I have been blessed with four intelligent, beautiful and independent daughters.

This was my goal!

This was my desire.

I never wanted them to suffer the heartache and stress I had experienced.

I prayed, I worked hard to make sure they had a good stable life.

We went to church every Sunday as a family. Something I never experienced as a girl growing up. My daddy would not go.

I failed though to show them love and affection. I didn’t know how.

They never wanted for anything. Not an extremely luxurious life, but an extremely blessed life.

I had never known love and affection. My mother did not know love and affection. Only anger and frustration.

My mother worked hard to met our basic needs. She did everything for me and my brother. Everything she did was to provide us with opportunities she never had, but she didn’t know how to show affection.

“Things” without love only produce confusion, resentment and constant fear of rejection if performance doesn’t met expectations.

Let your loving be greater than your providing and giving. Let your love be supportive and encouraging, but also filled with the discernment of the Holy Spirit – not your desires!