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2July2008
Posted by Michelle under: Uncategorized:
Since I’m on vacation, I’m taking a break from posting for the rest of the week. In the meantime, I’m going to repost a few articles from the archives. This post was first written several years ago when David was a toddler. I’d probably add to it now, but [...] Continue Reading…
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1July2008
Posted by Michelle under: Modesty and Purity:
Since I’ve had several questions about this post, I decided to make some explanations a regular post. [The real reason is that I spent a lot of time on this topic, and I don't want to waste the energy, so to speak.]
To clarify, I don’t at this point forbid [...] Continue Reading…
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30June2008
Posted by Michelle under: Family Devotions:
This morning at breakfast, I had pretty much decided that I wasn’t going to bother having a Bible discussion. But Bethel asked if I would talk about the kings we talked about “last night” (it takes awhile to understand their lack of time sense). I was surprised and pleased. [...] Continue Reading…
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27June2008
Posted by Michelle under: Attention:
I’ve been interested in the difference in attention to audio books when the children are familiar with the story and when they are not. For example, Bethel loves Peter and the Wolf, but that’s because she listens to it every day. The first time she listened to it, she [...] Continue Reading…
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26June2008
Posted by Michelle under: In the Car and on the Go:
I found an excellent article on family vacations. It was written to fathers and husbands, but I found it quite challenging for myself. We spend much time preparing for a vacation: oil changed, laundry, house cleaned, finding ways to keep the children happy on a road trip. How about [...] Continue Reading…
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25June2008
Posted by Michelle under: Wisdom:
It’s not a change in actions this week, or even something new I had never thought of before. But God’s Word has been challenging how I think about the challenges I’ve been facing.
Consider the work of God:
who can make straight what he has made crooked?
In the day of prosperity [...] Continue Reading…
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24June2008
Posted by Michelle under: Fear:
Yesterday morning I was reading about Rehoboam and Jereboam, Solomon’s sons. I figured it would be a good topic of discussion at breakfast this morning.
I asked David and Bethel if they thought King Solomon’s children would be wise, since they had such a wise daddy. I told them that [...] Continue Reading…
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23June2008
Posted by Michelle under: Modesty and Purity:
Awhile back, we talked about good touching and bad touching.
At one point, I said, “It’s not good to touch someone…” and Bethel finished “when you have dirty hands.” Yes, we’re off to a good start.
I started out talking about mommies and daddies. They like to touch each other. They [...] Continue Reading…
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20June2008
Posted by Michelle under: Uncategorized:
One of the things Jay Younts says in his book that has been a recurring thought is how much we teach when we’re not even talking to our children. When we talk to a friend on the phone about a problem, do we complain, judge motives, speak in anger, [...] Continue Reading…
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18June2008
Posted by Michelle under: Uncategorized:
I’m thinking that maybe I should spend my time sharing cutsy stories of my children instead of trying to solve all the problems of the world.
And more time reading my Bible.
And more time doing laundry.
And less time being introspective. But that would mean that I should delete this post.
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