I was recently blessed to stumble across an encouraging series by sweet Kelly (who is also a contributor for us) that I know you will be blessed by as well so I wanted to be sure to share it with you all. Be sure to visit these posts and glean the godly wisdom she [...]
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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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One of my passions for my children is that they never leave our home without developing a biblical worldview. What is a biblical worldview?–It is evaluating everything in this world through a Biblical grid. To begin with, my children have to know that they are part of the human race and the human race has [...]
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This is the second installment of my nine-month series on The Fruit of the Spirit and its cultivation in our lives. With each post I’ll be including a free embroidery pattern download featuring the month’s topic. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things [...]
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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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“When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, You knew my path…” Psalm 142:3 When I was a fairly new Christian and a young Mama, I had no idea that raising children would require me to walk by faith – I mean, completely trusting the Lord for their futures, especially when life was confusing. Difficult circumstances [...]
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Over the next nine months I will be writing about the fruit of the Spirit and its cultivation in our lives. With each post I’ll be including a free embroidery pattern download featuring the month’s topic. — Have you ever stopped to think about how your family will look five years from now? How about [...]
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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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