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For 38 years, I have been a wife to my husband and a teacher of our children in the home. Now a new season has come, and with the blessing of my husband, I write this blog as an encouragement to myself and others. (Titus 2: 3-5) How important is this role of speaking into the lives of younger women! The habits of the home in one generation become the morals of society in the next. As William Ross Wallace said: “The hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world.”
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Category Archives: Spiritual Growth
Do You Have A Homemaker in Training?
(source) What sweet memories I have of my mother training me to peeling potatoes. I know teaching me brought her pleasure. Each day she would pull out the potato peeler from the kitchen drawer, and she would show me how … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Parenting, Raising Daughters, Spiritual Growth
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Mashup of Stars and Whales Singing
A Pulsar’s Hand P. Slane (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) et al., CXC, NASA source What do you think heaven will be like? What about the sounds there? Some might think of mighty choirs and some of harps or angel’s wings? After reading Randy Alcorn’s eye-opening … Continue reading
Posted in Events and Places, Music, Nature, Spiritual Growth
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Our Upside Down World
(The Upside Down House is a project created by a Polish businessman and philanthropist named Daniel Czapiewski, and is located in Poland in the tiny village of Szymbark. The house is also meant to be a profound statement about the Communist era and … Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Christian Walk
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‘God’s Word in My Heart’ eBook Launch and Giveaway
I am so excited to introduce to you something near and dear to my heart! Teaching the Word of God to your children (starting with baby, incorporating the word into the fabric of your life) is foundational for every aspect … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Children, Giveaway, Spiritual Growth
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All We Like Sheep
(source) While in North Umbria, north of Yorkshire in the UK, we came upon a stile over which we could walk through a sheep pasture right up to a large section of Hadrian’s Wall. The sheep in the field were scattered as … Continue reading
Posted in Home-schooling, Spiritual Growth, The Christian Walk
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My Failures and a Confession
Does anyone feel the weight of the ugliness of sin in this world? In your own life? If you will bear with me for a minute, I have a confession… ~ Jacqueline
Posted in Family, Parenting, Spiritual Growth, The Christian Walk
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Desire A Better Country
Dear Beloved Sisters, May I share some deeply personal thoughts with you as I encourage myself? Do circumstances in this world seem frightening and out of control so you feel yourself giving way to despair? Do you ever feel like … Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Christian Walk
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Reading the Ingredient Labels On EVERYTHING In Our Homes
There is a growing concern regarding the ingredients that food industries are sneaking inside our favorite products. Some are easy to discern as “bad” such as high fructose corn syrup and MSG. Others are cloaked in fancy wording, making it … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Post, Health, Parenting, Spiritual Growth, The Christian Walk
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Good Company / Against Gossip ~ A Guest Post by JES
The Gossips by Daniel Ridgway Knight “My idea of good company… is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.’ ‘You are mistaken,’ said he gently, that is not good company, … Continue reading































