The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-17
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Many Families Find That by Letting
God Be Boss, They Are Much Happier

bors. but with the standards Of
Christ-absolute honesty. absolute
purity. absolute unselfishness and
absolute love.
outwardly we are still the same
average home, average income.
average children-and yet how
Different John still leaves early
for the office but that's not the
first adventure Of the day. We
believe God has a plan for this
average American home, 30 we
spend time first thing in the
morning, listening to him. One
morning He told me to apologize
to my husband for losing my tenn
per. I had often been ashamed Of
my stubbornness, but always had
been terribly afraid to apollo
gize. having gone on the as
sumption that II I didn't assert
myself and get my own way. my
husband and the children would
take advantage of me and get
theirs. But to my surprise when
I took down my defcnses he took
down his, and there began between
us = new era Of open cooperation
instead of secret competition.
SONS TwITCH DISAPPEARS
One change was that the chill
dren became different when we
became different. Billy's nervous
twitch. which the doctor said
might be permanent. has disap-
peared. / had wanted them to be
model children, first 30 that the
neighbors would look on me as a
model mother. and secondly be-
cause they were less trouble that
way. But now that I have stopped
imposing my will on them. they
are free to be the sort OF children
God wants them to be.
One day they were qusrreling
over who should wear a certain
fruit basket as a helmet. Both
were determined to get their own
way. As we sat down 10 listen
to God. the air bristled with an
tagonism. After a moment, two
friendly little faces looked up at
me. God says Billy's to have the
hat" said Susan. Ladies first,
Is what I thought Of" said Billy.
So the rest Of the morning was
spent happily taking turns with
the treasured fruit basket. It re-
minded me Of the 10-year-oid son
Of friend OF mine, who said, IF
you want to stop war In the world,
stop war in the home"
World decisions spring from a
million breakfast tables. 1t Is
still a miracle to me how much
more time we have over ours. In
stead OF the old hectic rush we
have time to enjoy each other and
the children. The breakfast table
for the family, the schools and
the office, and we are already
seeing the results.
Everyone has noticed the new
spirit In the office. John was
promoted by his chief. who told
him he was able to do 1t because
he had learned to get on with
people. Five others in the office
are trying MRA--which means
five other breakfast tables DIFF
ferent.
HONESTY IN SCHOOL LIFE
Billy Is bringing a new honesty
into his school life. For instance,
one day he apologized for wrongly
accusing a boy Of taking some
one else's paper. The mother,
school official. felt that this spirit
Of honest apology must be In
corporated in all family life, and
asked me to cooperate with the
school in bringing such a spirit
to the homes Of the other children.
We used TO pass as n very
happy family but that Is not
enough. Now we have found real
happiness which we can pass on
to other families. In this way our
home can become a pattern of
what the home life of America
must be II we are to lead the