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The Hopes and Fears of all the Years are met in Thee Tonight

Biblical EncouragementDecember 30, 2011336Views 0Likes 2Comments

As I prayed this morning about what I should write as my last post of the year, I was thinking about how the time between Christmas and New Year's seems to be a waiting time –waiting for Christmas to be over, waiting for New Year’s Day, waiting for one year to be over and the…

Check to See if You Are One of the Winners

HomemakingDecember 12, 2011318Views 0Likes 0Comments

We've done the drawing for Hal and Melanie Young's book Christ-Centered Christmas, and the winners are listed below. This week I've decided to share several websites that I've found inspiring. I've been rather melancholy this past week. It looks as though we won't be seeing some of our extended family over the holidays this year, and it's…

We do some of our Christmas celebration during this time following the day itself because people are usually less harried and can enjoy time together at a more leisurely pace than they can when they are trying to fit in everything before Christmas or on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

Would you Like a Copy of Christ-Centered Christmas?

FamilyDecember 6, 2011364Views 0Likes 43Comments

Hal and Melanie Young are back with a chance for you to win a copy of their latest book - Christ-Centered Christmas. Like We Gather Together, their book about Thanksgiving, this one too sets the focus on Christ. Quote from the book: "The New Testament makes it clear that the Jewish holy days are not binding on the…

Three Free Copies of Hal and Melanie Young’s “We gather together”

FamilyNovember 11, 2011408Views 0Likes 26Comments

I know, I just gave away a cookbook, but this is so much more than a cookbook. It’s an entire Thanksgiving unit study within a cookbook. I also don't usually do book reviews, but when I saw "We Gather Together" I knew I had to make you aware of it. If you don’t recognize the names of…

‘’Me Time is a myth. It is an unattainable, always interruptible, never satisfying piece of junk psychology. Me Time, by its very name, suggests that who we are during the daily grind is not who we truly are.

Are You Continually Searching For “Me Time”?

FamilyOctober 15, 2011762Views 0Likes 4Comments

If you are like most wives, mothers, and homeschool mothers there has been a time when you thought these roles stretched and pulled at you until you would break if you just couldn’t be alone for a while. If only you could finish that project, or read a book, or any number of things that…

Exodus 20:6 NIV “…but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.”

Obedience is its own reward

MarriageSeptember 26, 2011394Views 0Likes 4Comments

Husband Wife Relationship Exodus 20:6 NIV “…but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.” Other than our personal relationships with the Lord, the husband/wife relationship is the foundation that our homes and families are built on. We’ve had a lot of very good teaching in this area. We know…

But Our Eyes Are On You

Biblical EncouragementAugust 9, 2011354Views 0Likes 1Comment

“…we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.” 2 Chronicles 20:12 Our family has had a few days filled with very difficult circumstances. I was in the midst of writing a post titled “Hot Water Bottle Miracles” in which I…