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Ordinary People~Extraordinary Things and The Roses

February 25, 2015advice for parents, Christian encouragement, encouragement for mom, Love one another, motherhood, Parenting, simple spiritual lessons, Spiritual Encouragement, UncategorizedAbba Father, Biblical lesson, Christian encouragement, christian encouragement for moms, encouragement for moms, Parenting, raising children, simple spiritual lesson, spiritual encouragement, Unconditional loveT.W. Allgaier

Remember:

Acts 17:24-25 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”

And He uses “Ordinary people to do Extraordinary Things”

We might be shoveling the snow from the neighbor’s driveway without pay, giving the waitress a kind word and a nice tip, establishing a friendship with a the lonely second grader that doesn’t seem to have any friends…all of those things and many more can help all of us to understand that God indeed uses us. Continue reading Ordinary People~Extraordinary Things and The Roses →

Garbage In….Garbage Out!

February 18, 2015advice for parents, encouragement for mom, mom, mom of toddlers, motherhood, new moms, Parentingadvice for moms, children, encouragement for moms, garbage, music, new homeschooling mom, Parenting, raising children, teens, television, video gamesT.W. Allgaier

Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things.”

Children are impressionable. I promise.

I will never forget my love for watching soap operas as a young mom. I kept them on during the daytime hours. The boys were small and as I changed diapers, gave baths, did laundry, dishes, dusting, lunch, dinner…..I kept the television on. After all, the boys were little and did not pay attention, right?

Wrong! Continue reading Garbage In….Garbage Out! →

Mom, I’m Staying with you Forever!

February 11, 2015encouragement for mom, mom, mom of toddlers, motherhood, Uncategorizedadvice for moms, encouragement for moms, raising childrenT.W. Allgaier

I knew it would happen. I couldn’t stop it. Well, technically, I could have…but that would have been so wrong. Wait a minute…there would never be a girl good enough for either of my boys!

Alas, my sons grew up, fell in love and got married.

Both of them. And the girls have the same name. The same first name, can you believe it? This has proven a bit confusing, yet a bit convenient for me. If I say the wrong name, I really haven’t messed up!

“Mommy, I am going to stay and live with you forever and ever.” “Oooh, yuck…I don’t like girls.” “Mom, he is acting so weird since he got a girlfriend, I will never act like that.” “Momma, I am going to marry you when I grow up.” “Mommy, here is the Valentine I made just for you!” Continue reading Mom, I’m Staying with you Forever! →