Tuesday Tidbit

God Made Moms To Teach Their Children To.....Seek God's Guidance.

Psalm 32:8 reads, "I will make you wise and show you where to go. I will guide you and watch over you."

This scripture says it loud and clear, seeking God's guidance will allow us to make wise decisions.

Be blessed and encouraged today, it's your choice. ~Delphine

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Tuesday Tidbit

God Made Moms To Teach Their Children...About God's Grace

3 Principals for Christians Under God’s Grace to Live By.

1) A life of grace begins with mutual acceptance.
(We all are children of God)

2) A attitude of grace requires releasing others to be who they are.
(Freedom begins in God)

3) A commitment to grace means I never assume a role, I'm not qualified to fill. (Don’t judge others)

Be blessed and encouraged today, it's your choice. ~Delphine

2 Corinthians 12:9 -- And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness

Ephesians 2:8 -- For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God

Philippians 4:19 -- But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

One For The Kids

After doing a post on an African-american author whose main characters are brown kids. I discovered more authors that write for our kids. So begins my monthly book selection for brown kids, entitled "One For The Kids".



Keena Ford lives with her middle-school-age brother and mother in Washington, DC. Her father lives in Maryland, and she sees him on weekends. Eric is her best friend, but disaster strikes when he is assigned to the other second grade class. Both children try to convince the other that their classroom is more delightful. Not only does jealousy creep into their relationship, Keena creeps into serious trouble by ending up under the teacher's desk in Eric's classroom.

Keena's proclivity for unintended consequences is given a thorough workout in this wonderful early chapter book. She is a delightful new character. Her thinking processes are revealed to be entirely understandable to young readers, but the repercussions are quite funny. One can only hope that this book is only the beginning of a long and happy relationship with Keena.

Good Read of The Month

I read this book while on maternity leave back in 2003. It was a real eye opener for me and think it will be for all of those who read it. During my last pregnancy, my husband and I both only worked part-time. I was actually considered a quarter-time employee because I worked a total of thirty-hours per week to keep my benefits. My husband and I made the decision to have one of us become a part-time employee so we could nurture our family more but it worked out where we both could work part-time for a while. Am I am truly grateful for it. With that being said, towards the end of my pregnancy I found out my husband wasn't getting his paycheck on regular schedule because the company he was working for was having some financial difficulties and couldn't pay their employees at weeks at a time, and some employees had to go a month without being paid. Well my husband kept this news from me because he didn't want me to worry. But once he told me, I became worried that I would need to get back to work sooner then the 10 weeks I had requested off. Well by God's grace, I got my ten weeks off and we never skipped a beat in providing for our family because we had been wise in how we managed our household as well as our finances. I'm sharing this story to say, I'm truly blessed to have the husband I have. And because of God's favor and my husband's upbringing, as well as his professional training, life was good. My husband made some smart moves early on in his life, as far as investments, moves that would allow him to provide for his future family no matter if he had a job or not. We are truly blessed to not be in a two income trap situation but we also plan and make the necessary sacrifices in hopes of never having to be. We as a family have been blessed to be blessings to others, and because of that God has remained faithful to our family. I encourage everyone to read this book, it's a eye opener and points out the true reasons some of us are stuck in the two income trap.

Enjoy the read.

Tuesday Tidbit

God Made Moms To Teach Their Children...How To Grow And Live.

An old Chinese Proverb says, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.". We as parents must teach our children this concept while they are young so when they are older and of age to be on their own that they will be able to fend for themselves. Since I have been in the business of renting and working with parents of youngs adults in college, I see many kids not prepared to make their mark in the world because parents have sheltered them and held their hands to long. Not allowing our children to venture out, to make their mistakes and learn from them, to try new things, or to be accountable -- stunts their growth. We must learn to trust God and what we have instilled in our kids to manifest. We so called caring parents are doing more enabling then helping. I read recently in a most powerful book, "that most parents with child(ren) extremely independent, achievement-oriented, and well disciplined by instinct will nurture these traits by not controlling his or her decisions. Instead, they spend more time helping the less resourceful child(ren) make decisions, or they actually make decisions for them. With that result, they strengthen the strong child and weaken the weak." Interesting isn't it. Let's as mothers of brown children allow our children to grown into their God ordained destinies by guiding them with our nurturing love and knowledge by teaching them to walk, so they may one day run. It's important for us as parents to be the watchmen on the walls when it comes to our seeds but it's also important to not allow our watching to cause us to enable them.

Be blessed and encouraged today, it's your choice. ~ Delphine


Hebrews 10:36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

2 Timothy 3:15 -16 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.