What a day!

Sweet Friends,
I am sorry I haven’t had anything new for you to read on this blog for a while. Please go to itakejoy.com and you will see all of my recent writing. I think of myself as more than just a mom–I love being a mom, but issues in my life are just bigger than [...]

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Tragedy–the pathway to Triumph

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having [...]

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Here Comes December!

Dear Sweet Moms,
You have been on my heart so often the past month. I know that the holidays puts an extra load on each of you as you serve your families and try to make your home a place of beauty, fun, filled with spiritual meaning and adding the extra special meals and gifts on [...]

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The Power of Words

Words matter! They have the power mysteriously to enter our hearts and minds and lift us beyond the present moment into the presence of God himself. How important it is, then, that we mothers, shepherds of our children’s lives and hearts, choose our words to them carefully. We must deliberately aim our [...]

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Just Take a Few Minutes more!

I am finally back from a 10 day trip to California and am enjoying each moment of each day! I love my home, my food and my bed and my family. I know that many people have envied the amount of travel our family has had, but so many times, I am thankful to be [...]

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Some Book ideas and Friday, fall encouragement!

I really do love homeschooling–at least most of it. A couple of friends and I are meeting together every other week for a history coop with our children. They each do a report each week on someone involved during the particular period of history we are studying. We happen to be on the Civil War [...]

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A Lazy Sunday afternoon

Hi, my friends. I have just had the pleasure of reading a rousing book with my 18 year old, Nathan, who is a very big (6′3″), little boy. Funny, he has been in his own world of an intensive disicipleship group, classes and work for over a year–very independent from the normal schedule of our [...]

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A Tribute to Dinner-time Debate

I can’t tell you how it pleases my soul to read my daughter Sarah’s blog. To me, her writing is delightful and gives me great pleasure. (Do you think perhaps a mother can be at all objective?) I really enjoyed this post and thought you might, too. Please do visit itinerantidealist.wordpress.com and leave Sarah a [...]

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Suggestions for preventing and helping prodigals

Yesterday I received a long letter from a sweet mom who was very discouraged about the events that had taken place in the life of her beloved child. Seems the young man had a passion for missions and went to a summer short term mission trip. The peer pressure to conform on this trip was [...]

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Taking Joy–the choice that makes all the difference

“How do we make the commitment to give the area of motherhood over to God as a sacrifice of worship to him? We yield our personal rights into his hands. We give up our time and expectations to him-and also our fears and worries about how we will manage. We trust him [...]

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