♥ Gleanings Posted on February 22, 2012February 22, 2012 By pamela This morning I’m reading in 1 Chronicles 21 & 22. There King David, yielding to the Lord’s chastening, chooses his punishment: “…let me fall now into the hand of the LORD: for very great are His mercies; but let me not fall into the hand of man.” (21.13) … Read more
Love. Posted on February 14, 2012 By pamela Love. From the books of 1st & 2nd John For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. –3.11 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he… Read more
What’s a mother to do? Posted on February 3, 2012February 3, 2012 By pamela Dear Sister, First, I want to thank you for writing — for it is in acknowledging our condition and in seeing our need that we can best affirm and apply, by the grace of God, the help or teaching we receive. Second, though this may not be helpful, you’re not… Read more
Let them understand the pattern Posted on January 17, 2012January 17, 2012 By pamela Throughout this past week, I’ve been steeped in thinking of patterns and pieces and things fitting together and how God creatively and masterfully gathers pieces of our lives from here and there — new and old — and fits them together according to His pattern. Ezekiel 43.10-11 Thou son of… Read more
Compare-a-titus Posted on January 9, 2012February 20, 2012 By pamela If you’ve been a mom for any length of time and you’ve spent time in and about homeschooling circles, Bible studies, workshops, conventions, courtship talks, retreats, blogs in the last 3 years or so… etc., etc., you’ve no doubt heard, or been part of, conversations that left you with a… Read more
my story Joy and Sorrow Posted on January 4, 2012 By pamela The older I get, the more I see it: the look — the longing look in a mother’s eyes when things didn’t turn out like she hoped. It’s not necessarily disappointment or despair or even bitterness — it’s just sort of: sorrow. There’s another look, too — it’s the hopeful… Read more
Another Year Is Dawning Posted on December 30, 2011 By pamela Another Year Is Dawning Lyrics ~ Frances R. Havergal, 1836 -1879 Music ~ Samuel S. Wesley, 1810 – 1876 Another year is dawning! Dear Father, let it be, In working or in waiting, Another year with Thee; Another year of leaning Upon Thy loving breast; Another year of trusting, Of… Read more
chapter 2011 Posted on December 30, 2011December 30, 2011 By pamela God bless you& your thoughts and may He establish your dreams & plans as you close ♥ Chapter 2011 and open ♥ Chapter 2012. With love from the ♥ of the home. Read more
It’s the week before Christmas and… Posted on December 16, 2011 By pamela It’s the week before Christmas and all through the house, mother is ____________ and the family feels ___________. I posted this @ Welcome Home on Facebook… but it’s so important that I thought I’d share it here. I’ve been posting brief year-end countdown thoughts on Facebook @ Welcome Home. In… Read more
The Vacant Chair Posted on December 16, 2011December 16, 2011 By pamela I’ve entitled this blog entry The Vacant Chair — a title that’s not original with me, but the title of a poem I’ll add to this post in a moment. The poem was written by a dear saint, the husband of a precious friend who passed into heaven earlier this… Read more