It’s one of those questions, I didn’t know I had; why do we decorate with Christmas lights? We gathered around the breakfast table to begin our Morning Time just as we do every weekday morning. The kids each have their food. I have my giant cup of coffee because…early morning + four kids + homeschooling […]
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Sometimes the most powerful way to cultivate gratitude in our children is by showing them the lives of others. We want our children to grow up being grateful for the blessings we have. Yet, our families often get caught up in our own little world in our own home. Then we focus on all the
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Love your family well. Invest the time you might have spent watching for the latest poll updates in them. Play a game, go for a walk, watch an uplifting movie together. Have conversations that point your children to the hope they have in Christ no matter the outcome of the election. Let them see you doing your part to vote and then leaving the results in God’s hands. Remind them that no matter who wins, God is still at work and can use any situation for his glory no matter how detrimental we think it might be. How you cope with the events surrounding the election will be a living example to them. What kind of example are you being—one of trusting God or one of worry and fret? Let them see you beat election anxiety.
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As a girl, I spent hours each winter hunched over the table with my Grandma piecing together jigsaw puzzles. Step one was propping the top part against the wall so we could see the picture we were putting together. Then, we always started by sorting the edge pieces out and fitting them together until we
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That time when a dislocated toe taught me about repairing a relationship with God and letting God realign our relationship with him.
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