Years ago I began crying because someday my seven children would leave home.  My husband and children would laugh and chide me for my silliness. I have poured every ounce of my being into pleasing Christ.  Oh, I’ve done badly many times, but His will has been my highest aspiration. This has greatly impacted my [...]

While reading The Wide Wide World I was impressed with this thought from Susan Warner:  ”It is content of heart gives nature power to please.”   While editing a paper for my husband I read this quote from Harry Ironside: “Worldly philosophies may make a great show of learning, and their adherents may look down [...]

God has been good to allow us to go home to see my husband’s great grandmother who tells us that she won’t be with us long, and our two new granddaughters, Ava and Eva.  The Lord worked everything out and provided the funds and the means to do everything, as well as making it possible [...]

My mom was awesome at making work fun!  One game she used repeatedly because it was a favorite with we kids.  She made a list of all the chores needing to be done, cut the list into strips of one chore each and folded the strips a couple of times.  We each drew one–including Mom. [...]

Young Daniel was taken captive when his country of Judah was taken over by the Babylonians. Daniel was probably a young teen when this occurred. There he was trained for 3 years to serve the king of Babylon. His name was changed from Daniel (God is judge), a name that glorifies the true God, to [...]

When there was famine in Bethlehem (the house of bread), Elimelech and Naomi took their two sons, Mahlon and Chilion to Moab.  While in Moab Elimalech died.  His two sons married Moabite women, Ruth and Orpah, then Mahlon and Chilion died. They were there about 10 years.  When Naomi heard that the Lord had given [...]

While preparing for a children’s class I read part of Genesis chapter 11 in an interlinear Hebrew online Bible.  It struck me that there was no mention of evil in the verses.  God had told the people to be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth, and like many close families today, they desperately wanted [...]

So, you want to try makeup?  Many of we girls at some point in our life decide to try makeup.  Just a few tips for the beginner: 1.  Involve an older, wiser and godly woman in your makeup decisions. 2.  Be sensitive and obedient to the wishes of your authorities. 3.  It’s better to use [...]

Summer is a wonderful time for children!  They often have time they unfortunately miss during the school year, to imagine, create and play.  You remember, I’m sure, that a child’s play is his work.  Genius is often stifled in long classroom schedules.  Skip the fancy toys and video games that teach nothing profitable, and opt [...]

Dear Rebekah and Michael.   I admire the two of you.  It is difficult to do ANYTHING differently than your peers.  They can be merciless and fierce.  After six hospital births and two home births, one of which was delivered by your father, I would choose a midwife ANY DAY, and I had some good [...]