Lately I’ve been thinking about how I teach my children to actually use the Scripture they’ve been memorizing. So I’ve been asking a lot, “How do you do that?” For example, Laurel was devastated when I told her she could not use some particular markers at a particular time. Since I was working on a [...]
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A short passage for wisdom Wednesday, but one that made me smile today and take heart. Isaiah 40:11 (I love Isaiah 40) He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. I cherish [...]
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And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on [...]
Here is the verse I’ve been meditating on and trying to put into practice this week: And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose [...]
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Here’s how God’s word is changing me this week. You may know that making phone calls in inexplicably difficult for me, so this is one area where I can tell if I’m walking in the spirit or not. Walking in the spirit = Michelle makes phone calls. Not walking in the spirit= Michelle avoids making [...]
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It’s Wisdom Wednesday This week I have made good on my intention to help walk my children through applying Scripture. Today I’m writing about one of those times. For background, my three year old is still excessively emotional, easily angered, and cries and whines when she doesn’t get her way. The hard part isn’t stopping [...]
On occasion, I’ll reread something I’ve written and been completely unable to decipher what I intended to say. That’s how I felt last night, so I actually deleted my post (it was that unintelligible to me) and will repost something like it on Friday. Hopefully it will make sense. Today is Wisdom Wednesday, and I [...]
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This morning, I drank my coffee and did not feel one bit more spiritual. I knew from my lack of energy last night that I was likely going to be battling a hormonal shift, and I could already feel myself accepting in resignation that today was “not going to be a good or profitable day.” [...]
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Well, our children haven’t had another wisdom party (i.e., unlimited candy every time they practice saying their honey verse). But I do let them say their verse and get a piece of candy one or two times each day. They have learned Proverbs 24:13-14 well that way! Usually, we followup their saying a verse to [...]
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On Friday morning, I told the children that we were going to do something fun. I gathered them on the couch and told them that I read something in my Bible that delighted me. I read them Proverbs 24:13-14, and told them I thought King Solomon must have given his children something sweet when he [...]
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