Open Gifts
Open
Gifts is dedicated to the process of opening ALL the gifts God has
placed within us, even the ones that make us unique (translation:
sometimes quirky).
We all love gifts from
God. At least we love them when they’re what we've always
hoped for and wanted. But Carol Barnier believes that we miss many of
God's greatest gifts in ourselves and in our children because we fail
to truly OPEN THE GIFTS.
- In
the case of our children, we’re much more likely to take the gift
of a child and place him on a shelf to admire and to compare to all the
children God has given to others. We want this gift box of ours
to take on the shape we’ve seen in others, something familiar,
something typical. We're uncomfortable when our gift box isn't
quite like all the others; when this child doesn't act, or think or
learn like other children.
- In
the case of ourselves, we want our gifts to look exactly like the gifts
we see in other women. We don’t want our uniqueness to
shine through. We don’t want our differences to be
noticed. In taking these approaches we often step off the plan for
which God designed us.
Carol encourages her
audience to see that these differences ARE the gifts…and to
plunge into the delicious process of opening the gifts sent to us by
our heavenly Father, learning to use our uniqueness to live out the
wondrous plan made on our behalf.
Carol Barnier
I'm
a speaker. Some authors are truly writers who also speak. But at heart, I'm a
speaker who occassionally writes. I love to speak. I would rather speak than
eat, sleep or bathe. I speak all over the country, primarily at homeschool
conferences. But I have many talks that would work well at other events,
particularly women's groups, MOPS, women's leadership programs...and I would
love to speak to these groups as well. So if you are in a leadership
position or know someone who is, please consider me for one of your upcoming
programs.
Additional Resources:
The Myth of Equal Time
Free on
line coaching community for families who have a highly distractible
child. It's called Sizzle Bop and can be found at www.SizzleBop.com You get a lot when you
join this group. Check it out.
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