My Mother’s Day Resolutions for this Year: I want to strive to be a godly example for my sons…and I hope to teach them this coming year to be “givers”…of their time and energy helping others…and from their money, faithfully giving their tithes and offerings…and to support the missionaries by giving to missions. About my day: My 3 boys have made me feel very special today with all the hugs and “Mom, I love you” expressions. I received a couple of flowers, a card, a nice & cold frappuccino and didn’t have to cook breakfast (my hubby bought the boys donuts for this morning.) I also received a little gift…
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Birthday Cakes and Birthday Boys Who Grow Up Too Fast
Birthday Cakes and Birthday Boys Who Grow Up Too Fast Attending a birthday party yesterday for a young boy in our church gave me a new awakening. After our arrival, my two youngest boys immediately headed out to play with the group of kids that were there to enjoy the birthday party at the park. My oldest, who is turning 14 tomorrow, lingered at the edge of the sidewalk simply gazing at the children who were playing with enthusiasm on the playground. It struck me hard for the first time that my son really is growing up fast. I sort of missed seeing him out there playing and running around…
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Keeping Promises
Keeping Promises As I young child, I remember being taught the value of keeping one’s promises. “A man’s only as good as his word,” was the saying I often heard… Don’t you love the fact, that God keeps ALL of His promises!?! Still yet we see the rainbow which reminds us of the promise He made after Noah’s flood. God’s Word assures us… Titus 1:2, “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.” Matthew 5:18, “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”…
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Sharing Secrets with Your Children
Sharing Secrets with Your Children Do you remember how it felt when your close friend shared a secret with you? Didn’t it make you feel kind of special? Even privileged and honored that your friend trusted you with her valuable secret? On a deeper level, I believe it created a closer bond between the two of you…after all, you both shared some secret information that none of the rest the world around you knew. I love to share secrets with my boys. I like making them feel like they’re really special to me when I share something that nobody else knows. For instance, last night I shared a simple secret…
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Dig Your Heels in the Dirt
Dig Your Heels in the Dirt Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. ~ Proverbs 14:1 I read the above verse to my Sunday school girls this morning. They’re not too young to learn what an awesome opportunity we have as Christian ladies to build our house with our words and our actions. Sadly, too many married women may make the choice to throw in the towel and wave her hands wearily exclaiming that she’s given up. America wails about the trees and the whales…but where are the determined campaigns to save the homes and the broken hearts of the children? Homes…