Simple Living, Homeschooling, Faith, Homemaking, & Books
“Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.” Warren Wiersbe
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I received two lovely gifts for Christmas that I’m using this year for my Bible reading and devotional time. Although I have a couple of Bibles I still like to use over and over again, I also like something new. This year I was blessed to receive two wonderful presents I will enjoy using all …
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This website has gone through so many names and approaches over the past fourteen years and, consequently, I’ve added and removed content regularly. Now that I’ve finally settled on what I’m doing (and blogging gurus can go jump in a lake), I’ve been going through my unpublished archives to see if there are things I …
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I first published Merry Christmas, Darling in 2005 when I was a brand new blogger. I bumped it up from time to time on my previous blog (2009 and 2013). It wasn’t on this website and it is a story I want to share my readers. Interestingly, just a few weeks after I first wrote …
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“Day by day and with each passing moment, Strength I find to meet my trials here. Trusting in my Father’s wise bestowment, I’ve no need for worry or for fear.”
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This was originally written in June 2009 at the height of the “homeschool or you are a terrible Christian and will lose your children forever” movement in Christian homeschool blogging. I was thinking about this topic again and found this post to republish. I have rewritten it a bit because the post I linked to …
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Husband and wife are unique to the covenant of marriage.
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A regular quiet time can be a significant part of a growing spiritual life. But do you struggle to maintain a consistent quiet time? Many Christians do. I’ve had periods in my life with a rich quiet time routine and other times when I really struggled or it even became non-existent. There are a number …
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Please enjoy downloading something from this free desktop backgrounds wallpaper collection I’ve created. Each desktop wallpaper consists of a beautiful picture and an encouraging or thought-provoking quote. In order to use your favorite, right click on the picture and choose “Save image as…” Save it to wherever you keep your desktop photos or photos in …
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“If God be our God, He will give us peace in trouble. When there is a storm without, He will make peace within. The world can create trouble in peace, but God can create peace in trouble.” Thomas Watson
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I believe we are each created by God with gifts, responsibilities, and circles of influence. We can only be effective in each area of our life when we carefully consider what is truly important and make decisions accordingly. Sometimes those decisions necessitate that we clearly say “no.” Do you already know and exercise the freedom …
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Last week our little family went out on a few errands. We took a box of books to the bookstore to sell and they purchased everything I brought except the Christian books. So I called the Christian bookstore that buys books to make sure they were accepting books that day. They were so we drove …
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“In order to push back, we have to build a strong edifice against it to protect our children from becoming cogs.”
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“Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls….” Jeremiah 6:16
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So often the act of simplifying is seen as something that would be nice to do. An added bonus to life if we had the time squeeze it in. Is it? Or is the need to simplify truly a deep spiritual need? We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and …
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I have never had an overwhelming desire to do foreign missions. I’ve never even done a short term missions trip. The Lord has provided so many situations right where I am at the time that I’ve never felt that I was short on opportunities to share the love of Jesus with other people. This includes …
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“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
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In the hustle and bustle of shopping, wrapping gifts, sending cards and attending special events, it is easy for families to miss the entire point of Christmas – Christ himself. It’s especially important to focus on keeping Christ in Christmas with children. Here are several simple ways to focus on Christ during this special season …
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“…examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so…” Acts 17
