"Don't be alarmed when your children demonstrate inappropriate attitudes. Take that as an opportunity from the Lord to love your child in a very tangible way."
---Debbie Strayer
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"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life." Samuel Johnson
About Me
- Joni
- United States
- Various thoughts, ramblings, and rabbit trails about my life as an expatriate, SAHM, living in London; while homeschooling 2 preschoolers, chasing a toddler, and trying to figure out what real life is all about
What We Love About London
What We Miss In America
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- Our Mitzie-Dog
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Currently Reading
- Cold Tangerines - by Shanna Niequist
- Get Out of That Pit - by Beth Moore
- How to Read the Bible as Literature - by Leland Ryken
- Parenting Is Heart Work - by Joanne Miller and Scott Turansky
- Reading Through The Bible - Acts
Books Finished in June
- Bible Reading: Nehemiah, Job, Esther
- Raising Global Nomads by Robin Pascoe
- A New Kind of Normal by Carol Kent
- Idoleyes by Mandisa Hunley
Books Finished in July
- Barefoot in the Kitchen by Alie Stibbe
- Bible Reading - Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Isaiah
- Inside Little Britain
- Teaching Kids Authentic Worship by Kathleen Chapman
Books Finished in August
- Intimate Faith by Jan Winebrenner
- Three Weeks With My Brother by Nicholas and Micah Sparks
- Women of Destiny by Cindy Jacobs
- Homeward Bound by Robin Pascoe
- Bible Reading - Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos
The "To Be Read" Pile
- B.L.E.S.S.E.D. by Robyn Henk
- Brick Lane by Monica Ali
- Confessions of an Amateur Believer by Patty Kirk
- God on Mute by Pete Greig
- Incomparable by Andrew Wilson
- Knowing God the Father Through the Old Testament by Christopher J.H. Wright
- Passion for Jesus by Mike Bickle
- The Great Omission by Dallas Willard
- The Jesus Way by Eugene Peterson
- The Soul at Rest by Tricia McCrary Rhodes
- Three Weeks with my Brother: A Memoir By Nicholas and Micah Sparks
Books I Want to Read (But Don't Have Yet)
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
- Glastonbury Tor by Leanne Hardy
- Infidel by Hirsi Ali
- Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
- Justice in the 'Burbs by Will and Lisa Samson
- Marie, Dancing by Carolyn Meyer
- Quaker Summer by Lisa Samson
Great Books for Expat Families
- Homeward Bound by Robin Pascoe
- Survival Kit for Overseas Living by Robert Kohls
- A Portable Identity by Debra R. Bryson
- A Moveable Marriage by Robin Pascoe
- Raising Global Nomads by Robin Pascoe
- Expert Expatriate by Melissa Brayer-Hess
Good Linkage
- 5Adventurers
- A Beautiful Life
- A Work in Progress
- Ali Edwards Life Art Blog
- Ann Kroeker
- Baby Bangs
- Blue Letter Bible
- Carried on the Wind
- Cheaper By The Half Dozen
- Family Travel Blog
- Getting Real
- God Nudges
- Jesus Creed by Author Scot McKnight
- Little Stair Steppers **New**
- Living Proof Ministries Blog
- Menus 4 Moms
- One Day More
- Over the Moon with Joy
- Precept Austin
- Raising Five
- Rebecca Sower's Scrapbook Blog
- Relevant Blog
- Rocks in My Dryer
- Streams of Living Water **New**
- The Flourishing Mother
- The Journey
- With Great Joy
Interceding For Our Children
3 comments:
Great advice! I'll have to remember this when I have the overwhelming urge to press the spoon against a little bottom! Or against a bigger teenage bottom!
well said! and convicting!
Wow, what a great quote! And a wonderful way to look at those moments- to see them as opportunities. And, love never fails!
Thanks for sharing this.
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