Above Rubies Daily Encouragement Blogs
Mother, it is not enough to care for the physical bodies of your children. We must guard their minds, their souls, and their spirits.
I have always loved the lines from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "A Psalm of Life."
"But to act that each tomorrow
Find us further than today."
I love to learn something new every day, don't you? Recently I learned the difference between a Shepherd's Pie and a Cottage Pie. How come it has taken me so long to know the difference?
A Shepherd's Pie is made with ground lamb whereas a Cottage Pie is made with ground beef. I guess the reason I didn't know is that growing up in New Zealand we called it a Shepherd's Pie even though we always cooked with lamb.
I also learned recently that The American Life League estimates that "Using formulas based on the way the birth control pill works, pharmacy experts project that about 14 million chemical abortions occur in the United States each year." Wow, that bit of information is just about too much to take in.
More abortions through the Pill than Clinic abortions!
Another interesting fact I learned recently was the loudest sound that has ever been heard by human ears. It was when the volcano Krakatoa erupted in 1883 at 310 decibels. People in Alice springs, Australia, 2,233 miles away heard it!
Anyway, I think it is a good thing to encourage your children to learn something new every day. I think this is more important than making sure your children get through all their lessons each day. They can do them and yet often not remember anything. But if they learn one specific new thing
every day, they will become very knowledgeable.
A good idea is to check how everyone is learning in the family at your evening family meal table. When you have sharing time around the table and talk about different questions, every now and then give them this question: "Children, what is something new you learned today?"
Start with the first child and go around each one to ask them one new thing they learned. This is a good way to check if your homeschooling is effective. And don't leave out you and your husband. Your children love to hear something new that you have learned too.
We are all learning together. This is true education. It's for life. It's learning something new every day. It's inspiring an excitement for learning. When you give your children this challenge, they'll start looking for things to really remember. And you will too.
And even more than learning something new every day is to have the vision to grow a little more in Christ every day. We should never stay the same, but each new day seek to be conformed to the image of God's dear Son. 1 Timothy 4:15 tells us that we are to immerse ourselves in the teachings of Christ and the Scriptures "so that all may see your progress." Our progress should be evident in our lives.
Our Christian walk is not a stay-at-the-same-place walk, but a MORE AND MORE walk.
Proverbs 4:18: "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth MORE AND MORE unto the perfect day."
Be excited to learn something new today.
Love from Nancy Campbell
P.S. More Scriptures to check out: 1 Samuel 7:26; Psalm 92:12-14; Proverbs 4:18; Romans 5:2-6; 8:29; Ephesians 4;11-16; Colossians 2:6, 7; 1 Timothy 4;11-15; Hebrews 6:1; 5:12-14; 1 Peter 2:2, 3; 2 Peter 1:5-8; and 3:18.
Are you learning something new each day
“Truth falls in the street and equity cannot enter” (Isaiah 59:14).
The reason why truth falls in the streets is because it falls in the home first! Christian homes are meant to be cradles of truth,
fountains of truth,
gateways of truth,
bastions of truth,
and seminaries of truth.
Bibles should not be left on shelves gathering dust. When a child leaves a Christian home to begin their life in the world, they should not need to go to a Bible college. They should have received their Bible college training each day of their life.
All meal tables in ALL Christian homes should be dedicated to feasting on truth as well as nourishing physical bodies. It is of absolute necessity that fathers become truth lovers and truth embracers or our civilization is doomed.
Many of our streets have become very dangerous places in which to walk. Our public schools have become dangerous places to send our children. Why? Because the truth has been thrown out! Public education has not produced equity in our streets.
We fathers must take our stand for home education with GENEROUS SERVINGS OF TRUTH.
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell
Without question, fathers are the most responsible for the biblical instruction of their children. In fact, fathers are not only COMMANDED but ORDAINED of God to instruct their children in biblical truth.
It is an inescapable role of fatherhood. If we fathers abdicate biblical instruction to our children, we abdicate true scriptural fatherhood. If we do not teach our children the truth of God’s Word, they will be deprived of the most important commodity in the entire world. If we do not accept this duty, it shows that we do not regard God’s Word as that important.
“The father to the children shall make known thy truth” (Isaiah 38:19).
“Our fathers have told us . . . We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord . . . he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: that the generation to come mighty know them…” (Read the full passage in Psalm 78:1-9).
We must not pass this awesome responsibility on to our wives, although they have an important supportive role. We must not pass this responsibility on to the church, although it also has an important supportive role. We fathers have the primary responsibility.
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell
The value you put on your meal table will determine the behavior of your children at the meal table. Make every meal a love affair. Make every meal special.
Eleven beautiful girls graced our Shabbat table last night, granddaughters and friends in the Hilltop. It was such a precious time.
Build into your marriage each day. Say something encouraging and positive to your husband. Respond to him lovingly. Think of something special to do for him. “Every wise woman buildeth her house” (Proverbs14:1).
There’s no other way. Otherwise you can be deceived without realizing you are deceived. What about your children? Are you filling them daily with God’s living word? Is it in their mouths?
When you worry about your problems and concentrate on them you will be filled with misery. When you keep your eyes upon the Lord, peace will fill your heart. “Thou wilt keep him in PERFECT PEACE whose mind is stayed in thee” (Isaiah26:3).
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