I like to take scripture and make it into prayers for my children. It’s a skill I’ve just recently developed in the last few months and wish I would’ve figured out sooner. I think anyone can do it. I liked how the verse reflected sibling unity and having confidence in the gospel. I found this verse out of my own Continue Reading →
Today my children decided to decorate our home for the Fall season. I guess they got tired of waiting for me. Well, they certainly didn’t do it the way I would’ve. It most definately doesn’t look like a page out of a magazine like I wish. Notice all of the accumulated stuff on top of our arcaic TV? Notice the Continue Reading →
As I sat in a special room of my house the other day, I read the question posed in a Family Fun magazine article, “How do you teach your children gratefulness?” Well that got me thinking…how DO I teach my children gratefulness? The way I see it, teaching gratefulness cannot be done without teaching compassion at the same time. They Continue Reading →
As I was reading over some History stuff with my children today, we discussed Habakkuk. Habakkuk was a prophet in the Bible, but yet unlike any of the other prophets, Habakkuk didn’t write to any people at all. He wrote to God himself. In Habakkuk 3:17-19, the prophet prayed a hymn of faith. He structured his prayer in this manner: Continue Reading →
I am taking a poll. A local MOPS group has asked me to speak on parenting and they are wide-open on what I talk about. Those are pretty broad parameters. Any suggestions on what you think I should share about?
The Driver, Mini-Me and I are headed to H*iti at the end of this week. We are leading a team there to help get an orphanage off the ground. Not sure how–if at all–I will be able to post, but here is the link in case you are interested. http://journeyintohisheart.blogspot.com/
I have been struggling this week. I have been working through some things that I should have mastered by now, but a bit of Should-itis has snuck up on me. I never really finished explaining to you what Should-itis is and the story of how I discovered it in my life and how I beat it. I’ll get back to Continue Reading →
In our town, we have a movie theatre that shows free kid movies a few days a week during the summer months. This is the summer we have taken advantage of that. Usually we see the movie and that’s it. We don’t buy popcorn and we don’t stop to play on the kids play area outside the theatre. One, we Continue Reading →
Forgiveness –verb (used with object) 1. to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve. 2. to give up all claim on account of; remit (a debt, obligation, etc.). 3. to grant pardon to (a person). 4. to cease to feel resentment against: to forgive one’s enemies. 5. to cancel an indebtedness or liability of: to forgive Continue Reading →
For the past few weeks, I have had the pleasure of having two extra children in my home. Yes, that would make 7 children for more than just a few hours. In fact, it was more in a lot of ways. More clothes to wash and fold, more food to prepare, more shoes to trip over, more hugs of comfort Continue Reading →