Posted in Children, Faith on May 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Anyone who has ever had the privilege of sharing the Gospel with someone knows that the enemy often presents the most challenging of circumstances to detract from the truth of salvation.
Today I had a young lady that I’ve recently met, over to the house, for the express purpose of sharing the hope we have in [...]
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Posted in Children, Home on May 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There’s nothing quite as delicious as experiencing the prosaic duties of living through a child’s eyes of novelty and wonder. A warm sinkful of lavender scented suds that magically dissolve the dinner scraps off each plate, unlimited use of scrubbing tools, and the satisfaction of affecting change (even if only in a handful of [...]
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These two are three days apart. It’s more fun than I ever imagined to raise our families together, my brother’s and mine. Calla is so yummy I could eat her. Her parents are pretty cool too.
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Church planting requires all hands on deck, including little ones in training.
What a privilege it is to serve with those that love the Lord, desire the Word, and long to be His hands and feet. Doug Wilson has said, “You measure success by faithfulness to God–does the next generation want to do it [...]
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All of you who know me know that our family resents the television. Not that any of us, including the toddler, aren’t mesmerized or enticed at times by it’s many charms and kitschy pageantry of eye candy. We would just rather do anything–talk, learn, explore, play, look at each other–than sit in [...]
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Posted in Children, Gardening on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Isn’t it great when your kids still count it a privilege to pull weeds and work in the yard? It’s so amusing that they choose to deadhead, prune roses, and remove last year’s leftover growth over going to the park. Either we have little botanists or we are so overdue to work in [...]
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Caleb, my eldest, turned six today! Not only could he read his own cards this year, he was mature enough to understand our family’s conscious decision to move away from having a big birthday party each year. Being that I am a cake-decorating, favor-making, theme-executing, party-loving kind of Mama, I was initially [...]
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Posted in Children, tagged haircuts, kids on March 14, 2008 | 8 Comments »
After a grueling twenty months of keeping Judah from becoming wise to the way of the sucker, I acquiesced to the Great Clips Lady for the sake of a fetching haircut. Doesn’t he look charming already?
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Posted in Blogging, Children, Sewing on March 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »
My husband is heading home tonight after spending a week at the Shepherd’s Conference in Los Angeles. While I am more than eager for the return of his help and companionship, I am thankful for the encouragement and teaching he receives each year this first week in March. He stayed the first and [...]
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Posted in Children, tagged Children, reading on February 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »