Thorburn Family

Polite Moments is a little gem, well worth every penny of the $12 or less you’ll spend to obtain it.  This is a series of little booklets put into one precious book.   The five booklets were:  General Topics, Visiting Other Families, Working For Others, How To Be A Servant, and Learn To Do Things.  From small children to adults, anyone can benefit from reading these short and specific instructions.  

I have started carrying the book around with me for 2 minute refreshers while we are waiting for the next thing to happen, like lunch to be put on the table.   Most are a half-page in length.   Every instruction is loaded with Scripture references & specific application anyone could understand.  Each helps me remember that striving to be authentically polite & loving is not a matter of a checklist of do’s and don’ts, or stuffy formality, but rather knowing (and applying) what is fitting, considerate, appropriate, and how to fulfill the law of Christ in every relationship.  We really need it! . 

There are over 100 topics/lessons.  Here are  just a few:
Never Cause Fear To An Older Or Weaker Person
Ask–Don’t Inform
“I Keep Under My Body”
Learn Through Respectful Questioning 
Look At People When You Are Talking To Them
Always Use People’s Names
“Endure Hardness”
Daniel Purposed In His Heart

Oh.. so many more!   In the last section, “Learn To Do These Things,” they have a short blurb on each quality that one should learn to be able to accomplish all the previous ones, such as:  Learn To Control Your Thoughts, Learn To Listen, Learn To Sit Still, Learn To Deny Yourself, Learn To Be Content, Learn To Be Pleasant, and Learn To Fear The Lord, etc.  

Outstanding stuff, cute sketches, and you can tell these people live in the nitty gritty of daily life by the examples and application they give.   This book is “do-able” and not an undertaking.  Bite sized pieces but full of wisdom.  Polite Moments is available through Plain Path Publishers.   Enjoy!