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Forgiveness and Restoration for Little Ones
I was blessed to grow up in a home where the concepts of forgiveness and restoration were modeled often. None of us were perfect, so we had ample opportunity to make sure we got it just right. It...
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Toddler Activity: A Lost Sheep
We have been focusing on sheep around here for a little while. Almost since Easter. I know! That is a long time! The other day we started a new activity that G now asks for almost every day. It is...
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Showers of Blessings
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Showers of Blessings I am just finishing up a session of Bible study on the first part of Romans. We are a Precept upon Precept study and I am a notorious maker...
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What to Do with Abraham Lincoln
Some time ago (I can’t remember exactly when) I started holding on to all my $5 bills. If I was given a $5 bill in my change, no matter the sacrifice, I held onto it. I had a specific place for them...
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What I Wanted
When I married my husband, I already knew he was a good friend, a hard worker, an intense gamer. And he had the perfect crooked smile. What I didn’t know was he was such a family man. I got my first...
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A Date Night Idea
This month brings our 9th wedding anniversary! We are so blessed to be happily married after all this time with such a beautiful family. Truly every gift we have is from the Lord and one of the gifts...
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A Spirit-filled Solution to Bed-time Woes
We have been blessed with babies who sleep very well through the night. We are a Babywise family and it has worked for us, big time. Our girls have slept through teething, allergies, and even sick...
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Spirit-Led Parenting: A Helper
Sometimes God has a way of hitting me over the head with a truth from His Word! Does that ever happen to you? It seems to happen to quite often in relation to parenting. God is sanctifying me by...
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Jesse Tree for Young Tots
I love to teach our little ones the real reason we celebrate Christmas. We don’t do Santa (nothing against him, we just don’t focus on that part of Christmas). Instead, we talk about Jesus all...
View ArticleA Hidden Grief
The hurt can seem so visceral at times. So recent. And yet it has been years. Lives ago (2 if we are counting). And yet, the grief and the pain are just sitting barely below the surface, ready to...
View ArticleThe Power of Calling Your Kids (Good) Names
October was recently dubbed Anti-Bullying Awareness Month (or something like that) and the topic has been in the news quite a lot lately. Everywhere you go you see someone with something to say about...
View ArticlePrayer of a Godly Household
One of the search terms that pops up in my statistics for this site (yes, I can track you! Don’t worry, no NSA here…or is there?) almost every day is “house blessing” or something related to that. I...
View ArticleResources for Biblical Word Study
As most of my regular readers know, I am a Bible study leader for Precept Upon Precept studies. And I am passionate about inductive study. And I cannot express how exciting it is to really understand...
View ArticleSimple Ways to Teach a Cheerful Giver
This time of year (and honestly ANY time of year) can be hard to stop the want-it-all, hoard-it-all, mine mentality that we all have. And since kids are just little humans without filters, teaching...
View ArticleMy Ambitions for the Year
I am currently going through a study of 1 Thessalonians with my Bible study friends. And each week has been so rich with truth from God’s perfect Word. So, while we were on break, I was kind of doing...
View ArticleGentle Parenting: Examining Admonishment
We are on the last week of our Precept study of 1 Thessalonians and I sat down to do my work this morning with a heavy heart. Yesterday was full of struggles with our little one. The latest struggle...
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Bible Study Supplies: My Must-Haves
I am an incredibly enthusiastic Bible-studier (yes, I realize I should say student, but I like my new word). Part of my testimony of how I came to the Lord was through the faithful teaching of the...
View ArticleTo Home School or Not to Homeschool?
When we had our first child, I think it was only months (maybe days) before we were asked, “Are you going to home school?” I found the question jarring for a number of reasons: 1. Um…she was less than...
View ArticleWisdom turned Inside Out
Some of the most interesting and fun activities are the ones that are sudden inspirations for us. The other day we got a set of stickers for the new movie, Inside Out (a Pixar film that looks great,...
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Hope for Homeschooling Moms
I feel as though I stand on a precipice and I am about to jump into a very deep pool. It is foggy, murky, and definitely unknown. I feel myself stretching out, feeling for something to grasp onto...
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