Time for the September Giveaway
September 11, 2010 by jillnovak
Filed under Giveaways, The Remembrance Press Blog
We’re excited to bring you another great Remembrance Press Giveaway. This time we’re giving away seven, yes (7), Most Cherished Lessons audio workshops for mothers and daughters (description below).
Here’s what you have to do to win. Tell us about one of the most memorable lessons you have learned in life. What was it? And who was involved in teaching it to you? This is open to mothers, daughters and grandmothers.
We will pull the winners’ names midnight, September 20th.
Cultivating a Teachable Spirit for Daughters:
What is your attitude toward receiving instruction from your mother? This isn’t a question you may normally ask yourself, but the answer will determine if you are teachable or not. In this workshop, Jill and Claire Novak will show you why you should treasure your mother’s wisdom and knowledge above anyone else’s and how to develop a teachable spirit towards her instruction. See how viewing your mother as your greatest friend and mentor will allow you to graciously receive her God-ordained council and enable you to safely navigate through life’s sometimes confusing path from girlhood to womanhood.
Girlhood’s Most Cherished Lessons for Mothers:
You are the greatest curriculum your daughter will ever study. Yes, girlhood is a priceless training ground with many opportunities to teach your daughter the lessons for becoming a godly woman — the most important being “caught” and not “taught.” So what kind of teacher are you? Are you approachable or too busy? Gentle or harsh? Physically warm and nurturing or brusque and distracted? Jill Novak will encourage you to catch the vision for gently mentoring your daughter through spontaneous everyday moments or planned activities. Make the most of this precious season in your daughter’s life as you both learn from Girlhood s Most Cherished Lessons.
May God richly bless you,
Jill
ultivating a Teachable Spirit for Daughters
Dear Daughter,
What is your attitude toward receiving instruction from your mother? This isn’t a question you may normally ask yourself, but the answer will determine if you are teachable or not. In this workshop, Jill and Claire Novak will show you why you should treasure your mother’s wisdom and knowledge above anyone else’s and how to develop a teachable spirit towards her instruction. See how viewing your mother as your greatest friend and mentor will allow you to graciously receive her God-ordained council and enable you to safely navigate through life’s sometimes confusing path from girlhood to womanhood.
Do I comment what I learned of do I send it through mail..email? Please let me know I would love to summit.
Thanks, Kassie
God is bigger than my difficulties. On more than one occasion of having misplaced something and needing it right now so we could get out the door, my three children and I paused and prayed for God’s, Who sees everything, help. Within the minute one of the children would find our missing object! Again we’d stop and give thanks. Every time this happens I am moved to tears as I am once again reminded that there is NO aspect of my life that God does not have control over, or care about. I am able to face the tougher issues of life with more confidence as I remember God loves me.
This is not really a lesson, but is good advice that I have gone back to time and time again, it’s a simple saying, “It’s not what’s coming at me, but what’s coming out of me.” It allows me to ask the question am I glorifying God in my actions and responses in all situations.
I am still seeking God everyday for wisdom. So far the best thing that I have taught to my daughters is that modesty IS important and that wearing long dresses seams to bring out the gentlemen around you. More will see you as the lady that you are.
One of the most valuable lessons my mother taught me was to make my husband my best friend and confidant. It has served me well in my marriage and I’m thankful for her example with my father.
Patience truly is a virtue. We have had the most trying of times for a year, and I have been humbled, stretched and required to learn patience. I have felt God’s guiding hand as He has taught me this virtue in so many ways. I think He often sends his teaching through others, and it has come not only from Him, but from my children and my friends as I have learned to step aside from myself. I have learned to see a bigger picture, to see hope, and to know that He is in charge – not me. He knows the right timing, the whole picture. Learning to have patience and rely on Him has been my greatest life lesson.
Looking forward to this giveaway!!! God Bless!
The most memorable lesson on my mind right now is not to try to do everything. One cannot do everything that could or even should be done. We have to look at life with the filter of our priorities in mind. Do the first things first I guess is one way to put it.
I learned this lesson in College when Life became quite full and crazy. I see this playing out often in my life now and in raising my daughter and son.
My grandmother taught me to look at the glass as half full. She told many stories of growing up with very little in occupied Holland during WWII, yet she and her family always focussed on what they did have and chose to be thankful. They were also constantly looking for ways to help those who were worse off. I now try to cultivate a sense of contentment in my own children.