reveal this to you if you are honest with Him and yourself. How we as parents need to learn to be pa tient, kind and tenderhearted. Re member how that while we were unlovely in ourselves, Christ died for us. In the Greek there are three words for love. Eros is that which is base and sometimes even sen sual. This is the type of love about which the sentimental and fickle songs of the world are written. The next is philos which is a love of kindredship and interest. Hence stamp lovers are called "philatel ists." The highest form of love is
and in too many ways reminds me of him. It is hard for me to love h im ." This is unfortunate. The mother needs to ask the Lord to forgive her and to give her divine love for the boy. We should rec ognize that a child who needs love the most is sometimes the one who will apparently, on the surface, re ject it. It has been shown that when a little child begins to deceive there is a reason for it. He wants to gain a higher status with those whose love he desires. Ask yourself, "What is there in my life which may be creating tension?" The Lord will
"Some of the characteristics of little children should be emulated in humility by many of us."
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