LeAnn 4 Minute Read How else will our girls learn how to be ladies if we as mothers don’t model and teach them? Since I’m not counting on the world to have too much positive influence on my daughter, I want to be proactive, constantly looking for places and ways where my girl can work alongside me, so she can learn by doing.
Jennifer Miles 5 Minute Read While I had spent weeks buried in my own plans, He had been patiently waiting for me to just seek Him with all my heart. How often do I wait until I’ve tried everything in my own strength that I can think to try, before I finally turn to God and seek Him with all my heart?
LeAnn 4 Minute Read As my kids played in the sandbox later that afternoon, their daddy and I sat on the edge with our toes in the sand. We couldn’t help but observe all the other kids who were like those little girls: playing at the playground and making memories, but not with their parents…
Jessica Telian 6 Minute Read From the moment we found out we were pregnant with our first little one, we knew we wanted to have a homebirth. Many of of our close friends had had their babies at home and since there weren’t any factors prohibiting it (high-risk pregnancy, etc.), it was almost a given.
But then…the unforeseen happened.
Elisabeth Adams 5 Minute Read I was practicing the spiritual gift of service for years before I realized what it was. But I can tell you from experience that serving out of my own strength just doesn’t work. I over-commit. I run out of energy and enthusiasm. And sometimes I even grow resentful of those I set out to help. I must serve God, not needs. I must let Him assign the tasks.
Guest Author 3 Minute Read I scold, I hold, I praise, I reprimand, I instruct, I look. I do this and I do that. And yet, is it ever enough? Are my kids feeling my love? Are they feeling my care? Are they learning to obey? Are they learning to trust Jesus? Are they learning right from wrong and how to make good choices? Am I doing enough for them, with them? Is it good enough?
Theresa 2 Minute Read If my son would refuse to nurse day after day, he wouldn’t grow. My milk is his fuel for growth. Just the same way, if we don’t read the Word, we won’t grow in the Lord. The Word is the fuel in our Christian walks.
Kindred Grace Team 3 Minute Read A girl has a great influence over a boy, and every girl should realize that fact, and she should always try to use it rightly… Those sisters who are loving and kind and true are more than repaid for any sacrifice they may make, for there is no blessing greater than a loving, manly brother.
Guest Author 3 Minute Read Sometimes we just need to take time to do a “reality check” in our homes. We have to remind ourselves, “What does the LORD require of me?” Perfection, in this season of life, in our houses, in our homeschools, and in ourselves, is not going to occur!
Some homeschooling moms have this idealistic vision of a Proverbs 31 homeschooling mother who rises while it is yet early and prepares a large, nutritious hot breakfast for her family, (complete with homemade bread, she never buys “store-bought!”) then has time to devote an hour to the Lord in prayer and Bible Study (whoops! Make that two hours, an hour for each!) and then has the house all sparkling clean by 8:00 to start homeschool!
Kindred Grace Team 2 Minute Read Though I speak with respect and honor, if I don’t have love in it all, I speak vainly.
Although I may hear and understand my parents, and have faith enough that they’ll make the right decisions, if I show no love to them in the rough waters, I am nothing.
And though I lend a helping hand around the house, and give of my time to be of service, if I don’t have love in doing it, it doesn’t benefit me anything…
Jennifer Miles 4 Minute Read When I was 20 years old, I got married and started my adult life as a wife and, less than a year later, as a mother. At that point in my life, I knew everything.
I mean it. I was a genius, people. I could tell you the answer to anyone’s problem, and I knew exactly what everyone should be doing with their lives. My brilliance didn’t stop with other people, either…I knew exactly the best way to live my own life, too…
Somewhere between 20 and 26, I managed to misplace all that knowledge.
Guest Author 3 Minute Read We have one storybook on our shelves that this Mommy reaches for again and again when called upon to read to my little women. Thankfully, it seems to be their favorite to have me read to them, and we can get lots of enjoyment out of this one volume. The title? Eloise Wilkin Stories.
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