Our Cozy Home No. 58
"A good plan that is implemented today is better than a perfect plan that is implemented tomorrow." George Patton
Don’t Be Offended | Streams in the Desert
Don’t Be Offended by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman “Blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me” (Luke 7:23). It is sometimes very difficult not to be offended in Jesus Christ. The offenses may be circumstantial. I find myself in a prison-house–a narrow sphere, a sick chamber, an unpopular position–when I had hoped for …
Brave Irene | Homeschooling with Cozy Books
Brave Irene by William Steig is a cozy picture book that deserves a place on your bookshelf. I’ve featured it in the post Children’s Picture Books About Courage, but also wanted to include it among my favorites in Homeschooling with Cozy Books. Brave Irene Irene’s mother has sewn a beautiful ball gown for the duchess, …
Our Cozy Home No. 57
Happy Monday! I hope you had a lovely weekend. Ours was quiet and full. I don’t think the three of us could ever run out of things to do. Run out of energy? Yes. But run out of ideas? No. We enjoyed games of Spot It! and Trivial Pursuit Family Edition. I still have my …
Expectant Waiting | Streams in the Desert
Expectant Waiting by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman “My expectation is from him” (Ps. 62:5). Our too general neglect of looking for answers to what we ask, shows how little we are in earnest in our petitions. A husbandman is not content without the harvest; a marksman will observe whether the ball hits the target; a …
A Day in Our Cozy Life #5 – Bungalow Dollhouse, Vintage Linens, 1936 Noah Webster Calendar and More
"Home is a shelter from storms -- all sorts of storms." William J. Bennett
What Is A Gracious Christian Parent?
For a long time I wasn’t sure how to describe our parenting approach. Labels carry so much baggage these days that I try to avoid them whenever possible. When I was deciding on a website category name for my general parenting posts, I finally landed on Gracious Christian Parenting. Then after I came to that …
Drawing Closer to Christ or Drifting Away?
There are numerous articles and studies online regarding how Christians are handling the pandemic and lockdown. The summary is that people are either drawing closer to Christ or simply drifting away. There isn’t much of a middle ground at this time. I fall into the drawing closer to Christ category. Even though we have not …
Trusting in God’s Leading and Timing
The short devotional in the picture is one I believe I’ve had for literally decades. It is a copy of a page from the free little monthly devotional book Our Daily Bread distributed at churches. This copy went with me everywhere in my purse for more years than I can recount. Waiting on God and …
Our Cozy Home No. 56
Happy Monday! I hope you had a restful Lord’s Day. We’ve been piling up the snow the past several days. It finally looks like deep winter here which is a welcome change. We’ll be experiencing the arctic blast with many of you this week so the view outside my window will remain white for quite …
Our Cozy Home No. 55
Happy last week of January! We’re receiving some lovely snow today. We are still very far behind our yearly average. It will be interesting to see if this is simply an anomaly or if the snow starts to pile up in February and March to make up for lost time. Yesterday we celebrated our 24th …
Our Cozy Home No. 54
Happy Monday! It’s a lovely winter morning with small flakes floating down outside my office window. We received a thick dusting of snow over what was on the ground so everything looks fresh and nice. We’ve hardly had any snow this winter. If we are going to reach anything close to an average seasonal snowfall, …