Debbie W. Wilson

Refreshing Faith

How to Really Love Your Child

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One look at my son and I knew it had been a terrible day. At lunch, he’d tried to open his ketchup packet and some had squirted across the table startling a fellow kindergartener. She yelled at him drawing all eyes onto my self-conscious child. He’d turned aside so no one could see his unbidden emotions.

We’d just moved to our fourth state in four years. Our children slept on floor mattresses as we waited for our house to be finished and the rest of our belongings to arrive. My son’s distress wrenched my heart. I wanted to protect him from pain, but I couldn’t tag along to school.Continue Reading

How Important Is a Dad?

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When I was studying counseling, I was amazed to learn the lasting impact a father can have in his children’s self-perception and view of God. This information didn’t mean much to me until I participated in an evaluation.

First, we filled out evaluations on how we viewed God. Later, we filled out the same evaluation, but this time it was in relation to our earthy dads. The results stunned me. Continue Reading

Is Self-Confidence Over Rated?

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What do Moses, Gideon, and Jeremiah have in common? Did you know that all of these mighty men of faith struggled with self-doubt when God commissioned them? If success depended on self-confidence, these men would have failed. Self-confidence feels good, but is it over-rated?

What do we do when we find ourselves drowning in a pool of inadequacy?

Ask for help:

Challenges don’t have to be momentous to bring out our weaknesses. I rode to a party with someone who said she was directionally challenged. “My friend told me to learn to trust myself and to quit relying on my GPS,” she said. Her friend, no doubt, had a natural sense of direction. After it was past the time we should have arrived, she called someone to check her course. She discovered we were headed in the opposite direction of where we wanted to go. I was glad to know I’m not the only one who does that!

Paul, writing in regard to spiritual gifts, said: “3Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought,Continue Reading

A Salute to Moms

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Faster than a speeding bullet with x-ray vision and superhuman strength, the man of steel with the blue cape has entertained many with his amazing heroic feats. We are all familiar with Superman’s superior traits, but have you considered the amazing traits given to mothers everywhere?Continue Reading

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