Value and Worth
Dear Mr. Hamby,
I first heard you speak last year at the GHEA Convention in Atlanta, GA. I was very impressed with your seminars And bought several of your tapes. My husband listened to them and was so impressed with your message of grace he wouldn't let me have the tapes back for the longest time. He listened to them in his car so many times he had parts of them memorized. This is very unusual for him. I believe what you teach about handling our kids with grace is true in my heart, but it doesn't seem to be working with my 7 year-old son. We have three children-a 9 year old daughter, 7 year old son, and a 5 year old daughter. Our son is out of control behaviorally. He can be the sweetest kid in the world one minute and explode with anger over something incidental the next. Away from home he is an angel. At home he hits, claws, pushes, and generally hurts the girls if he thinks one of his sisters is doing anything at all to hurt him or slight him. If his 5 year old sister finishes her school work first, he throws a fit. If I ask him to make his bed he says he needs help. He has made his bed well plenty of times without me. He will then refuse to do anything I say. He no longer respects me. He has kicked me, hit me, and screamed at me in the middle of one of his fits. After listening to your tapes I tried enabling him to obey me as often as I could but this is not working. I spend so much time dealing with his misbehavior I don't get things done I need to get done such as school work (we homeschool) and housework. I am so frustrated. Does grace not work with all kids in all circumstances? Nothing I have Tried seems to work with him.
Any words of wisdom for me???
Thank you for your ministry,
Please help.
Dear Parent:
I've included a picture that I would like you and your husband to view and ponder. I tried to pay $60. for this crock at an auction. When the auctioning began the bidding started at ten thousand dollars! It then went quickly to $26 thousand dollars! You should have seen me sitting in my chair, PARALYZED! I had undervalued the worth of this crock. And as a result I gave a very low bid. I devalued something of great worth! When our children are valued—children of great worth, they begin to reflect the value placed upon them. Some thoughts to ponder.
Mark
