Above Rubies Daily Encouragement Blogs

Through the weekly and daily devotionals you can be constantly encouraged in your great role of parenting, the highest career in the nation. You can also stay updated on what's happening with the Above Rubies ministry.

DON'T COME DOWN

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Don’t let the negative things friends or family may say about you homeschooling or having another baby keep you from your God-anointed task. Motherhood is the greatest career God has given to women. Don’t come down from the great work you are doing.

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PRAY AND AIM FOR THE HIGHER GROUND

AboveGrumblingThere is a better way to live than on this lower plane of grumbling and self pity which only hurts you and everyone else around you.
 
My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts arise and fears dismay,
Though some may dwell where these abound,
My prayer, my aim, is higher ground.
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KEEP YOUR EYES UPON THE LORD

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He is bigger than all your problems and frustrations. When you focus on your situation, you will stay bogged in it. When you fix your eyes upon the Lord, He will show you the answer!

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DON'T GIVE IN TO THE TEMPTATION?

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God has blessed you to be a mother. It was His plan for you. Embrace it with all your heart. Enjoy motherhood. Live it to the full.

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ARE YOU SEARCHING FOR GOD'S TRUTH DAILY?

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We must guard against deception!

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NOT JUST A HOUSEWIFE

PriveAboveDear mother, you have the most important and influential career in the nation as you determine the destiny of this next generation—and generations to come. Embrace your calling and do it well.

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LIVE ABOVE SELF-PREOCCUPATION

Self proccupationI am continuing my ABOVE posts for a few days. How important it is to give ROOM in our hearts and minds for the needs of others. God is always looking for hearts that are open and waiting for God speak to them about whom He wants them to bless and minister to. If we are totally taken up with thinking about ourselves, there is no room for anyone else!
 
“Others, Lord, yes others,
Let his my motto be,
Help me to live for others
That I may live like Thee.”
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LIVE ABOVE YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES

MyPriceAs we go into this New Year I would like to encourage you to live above all the troublesome and even petty things that tend to bring you down to live under your problems instead of above them. God says that you are seated with Him in heavenly places. The virtuous and courageous woman of Proverbs 31 is ABOVE rubies, not below. She lives ABOVE her circumstances as she keeps her eyes upon the LORD. Can I encourage you to move into this way of life?
 
Much love and blessings to you as you walk this year with God and your precious family, trusting Him each step of the way.
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ABHOR EVIL!

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Abhor means to “shudder with horror.” We must not condone evil or compromise with it.

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DO YOU HAVE A HOLY HOME?

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What kind of home are you building?

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UNDEFEATED MEN!

UndefeatedMenDear ladies,
 
I’m proud to inform you of a new website which has just launched this morning. It is only the very beginning of much more to come. Share this with your husband and sons and they can sign up now and be waiting for all that is to come in the future.
 
UNDEFEATED MEN is being launched by my grandson, ARDEN ALLISON (Serene Allison’s son, THM) and my niece’s husband, CAL CALHOON.
 
Here is their statement:
 
“We want to help men become physically, mentally, and spiritually fit. We want to inspire men to be honest, courageous, and committed. We want to continue to embrace life's difficulties while finding rest where we can. Our goal is to protect the weak while never relenting in our drive to do good. Just remember ~ A Good Man's Never Stuck!”
 
I love that they have taken on the slogan, “A good man’s never stuck!” I was brought up with this saying from my father, Ivan Bowen (world champion shearer from New Zealand) who got it from his father! This means it comes down from Arden’s great-grandfather! All our children and grandchildren have grown up with this affirmation which they have made part of their lives! Cal also loved my father who brought him to know Jesus as his personal Savior, and he loves this saying too.
 
Today they are advertising their WHY PROTEIN, ESPECIALLY FORMATTED FOR MEN! It’s the best!
 
Those of you who know Arden’s story know that he is an overcomer. We thank God every time we look at him, so fit and strong physically and spiritually, after a seven year fight with cancer. Each day Arden leads the way down to the river for cold plunges in the freezing water and like his mother, continually studies health and fitness.
 
Go to the site here: https://undefeatedmen.com/
 
May the men in your family be blessed.
 
~ Nancy Campbell
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UNDEFEATED MEN! LAUNCHING TODAY!

UndefeatedMenUNDEFEATED MEN is being launched by ARDEN ALLISON and CAL CALHOON. Here is their statement:
 
“We want to help men become physically, mentally, and spiritually fit. We want to inspire men to be honest, courageous, and committed. We want to continue to embrace life's difficulties while finding rest where we can. Our goal is to protect the weak while never relenting in our drive to do good. Just remember ~ A Good Man's Never Stuck!”
 
Today they are advertising their WHY PROTEIN, ESPECIALLY FORMATTED FOR MEN! It’s the best!
 
Check it out! Go to the site here: https://undefeatedmen.com/
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A LIFE OF TOGETHERNESS

LifeTogetherAre you gathering your children around you? Think of how you can work together as a team. Think creatively of ideas to do fun things together.

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UNLIMITED PATIENCE

unlimitedpatienceWe need God’s strength moment by moment, don’t we? We need it physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually (especially at this time of the year with all the rushing about and everything that must be accomplished). Colossians 1:10-14 tells us that God strengthens us “with all might, according to His glorious power, UNTO all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness.” It doesn’t say He strengthens us to do mighty acts, but to be PATIENT! Wow, that’s amazing, isn’t it?
 
Patient and longsuffering in our daily tasks– and joyful too! Patient with our children. Patient with our husband. Patient in trials, even when we can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel! We need God’s strength for this kind of patience, don’t we?
 
The MLB translates it: “unlimited patience”! Wow! Our patience runs out quickly, but God’s patience is unlimited. God promises to fill us with His glorious power so we can exercise His unlimited patience in our lives.
 
This reminds me of James 1:3-4: “Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.” The strange thing is most of the time we are not patient enough to let patience have its full work! We give up before God has finished working out in our lives what He wants to accomplish.
 
I love how The Living Bible puts it: “When the way is rough, your patience has a chance to grow. So let it grow, and don’t try to squirm out of your problems. For when your patience is finally in full bloom, then you will be ready for anything, strong in character, full and complete.”
 
Dear mother, don’t despair when everything is going wrong. Rejoice! Let God work out His patience in you. This is how He makes you strong in character. God doesn’t want to do a half-work in you but a full-grown work!
 
Be blessed,
 
Nancy Campbell
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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS - DRINKS & DESSERTS

HUMBLEFARMGIRLToday I received this beautiful book in the mail from one of my previous Above Rubies helpers. Caitlin Drennan is also a Trim Healthy Mama Coach and has created some delectable (and yet healthy) recipes for Christmas/New Year and special occasions. You will love them. I know you’ll be as blessed by this book as I am.
 
To order, go to:  https://a.co/d/3ASM1YL
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WILL THIS FRAGMENT OR STRENGTHEN?

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A good question.

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WHAT CAN I GIVE HIM?

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This is such a lovely little poem your young children can memorize for Christmas. I'm going to give it to one of my grandchildren tonight.

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WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?

WhatThankfulForYesterday we talked about being grateful. I am always challenged by Colossians 2.7 where it talks about “ABOUNDING therein with thanksgiving.” We are not only meant to be thankful but ABOUNDING WITH THANKFULNESS! Other translations say: “OVERFLOWING with thankfulness.”
 
The word in the Greek is “perisseuo” which means “to be over the top, exceedingly, abundantly, superabounding, enough and to spare, over and above.” Is your thankfulness OVERFLOWING?
 
What are some of the things for which you are grateful?
 
T I thank God for TEACHING me His ways. Where would I be if I wasn’t walking in God’s tracks?
 
H I thank God for giving me my HUSBAND. Marriage becomes more and more beautiful with time.
 
A I thank God for ANOINTING me to be a mother. Is there any greater blessing, apart from our salvation, than to enjoy the blessings of children and grandchildren?
 
N I thank God for creating me to be a NURTURER and NOURISHER to my family and to others.
 
K I thank God for His KINDNESS to me.
 
F I thank God for our FAMILY and His daily FAITHFULNESS to me. We are often so busy we don’t take time to thank God for His daily faithfulness, His goodness, and His unseen protection over all our lives.
 
U I thank God for giving me UNDERSTANDING of His truth. My greatest delight is to receive revelation of God’s truth from His living Word.
 
L I thank God for LOVING me enough to die for me and shed His precious blood for my sins. I don’t like to get a day go by without thanking Him for His unspeakable and eternal salvation.
 
I am also challenged by 1 Thessalonians 5:18: “In EVERY THING give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” That means in the difficult times as well as the good times. God is working out everything for good even in our bad times.
 
Can we take action today to thank God for every blessing in our lives, even the little mundane things as well as the big things. And let’s show this thankfulness not only to God but to those around us.
 
Love from Nancy Campbell
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HOW GRATEFUL ARE WE?

HowGratefulI recently read an article by the Puritan, Thomas Doolittle (1632-1707). His words were challenging. I don’t think many Christians could receive them today. But would you mind if I shared two little excerpts? He wrote:
 
“When God is a Benefactor to a people and they do not serve Him, what monstrous wickedness it is! God hath kept you all safe in the night, and yet in the morning you do not say, ‘Where is the Lord that did preserve us? Come, come, let us give joint praises to Him?’”
 
Talking about all the blessings God pours out upon us—salvation, healing from sickness, and deliverance from affliction, etc. he writes: “And yet you do not pray to nor praise this your wonderful Benefactor together. Let the very walls within which these ungrateful wretches live be astonished at this! Let the very beams and pillars of their houses tremble! And let the very girders of the floors on which they tread and walk be horribly afraid! That such as dwell in such an house together go to bed before they go to prayer together! Let the earth be amazed, that the families which the Lord doth nourish and maintain are rebellious and unthankful, being worse than the very ox that knoweth his wonder and of less understanding than the very ass (Isaiah 1:2,3).”
 
Wow, were you able to take that? Not for the faint-hearted! But it is true, isn’t it? Are we truly thankful if we don’t gather as families to praise and worship God each day? We give more importance to all the plans we have for the day than taking time to praise and worship the God who gives us our very breath.
 
Just as every morning and evening sacrifice in the Old Testament pointed forward to Calvary, as we have our family prayer times morning and evening, I love to take time thank Jesus for His great salvation and to realize again that every sacrifice was pointing to the ONCE AND FOR ALL sacrifice for our sins (Hebrews 9:11-14; 25-28; 10:10-14; and 1 Peter 3:18). I don’t like to let a day go past without thanking Him for His eternal salvation which is beyond all comprehension.
 
And how grateful we should be for all His goodness to us. We are constantly aware of God’s great protection and delivering power with us here on the Hilltop. Let’s be grateful people, not every now and then, but DAILY.
 
In His love,
 
Nancy Campbell
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A GODLY ATTRIBUTE

GodlyAttributeOne of the attributes of God is that He is our HELP! But the amazing thing is that this attribute is first given to us as women before we read about God being our help. It is God-given attribute. It is a powerful character trait. When you help your husband, you are revealing the image of God.
 
Therefore, we ask the question: How can I help my husband?
 
I help him by coming alongside to help him as he needs me.
 
I help him by speaking sweetly, kindly, and positively into his life.
 
I help him by fulfilling the role that God has given to me rather than competing for his role of provider and leader of the home. I don’t help my husband by taking his responsibility. This undermines his manhood.
 
I help him by caring for our children and making our home a place of joy and sweetness.
 
I help him by making life easier for him to do his work.
 
I help him by being a sounding board for his dreams and visions for life.
 
I help him by caring for him physically and nutritionally.
 
I help him by having an aroma-filled nutritional meal ready for him when he returns home at the end of the day. This is one task of your great motherhood career that you cannot let slip! It is more important than you realize!
 
I help him by having the home ready for him when he arrives home—toys and mess cleaned up and thrown out of sight!
 
I help him by being excited to see him when he arrives—even if I have had a lousy day! It is a strong woman who can put aside her self-pitying spirit and by faith put on a smiling face. Greet your husband with joy and talk about the troubles later on—after the evening meal and the children are in bed.
 
I help him by being available sexually to him. I was created to be “one flesh” with my husband, to delight him rather than deprive him.
 
Have a wonderful day blessing your husband,
 
Nancy Campbell
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