She slammed the door She slammed the door again I went to the garage grabbed a hammer and a screwdriver and walked to my daughter rsquo s room Calmly I whispered ldquo Sweetheart You have to learn to control your temper rdquo And then I removed her door from the hinges and carried it to the garage My hope was that removing the door would help her remember the importance of self-control In Proverbs ndash the wise teacher invites readers to accept God rsquo s discipline The word discipline could be translated ldquo correction rdquo As a good and loving [... more]

It was a lightning storm and my six-year-old nbsp daughter and I laid down on the floor to watch the dazzling display through the glass door She kept repeating ldquo Wow God is so big rdquo I felt the same way It was obvious to both of us how small we were and how powerful God must be Lines from the book of Job flashed through my mind ldquo What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth rdquo Job Job needed to be reminded [... more]