Refrigerator Art

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Refrigerator Art

A voice came from heaven: “You are my Son,whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” Mark 1:11

Ellen, a thirty-four-year-old mother of three, enrolled /in an art class /at a local community college. One day her instructor announced that [the assignment /completed on the first day of class] would be included /in a notebook //that was to be a major part of her grade.

“May I do another project?” Ellen asked the instructor /in an anxious voice. “I don’t have the first one /anymore.” The instructor asked [what had happened to the earlier work]. Ellen replied /with a trace of pride /in her voice, “It’s on my mother’s fridge.”

Though your relationships with your children naturally change /when they become adults, it doesn’t mean that you stop [being parents]. You can still look for ways /to honor the achievements of your grown kids, to affirm their positive choices, to show your pride /in the men and women () they’ve become. When you do, you’ll find yourself developing new levels of mutual appreciation and respect /with your maturing sons and daughters.

If our heavenly Father chooses [to part the heavens]/ to announce His pleasure in His Son (Mark 1:10–11),

we can certainly make the effort /to celebrate the accomplishments of our own children.

You might start /with that empty space /on your refrigerator door.

Before you say good night…

How will you show your grown kids [that you’re still proud of them]?

In what ways have your parents affirmed you /as an adult?

How did those affirmations make you feel?

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Father, critical, dishonoring words seem to slip so easily from our lips. By the power of Your indwelling Spirit, help us by our words and deeds to build up, encourage, and celebrate our children…and each other, too, as husband and wife. Amen.

• From Night Light For Parents, by Dr. James & Shirley Dobson
  Copyright © 2000 by James Dobson, Inc. All rights reserved.

achieve; 1. to succeed in reaching a particular goal, status or standard, especially by making an effort for a long time

              2. to succeed in doing something or causing something to happen

              3. to be successful

목표를 노력하여 성공적으로 이룬다는성취의미

성취감 sense of achievement

achievement;

1. a thing done successfully, typically by effort, courage, or skill.

"to reach this stage is a great achievement

2. the process or fact of achieving something.

"the achievement of professional recognition"

accomplish; to succeed in doing or completing something 일을 완수한다는 의미가 추가됨

accomplishment;

1. something that has been achieved successfully.

"the reduction of inflation was a remarkable accomplishment"

2. the successful achievement of a task.
"the accomplishment of planned objectives"

3. an activity that a person can do well, typically as a result of study or practice.
"long-distance running was another of her accomplishments"

한글정의

achieve; 달성하다, 성취하다

accomplish; 완수하다, 성취하다

둘다 성취하다 뜻이 있으므로

성공적으로 이룩하는 성공면을 논하자면 둘다 쓸 수 있지만

complete 완수한다는 의미로 쓴다면 accomplish 를 써야한다