"Pritchardisms"
aka Triggers
If you've ever read Psalm 22, then you know it starts out,
"My God, My God, why have
you forsaken me?". It was written hundreds of years before Jesus said
those exact words while hanging on the cross. Many scholars believe when Jesus
spoke those words, He was referencing the entire Psalm; a Psalm known well to
all of the Jews present. So when He said,
My God, My God...
everyone present heard all of what we now know as Psalm 22 - a great prophecy
fulfilled in Jesus' death on the cross.
In a similar way we have tried to come up with phrases (many of which we've
stolen from others) that when spoken reference an entire teaching we have given
our kids. In a statement, we are able to preach a sermon so to speak, to our
kids. For instance, when we are leaving our kids in the care of someone else,
like a babysitter, we will say,
make it easy on the person in charge. They know that one line means so
much more. Making it easy means
listening to the directions of the one in charge.
Making it easy means being helpful when
appropriate. Making it easy means doing
those things that are already part of their normal routine. And
making it easy means anything not
covered by the instructions already given; anything that will make life easy on
the person in charge. Rather than preach a sermon before leaving, we simply say,
make it easy on the person in charge.
Our kids hear the rest!
We are going to periodically share with you some of our favorite triggers. We
would love to hear some of the triggers you use. We'll leave you with another of
our favorites we say when our kids our leaving us,
remember who you are,
and remember whose you are.
A quick reminder that while we are apart to make decisions based on the person
they are, not the people they are with. It is also a reminder of who loves them
and claims them, not just their mom and dad, but their heavenly father. So as we
close this entry we bid you farewell with these words...
remember who you are!