“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” (Proverbs 15:1, ESV) If more than one person lives in your household, you will have disagreements. If more than one child lives your household, you’ll have quite a few disagreements. If more than one young child lives in your household, some days will feel like all you have is disagreements. That’s because the people in your household […]
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One Good Reason for Persevering
“Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD… Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children…” (Psalm 128, excerpts) Here are some of the best rewards for all our years of diapers, bandaging, feeding, car-seat buckling, chauffeuring, school planning and teaching, […]
Read More →Like a Fetter
How many times have I sung “Come Thou Fount” in my sixty years of life? Hundreds, I’m sure. This past Sunday morning I heard its words in a whole new way. Our church choir was singing. It was beautiful — strong and energetic, with rich harmony. Little James was in my lap, bouncing to the music while his mama sang and his daddy led the choir. The words jumped out […]
Read More →O Give Thanks . . .
“For His mercy endureth forever.” I went to sleep with those words in my head. I woke up the next morning with the same words still there. “O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good: for His mercy endureth forever.” Our married daughter texted me just as the intermission was ending at the concert my husband and I were enjoying. My son-in-law and his sister had just witnessed […]
Read More →Thank you, Mrs. Schaeffer!
“The older women…are to teach what is good…” (Titus 2:3) Two “older women” have greatly influenced my life over the past forty-something years. One is Elisabeth Elliot. The other is Edith Schaeffer. It’s too bad we’re all done having children 🙂 , because we really should have named some girls after these two godly ladies who have so deeply influenced my life. Edith Schaeffer, at age 98, finally met her […]
Read More →They’ll Soon Fade.
Well, we’ve just finished a month of studying Psalm 37 and it’s pretty well etched in my brain. We stopped at one of our favorite springtime sights on the way home on Easter Day — a long lane lined with big, billowy flowering cherry trees. (I thank God every year for the person who long ago planted that line of trees, and I often wonder if he is still alive […]
Read More →30 Days in Psalm 37 for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 30: Do It!
Get the book! Thirty Days in Psalm 37 is now available as a paperback, PDF, or Kindle book. “O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:8, ESV) Wow! March went by fast! I’m going to apologize right now for the l-e-n-g-t-h of this last post. There’s so much to say […]
Read More →How to Study Your Bible Along with Your Children
Before we launch our Psalm 37 study tomorrow, let’s brainstorm on some ways to involve your children in your Bible study. If you can’t find a quiet time to study alone, maybe God doesn’t want you to study alone. Let the children join you. Not only will you get some time in the Word, but your children will also be learning right along with you! Maybe it’s been too long since my […]
Read More →A New 30-Days Bible Study Starts Friday, March 1st!
It’s not easy – getting into the Word while the house is full of little ones who need us twenty-four hours a day. But it’s essential. If you’re struggling to spend time reading the Bible, if you’re reading but not getting much out of what you’re reading, if you just want some encouragement while you study your Bible — you’re in the right place! You can study the Bible, even […]
Read More →Desiring God’s Word
Have you ever felt like this? You know you should read your Bible, you plan to read your Bible, but you find that you don’t want to read your Bible? We need to ask God to give us the desire to study His Word. When God answers this prayer (and He will, because this prayer is clearly consistent with His will for our lives), it won’t mean that we will […]
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