Creating, maintaining, and rotating a well-stocked pantry (and freezer) can be a great way to create meals for your family that are both healthy and frugal, even, and maybe especially, when time is at a premium. Words like instant, fast, and convenience can be quite appealing when we are short on time or inspiration. But, in general, whatever I think …
L-O-V-E
. Hannah loves “ballerina-ing.” She has been taking a ballet classes at the local community center since last summer, and, it is the highlight of her week! Second to Cubbies…maybe. . The winter session of her class ended yesterday, so, the girls put on a little mini-recital for the parents to showcase what they learned. They performed a dance set to the song …
Sanctification
. I am a little late with this Week in Words, because I have spent basically all of February (so far) fighting, and finally, it would seem, recovering from bronchitis. It has been brutal! But, after a round of antibiotics, and multiple cough medicines, I am feeling much better!! The bright side, if there is one, of feeling so awful for so long is that I have had …
1 John 4:9-11
“In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we …
Ezra’s Example
“For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.†Ezra 7:10 . Ezra set his heart – he made a decision, firmly, and intentionally purposed in his heart – to study God’s Word.  . To study is “to apply oneself to acquiring a knowledge …