August 2010
4 posts
“That is what I want for my children - God's highest and best - and that is...”
– Why I Choose to Home School by Gregg Harris
“I want to follow God…I want him to forgive my sins.”
– Ella, age 4
“Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed the conviction that...”
– Thomas Jefferson
How To Read Aloud, Part 1 →
July 2010
4 posts
Royalty
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9
“Lift up your heads, O gates,
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
That the king of glory may come in!
Who is the King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
The Lord mighty in...
Thinking about...
“For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it— lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,” (Luke 14:28-29, NKJV)
The Ultimate Question
“… I am not saying that any mother who works outside the home is sinning. That is for each family to decide as they wrestle with the Scriptures and their circumstances. I know there are many mothers who have to work. My mother, like far too many women, was left to raise a child alone. She did not have the luxury of being a stay-at-home mom. My mother had to put food on the...
A Glimpse
I looked at her little red body, which needed so much more time to develop, and I loved her.
No, she was not much to look at; for she was not meant to be seen yet!
…
The mystery is, she did absolutely nothing to win my heart.
She didn’t have to do anything to win my heart.
But did she ever.
So I caught a glimpse – just a glimpse – of the Father’s love for us.
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June 2010
5 posts
Two Ways
There is, in the end, only two ways to read the Bible: is it basically about me or basically about Jesus? In other words, is it basically about what I must do, or basically about what he has done? If I read David and Goliath as basically giving me an example, then the story is really about me. I must summons up the faith and courage to fight the giants in my life. But if I read David and Goliath...
The Difference
“I’ve been on both sides of this fence; raised one as a single mom, where he was in daycare from before the age of one. I had to work to support the two of us. It was just he and I, for the most part, until he was ten. I remarried, and now I have three additional children. The Lord has so GRACIOUSLY allowed my husband the ability to make enough income for me to stay at home with these three. I...