Category Archive: Parenting with Grace

May 18 2013

A.C.T.S.– A Call to Serve with Adventures in Odyssey!

Josh packing our Operation Christmas Child shoebox for this past Christmas.

  Summer is almost here! Can you believe it? We homeschool year round so our 2012-2013 school year doesn’t end until the middle of June and we will start back up at the beginning of August. Even so, I do tend to approach the summer months of May, June and July as a time to …

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May 14 2013

New Beginnings…Our Daughter Graduates from High School

Annie's speech close up

In July 2009, I had the incredible blessing of meeting the young lady who would become the daughter of my heart the following April. The photo above captures the instant love that happened between future big sister and her baby brother.  Annie was getting ready to turn fourteen and Michael was just fourteen months old. …

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Apr 28 2013

Why Conform when God wants to Transform Us?

brokenness

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. Romans 12:2 NLT   I love how the NLT puts this verse…conforming means to …

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Apr 24 2013

Parenting isn’t Easy…But We Don’t Do it Alone

Josh reading and studying to prepare for tonight's devotion...just like Daddy used to do.

Parenting isn’t easy. Parenting after living through a horrific accident and in a few moments of time becoming a widowed mother is even harder than I imagined some days. There are days when I struggle…when I struggle a lot. There are days that are filled with beautiful times.  But over the past several weeks, our …

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Apr 19 2013

Healing continues in our bodies, minds, and hearts!

April 2013 Children's Hospital

Healing takes time. It takes patience. The process can be painful and feel like it is taking forever. I am discovering that it is in the midst of the heart wrenching pain and total weakness that God can help us to surrender to Him in ways we didn’t even realize we need to and that …

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Mar 30 2013

Embracing the Joy of His Resurrection in the midst of Imperfect Celebrations

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photo credit It is Saturday night. The boys are in bed. This past week we have had wonderful moments as a little family celebrating and learning about the significance of the passover lamb to us as believers in Jesus.  We have had wonderful moments reading God’s Word as we read and discussed the last supper …

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Mar 03 2013

I asked for eyes that I may see with grace…Wk 7 BJC Journaling Guide

34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35 NIV If you haven’t had a chance to read “I asked for eyes that I may see with …

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