Inside Girls Gone Wise, Mary Kassian looks closely at the “wild thing” of Proverbs 7, contrasting her teachability, habits, appearance, focus, and more with those of the wisdom found in the rest of Proverbs. Each of the 20 chapters looks in depth at a point of contrast, using real-life illustrations and providing challenges that go straight to the heart of any girl who wants to be wise.
Archive | November, 2010
Charity’s Diary trilogy
Great Things to Be Thankful For
Truly, in light of all that He has done for us this year–every single day of this year–our hearts would do well to join with David in exulting “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah,” (Psalms 68:19 KJV) and in joining our voices together in praising Him who has done so many Great Things for us as His children.
What a joy!
What a joy it is to see my wonderful husband playing with the kids…
What a joy it is to hear my kids’ laughter…
What a joy it is to see my kids’ smiles…
Six Things About Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving dinner is a time when we often go “all out” and make it big and bountiful. After all, that’s part of what Thanksgiving is all about. But, sometimes money is tight and breaking the budget, even for Thanksgiving, isn’t an option. Sometimes it is more exhausting than it should be, and we are so busy creating a bounty that we don’t have time to be thankful for these very things. But Thanksgiving doesn’t have to be exhausting and it doesn’t have to break the budget to be fun and memorable…
Walking towards the light
Contrary to what many people think, anorexia (anorexia nervosa) is essentially a mental illness. The person’s mind distorts their body image from what it truly is. I would look at my stick-thin body in the mirror and think that I was fat…I was delusional. But until I read Feeling for Bones, I didn’t realize that was anorexia, I thought I was just concerned about how I looked. But it was more than just concern.
Charity’s Diary trilogy
giveaway!
I’m not sure when I’ve read a series I’ve enjoyed so much. Probably not since my first encounter with Sabina in The Secret of The Rose series. Perhaps even when I met Anne or Laura, heroines of the all-time favorites series of my childhood. In Charity Wentworth, I found a true kindred spirit, in every…
What I Know
I don’t know about tomorrow. Sometimes I wish that I did…
What I do know is that I serve a God who is more than faithful.
I know that He is able.
I know that He is good…
My Own Kitchen Window
My kitchen window isn’t very big and it’s nothing fancy. Just a little kitchen window above my sink with some pretty fabric draped across the top. But it is my kitchen window. The one my dear husband put in just for me.
When we first got married I became homesick for everything familiar that I had left behind; for the view from my mom’s kitchen window. I had a lot to learn about life and love along with some growing up to do.
Just One Day…
The past couple years, and particularly the past ten months of my life, have been filled with a lot of change and uncertainty. Honestly, there hasn’t been a lot of real schedule happening–at least not the kind I would like to have.
But the truth is, life is real. Sometimes just “do what we can” each day, and have to be content with that.
“you need to…”
Maybe it was the coming of autumn, maybe it was having two girls who were watching my every move and ready to be big helpers, maybe it was knowing I needed to fit time for some “schoolwork” in amidst everything else I had going on… This past month, I’ve been trying to figure out some sort of a schedule.
My husband was quick to point out that when you farm and own your own business, there is no daily or hourly schedule that will ever stay the same, from week to week let alone month to month. But that didn’t change the fact that I knew I had certain things I needed to do each day. Or at least, that I should do each day. No matter the exact minute or hour they actually get done.
