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Matching NIV Study Bibles | 30 Years Apart

Saturday, April 2, 2022 (Updated: Monday, March 3, 2025)
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I purchased my dark green and gold NIV Study Bible in October 1992. Over the years I’ve purchased many other Bibles of various translations and formats, but this one continues to be my favorite. It’s familiar. I know where things are …

Category: Our Family Life | Our Homeschool Curriculum ChoicesTag: Bibles | God Cares About The Details

Psalm 40

Thursday, March 31, 2022 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Psalm 40 I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our …

Category: Bible PassagesTag: Psalms (Bible)

Watching Over the Affairs of Your Household & Subversive Attacks on the Proverbs 31 Woman

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 (Updated: Wednesday, February 25, 2026)
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Over the past month I’ve been making podcasts to help you make sense of what is going on in the world. I’ve actually been doing this for a number of years now in various ways that have changed as my life has changed and events have …

Category: The Prudent & Prepared Homemaker

Psalm 98

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Psalm 98 Sing a new song to the LORD, For He has done wonderful things, His right hand and His holy arm have gained the victory for Him. The LORD has made His salvation known; He has revealed His righteousness in the sight of the nations. He has …

Category: Bible PassagesTag: Psalms (Bible)

Around Our Home Lately

Tuesday, March 15, 2022
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Howdy, friends. It is long past time to say hello without a microphone in my face. We’ve been doing pretty well overall. We’re all tired both physically and mentally. I’m sure some of it is end of the winter fatigue. Some of it is …

Category: Our Family Life

Embrace The Suck and Spread Christ’s Beauty

Saturday, March 5, 2022 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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The phrase “embrace the suck” was new to me in the past several months. Embrace the Suck Meaning & 8 Lessons to Use in Your Life describes it this way: In the military, there’s a saying that is very similar to the one I originally …

Category: Christian Living

Taking My Own Advice & Doing Real Things

Tuesday, February 22, 2022 (Updated: Wednesday, April 2, 2025)
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About a week ago I started feeling a great desire to spend time fluffing and enjoying my nest. I wanted to follow my own advice and make real things, read real books, and do real things with real people. So that is what I’ve been focusing …

Category: Our Family Life | Simple Living

2 Thessalonians 1

Friday, February 18, 2022 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is …

Category: Bible PassagesTag: 2 Thessalonians (Bible)

The Love of God

Tuesday, February 15, 2022 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?"

Category: Hymns & Bible ReadingsTag: Romans (Bible)

O God, Our Help In Ages Past

Saturday, February 12, 2022 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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Psalm 90  Lord, You have been our dwelling placethrough all generations. Before the mountains were bornor You brought forth the earth and the world,from everlasting to everlastingYou are God. You return man to dust,saying, “Return, O sons of …

Category: Hymns & Bible ReadingsTag: Psalms (Bible)
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I’m Sallie — wife, mother, just-retired homeschooler, and curator of my home. Our little family lives a quiet and cozy life of home education, self-employment, and pithy exchanges. I’ve been writing here for 20+ years about Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. And I like to laugh. A lot. Start here. ♥

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