Author Archives: aheartforhomeschooling

I have a 2 year old grandson.  Guess what concept is in the forefront of every conversation?  ME!  MINE!  His parents will spend the rest of his childhood teaching him to think of others. Until Today!  Today I challenge you to think of yourself.  Of allllllllll the issues going on in our world today, takeContinue reading “ME!”

What are you growing this spring?  It has been beautiful weather for growing flowers!And vegetables!  And trees!  And just about everything! But what are you growing in the garden of your heart?What do you spend time cultivating and nurturing?What are your most vital and organic nutrients? “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and SaviorContinue reading “Gardening”

I’m not a meteorologist, but I consider today’s weather to be called: GLORIOUS!However, if you suffer from allergies you may consider today to be:  DREADFUL! Weather is just a simple example of the vast difference in opinions based on the same given elements these days.  We aren’t even talking about politics, money, health care, raceContinue reading “Real Feel”

How many times does a toddler trip before learning to walk with a smooth gait?How many curbs does a teenager bump before successfully navigating parallel parking?How many dips and rises does your stock portfolio experience before you strike it “rich”? Ahhhh….the ebb and flow of growing pains.  None of us is immune to them inContinue reading “Growing Pains”

Do you live a full life?Or a fool life?OUCH! Sometimes it takes a simple, yet strong, question to wake us up and readjust our priorities!Are you living a life full of the gifts of God – both the hard times as well as the blessed times?Are your days full of opportunities to share the loveContinue reading “Full or Fool?”

Loud cars?Designer clothes?Immaculate home?Well behaved children?Baseball jerseys?15,000 followers? Where do you find your identity?  What is your scale?  How do you know when enough is enough? Let’s use Today to give thanks and praise to God for His unconditional love!  His undeserved grace and mercy!  His enduring power!  His eternal promise! THAT is the identityContinue reading “Your Identity”

Are you a sunrise or a sunset kind of person?  The colors, the beauty and the majesty of the sun setting over water get me every time!  God is such an amazing artist! The same God who created the big ball of 27 million degree fire we call the Sun designed it to display glorious splendor everyContinue reading “Shine Like the Sun!”

Are you Scout ready?Or a Procrastinator? Good thing the disciples were Scout ready!  After Jesus’ resurrection He met the disciples while they were on their boat after a night of poor fishing.  “Let down your nets again,” He told them.  God filled their nets to overflowing!  They could barely haul in the bounty! Are YOUR netsContinue reading “Mend Your Nets”

What season is it?Easter?Spring?Baseball?Softball?Almost graduation!? Maybe you skipped celebrating National Caramel Day yesterday in the name of remembering National Twinkie Day today!  I will give you a heads up – Saturday is National Siblings Day!  Get your FB photos ready! 🙂 Isn’t it a relief to know that God doesn’t wait for a certain dayContinue reading “‘Tis the Season”

Growing up we spent a lot of time playing in our finished basement.  When Mom called us to come up for dinner we would run up the stairs, eager to NOT be the last one downstairs.  Nobody wanted to be the rotten egg.  Orrrrrr, in the case of my brother, he needed to be theContinue reading “Not the Dark”