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Stacey: Pensacola, Florida, United States; I was a single mother of one for nearly 11 years. I know the hardships that come along with that title. I lived a life full of lies until the age of 28. I got tired of running and living that life of lies and was gloriously saved on October 19, 1998! July 7th of 98 marks my anniversary of sobriety. Since that road of healing began, I've been blessed with restoration of my family, a wonderful husband, a mother-in-law who never said I wasn't good enough for her son, and two additional children to add to my already special one.

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Memorial Day~ - He performs a deep cleansing breath prior to extraditing the military plane. His body and soul consumed with the horrid and callous images of war. At lon...
1 day ago
PARENT AT THE HELM

Homeschooling and the Art of Education - When education is art, the journey is the education. That means today - this very moment - is just as important as any other. Suddenly every step holds sig...
1 day ago
Ted Traylor

Thank You to Cindy Segreto - In any church the guy up front gets much of the attention. However, if he does not have a group of servants to serve with he will not be very successful. T...
2 days ago
The Homeschool Village

Introducing the New Co-Owners of The Homeschool Village - You can call them, JennJam. That seems to be their new title around the homeschooling community. Jenn Perry and Jamerrill Stewart have teamed up their hom...
2 days ago
Stuff could always be worse

Wild Flowers - My sister-in-law said, "I am going outside to take a walk, do you have a vase?" A little while later she brought this beautiful flower arrangement back...
3 days ago
Stuff Boys Do

44. Slam the Door - Boys cannot close a door, shut a door, or latch a door. Boys only slam a door. Slam it hard. So hard the entire house shakes. So hard photos are knocke...
3 days ago
Homeschool Giveaways

Other Giveaway: What Would the Founding Fathers Think? - What Would the Founding Fathers Think: A Young American’s Guide to Understanding What Makes Our Nation Great and How We’ve StrayedCheckout full review and ...
3 days ago
LET'S GET REAL!

Life By The Numbers - Guest Post by my good friend, Shannon Milholland… Clara raced into my bedroom. “Mommy, Mommy, I weigh 400 pounds!” Laughter threatened the edges of my face...
4 days ago
Writin' 4 Him Cafe

Discernment - [image: 'Foxgloves in the Herb Garden' photo (c) 2007, joleethomp - license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/] I love to challenge myself w...
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Restoring My Soul

Life is Hard - My Inspiration: And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast ab...
1 week ago
Leah Taylor Ministries

Leaving on a Jet Plane! - Dear Friends and Family, I am so very blessed to say that I am being given the opportunity to once again travel to the country of Kazakhstan to share the l...
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- Karen Ehman - The Keep it Simple Woman - Proverbs 31 Ministries Speaking Team - Hearts at Home Magazine Author - Conference Speaker - Christian Homeschooling Mother

From Half Past Eight to Twenty-One - The winers of the He Loves Me dvd’s from Cindy Bultema are: Elizabeth, Lori, Niki, anonymous & Lisa Schorp. My assistant Kim will be emailing you for your ...
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Now That I've Thought About It

Quiet - Reviewing the Book - *At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking, reading to partying; who innovate and create...
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Funtastic Unit Studies!

Homeschooling and Writing - I have a new book announcement for you all! I’m starting a series of Kindle eBooks called “How to Teaching Guides.” The first one is “How to Teach a Newsp...
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Not for profit, but for JOY!

This Monday wasn't so great. - I take the behavior of my kids personally and today... both of them made choices that I didn't agree with. Shane has been such a challenge lately, he has be...
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Melissa

Just Another Birthday - These videos speak for themselves. These are great messages for everyone. This song that makes me cry and also gives me the greatest hope.... Family...
2 months ago
Nothing Lost Outreach

Christmas With NLO, 2011 - Before I share the wonders of Christmas Day at NLO, I need to testify to the hand of God and His Saving Grace! We received word yesterday that one of our g...
5 months ago
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Publishing a book is one of many dreams I have. I had hoped it would already be in print by now, but the work continues. I'm not sure how long before I will have it completed; I just have to believe there is something in the book the good Lord wants in there that hasn't been written yet!

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The Hen and Her Chicks

By Wayne Jacobsen

The forest fire had been brought under control, and the group of firefighters were working back through the devastation making sure all the hot spots had been extinguished. As they marched across the blackened landscape between the wisps of smoke still rising from the smoldering remains, a large lump on the trail caught a firefighter's eye.
As he got closer he noticed it was the charred remains of a large bird, that had burned nearly half way through. Since birds can so easily fly away from the approaching flames, the firefighter wondered what must have been wrong with this bird that it could not escape. Had it been sick or injured?
Arriving at the carcass, he decided to kick it off the trail with his boot. As soon as he did, however, he was startled half to death by a flurry of activity around his feet. Four little birds flailed in the dust and ash then scurried away down the hillside.
The bulk of the mother's body had covered them from the searing flames. Though the heat was enough to consume her, it allowed her babies to find safety underneath. In the face of the rising flames, she had stayed with her young. She was their only hope for safety, and willing to risk her own life she gathered them under her body and covered them with herself. Even when the pain reached its most unbearable moment, when she could easily have flown away to start another family on another day, she made herself stay through the raging flames.
Her dead carcass and her fleeing chicks told the story well enough--she gave the ultimate sacrifice to save her young. It also illustrates an even greater story--this one almost incomprehensible. In this story it is the Creator of heaven and earth who does exactly the same thing to rescue his wayward children from their own destruction.

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