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ODB: Bible Worksheets

Hi friends! Thank you for popping over after reading my post Teaching Children the Bible: A Simple Way on Our Daily Bread’s Biblical Wisdom for Parenting’s website. Here are the FREE worksheets for you to download and use with your children (or yourself). Clicking/Tapping on the IMAGE below will bring you to Google Drive so […] Read more…

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Have you subscribed? Sending out emails is a much more effective use of my time than churning out new blog posts every week this season. Don’t miss out on your weekly dose of encouragement on motherhood, homeschooling, homemaking, raising children and growing our faith. Hit subscribe now! Read more…

Children are Gifts From God

Gifts From God

God calls children a heritage and a reward. Children are gifts from God. But, do we agree with God’s view of children? Do we truly SEE them as gifts and rewards? Not just SAY that they are. Because words are cheap. When you see children as God does, how you mother your children will change. Read more…

Advice or Validation

Not All Who Ask For Help Want It

I have been a bit slow in learning that not all who ask for help want it. You may know this already then my reminder to you would be don’t get caught up in their drama or pity parties. Be wise and discerning before offering help. Our time and energy are limited.  Read more…

Never Give Up. Until God releases you from your assignment.

Never Give Up

I nearly stopped blogging. Until God spoke to me about His assignment for me. TWICE. Are you like me, feeling discouraged and a little burnt out while on assignment from the Lord? Before you give up, go back to the Lord. Ask Him if this is indeed your assignment for the season. And if so, to empower you with His holy Spirit power to press on. Never give up before checking in with Him. Read more…

31 Days of Seeing God: Final Week

Write 31 Days Challenge 2018: FINAL Week

Seeing God in the Everyday is my Write 31 Days Challenge 2018 theme. For the Final Week, I cover the things we are grateful and thankful for. Such as my own take on bullet journalling, the call to blog since 2005 and even in the daily and mundane stuff of life. And in the process, you get a glimpse of our lives too. Read more…

31 Days of Large Homeschooling Family

Family Devotions in Our Large Family

Is it only our family or do other families struggle with family devotions too? Although there has been much improvement over the l-o-n-g years, our attempts at doing a regular family devotion has continued to keep us (Henson and I) humbled. In other words, we don’t do it regularly nor do we always do it with joy… Read more…

31 Days of Large Homeschooling Family

Dishing Out Advice When You Have a Large Family

There are lots of people out in the Internet world dishing out advice on anything and everything. And I know that people expect that someone with more children than them to be wiser than them. But that is not necessarily true. I have two pieces of advice for you. Especially as you walk through the teen years with your children. Read more … Read more…

Are you considering homeschooling? Bear these 7 points in mind before you decide either way.

Considering homeschooling?

When we started homeschooling in 2004, we really didn’t know what it would look like and where we would end up. I just know that it was something God told us to do. At that point in time, there were few homeschooling families around and definitely no such thing as co-ops. It was hard to […] Read more…

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