By Kim Wolf 2 Timothy 4:7 – I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. I’m often asked, “just how long are you going to homeschool your kids, anyway?” And then, of course, when I tell them that I plan on going all the way through their

By Kim Wolf Deut. 6: 6 & 7 – “These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Ah, yes. The “homeschool

By Stacy R. Miller Titus 2:4,5 “that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.” As I was reading in Titus 2, I thought it was interesting to note that

By Lorna Clark “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” 1Thess. 5:18 This verse got me through that day. My mother had called me as she did most mornings. My daughter, Karisa asked, “Momma, can I talk to Grandma Judy?” “Karisa, quiet please, I’m on the

By Mindy Virgin “He saw that there was no one, and he was appalled that there was no one to intercede.” Isaiah 59:16 I know that Christ Jesus is at the right hand of the Father and is interceding for us (Romans 8:34) and that the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s

By Deborah Wuehler Proverbs 10:26 “As vinegar is to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to the one who sends him.” The more I encouraged one of my sons today, the more cheerful he was as he went about his chores and schoolwork. And, although I encouraged another son equally,

By Michele Howe Ana, mom to Derek, felt her eyes begin to cross. They’d already spent the last forty-five minutes drilling phonic sounds from Derek’s beginning reader. At seven-years-old, Derek still wasn’t grasping even the basics of reading. He wasn’t able to capture the sounds correctly…or if he did, the information was forgotten by the

By Maribeth Spangenberg “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Eph. 5:16 I looked up from the sink after placing the rinsed glass into the dish drainer while reaching for soiled silverware. As I gazed out the window in front of me, I took in the scene behind our house. Since our basement had

By Raquel Laureano “And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the

By Laya Onizuka “Clothe yourselves therefore, as God’s own chosen ones, purified and holy and well-beloved by God himself, by putting on behavior marked by tenderhearted pity and mercy, kind feeling, a lowly opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, patience (which is tireless and long-suffering, and has the power to endure whatever comes, with good temper).”

By Paula Moldenhauer Can a woman forget her nursing child, And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.” Isaiah 49:15 NASB “I just need someone to hold me.” Before me stood my firstborn son, cheeks flushed red with fever and glassy eyes full