We were 24 years old when we met. Up until then, we had lived in different parts of the continent. He had never been to my region in his life, and I had never been to his. How did we ever meet? Thus starts our story. Continue reading
Being Like Jesus
Weighing Honor
How is respect or honor a form of love? I left you with this question in our last post. We could go in many directions here, so I’ve chosen a few strands that at first may not seem related, but I think you’ll agree with me that they are multicolored threads woven into the same blanket. Let me take you to a nursery rhyme. Yes, many children’s rhymes are for adults. Continue reading
Categories: Being Like Jesus, Spiritual Growth
Tags: Character, honor, love, spiritual growth, Three Blind Mice
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Honoring Ways
Whatever does it mean to honor your mother and father? Or to honor God? Or to honor others? This character quality is on Troy Christian School’s 5th grade character focus list, but of course, it’s for everyone. Our students learn that honor is “showing deep Continue reading
Categories: Being Like Jesus, Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Tags: Character, honor, love, spiritual growth
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Within My Wardrobe
Within the wardrobe of my heart, I can be close to God. Over time He changes me, transforming me to be more like Jesus. In my last post, I wrote of Lucy and the Wardrobe she entered that changed her life. We read Rev. 3:20 in which Jesus invites Himself into our inner world to live with us. I also introduced you to Ruth Myers little prayer book.* Here is her “most basic act of worship” prayer: Continue reading
Categories: Being Like Jesus, Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Tags: C.S. Lewis, prayer, Ruth Myers, spiritual growth, worship
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Dressing for the Weather
“Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything – to stand” (Ephesians 6:13). Hmm. Note that word, “when.” Bad weather is coming – those evil days. Well, really, those days are here, so we need to be dressed for this weather. Continue reading
Categories: Being Like Jesus, Parenting
Tags: Character, confidence, courage, Parenting, spiritual growth
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Where Will this Stream Take Us?
Sarah is no longer in the cookie business (note last post), but from those skills and others she learned at home and in school, Sarah was able to launch her own web design company while she was still in college. It helped to support her for a number of years, and then Continue reading
Categories: Being Like Jesus, Spiritual Growth
Tags: Character, initiative, small business, thoroughness
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Singing Along — On the Obedience Train
What character qualities are riding along on the obedience train, singing in harmony? I’m rather embarrassed to tell you how many, in my opinion, of our 57 character qualities fit on this train. I went down the list and checked off 19! I must lack discernment or judgment! But then, maybe there is something to this! In our last post, I said that love is the entire enchilada – all 57 qualities rolled into one, describing the perfections of Christ. Obedience as a subset of love also has its entourage. Remember Continue reading
Categories: Being Like Jesus, Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Tags: Faith, family conversations, love, obedience, spiritual growth
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Encore: Invitation to Meander
I want to invite you to add Journey North Character to your bookmarks. Also, you can sign up at the bottom of this page to be notified of new posts. You can invite your friends and relatives to visit our blog by forwarding a post or just directing them to find us on the Troychristianschools.org website. I’d love to have some grandparents of TCS kids join us! As you read a post, you may think of someone this may encourage, so forward it to him or her! The blog may be a way to share the Lord and even our school with others.
We’ve only been around a few months, but we’ve covered some territory: deep thoughts of a two and a four year old, spiritual sensitivity to the Lord, relationships, the pale blue dot, agape love which is wise and strong, two kinds of blessings, a martyred Valentinus, and well, you discover! I’m not going to meander down a thematic avenue today. Instead, I want to invite you to Continue reading
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Character en Christo
What does this yielding to the Spirit in order to live from the new nature look like?
“And all of us have had that veil removed [that separated us from God] so that we can be mirrors that brightly reflect the glory of the Lord. And as the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him and reflect his glory even more” (II Cor. 3:18 NLT). Yielding to the Spirit makes us look more and more like Jesus.
“For God, who said, ‘Let there be light in the darkness,’ has made us understand that this light is the brightness of the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. But this precious treasure – this light and power that now shine within us – is held in perishable containers, this is, our weak bodies. So everyone can see that our glorious power is from God and is not our own” (II Cor. 4: 6-7 NLT). Continue reading
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