Helping our Teens Discover their Passions
uAs my daughter approaches adulthood, I encourage her to pray about her future and ask God to show her the dreams and passions He has placed in her heart. I am over at Faith Gateway sharing questions we can ask our teens to help them discover the passions they’ll purse as they become adults.
“Where do you want to go to college?”
“What do you want to do when you graduate?”
These are the questions friends and family are starting to ask my daughter.
I often ask her those same questions, plus…
“If you go to college, do you want to stay close to home or go far away?”
“Do you want to go to a small or big school, one in a city or suburbia?”
She doesn’t have the slightest idea; I’m not surprised because she’s only 15!
Even though I want to have this all figured out now, I’ve committed to telling my daughter that no matter what she does in life, or where she attends college, it will all work out. She need not worry, because God has a plan for her future that is “immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.” As she approaches adulthood, I encourage her to pray about her future and ask God to show her the dreams and passions He has placed in her heart.
I am over at Faith Gateway sharing alternative questions we can ask our teens to help them discover the passions they’ll pursue as they become adults. READ MORE…
Helping Our Teen Daughters Find Their Own Beautiful
To navigate today’s culture and make good choices my daughter will have to decide what she believes about God and His Word and determine who she wants to be. Once she does this, it will easier for her to make choices, based on her values rather than her emotions.
“Finding your own beautiful has a lot to do with deciding what kind of person you want to become.” – Chelsea Crockett
To navigate today’s culture and make good choices my daughter will have to decide what she believes about God and His Word and determine who she wants to be. Once she does this, it will easier for her to make choices, based on her values rather than her emotions.
I am so grateful for role models such as Chelsea Crockett who share what’s it like, as a teen, to do life with Jesus. To hear more about an incredible resource for your teen join me over at Faith Gateway.
Summer Reading: Tweens and Teen Girls
The older my daughter gets, the more choices she’ll make on her own and I want to prepare her. There are a few things I want her to have as she heads into these years and I am grateful that there are resources to help.
It feels like just yesterday that I dropped my daughter off at Kindergarten. As she walked into her classroom with hesitation, my eyes filled with tears. I wondered how she would do in this new environment with strangers. I worried that my shy little girl would have trouble making friends.
I find myself thinking of this as I prepare her for middle school. She has come so far since that first day of school but it doesn’t keep me from wondering if she is ready to navigate the next few years. It’s as if overnight, the game has changed and the stakes are higher than they were in elementary school. Her body is starting to develop, relationships have become more complicated, and the pressure to perform academically has increased.
The older my daughter gets, the more choices she’ll make on her own and I want to prepare her. There are a few things I want her to have as she heads into these years and I am grateful that there are resources to help.
Head over to Faith Gateway and see what books we will be binge reading over the summer as we prepare for the new season that she is entering.
Encouraging Your Teen To Grow in their Faith
It took years for me to learn that getting to know God isn’t hard or boring at all and spending time with Him doesn’t look the same for everyone. There is no one-way to do it. In fact, the way I spend time with God looks different in every season of my life.
When talking to my daughter about getting to know God, I ask her to consider how she became so close with her BBFs. Then I explained to her that it’s not very different from getting to know God.
Join me over at More to Be as I talk about how to encourage your teen to grow their faith.
It took years for me to learn that getting to know God isn’t hard or boring at all and spending time with Him doesn’t look the same for everyone. There is no one-way to do it. In fact, the way I spend time with God looks different in every season of my life.
When talking to my daughter about getting to know God, I ask her to consider how she became so close with her BBFs. Then I explained to her that it’s not very different from getting to know God.
Join me over at More to Be as I talk about how to encourage your teen to grow their faith.