Jacque | March 29, 2010
Sometimes, we are blessed with things that we were not expecting.
Thinking Eric was in on the computer at midnight last night, I called to him,
“ERIC!!”
Unexpectedly, he answered from my bedroom.
“What are you doing?” I asked.
“Reading my Bible.”
Wow. I was not expecting that. What a joy to hear!!
I am now hearing him read Exodus 45 to [...]
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Jacque | February 28, 2010
So, we are eating an orange, and Hannah, 10, asks me, “Mom, how did Adam peel his orange?”.
Almost not quite sure what to respond, I say, “Um, with his fingers?”.
“With his fingers?”
“Yes.”
She picks up a piece of cut orange peel, and says, “I mean this hard peel. He peeled this with his fingers?” in disbelief.
How [...]
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Jacque | October 23, 2009
9pm Thursday night…
Daddy to Caleb: Do you know what a gentleman is?
Caleb: “No.”
Daddy: It is a gentle man, otherwise they would have called it a meanman.
He got the point… And is now drifting off to sleep, as Daddy hums Amazing Grace, Calebs favourite song….
Proverbs 13:1
A son who heeds his father’s discipline is wise, [...]
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Jacque | July 27, 2009
What is that saying?
“But Mouse, you are not alone,
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes of mice and men
Go often askew,
And leaves us nothing but grief and pain,
For promised joy!”
from To A Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest, with the Plough by Robert Burns, 1785
or perhaps this one is more applicable:
Proverbs [...]
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Jacque | July 1, 2009
Ever since my relationship with God, my Father, Yehovah, was restored 21 years ago, Matt and I, along with our children, have worked in our churches and communities, volunteering in and leading in ministries. We have worked in Youth, Children’s, Women’s, College, Missions, Mom’s, Worship, Administrative, Local Boards, Drama Teams and choreography, and the list [...]
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