tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76343775030528501912024-02-07T04:10:54.630-06:00S Club MamaOne mama's musings on life and God.Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1675125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-65553416845955830152021-01-31T13:39:00.000-06:002021-01-31T13:39:57.226-06:00How to Listen So Your Kids Will Talk by Becky Harling (book review) At the start of 2020, I read Steve and Becky Harling's book Listen Well, Lead Better. It was a fair book, but not outstanding in my mind. I much preferred John C. Maxwell's Everyone Communicates, Few Connect when it comes to the realm of building your listening skills so you can lead well. However, I wasn't looking for that specific of a takeaway when I started How to Listen So Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-91278101568482143602020-04-26T22:06:00.000-05:002020-04-26T22:06:14.532-05:00ask for helpLast week, one of my sons realized that he had turned in the wrong thing on two assignments, resulting in him having three assignments in one day. He had not even tried to turn in the correct thing, ignoring the directions. So I had the fun of re-learning statistics math for several hours on a very beautiful afternoon.
It was good time with him; definitely our best time doing math together (and Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-77817107747463169102020-04-09T07:42:00.002-05:002020-04-09T07:42:47.121-05:00identityThe most formidable sin any of us will find lurking inside is all of our false identities. God urged the Israelites to not have any other god before him. This was no joke. Foreign gods ran rampant all around them. Yet they had the living God, who rescued them from Egypt and parted the Red Sea, dwelling among them in a pillar of fire and a cloud filling their tabernacle!!! One would think that Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-76105792823410805392020-04-01T10:48:00.000-05:002020-04-01T10:48:03.339-05:00goals The other day I was doing a Sydney Cummings workout video on YouTube, when she said something that really struck me. She said that "location doesn't dictate your goals." She was talking about fitness, but I believe it applies to spiritual goals, too.
My goals for my children and myself haven't changed from before COVID-19. I still pray the same things:
-for my children to Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-5805287070406855882020-03-30T05:00:00.000-05:002020-03-30T05:00:07.288-05:00bountiful eyes
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The ESV version of the Bible translates Proverbs 22:9 like this: "Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor."
I thought of Christ when I read this. He had a bountiful eye. He saw his bounty in his relationship with the Father and the Holy Spirit. He did not keep that to himself but saw us in our sin and came for us - to share Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-18307242039352175432020-03-27T05:00:00.000-05:002020-03-27T05:00:05.799-05:00home! My grandma recently was admitted to a rehab/assisted living/nursing home. I was on the phone with her the other day and she was telling me how she would probably be there the rest of her life. She, of course, was upset by this but understands that it's safer for her to be in the nursing home. She told me of a sign in the entrance of the home that says to the workers arriving, "this is not Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-45053139366057202622020-03-25T05:00:00.000-05:002020-03-25T05:00:00.432-05:00do not delay Last week, I was reading in Acts 24:22-27. Paul is under house arrest under the authority of Felix, the governor (I won't pretend to understand their government back then). If you read, Felix heard the truth from Paul's lips many times for TWO YEARS. He was "alarmed" after "reason[ing] about righteousness and self-control the coming judgment."
Did that alarm lead him to repent of Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-38526236598320776302020-03-24T13:26:00.001-05:002020-03-24T13:26:17.823-05:00on mission
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Mario Andretti (NASCAR driver) has been quoted as saying, "Don't look at the wall. Your car goes where your eyes go." I remember hearing this first during driver's ed the summer I was 15. I honestly think of it each time I pass someone on the road, especially semis. I definitely do not want my eyes to go there! Emily P. Freeman has a podcast episode about this very thing.Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-61303046055240885042020-03-19T14:50:00.000-05:002020-03-19T14:50:05.204-05:00Take Heart
I went to bed last night with the song "Take Heart" from Seeds Family Worship in my head. It's from John 1 16:33, "I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
And don't we find ourselves in troubles right now? Our lives have been affected in various ways. Some of you have Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-41943139332092828092020-03-18T14:21:00.000-05:002020-03-18T14:21:27.928-05:00Overflow
Time together gives us ample time to overflow our mouths. Even just a few hours can reveal so much about what we have been putting into our hearts. I always have at least one child home with me, so this is not a new norm for me, but for many of us, it's just a different time. Even if I'm used to it, I'm not used to my children being home under these uncertain circumstances.
&Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-91466638647014191802020-03-17T12:28:00.001-05:002020-03-18T13:56:26.975-05:00how are you?I saw this meme and I thought it fitting:
Now, I'll be honest, my weekdays aren't looking much different than they normally do. We were already on Spring Break so I was already planning to have all four kids home with me. I usually have a plan, including quiet time stations/rotation stations during nap time.
But many things have been canceled for us as well: piano lessons Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-61351360058845263902020-03-05T05:00:00.000-06:002020-03-05T05:00:10.624-06:00Giveaway winner!I used a random number generator to pick the winner of the two (2) Fandango movie tickets. The winner is
Kim said "We saw 1917 a few weeks ago. Good movie."
Kim has been notified and will receive her tickets soon. Thank you to all of you who entered. Hopefully, there will be more in the future!
Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-1494014078424521902020-02-26T05:00:00.000-06:002020-02-26T14:46:33.562-06:00The Way Back (movie trailer + 2 comebacks + a giveaway) It's been so long since I've sat here at my computer and wrote something other than an email. It's been even longer since I've written anything besides a book review. It's just been a funky year or two, but I hope to be back more regularly. Hopefully with less filler (although I don't even know if book reviews are filler for me because books are just a big part of my life, but I plan to beRandi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-61561197809775878202020-02-03T09:22:00.001-06:002020-02-03T09:22:32.154-06:00Listen Well, Lead Better by Steve and Becky Harling (book review) I had a terrible misunderstanding in a ministry that I co-lead. This misunderstanding stemmed from a few things, one being my poor listening skills and then jumping to conclusions based upon them. To help remedy this situation and make wiser decisions in the future, I jumped at the chance to read Steve and Becky Harling's book "Listen Well, Lead Better."
While the back print said it Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-59622622939193493892019-09-09T15:00:00.002-05:002019-09-09T15:00:24.001-05:00Risen Motherhood by Emily Jensen and Laura Wifler (book review)I've been an avid listener of the Risen Motherhood podcast for about three years, since it's beginnings or pretty close to it (maybe I was behind but motherhood affects my memory so forgive me for having bad timelines). Anyway, I love every second of the podcast, from the jingle to Emily and Laura's laughs and honesty. It's just everything I would want a podcast to be - quick, thoughtful, and Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-72687284366618716762019-08-16T21:55:00.000-05:002019-08-16T21:55:15.713-05:00The Cranky Mom Fix by Becky Kopitzke (book review)For 12 years now I've been a mom who struggles with my temper, my patience. God has grown me in many ways in this area and yet I haven't conquered this sin. Now, hear me, the emotions I feel (anger, annoyance, frustration, etc) are not sins, but my reactions to them are. I've read several books in the past to help my growth, and The Cranky Mom Fix by Becky Kopitzke is among my very favorites.
Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-5425947356463483982019-07-01T21:26:00.002-05:002019-07-01T21:26:29.929-05:00The Very Best, Hands-On, Kinda Dangerous Family Devotions by Tim Shoemaker (book review)How can you not be tempted by a book with that title?! And tempted in a good way because family devotions are a good, godly thing! But, let's be honest, they can get to be dull. And frustrating (probably for kids, but definitely for parents). Have you ever sat your kids down and have this grand plan in your head of how they are going to revel in your wisdom and worship songs, just raising their Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-8094063057332790402019-06-10T10:31:00.000-05:002019-06-10T10:31:00.370-05:00Cave Tools Pigtail Flipper (review)It's summer. I don't know about your family, but we enjoy a good, juicy burger from the grill. Almost everything tastes better off the grill (I'll put a disclaimer that I haven't tried everything on the grill so maybe something doesn't taste better this way). Big A & I switch off who grills; I enjoy it as much as he does, but often he does the grilling because I'm doing something else at the Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-12422812167995383942019-05-14T15:10:00.000-05:002019-05-14T15:10:56.085-05:00Duck Commander Happy, Happy, Happy Stories for Kids by Korie Robertson and Chrys Howard (children's book review)My family loves Duck Dynasty. It's been awhile since we watched it (always re-runs for us on an app or something), but we enjoy the laughs. They don't take themselves too seriously and they pray on television - big plus for us! Are there any other recent ones that do that without mocking Christians?
My husband and I have read almost all the books published by the adults of the show. He Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-66546327721676678162019-04-30T14:31:00.003-05:002019-05-14T14:54:38.436-05:00Imperfection (and an Uglydolls trailer)Growing up with a boys' name, Randi, was hard. Not like "real" problems, but for a sensitive child like me, it wasn't easy. I don't remember being picked on outright for it, but I always knew it wasn't a feminine name like Miranda (my favorite - couldn't I have been named that and just nicknamed Randi?!) or Jessica (the most popular name of my time) or Amy (the most popular girl in my class' nameRandi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-15923255345914110982019-04-30T13:54:00.000-05:002019-04-30T13:54:18.733-05:00What Am I Feeling? by Dr. Josh and Christi Straub (children's book review)Emotions are a normal part of life, but if not taught properly, they can run rampant over a person's life. God gave us emotions to signal us to things - anger when something is not right, sadness when hard times happen, happiness when life is peaceful and swell! However, as it's taken me a long time and many books to understand, our emotions do not have the right to control our responses.
imageRandi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-28053994415131633302019-04-12T21:51:00.003-05:002019-04-12T21:55:06.756-05:00reading the Bible (+ a tv trailer)A friend once said to me that she just wanted to "love her husband, not yell at her kids, and not lose her mind." Can I get a big "amen" to that?! Isn't that the truth? I've discovered over the past decade and more that the Bible really can help us in all of those areas!
I'm learning to read my Bible - not just read it but understand it, apply it to my life! She has helped me dig deep, ask Randi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-28990277222577056662019-03-28T14:06:00.000-05:002019-03-28T14:07:02.191-05:00The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman (book review)
I can’t quite remember how I got Simply Tuesday in my hands. Probably a book review. But since the beginning of that book, I have adored it’s author, Emily P. Freeman. Reading that book was very pivotal in my life to see God in the ordinary, to live life as if God is in the simple things on a Tuesday. And so I am a fan of Emily P. Freeman. When she started her podcast, The Next Right Thing, backRandi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-74962696550912449582019-03-26T13:37:00.000-05:002019-03-26T13:37:09.027-05:00If I Joined the Circus (movie trailer)
Like most moms, some days are hard and I dream of running away to join the circus. In reality, I would take my kids over smelly animals any day. But it’s fun to think about what it would be like to actually join the circus.
If I were to join the circus, my job of choice would probably not be one that most people would think of. I would not be a trapeze artist or a lion tamer. I would not be aRandi Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12672734106526742507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7634377503052850191.post-38417963220272429292019-03-21T14:28:00.000-05:002019-03-21T14:28:12.627-05:00Made for His Pleasure by Alistair Begg (book review)I have to be honest that I wanted to read this book because I'm a fan of Alistair Begg. I've listened to him on podcasts and LOVE his accent (you guys, I'm a sucker for accents). I do realize you cannot listen to a paperback but I knew of Begg enough to realize this content was going to be GOOD! "Made for His Pleasure: Ten Benchmarks of a Vital Faith" by Alistair Begg is a fantastic book!
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