Post by Daniel Forster I love the feel and smell of old books. I’m in the middle of reading one right now. It has a plain brown cloth cover, with small gold letters on the spine: THE CHILDREN FOR CHRIST ———— ANDREW MURRAY Inside the cover, there’s a note from 1952, when my great great grandfather gave the book to his youngest daughter. There’s another note from 2006 when my […]
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More Than You Can Handle
Post by Daniel Forster Whoever said “God won’t give you more than you can handle”? When you’re taking care of little people, every day feels like more than you can handle. You’re making progress on something in the kitchen, only to find that in the last 10 minutes of silence, a misguided helper has dusted all of the family room furniture with flour. You worked hard to make a fun […]
Read More →Nine Benefits of Trials
As a thirty-year-old dad of four little kids, I consider my trials insignificant when compared to the hardships of others I know. Some people deal with demanding leadership roles, persistent health issues, and life-threatening diseases on a daily basis. My trials are small things like getting up to help a sick child in the middle of the night, picking up toys and books off the floor, or those times when I […]
Read More →Courtship in Our Real World, Part 2
Did you enjoy the first part of Susannah and Peter’s courtship story? I am so glad she’s taking the time to get it written down! It is such a testimony of God’s love and grace! One of the things I think we’ve learned — after spending a total of at least five years of our lives overseeing courtships and engagements — is this: We don’t write our children’s love stories. God […]
Read More →Small Seeds of Faithfulness Grow into Large Trees
Last month, I had the honor of spending two weeks with Pastor Sujoy and his family in India. I and the others on my mission team worked beside him teaching computer and English classes, caring for kids, teaching them about the Bible, and sharing the gospel with villagers in the beautiful Sundarban Islands. Pastor Sujoy, a stocky, serious, yet cheerful man, is the driving force behind multiple Christian ministries in […]
Read More →Raising Children Who Help
A large family can be a powerful army. I know because I was part of such an army not too long ago. Before the Forster kids started going off to college, jobs, and marriage, we worked together a lot. We organized parties and church events. We showed up to help families move. We staffed the family business. We tackled huge cleaning projects. We could knock out painting and building projects […]
Read More →Dates with Daddy
It’s usually a spontaneous decision. When dinner is over, I’ll tell one of my girls (age 2 and 4) to hop in the car with me for a quick “daddy date.” This proposal is usually met with much excited bouncing, looking for shoes, and deciding which dress to wear before we set off on our adventure (which usually involves searching for ice cream in some form :-). In the car, […]
Read More →Because He Loves Us
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called the children of God; and so we are” (1 John 3:1). Our “baby” is getting married in 4 more days! The young man she is marrying loves her. It’s been such a delight to watch him studying her and finding out what she loves and what will please her. He discovered her love of […]
Read More →In the Way WE Should Go
There is no way we can raise children who love and follow Jesus if we’re not loving and following Him. Our children can’t follow us somewhere if we’re not going there ourselves. If we love Jesus, we’ll want to listen to Him. If we listen to Him, we’ll love Him even more. And if we truly love Him, that love will spill out onto our children, and draw them to […]
Read More →If I was a perfect parent…
Hi there. This is Daniel posting today while Mama goes crazy helping Susannah plan her wedding. You’ll probably hear from me more often over the next few weeks 🙂 If I was a perfect parent… I could stay up late at night taking care of my babies and never get tired. I would never get impatient or lose my temper. Whenever they cried, I would instantly know what they needed. […]
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