Trust & Obey Posted on June 22, 2015November 10, 2015 By pamela For there’s no other way. But to trust and obey. This photograph was taken one year ago today. A few hours after the vent was removed, following open heart surgery, my husband began to wake and once again I saw the mercy of the Lord. I marveled then and I… Read more
In The Course of Reading Posted on June 15, 2015 By pamela One of my greatest delights is to see the goodness or the hand of the Lord in the land of the living. I’ve been so amazed through the years at the many times we have come upon a verse, in the natural course of reading, that was so appropriate or… Read more
Labels and Names Posted on June 11, 2015June 11, 2015 By pamela I’m mulling over a Kelly Crawford “quiverfull” article I read yesterday. It so resonated with me (as her writings often do) and brought to mind several related labels and names. One thing that came to mind almost immediately is the number of times recently that I’ve wanted to distance myself… Read more
Our House Our Welcome Home Posted on May 4, 2015May 4, 2015 By pamela ♫ Never_Walk_Alone We stepped inside the front doorway of our new house nineteen years ago. From that moment, this nearly one hundred year old farmhouse felt like home to me. In my notebook that I carried most everywhere I went was a page of notes — prayer requests, actually. And… Read more
Pamela’s Guacamole Dip Posted on May 4, 2015May 4, 2015 By pamela In light of Cinco de Mayo, mañana… here you go – a guacamole recipe to go with whatever you’re fixing (you can make it with lower/no fat mayo and it will work just fine). O, and don’t forget to get a bag of *Juanita’s Chips or fry your own *flour… Read more
Sincerely wrong. The IBLP-ATI Years. Posted on April 29, 2015April 29, 2015 By pamela Another IBLP/ATI article has surfaced… and brings to mind so many memories tonight. As many of you know, for several years, beginning in the late eighties, our family was involved in attending and subscribing to the Institute in Basic Life Principles and then for a few years with the home… Read more
Waiting. Posted on April 29, 2015April 29, 2015 By pamela Waiting. Perhaps the simplest and most difficult action we’re commanded is waiting. I don’t know if anything epitomizes our sin nature more than our natural response to waiting. We’re naturally prone to not wait. To not want to wait. To not seek to wait. More often than not, we believe… Read more
Keepers @ Home Posted on April 28, 2015April 28, 2015 By pamela [cp_dropcaps]I[/cp_dropcaps]n Titus 2.4-5 we read, in part, that younger women are to be taught by older women to be keepers at home, we see that there must be something to this ‘keeping a home’ for it to warrant teaching or knowledge of skills to do the keeping. This home-keeping, something… Read more
homeschool conference withdrawal Posted on April 26, 2015April 27, 2015 By pamela [cp_dropcaps]E[/cp_dropcaps]ach April, for the last ten years, a highlight for us has been the annual Christian Heritage Family Discipleship & Homeschooling Conference—this year, particularly so—for so many reasons. When I awoke this morning, I realized I’d been processing the conference in my dreams all night long. I wondered how many… Read more
A mother’s love ~ A child’s love Posted on April 20, 2015 By pamela This video clip touched my heart… I hope you’ll enjoy it, too. Read more