Welcome to Nancy Wilson's Femina Podcast. Before we get started, I wanted to mention one of our favorite books from Nancy, Learning Contentment, A Study for Ladies of Every Age. We tend to think being stressed out is a normal state

of affairs and that contentment means sitting back and just bottling things up.

For the Christian however contentment is something we must apply, work at, and make our own in every circumstance, because anxiety and frustration are not neutral behaviors.

In learning contentment, Nancy looks to the Bible and Puritans like

Jeremiah Burrows, Samuel Rutherford, Thomas Watson, and Charles Spurgeon to help us develop the practical spiritual strength and the perspective that comes from contentment's deep satisfaction with the will of God.

Find it today at cannonpress.com or listen to it on the feminine podcast. This is Nancy Wilson. Thanks so much for joining me today.

Today we're going to pick up verse 5 of 1 Corinthians 13. We're going to continue talking about Christian charity or Christian love as we extend

it to our children.

And so today, verse 5, love does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks

no evil.

All right, first of all, love does not behave rudely.

The King James says, does not behave itself unseemly.

I love that.

Does not behave itself unseemly is not rude.

How many times, ladies, have you seen mothers

behaving in an unseemly manner, displaying rude manners toward their children, speaking loudly, counting, tapping

their foot, blaming, arguing, threatening, and losing control in public.

You are annoying me, I'm never bringing you with me again, I'm going to count to five. You know, on and on, and it's so embarrassing, right? Where do you think the children learn to roll their eyes

and talk back and disobey, et cetera?

It's often sadly, they learn it from their mothers.

And I've seen mothers make fun of their children

in front of other women, openly embarrassing

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