tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14601030373460951512024-03-07T03:55:51.792-05:00Olson FamilyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1978125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-67273507695131175962024-01-10T21:08:00.001-05:002024-01-15T21:18:01.295-05:00Happy Birthday sweet Little H!<p> Today was a super exciting day in fact today is Little H's 12th birthday. She has so many things that she loves to do - being creative, reading books, building legos, coloring, playing games, sewing, and quilting. This past year has been crazy - creatively she has had the chance to make a rag quilt, a checkerboard and checkers in her homeschool co-op. She learned to make bracelets and take time to paint and create things. </p><p>This year for 2024, our word as a family is Joy. Our family verse and also H's verse for this year is James 1:2-3. Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.</p><p>This year we are praying this verse over our family as we start in a new church and a new area. That God would be with us and guide us through all the trials of starting over in a new place. That he would bring about really good friendships for all of us and then that we would just have joy. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgys3VSJIYWoI7YZDuRmFi8pfto4iv4pXcL8q492JSblikB-PwPM47gPB40rxSYUO88hFzFIUS6nEr6hzQY-rr-MJt0fz8vUe9sx3Azi7s_rNwOzGDFxDvnuTwyT-edUe2-3l8jMKCc1AiAdC2wm45_a_CdnI6zb4rNwBoW-cOcFpcEuwLuEqPUZor1dRA/s2681/Consider%20it%20pure%20joy,%20my%20brothers%20and%20sisters,%5Ba%5D%20whenever%20you%20face%20trials%20of%20many%20kinds,%203%20because%20you%20know%20that%20the%20testing%20of%20your%20faith%20produces%20perseverance..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2072" data-original-width="2681" height="495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgys3VSJIYWoI7YZDuRmFi8pfto4iv4pXcL8q492JSblikB-PwPM47gPB40rxSYUO88hFzFIUS6nEr6hzQY-rr-MJt0fz8vUe9sx3Azi7s_rNwOzGDFxDvnuTwyT-edUe2-3l8jMKCc1AiAdC2wm45_a_CdnI6zb4rNwBoW-cOcFpcEuwLuEqPUZor1dRA/w640-h495/Consider%20it%20pure%20joy,%20my%20brothers%20and%20sisters,%5Ba%5D%20whenever%20you%20face%20trials%20of%20many%20kinds,%203%20because%20you%20know%20that%20the%20testing%20of%20your%20faith%20produces%20perseverance..jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-68811639782967339552024-01-01T08:00:00.001-05:002024-01-15T20:46:23.537-05:00Joy<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For the last 6 years, I have chosen a word for the year. Since at least 2014 I have chosen scripture verses that I wanted to pray for the kids or the month. In 2019, I started to choose a word that would cause me to focus on my scripture verses for the year. It always helped me figure out what we wanted to do for the year. Usually, the word would be something that would describe what was going on that year or what I wanted to figure out what God was telling us and what to focus on. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This year (2023) I was really struggling with the word that our family was going to focus on for this year. When I chose a word, that word also helped me decide what scripture verses that I choose for each month and for each kid. 2023 was a hard year - there were just some tough things that happened that year - John's dad dying, leaving our church, and restarting in a new town and new church. That was really hard and caused me to be very anxious about what was going to happen in 2024. I was sharing with one of my friends just some things that I was thinking about as we go into </span><span style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="animation-name: none !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">2024. The thing that she said was that I pray that God will give you a spirit of Joy. After she said that I paused and just made the decision that Joy was going to be my word for the year. Joy is one of those words that you think about during the Advent/Christmas season and I wasn’t sure how Joy was going to fit into the entire year. So I started to research the definition to what is biblical JOY. </span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="background-color: white;">Joy (biblical joy) is more than a happy feeling. Which is something that I appreciate…..I don’t have to have Joy like what you see in the movie Inside Out. Joy is a lasting emotion from the choice to trust that God will fulfill His promises. This year I am planning to learn more about what Joy means. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="background-color: white;">So this year my word is Joy. I trust that on this journey that we call life, God will fulfill His promises to us. He will sustain and he is holding us in His palm as we go through 2024. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="background-color: white;">Do you choose a word for the year? If so what’s your word? With focusing on Joy….I will be focusing more and wanting to learn more about what it means to have Joy.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; font-family: inherit; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36ZEAO3StE4YlF0C1c_Z5UXJxILxuSFuFbY-pz7rk1VqbnYrKz95azhxAy-NluYLLlVLb1rrzsNd2NJzIeoOrpAqCUGcF1-8hh2fD3zcMWH8oZFnhca90A0jFryz7A98VVXAjVjkkKbmKaUc4nhucqAdjwXbMWIT9RLfatvA8qXeh6qfCkm8YwpSV4_U/s1890/Joy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1890" data-original-width="1890" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36ZEAO3StE4YlF0C1c_Z5UXJxILxuSFuFbY-pz7rk1VqbnYrKz95azhxAy-NluYLLlVLb1rrzsNd2NJzIeoOrpAqCUGcF1-8hh2fD3zcMWH8oZFnhca90A0jFryz7A98VVXAjVjkkKbmKaUc4nhucqAdjwXbMWIT9RLfatvA8qXeh6qfCkm8YwpSV4_U/w400-h400/Joy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-82940607341468345502021-01-10T12:05:00.016-05:002022-01-07T18:10:50.832-05:00Happy Birthday, H! <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have a word for 2021, HOPE. Not sure where the word will take us but this is the verse for my sweet H! She chose the cute rabbit because she was born in the year of the rabbit. But I like her bible verse because there are a lot of times that we don't know what we hope for and what we want. But God gives us faith to have those things. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUZYQCC7Z_RlU4J9yJRzYa1-OJKWOMJYR1FdMc2Xqt-_zrp_cxNgX6D_epAyh8buqx_sWDxDPx19hFIorOAfaExHWVDOEha7ZplshDvtDUbCIgyTfk1U6BOWkoTno5kDO2Wp_TRhLvLNoAzgSEkPMYZ31bzmJTp2ay5I6l8MqkZ4-SKVYbG6yEIsvu=s1748" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1748" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUZYQCC7Z_RlU4J9yJRzYa1-OJKWOMJYR1FdMc2Xqt-_zrp_cxNgX6D_epAyh8buqx_sWDxDPx19hFIorOAfaExHWVDOEha7ZplshDvtDUbCIgyTfk1U6BOWkoTno5kDO2Wp_TRhLvLNoAzgSEkPMYZ31bzmJTp2ay5I6l8MqkZ4-SKVYbG6yEIsvu=w400-h284" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-11228018444146522682021-01-01T22:41:00.000-05:002022-01-07T22:46:00.888-05:00Hope<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our word for 2021 was hope. We have lots of hopes and dreams. For the past couple years we have felt that God was calling us back to America. It's been a hard decision and we haven't always felt that way. But we aren't sure what's going on in our future and the future is pretty bumpy but we have Hope in God that he will show us what it is that He wants for us. So because of the uncertainty that is going on in our life we are clingy to the word hope and all our scriptures for this year are going to be of hope. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHqQm447jvpzAM6gy2tMuEzfC30pClHm-PJv5BIMPNMSmH0bcus8rqe6YkkpcnHrWU2s0RpfF3NVqiMqZmzDHLEzLTHPU1bH6NrhxHofjoTLPU4BJSB8Bz7OKXnfGnnOvge5aUDUTCaipOwDizRSGNNl0U-0y3XQK5-A9Lrc8Veg-Kq_tR5_JREKcv=s1080" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHqQm447jvpzAM6gy2tMuEzfC30pClHm-PJv5BIMPNMSmH0bcus8rqe6YkkpcnHrWU2s0RpfF3NVqiMqZmzDHLEzLTHPU1bH6NrhxHofjoTLPU4BJSB8Bz7OKXnfGnnOvge5aUDUTCaipOwDizRSGNNl0U-0y3XQK5-A9Lrc8Veg-Kq_tR5_JREKcv=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-56149511152300126252020-01-10T11:57:00.024-05:002022-01-06T12:05:01.338-05:00Happy Birthday, H <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope is one of those things that stretches us and grows us. Patience also is one of those things that stretches us. We wait patiently for birthdays and for special days. We wait for responses and answers. My sweet girl.....happy birthday! You are 8 years old there are moments that you want to have what you do not have and there are times that we all have those moments like in Charlie and the Chocolate factory....I want it NOW! But God uses moments where we are hoping for things we do not have and when it is time and we have learned to patiently have it arrive. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPHQfXHs37O_7-9aVXfdOAtPj56UN4hbF9B6VbHIUny0voSb1WnXhsvWyzBdInVYkQSVmtzL5c9td3P9hcWzc1z2VKN_OT78qCviIdMd2DLoBbmPa7sSAvXZNe4kaN9S7M3vF99MdEe3Cszdm1DCiOPCM173SYu8Zd2ZsOnddnOOT7yrgcwhF6mXlc=s900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPHQfXHs37O_7-9aVXfdOAtPj56UN4hbF9B6VbHIUny0voSb1WnXhsvWyzBdInVYkQSVmtzL5c9td3P9hcWzc1z2VKN_OT78qCviIdMd2DLoBbmPa7sSAvXZNe4kaN9S7M3vF99MdEe3Cszdm1DCiOPCM173SYu8Zd2ZsOnddnOOT7yrgcwhF6mXlc=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-3016412331659415302020-01-01T21:29:00.000-05:002020-01-05T21:38:46.719-05:00Family Memory Verse for 2020<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This year is such a unique year. I have a word for 2020 which is patient or patience. Most of our scripture verses will have to do with either of those words. I will talk more and more about why this scripture verse is so meaningful for us this year. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-71882705270862252622019-12-01T21:28:00.000-05:002020-01-05T21:28:44.728-05:00December 2019 Memory Verse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-57486466540423651402019-11-01T21:27:00.000-04:002020-01-05T21:27:56.518-05:00November Memory Verse 2019 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-1747596560365174682019-10-01T21:26:00.000-04:002020-01-05T21:26:22.464-05:00October Memory Verse 2019 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-62478176547063674942019-09-01T21:25:00.000-04:002020-01-05T21:25:30.284-05:00September Memory Verse 2019 - M's Memory Verse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-1471032615371290092019-08-01T21:23:00.000-04:002020-01-05T21:24:39.278-05:00August Memory Verse 2019 - N's Memory Verse <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-55200617355387404092019-07-01T21:22:00.000-04:002020-01-05T21:23:13.461-05:00July Memory Verse 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-73163652484605101342019-06-01T21:21:00.000-04:002020-01-05T21:22:19.929-05:00June Memory Verse 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-75390266240237860272019-05-01T21:20:00.000-04:002020-01-05T21:21:25.190-05:00May 2019 Memory Verse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-19270008805107985612019-04-01T21:17:00.000-04:002020-01-05T21:19:04.303-05:00April 2019 - Baby S' Memory Verse <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
In April we will celebrate Baby S, 2nd birthday! I can't believe that it's been two years since he was born and how much he went through that first year of life. I am so thankful for this little guy in our life. He helps out so much in our family. In some ways, he's a cuddle therapy for the older kids and will play and make everyone smile and be happy. I am so thankful for this sweet guy. </div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">This is baby S memory verse! I think I will have to do an update on him, but after the year that we had with him his first year of life, I constantly have to just shout this scripture!! But this is a prayer of thanksgiving that I constantly pray over baby S & all my kids.</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-66491000548868899402019-03-01T09:59:00.000-05:002019-03-01T09:59:20.947-05:00March Memory Verse 2019 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
March's memory verse. </div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-70794955854037332172019-02-01T09:25:00.000-05:002019-02-01T09:25:19.591-05:00February Memory Verse 2018 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
February's Memory Verse.....I wanted reminders that to praise God. Also because this month is the anniversary of our moving and starting our ministry over in Taiwan. We have now lived in Taiwan for 8 years. Like the verse says....I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I am so thankful and grateful for the power and the grace that God has given to our family to live overseas in a country that doesn't speak English and I have not learned the language. I am thankful to the many wonderful and amazing people who have taken the time to love my family and have helped us along the way as we have lived in Taiwan. I am also thankful that God has blessed our family is so many wonderful ways. </div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-42712754919507748522019-01-01T09:15:00.000-05:002019-01-14T09:16:36.253-05:00January Memory Verse 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This past year was a hard year but a good year. At the beginning of the year, we were privileged to be able to go back to the US. So we were able to spend two months with John's family and two months with my family. We got to build snow forts, go sledding, go skating, skiing, doing lots of traveling and also the kids to experience the holidays with family. It was a busy time but a joy-filled time. Once we came back to Taiwan we were busy but we were enjoying our time in Taiwan. Towards the end of the year, we found out that my best friend and someone that I felt that God brought into my life as a steady influence and a wonderful friend was moving back to her home country. It made it a very busy time for making sure to spend lots of time together with my best friend and preparing for the heartbreak of leaving and saying goodbye. </div>
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I have never done a word for a year. But as I was trying to decide on scripture verses for our 2019 a common theme seemed to occur. The word Faith or Faithful came up more often than not. So this year my word is Faithful. I pray to God that he would use my life and enter my life to cause me to remain faithful. </div>
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I have had a couple of friends who have approached me to remind me that I needed to keep my heart tender and open to new friendships and relationships. One of the hardest things about living overseas and working at Victory English Fellowship is that we have a lot of people who are very transitional in nature. So I am saying goodbyes to sweet people all the time who are moving back to their home countries or are traveling around the world. Which means that I am constantly saying goodbyes and giving a little piece of my heart all the time. So it would be very easy and I have at times said in my heart that I am not willing to be friends unless I have long term friends. Living here in Taiwan for 8 years has been a long time and so I have said goodbyes to at least 100's of people. It's a blessing because God has introduced me to so many different people and cultures. So my prayer is that I still remain moldable and tender so that I can still meet people even knowing that my heart will most likely get broken time and time again. So because of this I pray that I would remain faithful to the call that God has given to me.</div>
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This month of January is my sweet Little H's birthday. She is going to be 7 years old and I can't believe that she will be 7. It seems like just yesterday that she was born and I had a little buddy whom I did everything with. Now she is in first grade and trying her best to navigate Chinese school and me homeschooling her. She is great at playing together and making friends. She loves to color and draw. She also loves imaginative play. My prayer is that her faith would continue to grow and blossom. </div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-39619240061325394262018-12-01T08:39:00.000-05:002019-01-14T09:16:58.663-05:00December Memory Verse 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-36371711272112541632018-11-01T08:38:00.000-04:002019-01-14T08:38:23.164-05:00November Memory Verse 2018 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-45797530941262705112018-10-01T08:33:00.000-04:002019-01-14T08:33:41.939-05:00October Memory Verse 2018 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I think this scripture verse is one of the hardest verses to follow through with because my words and thoughts are one of the hardest things to control. So this verse is constantly on my heart so that way my words and actions and what is in my heart would be pleasing to the Lord. Also that my words, actions would demonstrate Christ love to everyone that I encounter.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-51649048468562601682018-09-01T08:28:00.000-04:002019-01-14T08:29:17.884-05:00September Memory Verse 2018 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
My sweet Little M's birthday is this month and this is his bible verse. He decided on the wonderful scenery that you see in this scripture verse. I am super excited for his scripture verse. </div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-55950653108904812312018-08-01T09:43:00.000-04:002019-01-13T09:43:58.655-05:00August Memory Verse 2018 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This is Little N's scripture verse for 2018. I want Little N to remember to focus on the positive and beautiful things in life. I think that can be an ongoing struggle and so I gave both Little N and myself this scripture verse to help us to remember to focus on the positive and lovely things. </div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-2085048858254530022018-07-01T09:36:00.000-04:002019-01-13T09:36:31.748-05:00July Memory Verse 2018 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Happy Birthday Month to my darling John! This is my daily scripture verse for John in 2018. I pray that he would daily remember to follow this scripture verse while he is raising our kids. This is a never-ending process of refining for both parents and children. It's very humbling to realize how much scripture talks about raising children. It's also very humbling to realize that the people in scripture that people elevate and are excited about are flawed and weren't perfect in their parenting. Which is such a comfort because you realize that you can mess up and ask for forgiveness and daily work to be the best parent and child you can be. I also realized that I wish I had understood what these verses meant growing up and that I had obeyed my parents more often than I did. I am SO thankful for GRACE that God gives us. </div>
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Happy Birthday John! I love you! </div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1460103037346095151.post-4874566047284383382018-06-01T09:29:00.000-04:002019-01-13T09:30:07.528-05:00June Memory Verse 2018 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I think this verse completely humbles me. It's completely opposite of my thinking and causes me to pause and realize that I daily need to be a servant. I keep wanting to elevate myself to be the princess or queen of the family but I daily need to stop what I'm doing and remind myself that I bring honor by being a servant and serving my family and friends. </div>
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