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©Millie McNabbThe doctor recently recommended some dietary changes for my husband. Philosophically, I agree with the changes, but psychologically and physically it takes effort to establish new habits. The two most significant changes impact my time: no more cold cereal for breakfast and avoid preservatives (i.e. restaurant food.) I’m back in the kitchen again.Over the years I have read many

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©Millie McNabbHer aunt was talking to my three-year-old grand-daughter. She asked how Sunday School was. My grand-daughter answered dramatically, “Terribly boring.” I thought, “Bring out the oxygen. We’re losing her.”I remember being the substitute teacher for a Sunday School class of third-graders. I started with the pre-prepared lesson, but a boy asked a question, and we “followed the

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©Millie McNabbWe humans have a hope that life will in some sense be easy. We like things to go our way. We expect real life challenges to be solved like an hour-long television program, with all the stumbling blocks neatly taken out of the picture.Jesus had a different word. He said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come!” Luke 17

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©Millie McNabbWe have remodeled some houses, and in the process discovered pornographic magazines stashed away. This secret addiction can destroy a marriage. When choosing a spouse, be on guard for signs of this addiction.The internet has given easy access to pornographic sites. An article I read reported that surveys show at least 70 percent of men and 21 percent of women struggle with online

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©Millie McNabbMy friend used to say, “It’s better to burn the candle at both ends than to go out half lit.” As a person who tends to get up early and also stay up late (and not get drunk), I appreciated the saying.I also like to apply the saying to our Christian walk. We need to shine our light in the material world as well as the spiritual world. The way we do our physical work impacts the

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©Millie McNabbMy daughter and I were traveling together and enjoyed visiting in the car. One of the topics that came up was the church youth group. There were six people her age attending Sunday School when she was a teenager. She is the only one that as an adult is spiritually engaged.I often quote a George Barna report that 61% of young adults who attended church as teenagers, are no longer

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©Millie McNabbYesterday was our thirty-third anniversary. We went out for steak dinner together. I went online looking for what gift was recommended to mark the year. They only listed gifts by every five years after the fifteenth anniversary. The twenty-fifth anniversary is marked by silver. Being practical, we got a three-in-one printer—it was silver in color, however.The year my oldest

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©Millie McNabbI remember my father visiting the Legislature. As they debated the topic, my father said the first speaker was very convincing. Then the next speaker presented the other side of the issue. Again, my father thought the speaker was very convincing. Watching economic news can be very much that way. Each guest is very earnest about the view they are presenting, and are very

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God bless...

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©Millie McNabbI started reading Job today in my daily Bible reading. I was once challenged by someone to read 40 chapters a day in the Bible. So, I did—for one day. I read the 42 chapters of Job in one day. At that pace, you would read the entire Bible in a month.There are different paces of effective Bible reading. Sometimes we read large sections for content, context and knowledge. At

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©Millie McNabbWe planted most of our garden a week ago, and today, the grandchildren and I discovered lettuce and pumpkins peeking up through the soil. I overheard my daughter saying something to her niece about helping plant, so I had this expectation that they were going to be going outside.They hadn’t gone outside and naptime was approaching, so I asked my daughter what the plan was. I was

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©Millie McNabbWe have had a bunch of mosquitoes this year, which is quite unusual. The difference is that a neighbor of ours started raising cattle, and has some stagnant ponds where there used to be cropland. We now have to protect ourselves from getting bitten, and discipline ourselves not to scratch.I have a scar on my left hand where I incessantly scratched a bite when I was a child.

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©Millie McNabbOne of my husband’s grandmothers always went through a verbal checklist with her children and grandchildren before they left the house. Do you have your gloves? Do you have your purse? Have you got your scarf?Our children knew the story, and we used the phrase, “Got your scarf?” as a reminder for each child to go through their own mental list of what they needed to be prepared

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©Millie McNabbI watched “The Science of Sex Appeal” on the Discovery channel. There are many fascinating attractions going on that we are not consciously aware of. In one experiment, men rated pictures of women for how attractive they were. When the experiment was repeated in the presence of copulins (female pheromones), every woman was deemed more highly attractive.The program attributed

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©Millie McNabbOne of the most challenging aspects of raising children was developing suitable friends. Before we started homeschooling, the girls were around more children in public school, but many times efforts to get together were one-sided. One daughter evaluated the situation and decided there wasn’t anyone she wanted to spend that much time with—and I agreed with her decision.There’s a

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©Millie McNabbWe planted the garden today. I haven’t had a garden for the past few years, but two of my daughters wanted to use the space. The grandchildren were in on the adventure, too, although their interest was short-lived. They did, however, gather several rocks from the driveway.Sometimes people think that work came about as a result of “The Fall.” However, Genesis 2:15 says that Adam

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©Millie McNabbWhen we moved to Maryland, the church we attended had a desire to have an afterschool ministry for children in the neighborhood. As I looked at the situation, God had all the resources in place; they just needed someone to say, “Go.” So I said, “Go.” Years later when we visited there, I was somewhat surprised when I was introduced as the person who started their afterschool

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©Millie McNabbI was thinking about the Indiana Jones movie The Last Crusade. Near the end of the movie Indiana had to make a choice between saving the treasure or saving his life. Wisdom prevailed and he let the treasure go.A Christian value we want to pass on is understanding both money and wisdom as treasures. God has given us the material world to learn how to be a good steward. The

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©Millie McNabbI read Thumbelina to the girls tonight at bedtime. It’s about a “thumb-sized” little girl who is stolen by a toad who wants to marry her. The fish help her escape, and then she is out on her own. When it gets cold, a mouse takes her in and his friend the mole wants to marry her. We assume he’s nice as far as moles go, but his home is underground. He allows her to go see the sunlight

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©Millie McNabbSome days it’s a challenge to get the routine done--you know, the little things that nobody notices, unless they’re not done. After a weekend with the family here, I had run the dishwasher twice, and was just finishing pots and pans, when I noticed water on the floor. The drain in my kitchen sink had failed, so now I really couldn’t finish the dishes. Fortunately, my husband is a

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©Millie McNabbI’m going to be taking a driving trip with my daughter and her three young girls. I’m hoping they know the lesson about using the bathroom when one’s available.I remember sharing a lesson about that with my girls. I put water in a balloon and showed how when it’s full, it’s like the bladder letting you know to empty. I then partially filled a balloon, and told them that they

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©Millie McNabbOur children were here helping clean out my mother-in-law’s house. While the adults were moving things, I prepared food and took care of the grandchildren (four girls all under the age of four.)The two older grand-daughters like to help me cook. They wash vegetables, stir mixtures, and get things out of the refrigerator for me. Later, while those two were napping, the younger two

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©Millie McNabbWe’re cleaning out the house where my mother-in-law lived for over 60 years. As you might imagine, there’s an accumulation of things with varying degrees of value. There are the practical, usable items. There are collectibles. There are antiques. Beyond their intrinsic value, anything could have sentimental value to someone.Over the past twelve years, I’ve been involved in settling

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©Millie McNabbI grew up on a farm, and each of us six children had household responsibilities, as well as farm chores to do. My household chore was to gather the trash, and burn it in the incinerator barrel. I liked seeing the flame catch hold and spread throughout the barrel, so it was a good match (pun intended.)All in all, housekeeping is not my strong suit. My college roommate once told me

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©Millie McNabbOne of our daughter’s has a birthday today. Her first kiss was at her marriage ceremony. When we were homeschooling, my girls discovered I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris, which influenced their thinking about courtship and marriage versus casual dating.Making a commitment to purity is counter to the prevalence of casual sex in today’s youthful dating culture. Rutgers

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©Millie McNabbAll of our children were here with us this weekend. As they shared in conversation what was going on in their lives, it was apparent that each of them had favor at their workplace. Having skill in their work, gives them credibility with co-workers and opportunities to share their beliefs.Passing on our Christian values includes preparing them to impact this world in practical ways

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©Millie McNabbI recently re-read Revolutionary Parenting by George Barna. The Barna Group surveyed and interviewed thousands of young adults and their parents. They discovered some common denominators to parenting in such a way that children become Christian adults—spiritual champions, as Barna calls them. I remember being so excited the first time I read the book. I had just launched my

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©Millie McNabbIn a roundtable discussion of America’s economic condition, one of the comments was something like, “The government has got to save us.”The Bible has a different perspective of who will save us. “Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help {And} rely on horses, And trust in chariots because they are many And in horsemen because they are very strong, But they do not look to the Holy

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©Millie McNabbI remember my mother commenting that many women go to college to find the perfect man, and pick up a good husband along the way. Getting married may not be the goal when you go to college, but it is a meeting place for many couples.Your list of desirable traits may include “likes to learn new things.” People who attend college may have that trait. If they graduate, they also

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©Millie McNabbWe were talking about salt at my daughter’s natural health clinic. Part of the discussion centered around the benefits of sea salt. Another aspect of the discussion was the balance between water and salt.Our physical bodies require a balance between water and salt. It is not unusual to hear of someone going on a salt-restricted diet. The balance could also be restored by

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©Millie McNabbA couple of years ago, I came across the best and most complete parenting resource book I’d ever seen. It’s called The Parent’s Toolshop: The Universal Blueprint for Building a Healthy Family. It is based on Biblical principles, but written for any audience.The author, Jody Johnston Pawel, has not only brought the resources together, but she has presented them in an effective

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©Millie McNabbMy daughter was telling me the story of a woman who was distraught in the mall parking lot. A man came over to see if he could help. The woman explained that the battery had run down in her car “clicker” and she didn’t know how she was going to get into her car. The man took her key, put it in the door lock, and opened the car for her.There are keys for passing on our Christian

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©Millie McNabbOur neighbor across the road has started a cow-calf herd. This is calving season, and there’s new life each day as I drive by.I grew up on a farm, and I remember how exciting it was to discover the newest litter of kittens. Also in the barn were the orphan calves that became my pets as I hung around helping my father milk the cows. My uncle, who was usually somewhat brusque,

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©Millie McNabbWhen I was in elementary school, my sister had friends over for a slumber party at our house. My mother was awakened to the bathroom mirror banging on the wall, and wondered, “What are those girls up to now?” We were having an Idaho earthquake.I don’t think of Idaho as being earthquake-prone, but I just read that it’s the sixth most likely state to have an earthquake. To my

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©Millie McNabbI recently read in I Samuel 25 the interaction of Nabal and his wife Abigail. Nabal was rude and ungrateful to David, and David was about to come destroy Nabal’s household. Abigail interceded and saved their lives. About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal and he died. David proposed to Abigail and she became his wife. It’s a wonderful Cinderella story.When we choose a spouse

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©Millie McNabbMy daughter was changing her nine-month-old daughter’s diaper, and her daughter started twisting and wiggling. A quick swat to the exposed bare cheek reminded her daughter that she needed to stay still. It makes parenting easier if you teach the lessons when the children are young.People can generally behave themselves when they’re well-rested and have had enough to eat. Part of

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©Millie McNabbMy daily Bible reading was in Kings today. Elijah has just orchestrated this amazing demonstration of God’s power. He proposed a contest between God and the false god Baal. The prophets are each to prepare a sacrifice, but not light the fire with human means—they are to pray to their god to come light the fire. After much todo by the prophets of Baal with no result, Elijah prepares

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©Millie McNabbRecently I got a parking lot ding on my car door. The scratch actually started in the fender and went across the door, then dipped down into the trim color. I got sticker shock when the body shop gave me the repair estimate.I remember being a mother of four young children and hearing a speaker say that it took $200,000 to raise a child to the age of 18. It was difficult to

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©Millie McNabbA couple of days ago a friend forwarded an email with the subject “Britain’s Got Talent.” It was a clip of an unlikely looking woman who was met with scorn by an audience. That audience was turned in an instant into an adoring crowd when they heard her voice. Last night on Larry King Live he was interviewing Susan Boyle who has gone from obscurity to worldwide acclaim in—get

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©Millie McNabbOver the course of ten days, we’ve had snow storms and now warming expected to go into the seventies. That is springtime in Idaho—a transition from winter to summer. We are affected by larger climatic cycles, such as El Nino which shift weather patterns over the course of years. “To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven….” (Ecclesiastes 3:1)There

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©Millie McNabbI was playing with my two-and-a-half-year-old grand-daughter today. We were putting shaped blocks into their container. As we looked for each right spot, I started adding detail to the names of the shapes. She already knew triangle, but I added isosceles and equilateral. She knew square, but I added parallelogram and diamond.At her age, she is absorbing lots of

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©Millie McNabbYou may remember the old joke which asks, “What’s the longest word in the dictionary?” “Smiles, because there’s a mile between the two s’s.”According to an article I read today, smiles go a long way in predicting marriage success. The researchers asked people who were over sixty-five to provide childhood photos of themselves. The results indicated that those who frown in photos

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©Millie McNabbMy nine-month-old grand-daughter was getting close to nap time. She had been happily entertaining herself sitting on the floor, but now was starting to intermix singing with “Aheh, aheh” sounds. Her mother went and sat next to her, and immediately the anxiety disappeared from her voice.As we impart comfort to our children, they learn about God's comfort. We're passing on our

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©Millie McNabbThe Lord is risen! “But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing; and as {the women} were

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©Millie McNabbWhen I was growing up, the schools were closed in observance of Good Friday. There was usually a special church service, often centered on the seven last words of Christ. Now Good Friday is more of a “business as usual” day. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the stock market was closed to observe the day.It used to be that there was a foundational Christian understanding

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©Millie McNabbThe Bible is full of examples about money. Scripture has nearly 400 references to gold. If you’re serious about passing on your Christian values, money stewardship will play an important part. Our children observe us using money, and learn our attitudes, whether we intentionally teach them about money or not. Money is a training ground for being able to handle spiritual matters.

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©Millie McNabbSome people are concerned that qualified spouse candidates with Christian values are in short supply. I broke off a relationship when I was 23 and remember being surprised by my aunt’s comment that not everyone got married.Proverbs 19:14 says that “a prudent wife [or husband] is from the Lord.” May I suggest two things as you wait for the Lord: 1) Continue to become a godly

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©Millie McNabbWhen I saw my nearly nine-month-old granddaughter this evening, I could tell there was something new. There was a definite light of recognition in her eyes when she saw me and smiled. She kept smiling, and reached out for me.Her mother saw it, too. “There was something different about her eyes and her head when she woke up from her nap today.”As our children grow, we expect to

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©Millie McNabbAt the memorial service I went to today, one of the children said that their mother had given her children “roots and wings.” I was thinking of how parenting involves a dynamic tension between those two goals. We intentionally make home a place to be nurtured and grow, and yet a place to leave.When we pass on our Christian values, the roots are established in Christ Jesus. The

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©Millie McNabbI’ve been working on taxes today. What better place to practice your Christian values?Jesus used many illustrations about money, and some involved taxes. The religious leaders were trying to trick Him and asked if it was lawful for them to pay taxes. Jesus had one of those answers you wish you had every time. He had them look at a coin and tell him whose picture was on it. “And

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©Millie McNabb“The efficient person gets the job done right.The effective person gets the right job done.”When I came across that quote today it reminded me about a leadership book I read in the past. (If I come across the title, I’ll post it later.) The point of the book was making the distinction between a leader and a manager. Both have necessary skills and abilities for the task at hand,

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©Millie McNabbShortly after the 9-11, 2001 destruction of the Twin Towers, I was in a prayer group. I requested prayer for the economy of our country. The next morning, I had the distinct impression that I had prayed the wrong prayer, as God directed me to this passage in Deuteronomy 30:8-9a. "And you shall again obey the LORD, and observe all His commandments which I command you today. Then the

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©Millie McNabbI was talking with a newlywed wife and she exclaimed, “I am so mad at his mother.Why didn’t she train him better?”God does expect parents to train their children. For example, Moses in Deuteronomy 4:10 reminds the people of the day they received the Ten Commandments. "{Remember} the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Assemble the people to Me

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©Millie McNabbSometimes I meet mothers who are overwhelmed with the thought of homeschooling. They make comments like, “You’re so brave,” “You’re so organized,” or “You’re so patient.” Perhaps I have become some of those things, but none of them are requisites for homeschooling. What is required is your decision to do it.The question is, "Do you want to pass on your Christian values to your

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©Millie McNabbToday is my birthday. We did most of the celebrating this past weekend, since that was more convenient for us. Thanks to my Facebook friends for their greetings. Thanks for the snail-mail cards and phone calls.I was thinking about my birthdays growing up. My grandfather who lived across the road from us had a birthday on March 31. He always teased me that I was a day older than

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My two youngest daughters orchestrated a birthday surprise for me tonight. While my husband (he's a thoughtful guy who likes to make special days special) took me to dinner and a movie, they cleaned house and did my laundry for me. They also had a bouquet of sunflowers on the coffee table.One of my goals in life has been to enjoy my children at every age. They are easy to enjoy and are my good

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©Millie McNabbI was talking with some moms about household chores, allowances and teaching children about economy. When our children were young, we kept household chores separate from allowances. We paid a small allowance, created other opportunities for them to earn money, and encouraged entrepreneurship.One of the key Christian values to teach our children is that everything belongs to God

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©Millie McNabbI got four packages of socks of the same brand from the same rack, and yet when I was matching them up after they were washed, the lengths were different by as much as two inches. It did not occur to me to compare lengths before I purchased them. Toe to heel seemed pretty consistent, so I don’t think I mistakenly got different sizes. Yet the fact remains—they’re unequally matched.I

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©Millie McNabbThank you for visiting and reading my blog. I’ve heard back from parents, grandparents and teachers that they are appreciating the examples of sharing Godly perspectives through everyday living that they find on this blog.I invite you to not only read the blog, but to become an official follower of the blog. It's easy and convenient to become a blog follower. On the right sidebar,

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©Millie McNabbWe woke up to snow again today after enjoying a few days of warmer weather. I noticed as I drove into town that the weather pattern was varied. There was a mile of slush and rough ruts, followed by a stretch that was only wet, then another piece of road that slushy snow.Later on, I was walking into the house with my grand-daughters. Although the walk had been shoveled, they

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©Millie McNabbMy daughter participated in a health fair and I helped at her booth. It is always interesting to talk with the people that stop by, and fascinating to watch the people whether they stop or not.Ours was one of the few holistic booths in a convention hall of traditional medicine. Some people studiously ignored us. They would glance at our display, ignore our greeting, and walk on.

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©Millie McNabbThere’s a freshly dug hole under our pump house. This marks the beginning of the next episode of “Skunk Wars.” We’ve lived here for 18 years, and have had skunks wander through, but last year they dug in and set up housekeeping under the building. We thought they were gone, and filled around the building last fall.Sin can be like skunks. We think it’s gone, and then find it’s

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©Millie McNabbI remember starting a large project when I had just learned to crochet. As I was selecting yarn, the sales associate told me to check the dye lot, and get all the yarn for the entire project at one time. I didn’t think about that advice when I purchased a dozen pair of black socks. When I sorted them on laundry day, the sock colors ranged were slightly different—black, light black,

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©Millie McNabbWhen I was in elementary school, the kids were serious about pinching anyone who didn’t wear green on St. Patrick’s Day. The first grade teacher always had a bunch of green construction paper shamrocks prepared to pin on any student who forgot to wear something green. She was kind in a practical way.We model kindness for our children. We teach them to be aware of others who may

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©Millie McNabbThere’s a sandwich shop where my husband and I eat lunch probably twice a week. I parked my car and walked up to the counter, where the owner and helper were grinning. They had the order all ready and just asked, “To stay or to go?”Our sandwich order is very predictable, and easy to know. Our children are not as predictable, but well worth getting to know. As parents we work at

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©Millie McNabbOur grand-daughters came to visit today. We have some stools given to our daughters by their grandparents. The stools have a letter on the bottom to identify who the owner is. The three-year-old recognized that one of the letters was the same as her initial, and made sure she sat on that stool. Someday, she may ask who the letter “B” stool belongs to.I smiled as I thought about

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©Millie McNabbI was making honey butter tonight to go with our cornbread and chili. I was appreciating a simple invention that had been added to the honey bottle that kept the honey from dripping.The Bible records some inventions and credits God with helping people who are using their skills. One I was surprised to read is in II Chronicles 26:15. “In Jerusalem he made engines {of war} invented

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©Millie McNabbWe attended a memorial service today for a person we’d known for some years. When we first met her she was young and perky. Through the years we saw alcohol take its toll. The pastor talked about the combination of “relief and grief” that may surround a death.The pastor said that the deceased had once said, “If I can’t help myself, maybe I can help others.” There were those

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©Millie McNabbWhen my husband needs new black socks, we get rid of all the old ones, and buy a dozen matching socks so that we don’t spend needless time pairing them up after laundry day. The concept is sound, but this last batch we got, was not as well-matched as we imagined.We got four packages of the same brand from the same rack. They seemed to be alike, but laundry day told a different story

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©Millie McNabbI forgot about the time change to daylight savings this week. I was lounging around Sunday morning, when my husband said that we had half an hour to get to church. We moved into high gear and got there just after the first song.There are minor consequences of forgetting daylight savings time. There is a greater consequence—an eternal consequence--to missing out on the saving

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©Millie McNabbI was looking up something on BibleGateway.com and came across a note saying that the peak hours of use for the mobile version was during church. I hadn’t thought about people reading along with the pastor using an electronic device. Then I wondered how that might change “Sword Drill” games, where you race to see who can look up Scripture verses fastest.[Ephesians 6:17 includes

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©Millie McNabbI saw an ad on TV with different celebrities promoting “saving children” somewhere. The thought crossed my mind that these same people would probably support the right of a woman to choose, over the right of an unborn child to live.When we lived in Maryland, I was in the pediatrician’s waiting room. The news channel was reporting a mother-drowns-preschoolers kind of story. The

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©Millie McNabbI was at my daughter’s clinic and she was with a client when her two-week old daughter woke up, and started to cry. I offered my thumb, which I knew to be a great comfort from my early days, but that was a poor substitute for what she really wanted.That is how our desire for the Lord is to be. We cry out to the Lord. We are not satisfied with less. “…like newborn babies, long for

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©Millie McNabbOne of my daughters is also a temperament coach. She delights in identifying people with choleric traits by their hair style. The choleric is the take-charge person, and their hair is under control, and often at attention. (Think drill sergeant hair.)Paul (Saul) is one of the more notable people in the Bible with choleric traits. He was going full blast persecuting Christians. “Now

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©Millie McNabbWe studied United States history in our homeschool by reading biographies of the presidents. It gave a broader perspective of the issues, philosophies and alliances that led to the adoption of different policies. The library was a great resource for those studies.I also purchased a book with pictures and fill-in-the-blank short biographies of all the presidents that was designed

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©Millie McNabbWe were at a women’s meeting when we learned that the facility had double-booked our room. One of my friends commented that we needed ‘grace.’ I replied that I didn’t think she was coming.Grace is when we receive something good we don’t deserve, or when we extend to others a kindness they don’t deserve. (Mercy is when we don’t receive something bad that we do deserve.) II Peter

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©Millie McNabbWhen my husband and I started married life together, we decided to run our household on the “spares” concept. That is, we would have a spare container of the goods we used regularly. When we started to use the spare, we’d restock it, rather than running out of anything and having to make a panic run to the store.This was my husband’s idea. By temperament, he is much more of a

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I was visiting with a group of women today and we covered a range of topics, but primarily the economy, pregnancy and homeschooling. All the topics had something to do with decisions, and a certain amount of fear because there were so many unknowns. The Bible does not give specific answers for every situation, but it give principles for wisdom. We make decisions based on our best

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One of the theme verses God gave me in the past was Romans 12:2 "...be transformed by the renewing of your mind." At the time there were variations of transformer toys that you were supposed to manipulate and change from one form to another. Some of the transformers we had at our household got stuck in the process.We can get stuck in the transformation process as well. We need to be intentional

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©Millie McNabbMy laundry verse is Revelation 22:14. “Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.”I was thinking the other day about how my laundry schedule has changed over the years, going from single to married, to children, and now empty-nester.Our goal was to be able to have the children run the

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©Millie McNabbOur weather warmed up into the forties. The snow has receded, and now the fields are flooded since the ground underneath is still frozen and can’t absorb the excess water.Sometimes we hear new information, and we just can’t take it in. Our thoughts are frozen by what we’ve always done, and we can’t absorb what’s being presented to us.Our children can pick up this attitude very

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©Millie McNabbYesterday evening was cool, and my daughter told me that she was having difficulty getting the windshield cleared on her drive home. She tried various buttons, switches, and knobs to get some combination of wipers and heating that would clear the view.When she got home and got out of the car, her view was still clouded. It was her contacts, not the windshield that needed

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©Millie McNabbWhen we were homeschooling, there were foundational subjects—the three R’s--that everyone needed to master in order to successfully study anything else. Then there was the “core knowledge” of basic information needed to be able pick up the clues and function well in culture. Lastly there was specialized information—the areas where you went beyond the basics, to help each child

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©Millie McNabbSome things you just have to define as being done. Household chores fall into that category. I remember my mother commenting that inevitably someone would come get a drink of water just as she finished the dishes—and then there would be more dishes to wash.There will always be more work to be done. It can be a challenge to safeguard our attitudes in the midst of the routines of

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©Millie McNabbI stopped by to see how my daughter was doing with the new baby. Her other two daughters who had been with their aunt were at home, too. The middle daughter started climbing on me when I was holding the baby. I told her to wait. She turned and left the room.A few minutes later I found her in the bathroom, sitting wrapped in a towel, chin in hands. I asked if she was mad at me.

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©Millie McNabbMy daughter gave birth to her third daughter at 1:27 this morning, barely an hour after the midwives arrived. We’re giving praise that all are doing well."You alone are the LORD. You have made the heavens, The heaven of heavens with all their host, The earth and all that is on it, The seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them And the heavenly host bows down before

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©Millie McNabbI was telling my daughter about a woman I met today who said she was attending the church across the street from her because she didn’t know where a church of her denomination was located. My daughter said, “I’m sure glad you taught us how to find things.”She went on to say that people come to her at work all the time, because they know that she’ll find the information that they

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©Millie McNabbAt the health conference I attended recently, there were a number of minerals about which the speaker said, “This mineral is essential for health because it affects such and such. We don’t know how it works, but we know we need it.”Man has been seeking to understand the human body for centuries and still there are aspects that defy explanation. Scientists seek the Unified Field

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©Millie McNabbMy husband asked me what I’d like for Valentine’s Day. I mentioned a project that I hoped to finish. He said, “All right…and could we go to the dump, too?”We’ve been married over thirty-two years, and have spent a lot of time working in business together--including trips to the dump. Now it’s a standing joke between us about having dates at the dump. Today we did work on a

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©Millie McNabbToday was Lincoln’s birthday. I was remembering the February classroom decorations when I was in elementary school. There were silhouettes of Lincoln and Washington cut out of black construction paper on one bulletin board. Around most of the room were Valentine envelopes that we each made out of butcher paper.I was fascinated by the silhouettes. I was even more intrigued when

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©Millie McNabbI was thinking of women that influenced my life. I grew up in a close relationship with my mother and paternal grandmother. They were daily models in my life. I had a number of aunts—some who lived close by, and others who came to visit, bringing a touch of the exotic to our farm lives—each of whom had their influence on me. My sister is a special adult friend and

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©Millie McNabbMy daughter and I were talking about my yesterday’s blog. She reminded me of a song that I taught them about respecting other’s belongings. It is to the tune of “Jesus Loves Me.” Change the name, to fit the owner. This is Millie’s, I won’t touch, For I love her very much. I won’t fuss and I won’t whine, I will play with what is mine.She told me

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©Millie McNabbToday I was taking care of the grandchildren for a couple of hours. We had just finished putting puzzles together. The younger one mixed her pieces up again, and was reaching out to do the same to her sister’s puzzle. I told her, “No. Leave your sister’s puzzle alone.”After a minute, when I wasn’t looking, she reached over and mixed up the pieces. I disciplined her and then

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©Millie McNabbWe often have some repair project going on. The summer we were married we helped my parents remodel their house after flood waters damaged the main floor. I remember our firstborn in her baby seat while we remodeled the bathroom in a Spokane house. In Maryland, we converted the garage into a work room.When I’ve done wall texturing, I experimented with different techniques, until

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©Millie McNabbWhen my daughter was in college, her philosophy teacher had the class vote on the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20 or Deuteronomy 5.) My daughter called me, and reported that people had not only thought that lying should not be on the list, but also many did not think that murder was wrong. “And Mom,” she said, “they’re in the police training course.”We all like to have our own way,

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©Millie McNabbToday was a travel day for me, so I’m looking forward to getting some rest. When I was growing up, I worked long days on the farm. We typically got started early, took a break around noon for lunch and a rest, and then worked late.One day I had come in from the field, and was sitting down, when my grandmother who was visiting, leaned down and said to me, “Get up, you lazy girl,

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©Millie McNabbI was reading about blood tests recently and was struck by the fact that the “normal” range of the test results is determined by the median 95% of the “healthy” population. That explains why those ranges are shifting: the range may not actually be healthy, but if enough people are in that range, it’s considered normal.Unfortunately, that’s also the way many people decide how to

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©Millie McNabbOne of the things I appreciated about homeschooling, was that my children enjoyed children’s games and toys long after their peers were thinking, “That’s for babies.” They derived a certain joy from simple things, saw wonder in the world around them, and rarely complained of boredom.All of us need to extend our childhood in terms of our relationship with God. We never want to

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©Millie McNabbI have used www.blueletterbible.org for years. It’s an easy tool to use to look up Scripture and compare different translations. There are also commentaries and Bible dictionaries. They’ve added daily Bible reading plans, morning and evening devotionals, and promises.I often use the concordance. I have my preferences set for New American Standard, and sometimes there are no

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©Millie McNabbMy daughter has a natural health clinic and I attended a seminar about minerals with her today. There are so many intricacies to the human body that I once again found myself echoing Psalm 139:14, “I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.”One of the most interesting things I learned about is a

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