I love Lysa TerKeurst books because I feel like she understands me completely. Reading her books always makes me feel like I’m visiting with a dear girlfriend who totally gets me so when I finish the last page, I feel encouraged, satisfied, and happy. I feel like, “Yeah, I can do this. I’m not the…
Some think the Proverbs 31 woman is perfect and that she sets the bar too high to achieve, but I think she serves as an example of a hard working woman whose attributes we may imitate with goals that are possible to attain. Our cultures are different, but I do believe there are Proverbs 31…
As you might guess, I love sharing books with my children. It’s a fun and special time that often comes with the request of one more book or one more chapter. We are still discovering books together though I suppose a time will soon come where I will have to wait for grandchildren so I…
Do you remember the song many children learn in Bible School, “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so”? Well, I am not one to believe everything someone tells me. I am always checking things out and verifying facts. One day, my sons were running around singing the above song at…
When you were younger, did you ever pick the petals off a flower counting, “he loves me, he loves me not, he loves me, he loves me not, he loves me”? There are many silly games that we play, but none tell us if someone loves us or not. The only way to know if…
Outward beauty is praised in our culture. Skin products, clothes, diet plans, and exercise programs are among the many items used to bombard us with what some call beauty. Such concentration causes problems with self-esteem and sometimes health for all the people who cannot live up to such an ideal. The media portrays an image…
Let’s face it. Home schooling is hard work. Every home school is unique because every family has its own ways of implementing school. In our home school, I like to incorporate fun learning opportunities that break up the core subjects. One of my favorite times of the day is our reading aloud time where I…
When we meet new people, we usually identify ourselves in such a way as to include where we work or what our career title is or by whose parent/spouse we are or what school we attend or what degree we are pursuing. Have you ever wondered why we do that? I suppose it is our…
If you really stop and think about it, life is a miracle. We begin as two cells join and multiply, and we become such complex, unique individuals. All life is miraculous. From the amoeba to an insect to a whale or a rabbit to a redwood tree to water to the earth’s cycles, everything is…
I love the stories about people who have trusted God to provide. For example, there was a man who needed food to feed the children at an orphanage. He told only God of this need and waited. A milk truck broke down in front of the orphanage so the children had milk. A baker baked…