Day 6: Lord, Make Me Good The radio lyrics fanned the flame to reach the incredible pinnacle of 17. Everything in me just wanted to get through high school and be there already; experience the very best age possible. Looking back, I don’t remember this last year of high school as a year I…
Day 5: Lord, Make Me Kind Ever extend an invitation to someone you have never met? I had never even talked to Kelly before I called, proposing we get our children together to play. Her husband had just accepted a promotion to the same office as mine and they were getting used to…
Day 4: Lord, Make Me Patient “How to Survive 6th Grade”; that was the title of the book my husband told me I to write. Not for kids, but for parents! While this transition year is hard on kids, 6th grade seems to hold the potential to drive any mom crazy. Are they also going to…
Day 3: Lord, Make Me Peaceful “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27 Homeschool three kids? If you had told me when I was a young…
Day 2: Lord, Make Me Joyful “Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10 (NIV) Painting the room. Buying the clothes….
Day 1: Lord, I Want to Be Loving “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34 – 35 Why couldn’t he just do it my way? …