Category Archives: children

Unfading Charm

“In the home a woman can bask in the provision and leadership of her husband. She loses her femininity, her grace, and her peace when she rules her husband. A truly feminine woman trusts in her husband’s provision and authority. This does not mean she is a doormat. God has given women a sphere of […]

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Happy Mother’s Day

“For years, while raising children, a mother’s time is never her own, her own needs have to be kept in second place, and every time she turns around a hand is reaching out and demanding something. Hence, a mother raising children, perhaps in a more privileged way even than a professional contemplative, is forced, almost […]

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When Toys Are Seen

The Toy Strewn Home   Give me a house where the toys are strewn,  Where the dolls are asleep in the chairs, Where the building blocks and the toy balloon And the soldiers guard the stairs.   Let me step in a house where the tiny cart With the horses rules the floor, And rest […]

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The Red Sled

“I believe women come nearer fulfilling their God-given function in the home than anywhere else. It is a much nobler thing to be a good wife than to be Miss America. It is a greater achievement to establish a Christian home than it is to produce a second-rate novel filled with filth. It is a […]

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The Christian’s View of Children

“The child is the beauty of God present in the world, that greatest gift to a family.” -Mother Teresa     Hefting my heavy-weight one year old on my hip, we lined up and filed into the back door of our church this past Sunday. The weather was cold and wind bit at our ears. […]

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