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Leaving an Emotional Legacy
by Dr. Gary Chapman
The most fundamental emotional need of children is the need to feel loved. Other significant emotional needs are the need for security or safety, the need for self-worth or significance, the need to belong or be accepted, the need for productivity or accomplishment.
When these needs are met children grow up to be healthy adults.
When these needs are not met, children grow up with many internal struggles which often follow them for decades.
Each of us is leaving our children an emotional legacy. The legacy we leave depends largely on how we meet the emotional needs of our children.
It's a huge responsibility.
Article written by Dr. Gary Chapman. Based on the book, The Five Love Languages of Children, by Dr. Gary Chapman and Dr. Ross Campbell. Published by Moody Publishers.
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Hope for Broken Dreams
by Linda Rooks
We are the brokenhearted. And the powerful God of the universe wants to heal our wounds.
Hope squeezes through the taut sinews of our fear and leads to life when we place our pain in the hands of the Creator. In his hands the brokenness of our hearts becomes fresh, warm clay that he molds into something beautiful and new.
Only our Creator has the power to transform our pain into hope.
But you must linger with him. Keep your eyes upon his face, his words within your heart. Let his love hold you above the shards of broken dreams.
Run to him now. Surrender to God the broken pieces of your heart. Let him hold you in the shelter of his arms. Let him carry you through the barren valley and along the road to springs of living water where hope resides.
Content for this article comes entirely from the book Broken Heart On Hold by Linda Rooks. Published by Integrity Publishing.
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