Photo credit “Adoption Day” Mothers Day, 2008. I stood on the twenty something floor of a Chinese building waiting for the orphanage director to walk in with our daughter. One by one, the other families greeted their babies until we were the only family left waiting. Finally, a slim man rounded the corner and walked [...]
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For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. I Peter 1:18-19 Five kids, one dirty dog, one messy [...]
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{ **The $1 Offer has now expired; However, due to overwhelming response, we are offering the book now through the end of Challenge Week for only $2.99 ** } Did you know that keeping yourself energized is a command in scripture? I didn’t either until I was driving home from a child’s appointment one day. A verse [...]
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Perhaps the most notable thing about the virtuous woman is how she wakes up. Have you noticed it? Proverbs 31 tells us the virtuous woman gets up early and “dresses herself with strength.” Some women are naturally “strong” women. The Proverbs 31 woman would seem to be one of them if we met her during the course of [...]
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You’ve been there… you get up early to have quiet time, get your coffee ready, sit down and open your bible, savor the quiet for just a moment, and… the door opens and your child comes stumbling out, ready to start her day! This scenario happens to me…a lot. It’s not that I don’t want to [...]
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“Therefore, being rooted and grounded in love, be filled up to all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 4:17-20 How practiced are you at living each day in the love God has for you? Are your girls (and boys) learning to recognize expressions of His love? Are they confident in God’s goodness? In Ephesians 4: [...]
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It’s not too late to start some new Thanksgiving traditions that teach our daughters how to bend, serve, and love others! Maybe I wouldn’t have done it if we weren’t so far away from family. Or if we had never lived as foreigners. But for the last 12 years we’ve lived as displaced persons and [...]
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I once heard a mom referred to as “an old worn out goat.” It got me to thinking. Then it got me convicted…because there are days I cave to the exhaustion of mothering. Then it got me wondering how my children would describe me. Then it got me to prayer. “Lord, how do I make biblical [...]
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