in this ministry\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014those of you who are monthly Legacy Partners\u2014we are grateful for your regular support. And those of you who will, from time to time, make a donation\u2014thank you, as well, for partnering with this ministry. More than 65 percent of the money we need to operate <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> comes from folks, like you. So, hearing from you is important for this ministry to continue. We\u2019re grateful for your support. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can make a donation, online, today at FamilyLifeToday.com. 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We do appreciate your partnership with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we hope you can join us back tomorrow. We\u2019re going to talk about chores. We\u2019re going to talk about why chores are important, even when your kids are saying, \u201cOh, Mom!\u201d\u2014why you make them clean their room and do the dishes. We\u2019ll talk more about that tomorrow. Hope you can be here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today. 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