Heart reflections on “B” attitude prompts with psalms

Nov 4

2 min read

Updated: 2 days ago

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On using the ABCs journal

in conjunction with singing the psalms

to record your own heart reflections

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Do you want a better relationship with your child?

God can build that bridge.

So why do many skip over God?

Well, it’s true that you can’t love God whom you can’t see if you refuse to love your brother whom you can see. But we take it too far when we only strive to love those we can see and ignore God as if he didn’t make us for himself, as if he didn’t exist. He gave us his word in the psalms to sing back to him so that won’t happen.

Before you answer, “Do you want a better relationship with your child?” ask yourself, “Do you want a better relationship with your God?” Even if the answer is no to one or both right now, it doesn’t have to stay that way. Seek God and his kingdom first and all these things will be given to you as well.

For each letter, there will be suggested psalms to sing and links to articles on singing the psalms. You can find music and words to each psalm on https://psalms.seedbed.com/psalms-index/. If you have a physical psalter and would like to access tunes, you can use https://psalter.org/.

Note: these posts contain heart reflections on the attitude prompts for each letter that struck a chord with me during a moment in time. On separate occasions, I sat for a few minutes, focusing on a letter of the alphabet each day with our then 16-year-old child: https://www.abcsconnection.com/post/heart-connections-blossom-from-heart-reflections-a-work-in-progress-1

Your experience with the ABCs Journal will vary based on which attitude prompts resonate with you that day and which psalms you sing.

These attitudes bathed in the psalms will flow into all your activities. You’ll notice a shift from focusing only on God’s gifts (your child, for instance) to a deep affection for God himself, the giver of those gifts!

This week, what story will arise from homing in on a few attitude prompts that start with the letter B?

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To be there for your child and truly bond in heart, know that the Lord is there with you and for you. He is your refuge and closest friend especially when relational brokenness threatens to undo you. You can’t help but love others more as you learn to love God most. The Lord is patient and kind to you as he leads you, often in baby steps, all the way home.