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27 Jun 2018
Motherhood

How We Stopped Surviving Summer // Keri Lynn Snyder

Keri is sharing today and I’m so excited for her perspective on mothering during the summer. Hopefully you gain some knowledge on how to thrive!   A few summers ago, I was struggling. I wanted so badly to enjoy the season we all look forward to, but I felt overwhelmed. The heat didn't help. If only I'd called apex heating and cooling at the time for some proper air[...]

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04 Jun 2018
Faith, Motherhood

Fruit Of The Spirit // Printables & Fun

Hey y'all. I'm so glad you're here. This was a small labor of love and I seriously believe that God is needing the world to hear and learn this scripture. I've heard from countless other people, especially moms, that this scripture felt important this year. WOW! So this is what we're using. Read through, click over to download, and scroll down for some extra resources to[...]

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04 Jun 2018
30 May 2018
Motherhood

Summer Learning Resources

Summer is technically not really different for us. My kids aren't in school and we pretty much have the same routine. But that's not stopping me from enjoying summer. I previously shared about our Summer Rhythms & Adventures but I wanted to share a little more about what we're learning and what we're using for those activities. *Note, please don't be overwhelmed with t[...]

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17 May 2018
Motherhood

Summer Rhythms & Adventures

Not sure about for you, but it seems as if I claim things are "adventures" instead of errands my children think things are cooler. So I'm going with that and claiming that this summer will be filled with adventures. Our kids are still young so most things fall in the category of new.  Mama, I don't know what you've got planned this summer but I do know that summer[...]

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17 May 2018
13 Apr 2018
Faith, Motherhood

Praying With Your Kids

As a Christian mom I believe in the power of prayer. As a busy mom, I can get caught up in life and forget about being intentional in specific prayers. My kids take up a large amount of my prayer journal. I pray out loud over them every morning and night but sometimes struggle with what to say. There's plenty of prayers throughout our days, like Lord help us make it to bed[...]

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30 Mar 2018
Motherhood, Personal

Easter Kid Activity Printable

It's been a crazy week here. Birthday celebrations seem to sometimes seem to make the holidays seem rushed. but Easter is so important so I wanted to sit down with the kids and sort of transition into the celebration. For Holy Thursday we talked about the Last Supper and washing of the feet and today will be more talks about Jesus' sacrifice. But we are still doing all the[...]

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30 Mar 2018
12 Mar 2018
Motherhood

Resources // Teaching Kids About Jesus

Recently I heard a mentor mom say, "don't just brush on Sundays". This in reference to biblical lessons. She was explaining that faith is just as important (obviously more really) than dental care. We are responsible for teaching our children, not their Sunday school teachers. Those amazing people are there to assist us on this journey but it's truly a God-given responsibi[...]

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Last week I had the opportunity to sit among women Last week I had the opportunity to sit among women who said they want to learn more about God and His word.
Because I volunteered to lead a study and because I never want to go light in leading a provided study, here I sit.

Seven reference books stacked on the floor, a few lectures listened to, and now I get to write a list of questions. I’m good at asking questions that stretch the mind. I do it all day to myself.

So for lunch, I grabbed a BLT from my fav spot and worshiped. Because other than wife, mom, and homemaker....this is the coolest thing God’s ever had me do. And because it’s the coolest, I refuse to do it mediocre.

Theology matters - because God matters.
For our good & His glory. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For our good & His glory.
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It’s hard to say that what the world deems as bad, God can say it’s good.
I say this from the stance that I think loss is bad. Grief is hard. Miscarriage shouldn’t be good.
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Today is a hard day. Not a bad day. Hard because it’s the due date of the child we lost. Five years of empty should-be-birthdays.
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But God.
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Instead of sitting in the what-ifs, I’ll bask in His glory. Maybe this can help me understand a fraction of God’s grief over the cross. I can’t fathom that at all.
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Hope. 
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My hope isn’t in this world, nor answering why, nor is my hope in the children that I have.
My hope is in an eternity with God. Where I’ll one day meet my child and spend an eternity of days with them at the feet of Jesus. Because of God’s mercies, I can say that hope in an eternity like that beats out all the what-ifs and should-bes here.
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My children are His first. Each day with them is merely an extension of His grace and we live at the mercy and pleasure of a mighty God.
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Do I want to say that my loss and grief is good? No I don’t want to but I trust God that it is. It’s good that because of trials, I’ve been sanctified more. It’s good that because of grief I’ve had to learn to depend more on Him than myself or my husband. It’s good because when I surrender and believe that it’s all His, I’m obedient and He gets the glory.
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It’s good.....because God said so.
It’s good.....because He is sovereign. 
It’s good.....because God is good.
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It is good. It is good. It is good.
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For me, it helps with searching for scriptures. I For me, it helps with searching for scriptures. I might not know the exact location of a book but this has helped with my overall knowledge and understanding of the Bible. I now can ask myself, what category does this book fall into, and then search that way. I love bible tabs but this makes it more based on my knowledge and understanding.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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This is how it's broken down...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Pentateuch // First 5 books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
History // Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Ester⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Poetry // Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Major Prophets // Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Minor Prophets // Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Gospels // Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
History // Acts⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Letters // Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 & 2 Peter, 1-3 John, and Jude⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Prophecy // Revelation⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#bibletabs #biblestudy #homegrowntheologian #washitapebible #biblejournaling #theologianalways #everyonesatheologian #esvbible #crosswaybooks #theologian #biblestudent
The world may seem like it's on fire. ⠀⠀⠀⠀ The world may seem like it's on fire. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Some places might actually be. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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But you know what's most important to focus on? God. Spouse. Family. Church. Community.

Watching the news is overwhelming. No one seems to know what's up and what's sideways. Where are the adults?!?!?!
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Oh wait. At some point in the last couple of decades, I became an adult. And I'm at home raising boys to be adults in the next couple of decades.
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That is purposeful work. That is how we further the kingdom. That's how we help others know God.
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Do the work right in front of you!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
It's less stressful than watching the other adults burn the place to the ground. Plus we know that one day...this whole place is going to be up in flames (read Revelation).
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Surely we want to do our best to make the world a little better, but it's not all on us. God is sovereign. And what I'm going to focus on are what God has asked me to steward in the time I have. Because that's important to Him.
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What's important to God should be what is important to us.
I often get asked how I have so much time to read. I often get asked how I have so much time to read. No matter if it's a nonfiction book or my bible, I have time to read because I make the time to read. I love to read. I love to learn. I love theology because I love God.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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If you want to read your bible more this year....⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
1. Make the time.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
2. Remove distractions. Turn your phone on do not disturb, turn off the tv, let your kids play outside while you read, read aloud to your family.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
3. Accountability makes you stick with it. A discussion group helps because you don't want to be the only one not knowing what is going on!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You can do it. There's no race. But I promise the more you do it, the more you will want to do it.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#homegrowntheologian #theologymatters #readyourbible #bibleinayear #theology #priorities #solasistersco #biblestudy #biblejournal #raisingtinydisciples #kidtheologians #familytheologians #familydevotions
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