To have your childhood dream realized is a really big deal.
The thing you can do better than anyone else is love your children, because they’re your children.
Maya Rudolph (born 1972) is an American actress, comedian, and singer.
Viewing cooking shows
Watching, yet never taste test—
Counting calories
Pushing shopping cart
Faster than flashy Corvette—
Speed up–kids at play!
Gifted three-year old
Earning Phi Beta Kappa—
Reading picture books
December’s barren ground
Autumn now long over
Snowflakes flying, earthbound
Winter’s white sweet clover
Village sleeping tonight
Children dreaming of snow
Crystal-clear sky’s moonlight
Changing to whitest glow
Beginning to drop in
Targeted flurries fall
Playful snowstorm begins
Winter finally calls
Snowy pace never wanes
Flakes now piling up high
Truckers reaching for chains
Driving where snowballs fly
Wishful, children wake up
Stirring with loudest cheers
Sleds ready for tune-up
White Christmas comes this year
The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.
Our children must never lose their zeal for building a better world.
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) was an American educator, philanthropist, and civil rights activist. A daughter of former slaves, she made a significant impact in the lives of many.
Morning alarm rings
Summer vacation over—
Teacher calls my name
Flashing traffic lights
Driving with care in school zones—
Give these kids a BRAKE!
Another school year
Effort, attitude, action—
Ready for success
A young, married couple plans to fill their Christian home with children. Facing fertility issues, the husband and wife seek advice from doctors.
After months of trying the medical route and completing test after test, they retreat from doctors. As they decide to focus on their continuing journey of prayer, their dream of having a baby is left in God’s hands.
A few more months run their course, and the couple is still waiting. In God’s plan, an answer will eventually come, but it will be by His design and used for His glory.
Witnessing God’s lasting hope, peace, joy, and love, this Christian husband and wife discover their wish will be granted. A baby will be born just after the New Year begins. They are excited, but they take time to praise and show gratitude to their Heavenly Father.
Eventually, the baby boy arrives, but he has decided to enter the world too soon. Born prematurely and much smaller than expected, the boy’s status concerns his parents. Their “miracle” child is born, and the medical staff sees that he is well-taken care of.
Over the coming weeks and months, the couple care and love their little “Bubba” as they like to call him. He may be undersized, but he is healthy and growing. They feel so blessed and thankful.
For many couples, this scenario plays out around the world. With God’s guidance and modern medical care, more and more families are experiencing the joy of children in their lives.
Other families turn to adoption or foster care of children. When choosing what path to take, bringing God into the equation helps to guide each decision.
In contrast, the world has its own “miracle” child . . . a babe born in a Bethlehem stable over 2,000 years ago. God comes to earth as the incarnate Emmanuel. His light continues to guide lives each and every day.
If I were starting my family over again, I would give first priority to my wife and children, not my work.
From Psalm 90:12: “So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.”
Children remind us to treasure the smallest of gifts, even in the most difficult of times.
When times get tough, at some point, people instinctively know they need to lighten up in order to get through it.
The two most important tools of parenting are time and touch. Listen to your boys and girls, look them in the eye, put your arms around them, hug them close, tell them how valuable they are.
From Proverbs 20:7: “The righteous walk in integrity—happy are the children who follow them!”
Breathing in silence
Poverty living
Suffocating life
Empty, ungiving
Living with little
Sadly, no escape
Seeing no future
Desolate landscape
Bonding together
Despite life’s darkness
Overcoming much
Home lives with starkness
Searching, any job
Family needs food
Tasting emptiness
Life feeling so skewed
Thinking of future
Numbing journey calls
Shattering each dream
Poverty’s pitfalls
Facing each crisis
Today’s worries leave
Finding work again
Hope now smiles, believe
Different levels of poverty strike the world everywhere. Some areas face more daunting challenges than others. Here are a few sobering statistics:
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