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No Comments» Continue ReadingIf you are a living, breathing, feeling human being, you know the desire for genuine relationship…and the risk of exposing how imperfect you really are in the midst of those relationships. You simply can’t have one without the other. Are you currently investing in relationships or holding back in carefulness? Join me at Beautifully Rooted today as I get personal about building relationships on faith rather than fear. Be blessed today!
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» Continue ReadingThe perpetual snack dilemma of summertime. Sigh. All the kids are home…all the time. At my house, that means the boys are constantly hankering for a snack. Here’s what we are doing this summer to make snacking fun and unburdensome, while training the kids to take over in the kitchen! 1. Make a menu. Choose healthy snacks that can be easily made with ingredients on hand. Without a menu, it is easy to get sucked into buying pre-packed snacks, chocked full of preservatives and sugar. Because it is my personal style of cooking, I find it valuable to teach the kids to make something great with what’s available. (It doesn’t have to be fancy!) 2. Set a time for snacks every afternoon (or morning and afternoon) so there’s not constant inquiry about snacking. Everyone knows when snacktime will be, and eats enough at mealtime to adjust accordingly. 3. Rotate snacks […]
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» Continue ReadingWelcome to GraceLaced Mondays! Grace is found in the everyday when you are intentional about taking note of it. It is found in the sink full of dishes awaiting you after a family meal, it shines in the faces of your imperfect children, it soothes from the pages of God’s Word, and it is tucked into the enjoyment of a fresh batch of cookies. Grace is in a beautiful moment and a heartbreaking one alike. Grace is blessing beyond what you and I deserve. ********************************* It’s gardening season, and you may be noticing weeds growing up among your plants. Jen, from Taste & See…, reminded us last week that weeds can appear legitimate and convincing next to true growth, and that our greatest encouragement is knowing that it is the Lord who is sovereign in growing and weeding: “The only thing preventing me from being a weed is the pure grace […]
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» Continue ReadingWhen given a choice, they will always ask for a family hike… How is your family getting “unplugged” and out in God’s creation this summer?
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» Continue ReadingWe’ve come to the final virtue in our study of Feminine Appeal, and in the seven godly virtues of a wife and mother found in Titus 2. This has not been a study on how to simply be a better wife, a more effective parent, or a lovelier homemaker; it has been an unfolding of what it is to “adorn” the gospel–to show off it’s beauty and value– through our lives. That’s what it’s all been about: making much of Christ alone! It is with this focus in mind that we come to the final virtue of submission. There is so much we could say about the subject of submission, but rather than give an overview of this chapter, I simply want to focus on what I am personally responding to with greatest measure. While my own heart is secure in the fact that submission is not demeaning or an […]
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» Continue ReadingCorrection, discipline, and training of my 5 boys are a daily part of my life. Sometimes it feels continual. My desire is that my boys would know the authority and character of God, and obey and grow in wisdom in response to the Word of God. And because true transformation comes through the redemption of their souls, every opportunity for our children to hear the truth of God’s Word is an opportunity for them to recognize that it is not good works that save them, but a humble submission to the truth of the Gospel. This is easier said than done, right? Especially in the midst of conflict and offense. Sometimes Scriptures don’t easily come to mind, nor do the best ways to engage in a meaningful conversation with your child in the midst of training. This is why I’m so pleased to share the Child Training Bible with you! […]
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» Continue ReadingWelcome to GraceLaced Mondays! Grace is found in the everyday when you are intentional about taking note of it. It is found in the sink full of dishes awaiting you after a family meal, it shines in the faces of your imperfect children, it soothes from the pages of God’s Word, and it is tucked into the enjoyment of a fresh batch of cookies. Grace is in a beautiful moment and a heartbreaking one alike. Grace is blessing beyond what you and I deserve. ********************************* Do you ever wonder what someone else’s day looks like? My sweet sister-in-law Abby, from The Chou Life, took the time to share with us what a typical day of mothering and homeschooling looks like with a newborn in tow…hour by hour! There’s not doubt, the task of motherhood and teaching our children is far beyond what we can do in our own strength, and […]
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» Continue ReadingSponsors make it possible for me to have this little piece of cyber-space. I am so grateful for these local and web-based businesses to choose to advertise with this blog, and to support GraceLaced. If you are a blog, an etsy shop, a web-based business, or a local business and would like exposure to the GraceLaced readership, please contact me for more information about sponsorships. I am so pleased to introduce the sponsors of GraceLaced for the month of February. Please take advantage of the discounts that some sponsors have offered to GraceLaced readers for this month. ******************************************** Please visit their website here. For in-store purchases, please save and print above image for $10 off purchase of $50 or more in the month of February. ********************************************* Visit the website here. ******************************************** Please visit the blog here. twitter. facebook. ********************************************* Please visit the website here. ********************************************* A hearty thank you to all my sponsors…and let them know I sent […]
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» Continue Reading“A Christian understanding of the world sees a child’s character not as genetically determined but as shaped to a significant degree by parental discipleship and discipline.” — Russell Moore, Adopted For Life Many dear friends in my life have adopted, are adopting, or are in the process of bringing their child home. So many of you, dear readers, share in a passionate heart for adoption…and today, I want to give you an opportunity to support and be a part of the adoption stories-in-the-making of a few families I’m connected to. Be blessed by their stories: ***************************************** THE METZGARS We are a family of 5 soon to be 6 with the addition of our new daughter, Joy. Words cannot express the gratitude we feel toward our heavenly Father for adopting us into His family. It is out of our love for Him that we are answering the call to adopt Joy. Our […]
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» Continue ReadingDo you ever feel like you say the same things to your children over and over again? Don’t you sometimes wish that the training and disciplining of our kids could be a completable task, preferably with a little box to check next to it? I’m over at The Better Mom today, talking about the repetition that is the task of parenting: “Sometimes we act as though our kids can be trained with one deft stroke if we could manage to be accurate enough, stern enough, loud enough, or wise enough as parents. We are dismayed and sometimes shocked when our kids don’t change their attitudes for good, stop the habit in a day, or cease to be repeat offenders. Swift and precise parenting would save us time and energy, not to mention how good we’d feel about ourselves as mothers! But that is not how parenting is. In fact, it […]
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» Continue Reading…now sits one gallon of kombucha brewing and a jar of my salsa in the process of lacto-fermenting. It’s a bacteria wonderland over here on the kitchen counter! I’m new to both, but can confidently say that homemade kombucha is just as good, if not better, than store bought; and my first batch of lacto-fermented salsa was more flavorful than any unfermented salsa I’ve ever made. Not to mention all the flora. So, there you have it. A crunchy con mama in the making. What next? Sprouted wheat and sprouted spelt quinoa muffins? Yup. Been there done that. I cook from scratch most days, and with mostly all fresh, unprocessed ingredients; but with budgetary constraints, it’s been baby steps around here with all the other aspects of whole foods. How organic, pastured, unprocessed, sprouted, soaked, raw, free-range, grass-fed, unrefined, fermented, fresh ground, homegrown ARE YOU? do tell!
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» Continue ReadingWelcome to GraceLaced Mondays! Grace is found in the everyday when you are intentional about taking note of it. It is found in the sink full of dishes awaiting you after a family meal, it shines in the faces of your imperfect children, it soothes from the pages of God’s Word, and it is tucked into the enjoyment of a fresh batch of cookies. Grace is in a beautiful moment and a heartbreaking one alike. Grace is blessing beyond what you and I deserve. ********************************* How often we forget that we are safe, though we may be fearful, in the midst of life’s storms? Annalea Hart of Hope and Honey gave us a beautiful reminder last week of God’s grace found through and after a tumultuous storm: “life’s storms are not so pleasant. i am stuck in the downpour. it is uncomfortable and exhausting. there is pain and sadness and […]
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