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Stewardship
Spring has come and for our Homesteading family, that means we can finally get outside and enjoy the outdoors more after the slowdown of winter. You see winter is the time we spend dreaming of all the life Spring brings forth. From what baby chicks we will hatch to planning the layout of our raised…
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Restoration
As the new year hits, I wonder how many of us take time to reflect on the previous year and what we expect from this new year. I am not talking about new year resolutions so much as I am what do we expect from the Lord in the coming year. If you have listened…
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Do it all for the Glory of God
Ahh the holiday season is upon us. At some point running this marathon, I am sure you have felt pressure during the holiday season. Maybe your family has strict traditions they have assumed you would also uphold. Maybe, you have a hundred different teachers, caregivers, therapists, etc. you feel you need to buy for. Maybe,…
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Hope & Faith
Have you ever felt like hoping was painful? Like if you hope, and then something doesn’t happen, that it will just break you to the point of no return? I bet if you are on this journey as a parent to an individual with special needs your hope has waivered at times. Maybe it wasn’t…
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All Things are Possible
As a mom to child with a developmental diagnosis, I have often questioned at times what his future will look like. There have been times when going into a store was difficult, heck, leaving the house was difficult. There are days when being in the house is difficult due to PICA behaviors. Limited diets, eloping,…
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Be Fruitful
Within the special needs community, I have often seen the question posed about the chances of having another child with an Intellectual or Developmental diagnosis after already having one. With a quick google search we see that the chances of having a child with special needs is approximately 1 in 33. If the family already…
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One Thing Needed
Have you ever taken the quiz about your love languages? There are five as Gary Chapman describes in his book “The Five Love Languages”. Each of these is a way we, as humans, tend to give and receive love. Most will have a predominant love language they typically feel most loved by and will tend…
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In the Garden
Why is farming our vision and why does it matter? Genesis 2:15 states “Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it” From the very start of creation, God intended for us to be in a garden and to be caring…
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The Trinity
In scripture we see the Lord is clear that he is to be the only God of our lives and we see him state in scriptures “apart from me there is no God”. We also know from the New Testament that Jesus is also God, see scriptures John 10:30 and Colossians 2:9. We see at Jesus’ baptism…