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Patience is not an easy “virtue.”  I struggle with it!  I’m sure you do too at times.  Well, when you are a toddler, patience is just not in your vocabulary.  I have explained patience as “waiting nicely” to my son.  Does that mean he can actually put actions with those words? Haha…that’s funny. Discussion Ask […]

Self control is a hard one for any age.  Even adults struggle with this concept.  No matter what age your child is, self control is a biblical virtue that must not only be taught, but modeled! Discussion Ask your child what self control means.  Self control is when we choose to act in ways that […]

How would you describe joy?  Do you ever get an overwhelming feeling of happiness?  That’s joy.  But joy and happiness are different.  Happiness can be taken away when disappointment enters the picture.  Joy is a choice; an attitude that you choose to have no matter the circumstance. Sometimes it is hard to find joy in […]

**I’m in labor!! I am at home (it’s 3am) but have been laboring here for the past 4 hours and will be heading to the hospital soon.  The next 3 days elf activities are scheduled to go live on their own while I am in the hospital.  As long as wordpress works like it is […]

Dear Children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.  1 John 3:18 Discussion It is important to speak with kindness, but it is even more impactful when our actions show kindness.   Jesus showed kindness in every action He took.  Read the story of the paralyzed man in Luke […]