God placed us in a tight space and called it “a home” and gave us people to bump into and called them “family.” I think it was part of His design to help us learn to love other people as we bump into each other in ways that reveal how much we love ourselves […]
Continue ReadingHonor Your Spouse (#4 of 7)
We often bump into each other in that tight space called family. It’s a great space to learn how to be less self-centered and how to honor others. I’ve been working on honoring my hubby for almost 50 years and this is still a daily challenge: Her husband can trust her and she will greatly […]
Continue ReadingK.I.S.S. Keep It Simple, Sister/Sonny (# 3 of 7)
Chugging up the Amazon River on a medical boat, I heard God gently whisper “simplify” as I observed the lives of the river people. I saw fathers fishing with their sons in hand carved canoes, mothers cooking their daily manioc on an open fire outside their 8×10 thatched homes as their children laughed and played […]
Continue ReadingTraining Little Kiddos to Be Enjoyable (#2 of 7)
Are your kids fun to live with? A few kids come that way out of the womb– very few. Others need training. If I could turn the clock back, I would try create a more positive fun environment in our home when we had our four little kiddos running around. I read in Ephesians 6:4: […]
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