We have completed the first week of our 2019-2020 school year! Here’s an update:
We have completed the first week of our 2019-2020 school year! Here’s an update:
In June I posted a review of Tim Challies’ book, Do More Better, where he recommends three apps to use to organize your life. Well, here’s an update on how this analog girl is making the switch to digital list-making. Thanks for watching!
I’ve used this program once, and I’m about to use it again – I love it! Here’s my review for the America the Beautiful history program:
Here are five things (there are probably a hundred, but time is limited 😁) to consider before joining a homeschooling co-op:
I was sick last Sunday and had to miss our regular services, so today, I caught up! I was blessed to hear “Resurrection Joy” and “Antidotes to Adultery” both by my pastor and husband, Terry Basham, II, while I did my week’s worth of ironing.
The first sermon had a quote that really stuck with me: “Un-prayed prayer is always unanswered prayer”. Simple but true! God may not answer my prayers the way I desire, but I can guarantee He will not answer the prayers I do not pray.
“Antidotes to Adultery” was the second part of a two-part series on the commandment, “Thou shalt not commit adultery”. You can hear the first part here: Adultery Is a Sin
Here are the links to the ones I heard today:
I’ve made an individual video for each grade to shows what we’re planning to use in our homeschool this year. It’s hard to believe I’ll have another one graduating already! I’ll also have a 9th, 7th and 4th grader this year! Scroll down to see the videos:
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I have been working to become more organized in my daily tasks. Rather than ironing shirts as they are needed, I’m trying to look at the week ahead and do my ironing all at once. This means I can easily spend an hour ironing. This is boring. When I was a little girl, my mother would do her ironing at one designated time, too, and I would spend that time jabbering to her about the important issues of the day. I’m sure her time just flew by! (ha!)
I don’t have a “jabberer” in the family, so I have been listening to sermons during that time. This past week, I listened to the sermon, “Sufficient Grace” from 2 Cor. 12:1-10 by Dr. John MacArthur. I can’t explain fully how it blessed me, helped me, and gave me strength to go on! I thank God for his Word, and for His men. I hope you will have time to listen to it sometime.
I’m posting the link HERE for you, and I’d like to share the main points:
Conclusion: What is the right response to suffering? To embrace it.
Quotes that helped me:
“No one is too weak to be used by God, but many are too strong.”
“If you have any agenda other than God’s, you’re representing Satan.”
“If we boast, let it be of our weaknesses. When Paul defended his apostleship, he gave a litany of sufferings, not successes.”
“God is so concerned about the humility of a shepherd, that he may allow Satan to damage his church just to humble him.”
“What are the credentials of service to God? Suffering.”
Parents of adult children, you may find the words at 27:30 in this sermon to be a particular help. I did.
Do you listen to sermons regularly, or just in your church? Good Bible preaching is available 24/7, 365 in this day and age. That’s probably the best thing about the internet! We should take advantage of it while we can. It is a gift from God!
I can’t just tell you about this, I have to show you! 🙂 My latest video is a teaching tip for moms who are training their little ones to hear the difference in the various short vowel sounds.
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Here’s a video designed with new homeschooling moms in mind. I’ve taught all five of my children to read using the amazing Abeka program – and I’ve learned you don’t need every visual that they suggest. Here’s what you need, what you can make, and what you can live without:
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