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Thoughtful Thursdays: Easy Encouraging Cards Kids Can Make

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If you have read any of my posts this past week, then you know I have a lot of reviews and giveaways I have to get done.

I was not going to do this review as part of my Thoughtful Thursdays post, but it just worked out. I agreed to give my honest review this product called Kwik Stix which are Solid Tempera Paints in marker-like containers. Since I teach and I have five children, I knew I could definitely put them to use. I did not receive any compensation for this product.

I received them in the mail, and I knew automatically that I was going to love these Kwik Stix. I was supposed to include them in a Back to School post — and I still will — but since I teach the Wednesday night kids group at our church, and I am getting together the crafts for VBS, I knew I had a winner for all kids’ crafts — not just for school crafts.

As I started studying my lesson for Wednesday night kids’ group, I realized automatically how I could put the Kwik Stix to use. I was teaching on Moses and how he encouraged the Hebrews to have faith in God. We looked at Exodus 14, and how Moses told them to trust in God when they were discouraged. Exodus 14:13-14 says,

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

We then applied this concept of encouragement to their lives by talking about how they needed to be a good friend to encourage their friends to do what is right, to be the Proverbs 17:17 friend: “Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.”

We also talked about how they can encourage others that are hurting by praying for them and telling them they are praying for them. For those who have helped them or done nice things for them, they can thank them. They can let others who have been sick know that they have not forgotten them and that they are praying for them.

After we were done with our lesson, we had a craft time where the kids made a praying for you card or a thank you card to someone they wanted to encourage this week. Thank you cards are not a new concept, and it might have been a boring craft except for the fact that I had the new product Kwik Stix with me!

Easy cards kids can make by themselves! Cards to encourage others -- get well cares, I miss you cards, thank you cards, and more!

The kids all loved using the paint markers. They had never used anything like it. The four year old was able to use them with no problem, and I heard a sixth grade boy saying, “I really like these!” The girls loved them, but I knew they would! They spent 20 minutes making their cards and had a great time — just because they had a new product. It was the easiest craft I think I have ever done. No stickers or stencils — just some white cardstock, Kwik Stix, and I had some colored pencils and markers that the kids could use for smaller writing.

I also love the vibrant colors of the Kwik Stix paints. It is paint without the mess, and they dry in no time! The box says within 90 seconds the paints are dry, but I felt like it was dry almost immediately. Anyway, I am so glad I had them for our encouraging card craft as the kids loved making the cards with these paints. Want to get your kids excited about doing some thank you cards? Get a fun product like these Kwik Stix for them to use!

How can you encourage someone today?

You can watch this video to see more how Kwik Stix work. You can buy them at Walgreens, Michaels, Target, and Amazon. They are also available on their website, The Pencil Grip.

And now for the fun part! You can enter the giveaway to win your own set of Kwik Stix! All winners must reside in the United States.

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Thoughtful Thursdays: Teaching Children about the Faith of Joseph

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It’s been an incredible busy week! We arrived home from our trip to Illinois, Michigan, and Canada (Niagara Falls) in the middle of the night Friday night. Saturday was spent unpacking, doing laundry, and getting ready for church on Sunday. I had my first Mom’s book study meeting on Tuesday morning, and I had to teach the children’s group on Wednesday. Plus there was the restocking of food supplies, dog-sitting responsibilities, getting my 8th grade daughter started on a FLVS (Florida Virtual School) Spanish I class, and trying to get my high school daughter finished with a few of her classes from last year.

For our Wednesday night children’s program, we are using a curriculum that talks about some super heroes of the faith. This week, the lesson was on Joseph.

There are many lessons we can learn from the life of Joseph. Here is a lesson I shared in our children's ministry about being positive and trusting in God even when bad things happen. We also did this craft. Free printable!

The curriculum is very simplistic, and the lesson was only centered on one part of Joseph’s life; but the overall theme was that having faith in God means staying positive even when bad things happen to you. One idea the lesson gave was to start off with an object lesson of a half-full glass of water and ask the children if they saw a half-full glass or a half-empty glass. The half-full glass is the positive way to look at the glass.

I had the kids help share with me all the bad things they remembered that happened in Joseph’s life. I had prepared sentence strips to go in my pocket chart of 5 bad things that happened in Joseph’s life. As the children told me the different circumstances they remembered, I added them to the chart. Then, I went back and shared how we know from Scripture that Joseph stayed positive in all of those circumstances. I added the sentences that showed how Joseph stayed positive or trusted in God next to the bad circumstances. The bad circumstances I had printed on blue cardstock, and Joseph’s responses I had printed on green cardstock so the kids could easily see how Joseph responded positively to what we would consider awful things that happened to him.

Here are the five life bad life circumstances of Joseph that we talked about in class:

  1. Joseph’s  mother probably died when we was a young boy. This can be debated, but the Bible says that Joseph’s mother died in childbirth when Benjamin was born. Many scholars believe that Joseph was around 4-7 years of age. Now Joseph is left without a mother and 10 brothers who do not like him. Of course the children did not think about this circumstance as this wasn’t talked about much in the Bible.
  2. His half-brothers hated him because he was Jacob’s favorite son.
  3. He was sold into slavery. (This was mentioned by the children — or that he was thrown into a pit.)
  4. He was lied about by Potiphar’s wife and put into jail. (The children also mentioned his being put in jail.)
  5. He was forgotten about by the cupbearer and had to remain two more years in jail after interpreting the cupbearer’s dream.

Next I showed some ways that we can see that Joseph was positive or showed that He trusted in God:

  1. #1-2 go together. Even though he was motherless and even though he was hated by  his brothers, he stayed obedient to his father and was spiritually in a place where God could give him special dreams to show Joseph how God was going to use him one day. He didn’t get bitter, complain, and put himself in a position where God would not be able to use him. I read Genesis 37:13-17 where it showed his obedience to his father.
    Next to #1, I put the strip: “He was obedient.“
  2. Next to #2, I put the strip: “He listened to the Lord.“
  3. After he was sold into slavery, we know he stayed positive and trusted in God because we see the passage Genesis 39:2-5 where Potiphar’s house was blessed because of Joseph. Potiphar knew that God was with Joseph. Next to #3, I put the strip, “He trusted in God.“
  4. Joseph trusted in God and did what was right even when he knew he could be killed. The punishment for being with the captain of the army’s wife was death! We did not go into detail here, but we did talk about how he knew that by not doing what Potiphar’s wife wanted him to do, he knew that he would be punished; yet he chose to obey God. I read the end of Genesis 39:9 and Genesis 39:21 and 23. Next to #4’s sentence strip, I placed the strip, “He did what was right.“
  5. When the Pharaoh was finally told about Joseph, Joseph did not take the glory for being able to interpret the dreams. He immediately gave glory to the true super-hero, his God. I read Genesis 41:16 where Joseph gives God all the credit and then verse 38 which shows how Pharaoh realized that the Spirit of God was in Joseph. Next to #5, I placed the strip of words, “He gave glory to God.”

Under all of the strips, I put the final strip, “He stayed positive.” Then I quickly shared three sentences where Joseph actually speaks that show his positivism and trust in God:

  1. He names his first son Manasseh which means, “God has made my forget my toil (work or hardship).” Here he is acknowledging that life had been hard, but that God was good to him and he could trust God to do what was right.
  2. He names his second son Ephraim which means, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.” Again, we see his positive outlook on life. Even though he had been afflicted in Egypt, God made him to be fruitful or blessed.
  3. When Joseph’s brothers were afraid that Joseph would harm them after their father died, Joseph tells them,

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Here, he acknowledges that sinful people do harmful and evil things, yet God is in control and can be trusted to do what is right. He saw God’s positive plan in his life because he trusted God’s sovereignty in his life completely.

I closed the lesson by discussing that life is not always easy. There will be hard times. People may die when we are not ready for them to die. Car accidents happen; people get sick. Sometimes parents fight and maybe even get divorced. This world is a sinful place, and bad things do happen. However, God has a plan for our life and we need to trust Him and know that He loves us.

We finished the lesson with Romans 8:28. Then we went and did the coffee mug craft that you have probably seen on Pinterest. I bought 15 mugs at thrift stores, washed them in the dishwasher, bought some Sharpie oil based  markers, and had the children decorate their own mug. Every time they drink out of it, they were to remember that their cup was half-full and to be positive, to trust God even in the bad circumstances of life.

(If you want to do the craft, have the children decorate their mugs using the oil-based Sharpie markers and then bake in the oven at 250 degrees for 2 hours. I left them in the oven overnight after turning the oven off.)

If you would like to print out the sentence strips I used, you can access them HERE.

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Easy DIY Christmas Stocking Craft

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Welch’s Fruit Snacks sent my family some free fruit snacks to sample, which made my kids very happy. They also sent a stocking and some decorations and challenged my kids to decorate the stocking in exchange for me agreeing to publish this blog post. `When I told Kiley she could decorate the stocking, she was super excited. She got out her craft supplies and used them along with the ones that were sent to us from Welch’s Fruit Snacks.

It really was a lot of fun, and a super easy craft. As we didn’t want to wait for glue to dry, I helped her by using a low melt glue gun. If your child was older, they would be able to do it all by themselves. Just give them the supplies and let them go to town!

Easy Christmas Stocking craft!

All you need is a classic red stocking and then whatever craft supplies you desire. We used pom poms, glitter glue, felt stickers, chenille wire, and buttons. Sequins, rick rack, and more items could easily be used.





Here’s some pictures of Kiley’s stocking:

Easy Christmas Stocking craft!

Not only did Kiley love doing the craft, but she also loved eating the fruit snacks! And she can’t wait to eat the fruit snacks that are in her stocking. Thanks to Welch’s Fruit Snacks for the great craft idea and supplies!

Thoughtful Thursdays: Encouraging Thankfulness Free Printable

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Download these leaves to help foster a thankful spirit!

Last week, I shared some printables HERE that we have been using this week to keep our focus on thankfulness.

This week, I made 5 more printable leaves you can use. Our kids are enjoying cutting them out, coloring them and hanging them on our walls. It is fast and easy to do!

This week’s verses I went back and looked at my old Thanksgiving posts and Thanksgiving printables. From those posts, I found these 5 verses to use on the leaves I am sharing this week. I hope you enjoy using them!

You can print these printables out HERE.

Download these leaves to help foster a thankful spirit!

Today, you can also see my annual DIY Christmas gift round-up post. I have done it for 4 years now, and have compiled over 100 Christmas gifts that can be made for kids! There are also 25 other Christmas gift guides for kids linked up to that post.

Here are 20 presents you can make for your kids for Christmas -- plus there are links to over 80 more gift ideas that you can make!

I also shared on Wednesday about Money Saving  Mom’s 15 Days to a Healthier You course that was just revamped and relaunched. For today only, you can get it for $10!

15 Days to a Healthier You is only $5 today!

Tomorrow, there will be a big Christmas cash giveaway going up, so come back and enter it! It’s a busy time of the year, but we have much for which we can be thankful.

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DIY Gifts for Kids

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I love making gifts for our kids!

DIY gifts for kids -- perfect for Christmas and birthday presents!We live on a frugal budget, so making gifts helps to stretch our budget. It also gives our kids personal gifts that they love. I have made the pencil pouches below for all of our kids, and they never wear out! Here are many of the gifts I have made for our kids in the past:

20+ DIY Gifts for KidsEvery year starting in 2014, I have shared a Christmas gift guide round-up with out great kid bloggers.

That is 75 wonderful presents you can make for children!

DIY gifts you can make for kids! Perfect for Christmas, birthdays. and more!Here are 7 gifts you can make for a 0-3 month old child. Perfect for Christmas or birthday gifts.Here are 21 gifts you can make for a 4-8 year old child. Plus 7 more DIY gifts for 0-3 year old children! Perfect for Christmas or birthday gifts.

 This year, I have found 20 more DIY presents for kids!
Look at all these great ideas!


Here are 20 presents you can make for your kids for Christmas -- plus there are links to over 80 more gift ideas that you can make!

  1. Doll in a Box from Red Ted Art
  2. How to make a DIY Hobby Horse from Red Ted Art
  3. How to… Make A Cardboard Dolls House from Red Ted Art
  4. Fabric scrap matching game from Swoodson Says
  5. DIY Toddler Buckle Toy Tutorial from Swoodson Says
  6. DIY Fairy Wand from Swoodson Says
  7. Mason Jar Superhero Bank from Fireflies + Mud Pies
  8. I-Spy Books from Teach Beside Me
  9. Reversible Hop Scotch/Tic-Tac-Toe Mat from Teach Beside Me
  10. DIY Sewing Kit from Teach Beside Me
  11. Treasure Soap from Teach Beside Me
  12. Homemade Bean Bags from Teach Beside Me
  13. Book Caddy from Teach Beside Me
  14. Drawstring Bag & Bucket Bag from Craftsy
  15. Crayon Sorter from My Life of Travels and Adventures
  16. Alphabet Board from My Life of Travels and Adventures
  17. How to Make Felt Bird Hair Clips from Girls from Buggy and Bunny
  18. DIY Avengers Card Clipboard from Organized 31
  19. DIY Repurposed Can Lego Head from Organized 31
  20. DIY Tie Dye Shoes from Organized 31

Here are some more great gift guides from other bloggers in the  Kid Blogger Network!

25+ Gift Guides for Kids!

Gifts for Younger Kids Ages Newborn to Tween

If you’re looking for the perfect gift for a younger child we’re linking up gift guides that are sure to help you check some boxes off on your holiday shopping list. Pretend play, STEM, book gifts, and many more gift guides are linked up below.

 


Gifts for Older Kids Ages Tween to Teen

Older kids may still like toys and games, but they also like the latest gadgets, styles and books too! Linked up below are tween to teen holiday gift must haves for this season.

Thoughtful Thursdays: Encouraging Thankfulness

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I love November because of the emphasis on being thankful.

For most of Americans, our children grow up in a privileged society taking what they have for granted. My children do; in fact, I often take my life for granted and find it easy to complain. Yet God wants us to be content with what we have and to rejoice even in tribulation. Every year, I like to take the month of November to focus on being thankful.

Even though I had done my own Thanksgiving printables a few years ago, I scoured the internet looking for easy Thanksgiving devotionals for our kids to use this month.

Here are a few resources I found:

  • I found these easy devotions that I am retyping in a different format and using for my children.
  • WriteShop has a really cute gratitude journal that I was able to download after subscribing to their emails. A pop-up should appear on the right hand of the screen.
  • faithgateway has these printable verse cards that include a verse and a prompt for discussion.

Even though I have devotions the kids are doing for Thanksgiving, I wanted something they could continue to see after they did it. So I made these little leaves; and for six days, we will do one leaf a day and put them on the walls around our desks. Next week, I will try to make 6 different leaves.

You can download these leaves and use them for your own house or school by clicking on the picture below!Download these leaves to help foster a thankful spirit!

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Thoughtful Thursdays: God Has Given Us So Much

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Does it ever overwhelm you how God has given us so much?

I shared last week how I found out that I would be teaching Mystery of History next year. Even though I have taught in schools and have a teaching degree, I have never taught history in a classical way like Mystery of History does and I have never taught 11 students from 1st – 8th grade before.

Since Mystery of History: Ancient Times covers the time of Creation all the way through  the resurrection of Christ, I am also going to teach Bible at the same time. Here is how I have been overwhelmed by all that God has given us and by the goodness of God to direct our paths. I will put each link as a bullet point below so you can go to the various resources if you wish.

I had started looking at Bright Ideas website at all of the different supplemental resources they provide to go along with Mystery of History. I was debating whether or not we needed to buy the supplemental CD ($149 for a co-op license) or just buy the notebooking pages. I decided to start googling notebooking pages, when — duh — I remembered I had a lifetime subscription to NotebookingPages.com. I went over there and found tons of notebooking pages I could use.

These 7 websites have sets of free notebook pages, free memory cards, free timeline characters, free supplemental books and videos, free lesson plans, and more for the Mystery of History curriculum.

  • There are many free resources even without the subscription to NotebookingPages HERE.
  • I googled some more and found an incredible set of pages at The Notebooking Nook.
  • I found these awesome timeline characters from My Homeschool Printables. She has them for all 4 volumes!
  • BibleStoryPrintables.com also had a whole set of notebooking pages and timeline printables that coincide with Volume 1.
  • Then I went and asked to join the Yahoo group for Mistory of History, Volume 1. Holy cow! They have so much free information right in that group. I LOVED the listening guides they have for every. single. lesson!!! (And the answers — all printable!) So cool! They have supplemental files with ideas for videos and extra readings.  And there are lesson plans showing how they used Story of the World, The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, Usborne Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, Veritas Press History Cards, Victor Journey through the Bible (or David C. Cook Journey Through the Bible by V. Gilbert Beers), and more. Because I’m geeky enough, that yes, I ordered all those books (all were used books on Ebay and Amazon of course) — and more — as I want the kids to have real books to look upon and I want my 7th – 8th graders to do more reading than what MOH provides in their lesson plan. I’ll do another post with all the books I have ordered so far — and I’m going to stop looking as I have more than enough now.
  • In the supplemental information, the links for some videos kept directing to the TBN website, but I couldn’t find the videos. I finally found out that the videos, Ancient Secrets of the Bible,  are now all available on Amazon Prime — yay for me as I am a Prime member! I need to watch the videos first to make sure they line up with what we believe, but they look like they might be good. You have to be a Prime member to watch these for free. You can always try Amazon Prime for a 30-Day Free Trial to see if it is worth it for you to be a Prime member. (affiliate link)
  • My biggest hang-up was what was I going to have my 7th and 8th graders do for Bible that was challenging enough but yet not teacher intensive as I am just a volunteer at our little school and I still have to teach phonics to two different grade levels and get home to get stuff done for part or the day. I went to a website where a blogger was sharing her lesson plans. She had her high school kids read The Lie by Ken Ham. I thought about ordering it, but I first went to Answers In Genesis’s website. Can you believe that The Lie is online for free — and many other books and videos as well. And they have a whole kid section with printable kid devotionals and kid videos and kid books and free printable PDF’s? I knew they had videos that could be watched, but not all this other stuff! Talk about doing a happy dance and also having my brain explode with too much information!

I have too much information now! This never would have been possible 10-15 years ago. Only in this information era with the worldwide web at our disposal are we able to take advantage of all these resources. I am also so thankful for all of these bloggers who have made notebooking pages and other resources and let us download it for free! Amazing!

God has given us so much — not just in our ability to study and have quality education for our children at an affordable price. Every day as we look around us and see how much God has showered us with His blessings, our hearts should respond in praise and adoration.

God has given us so much -- He is always worthy to be praised.

What are you praising God for today?

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Mother’s Day Giveaway + DIY Mother’s Day Gifts and Cards

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My kids go to a modern-day version of a one room schoolhouse. I started looking for Mother’s Day crafts that I could do with different age groups. Teenagers don’t want to do handprint crafts anymore. I found so many crafts and cards that I didn’t include all of the crafts I loooked at, and I finally stopped looking as I had so many great crafts already. Have fun looking at all the craft and card ideas below, and then enter the awesome Mother’s Day Giveaway at the bottom of the post!

DIY Cards for Mother’s Day:

10 DIY Cards kids can make for Mother's Day!

  1. Firefly “You Light up my Life” Mother’s Day Card (Free Printable)
  2. “You are my Sunshine” Mother’s Day Card Kid Craft
  3. Bright and Cheerful Kid-Made Mother’s Day Flower Card made from cupcake liners from  I Heart Crafty Things
  4. Sign Language “I Love You” card
  5. Fingerprint Flower Mother’s Day Card
  6. Make a Huggy Mother’s Day Card Craft from Moms & Crafters
  7. Fingerprint Cards for Mother’s Day from Fun Handprint Art
  8. Free Printable: Mother’s Day Card from Home Cooking Memories
  9. Flower Cards from Red Ted Art
  10. 3D Flower Card DIY – Pop Up Cards for Kids from Red Ted Art


36 DIY Crafts and Gifts for Mother’s Day from kids of all ages:

36 DIY Crafts and Gifts Kids of all ages can make for Mother's Day

  1. Free Printable Bookmark Craft for Mother’s Day
  2. Spoonful of  Kisses for Mom
  3. Free printable flower pot craft for Mother’s Day from Fun Handprint Art
  4. Mother’s Day Spoon Flower Craft from Crafts by Amanda
  5. Free Printable Handprint Craft from Fun Handprint Art
  6. Handprint Crafts for Mothers Day with Printable Poems from Creative K Kids
  7. Soup Can Flower Pots from Adventures in Wunderland
  8. Sharpie Mug Plant Pots  from Clare’s Little Tots
  9. Tissue Paper and Cardboard Tube Flower Craft from Bugsy and Buddy
  10. A Plastic Spoon Spring Flower Craft For Kids
  11. I Love you Because… Mother’s Day Craft for Kids
  12. Easy Mother’s Day Roses Print Craft for Kids to Make from Jenny at Dapperhouse
  13. Fine Motor Skill Flower Beading for Kids
  14. Gorgeous Jewelled Heart Suncatchers
  15. Mother’s Day Mug from Crafts ‘n Coffee
  16. Salt Dough Handprint Bowl* from Messy Little Monster
  17. DIY Cupcake Wrapper Flower Garden Mother’s Day Gift from Jenny at Dapperhouse
  18. Pour Painting Flower Pot from Messy Little Monsters
  19. Painted Wood Spoons Gift Idea from Club Chica Circle
  20. How To Make a Delightful Flower Pot Wind Chime
  21. Thumbprint Charm Heart Necklace & DIY Gift Wrap*
  22. Mother, You Deserve a Hand Printable
  23. DIY Crepe Paper Tulips for Mother’s Day from Jenny at Dapperhouse
  24. Handprint Poem and Canvas Keepsake from Fun Handprint Art
  25. DIY “Hands Off Mom’s Coffee” Coffe Cup from Fun Handprint Art
  26. Scented Hanger from With a Blast
  27. diy coffee mug and teacup candles
  28. 10-Minute DIY Milk & Honey Soap*
  29. Easy Homemade Lavender Soap from Happy Deal – Happy Day
  30. Easy Sugar Scrub Flowers
  31. DIY Bath Salts
  32. DIY Bath Bombs from Fiber Artsy & Craftsy
  33. Mother’s Day Lemon Lavender Milky Bath Salts Recipe from Pretty Opinionated
  34. Pedicure in a Jar
  35. DIY Bead Necklace Using Nail Polish from Pastels and Macarons
  36. 3 DIY Mother’s Day Gifts Under $10 from Cutefetti


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The prize will consist of $250 in gift card(s). The winner will choose the gift card(s) you want. Please choose a gift card(s) which comes from an online store and can be paid by US dollars. EX: Amazon, Target, Walmart, Macy’s, Kohls, etc. You may ask for more than one gift card, but they must add up to $250.

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The giveaway will end midnight on Friday, May 12th, a few days before Mother’s Day. You will have 48 hours to respond to the email claiming the prize. If we don’t hear in 48 hours, we will choose another winner. The giveaway is open to anyone over 18 years of age and able to receive egift cards.

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Thoughtful Thursdays: A True Friend

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These Thoughtful Thursdays are supposed to be what I am learning each week. However, some weeks, it doesn’t feel like I’m learning much.

Last week was a great week. We had an uplifting, God-honoring Easter service on Sunday. There were many visitors at church, and we had the highest attendance we have had since we have been here. That is an answer to prayer, and we are praying that many of those visitors will continue to come and have a stronger relationship with the Lord.

We had a relaxing afternoon at home, and I was able to talk to my extended family via Skype for a couple of hours — that was wonderful.

This week, we are back in the groove of school, but I am also preparing for our missions conference that will start this Saturday! I made 7 pencil pouches for the missionary kids to go with some coloring pads, and tomorrow I am going shopping for all the food I need. It will be fun!

I told my husband that I because of my busyness, I did not know what to write for today’s post. He told me to take one of his newletters he does for our church — so I will! I always learn from his teaching, and I know you will enjoy it too. I went all the way back to the first one he wrote for our church which was from his sermon called, “Marks of a True Friend.”

What I find amazing is that we never outgrow our need of a good friend. Sometimes I think we feel that kids are the only ones who deal with peer pressure over the desire to have friends. But I have seen grown women also wanting to fit into the “in-group” and desiring a really good friend. I remember a time in my life as a young mom where I wanted a good friend. God gave me those friends — and five children so that now I don’t desire a friend as much as I’m so busy!

God has made us so that we desire companionship and good friends. But we need to make sure that we have good friends — and that we are a true friend ourselves!

Here are three marks of a true friend:

  • A friend gives hearty counsel. 

Proverbs 27:9 states, “Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.”   Hearty counsel is counsel that is from the heart, counsel that is earnest and full of life.  It is biblical counsel that comes from a heart of love and concern; it is offered in a state of humility and confidence.    This type of friend says “I love you and I want to help you be more effective for the Lord.”  It desires a life of spiritual fruitfulness.  We welcome and encourage that type of friendship.   A friend who gives good counsel will keep you on the right path when you have many options from which to choose.

A true friend brings rejoicing. Proverbs 27:9

  • A friend gives good correction.

Proverbs 27:6 declares, “Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.”  A friend who will not correct me when I am wrong is no friend at all.  Since no one is perfect and it is sometimes hard to see past our blind spots, it requires others to see our faults and shortcomings.  A friend who gives good correction will help you get back on the right path when you have strayed onto the wrong path.  Proverbs 17:7 declares, “Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.”  We should be able to influence each other to have the character and attitudes of Jesus.

  • A friend gives continual comfort.

Proverbs 17:17 says, “A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”  The bumps of life need the shock absorber of true friends.  Fair-weather friends are no friends at all.  We should be there for each other in good times and bad times.  We should love each other at all times.  Jesus said in John 13:35, “By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”  The truth is, our heart’s desire is also God’s desire for us.  We love Him and then we love each other.

A true friend loves at all times

I hope this encourages you to find and to be the right kind of friend. Share these verses with your kids so that they know what to be looking for as they look for a good friend. Friends can make or break you! Let’s choose (and be) true friends!

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