Praising the Good (follow-up)

 Last month I wrote a post about praising the good in our children. The Lord has been helping me to see the good in my children, and to stop focusing so much on the bad.  And I always keep my "list" handy should I start focusing on the negatives.  :)

You have heard from me, and now it's time for me to hear from you.....

Have you noticed a change in your children since you started praising the good?

Did you make a literal list or a mental list?

Has the atmosphere of your home changed for the better?

 Now that it's been a few weeks, I would love to hear about the results of your "experiment".  :)

Have  a blessed day, friends!

Wordless Wednesday (almost)

Here's a photo of our furry family member, Kim, who is obviously having a very stressful day.  ;)

Hope this brings a smile to you as you start your day!  :)

Blessings!

Possum Pie

Ever heard of Possum Pie? (No, it doesn't contain roadkill - lol)

It's a family favorite at our house, even though the children gave me the typical oh-no-mom-is-making-something-weird-again look the first time I made it.

Once your family realizes that there's no possum in it, it will be a family favorite at your house, too.  :)

Here's the recipe...

2 pkgs. (3 oz. each)  cream cheese (softened)
3/4 c. powdered sugar
Mix these ingredients well and put in a 9" graham cracker crust

Sprinkle with 1/4 c. chopped pecans.

Next, combine 1/3 c. instant chocolate pudding mix, 1/4 c. instant vanilla pudding mix,  2 c. cold milk, and 3/4 t. vanilla extract in a bowl. Mix on low speed for 2 minutes. Spoon over pecans/cream cheese mixture.

Chill for at least 2 hours.  Top with 1/2 c. whipping cream (whipped) and sugar to taste. Garnish with powdered cocoa or pecan halves. 8 servings.

Have a blessed day, friends!

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Noah

Dear friends,

Please pray for Noah. He has to have surgery this morning. It is (hopefully) going to be outpatient, but it could be an overnight stay, if necessary.

Read the full update here, or use the link on my right sidebar.

Thank you!

A Sacred Trust

 

 

"O dear mothers, you have a sacred trust reposed in you by God!

He hath in effect said to you, 'Take this child and nurse him for Me, and I will give thee wages.'

You are called to equip the future man of God, that he may thoroughly furnished unto every good work.

 If God spares you, you may live to hear that pretty boy speak to thousands, and you will have the sweet reflection in your heart that the quiet teachings of the nursery led the man to love his God and serve Him.

 

Those who think that a woman detained at home by her little family is doing nothing, think the reverse of what is true. Scarcely can the godly mother quit her home for a place of worship;

but dream not that she is lost to the work of the church; far from it, she is doing the best possible service for her Lord.

Mothers, the godly training of your offspring is your first and most pressing duty."

 

~  Charles Spurgeon

 

 

Happy Mother's Day, friends!

  

From Surviving to Thriving

"If you really want to stop just surviving motherhood, you have to find meaning in motherhood that transcends the day to day-ness of your life.  Cooking and cleaning have to stop being tiresome chores, naughtiness has to stop being a personal offense, and the needs of your family have to stop being interruptions to your day.

You have been entrusted with tomorrow’s fathers and mothers, grandfathers and grandmothers.  You have been entrusted with the next generation of believers, the future servants of our Lord and Savior, the Light-bearers and Truth-speakers of tomorrow.  They just happen to bundled up in little, foolish, needing-to-be-honed packages you get to unwrap!"

~Amy at Raising Arrows

Not Just Surviving Motherhood

Have a blessed day, friends!

 

I Took His Hand And Followed

With Mother's Day just a few days away,  I decided to share some encouraging poems every day til then. I pray that you will be encouraged in your God-ordained role as a mother and keeper of the home.

                                             My dishes went unwashed today,
                                                          I didn't make the bed,
                                                   I took his hand and followed
                                                 Where his eager footsteps led.


                                               Oh yes, we went adventuring,
                                                          My little son and I...
                                                Exploring all the great outdoors
                                                      Beneath the summer sky


                                              We waded in a crystal stream,
                                              We wandered through a wood...
                                              My kitchen wasn't swept today
                                                   But life was gay and good.


                                       We found a cool, sun-dappled glade
                                           And now my small son knows
                                       How Mother Bunny hides her nest,
                                         Where jack-in-the-pulpit grows.


                                     We watched a robin feed her young,
                                                 We climbed a sunlit hill...
                                  Saw cloud-sheep scamper through the sky,
                                                     We plucked a daffodil.


                                             That my house was neglected,
                                               That I didn't brush the stairs,
                                          In twenty years, no one on earth
                                                  Will know, or even care.


                                          But that I've helped my little boy
                                                   To noble manhood grow,
                                     In twenty years, the whole wide world
                                              May look and see and know.


                                                       ~Mrs. Roy L. Peifer

Have a blessed day, friends!
 









For more encouraging quotes and poems, please visit my friend Valerie, @ Quotes For A Mother's Heart