Encouragement and Support for Christian Stay-at-Home Mothers
The use of the internet has trained us to scan, skim and jump around when we encounter written material. So, are we also scanning, skimming, and jumping around when reading the Bible? Do we also prefer to have someone else summarise Bible passages for us? Because some parts of the Bible ARE hard to understand and we want easy. Read more…
The Year of Jubilee: loans and debts were erased. Slaves were released. Land was returned. The people had freedom and rest. Everything was re-set. And that is exactly how I am viewing my Year of Jubilee. Freedom. Rest. Re-set. A new beginning. But even as I rest in the Lord, I must not forget to press on to fulfil the assignments He has given to me as time is running out. Read more…
There is no denying it. Words HAVE the power to build up or to tear down and we don’t want to be the foolish woman who tears down her house. Instead, we want to speak life into our children’s and husband’s lives, and even into our own lives. But how? Especially for those of us who are used to speaking negatively rather than in a life-giving manner.
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If you have been a Christian long enough, you would have heard that mercy is not getting what you deserve and grace is getting what you do not deserve. My 10 yr old experienced both when she got a pair of shoes she did not deserve. Have you ever had such an experience too? I have. And I am forever changed because of these freely given gifts of God. Read more…
Do we always do the right thing regardless of who is watching? Or do we only do the right thing when people are watching? Or to put more accurately, only when important people are watching? To put it bluntly, are we hypocrites? Read more…
The teen years is an unpredictable season. One moment you think you have it nailed and the next you feel like an absolute failure.
And because what “works” today may not the next, I don’t think it is responsible of me to share it as if it is even a solution. It could very well have been a fluke shot. So how now? Read more …. Read more…
We are living in the 21st Century. Do we still need a Titus 2 Woman in our lives? In this day where any information can easily be had in one click, it may seem that there is no longer a need for a Titus 2 Woman in our lives. But I beg to differ. Sure we can get information easily now. But there is nothing like a **real-life** person you can share life with. Read more…
After going through PSLE* with 5 very different children, with different strengths and weaknesses, many have asked me how *I* did it. Well, for starters, *I* did not do it. As one child petulantly exclaimed many years back when she heard that I had been asked to speak at a PSLE sharing session to help other homeschool […] Read more…
God always uses our pain and trials not just to mould us but to help us help others. So, out of Katie Horner’s pain came her book, In Spite of Myself, a 4-week Bible Study to guide us on how to intentionally chose praise in all situations. She used the pain she walked through and the lessons she faced to share how we all can see God in everything we go through. Read more…
As I write and share how things are done in our large homeschooling family, I am overcome with gratitude to the Lord. As you know in Why So Many Children, I did not want to even have one child and yet God has changed my mind and heart to accept as many as He sends. And in doing so, He has stretched and grown me so much. Read more…