I’ve spent the last few weeks with a lot of lists. I’ve been making lists, referring to lists, and checking off lists. We have a wedding in just 23 days (!), and lists are what keep me on track (most of the time). I have lists for food, lists for flowers, lists for purchases, lists for music. I have lists I am faithfully checking off in my well-used copy of […]
Read More →If I was a perfect parent…
Hi there. This is Daniel posting today while Mama goes crazy helping Susannah plan her wedding. You’ll probably hear from me more often over the next few weeks 🙂 If I was a perfect parent… I could stay up late at night taking care of my babies and never get tired. I would never get impatient or lose my temper. Whenever they cried, I would instantly know what they needed. […]
Read More →Invest Now.
On Tuesday, we spent a little bit of time talking about “courtship”. It’s a challenging topic to talk about because of the different meanings people assign to the word. On another day we’ll discuss some of the pitfalls and common mistakes parents tend to make while overseeing a courtship. Because we’re human and sinners, we’re going to make mistakes. For today, let’s start preparing for the courtship years. Take the […]
Read More →Courtship, Part 3: Some Thoughts on Courtship
Courtship is a topic that’s dear to me because I believe in it. It’s also a topic that’s fresh on my mind. We have six children. Four are married. Another is engaged and will be married in a month. (Oh, my goodness! What am I doing writing blog posts?! ) This will be our fifth wedding in a little more than six years! We can say that we’ve seen courtship […]
Read More →He’s Faithful.
“But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.” (2 Thess. 3:3) OK . . . I had different post almost finished before I left this afternoon for my daughter’s first bridal shower. But instead, at 12:04 a.m., I’m going to start over. I spent a lovely evening celebrating the upcoming marriage of our youngest, and I spent it with ladies from the extended family of […]
Read More →So Easily Irritated . . .
“Love is not easily provoked . . . love bears all things.” (1 Corinthians 13: 4a and 7a) Some of us spent the past month studying our way through 1 Corinthians 13 together. We ran headlong into a lot of convicting words. Two little phrases really stood out to me. Love is not easily provoked. Love bears all things. We found that the word in verse four that describes love […]
Read More →Loving the Way Jesus Loves, PLUS Some Giveaways!
If you want to follow up your study of 1 Corinthians 13 with a good book, Loving the Way Jesus Loves, by Phil Ryken, is a great choice! My copy is underlined and asterisked all over the place. I thought I would share a few of my favorite quotes with you today. (We’re giving away a copy of this book and copies of two other Bible study books, so make […]
Read More →Thank you!
Thanks to all who bid on and purchased calligraphy to help our daughter on her mission trip in Eastern Europe! Thanks to you, we made $410 that will go directly into her funds for the work she is doing right now. Several of my adult children and their spouses (5 altogether) are going to serve in India for two weeks this fall. I hope to do another auction like this […]
Read More →Word Art for Kingdom Work!
This post is related to a little fundraiser I am doing to help my daughter pay for her plane ticket that got her to the Ukraine earlier this week. I have lettered several portions of Scripture that I would like to offer for sale, with all the proceeds going to help fund her trip. First, let me tell you what Bethany is doing: She is now in the Ukraine, after […]
Read More →New 30 Days Study Starts on Monday!
I’m a mother. I’ve been a mother of six children ages 10 and under. I’ve been a mother of four teenagers at once. I know how challenging it can be to keep my head above water. (And I know that many of you know even better than I do!) I also know how hard it can be to stay in the Word, right during the seasons of life when we […]
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