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The Little Maid’s “Momma’s” Sunshine

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2 Kings 5:2 We know not in what line our children may be called to serve. They may spend their lives within the circle of the home; they may engage in life’s common vocations, or go as teachers of the gospel to heathen lands; but all are alike called to be missionaries for God, ministers of mercy to the world. . . .

The parents of that Hebrew maid, as they taught her of God, did not know the destiny that would be hers. But they were faithful to their trust; and in the home of the captain of the Syrian host, their child bore witness to the God whom she had learned to honor.

From My Life Today – Page 227

Below is my perspective on the Little Maid and her Momma’s Sunshine

The Little Maid’s parents taught her to:
1. Honor God
2. Be Faithful
3. Have Faith in God
4. Discernment–I mean she knew that the power of God was with the Prophet Elisha.

Think about it for a minute. Today everybody claims to be a prophet, but is not. This little girl KNEW and was RIGHT about Elisha.

Sunshine MOMent-teaching your child to honor God.

Tonya regularly writes and shares about sunshine in the home on her blog, Momma’s Sunshine.

 

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Motivation Monday

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“There is an important lesson for parents and children to learn in the silence of the Scriptures in reference to the childhood and youth of Christ. He was our example in all things. In the little notice given of His childhood and youthful life is an example for parents as well as children, that the more quiet and unnoticed the period of childhood and youth is passed, and the more natural and free from artificial excitement, the more safe will it be for the children and the more favorable for the formation of a character of purity, natural simplicity, and true moral worth.”

Youth’s Instructor, Feb. 1873

Rest

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“For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Exodus 20:11

Photo Credit: Deschutes River ©2008 Nathan Clark. Used by permission.

A Restful Home of Sunshine

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Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. John 11:5

There was one home that He loved to visit–the home of Lazarus, and Mary, and Martha; for in the atmosphere of faith and love His spirit had rest.

At the home of Lazarus, Jesus had often found rest. The Saviour had no home of His own; He was dependent on the hospitality of His friends and disciples; and often, when weary, thirsting for human fellowship, He had been glad to escape to this peaceful household, away from the suspicion and jealousy of the angry Pharisees. Here He found a sincere welcome, a pure, holy friendship. Here He could speak with simplicity and perfect freedom, knowing that His words would be understood and treasured.

Our Saviour appreciated a quiet home and interested listeners. He longed for human tenderness, courtesy, and affection. Those who received the heavenly instruction He was always ready to impart were greatly blessed…. The multitudes were slow of hearing, and in the home at Bethany Christ found rest from the weary conflict of public life. Here He opened to an appreciative audience the volume of Providence. In these private interviews He unfolded to His hearers that which He did not attempt to tell to the mixed multitude. He needed not to speak to His friends in parables.

From My Life Today – Page 213

Sunshine Tip #3- Create a home of rest. Be peaceful. Stay close to Jesus through prayer and meditation.

Tonya regularly writes and shares about sunshine in the home on her blog, Momma’s Sunshine.

Motivation Monday

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“God has surrounded us with nature’s beautiful scenery to attract and interest the mind. It is His design that we should associate the glories of nature with His character. If we faithfully study the book of nature, we shall find it a fruitful source for contemplating the infinite love and power of God….”

My Life Today, 294

The Importance of Telling/Reading Bible Stories

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In  his childhood, Joseph had been taught the love and fear of God. Often in his father’s tent, under the Syrian stars, he had been told the story of the night vision at Bethel, of the ladder from heaven to earth, and the descending and ascending angels, and of Him who from the throne above revealed Himself to Jacob. He had been told the story of the conflict beside the Jabbok, when, renouncing cherished sins, Jacob stood conqueror, and received the title of a prince with God.

A shepherd boy, tending his father’s flocks, Joseph’s pure and simple life had favored the development of both physical and mental power. By communion with God through nature and the study of the great truths span handed down as a sacred trust from father to son, he had gained strength of mind and firmness of principle.

In the crisis of his life, when making that terrible journey from his childhood home in Canaan to the bondage which awaited him in Egypt, looking for the last time on the hills that hid the tents of his kindred Joseph remembered his father’s God. He remembered the lessons of his childhood, and his soul thrilled with the resolve to prove himself true–ever to act as became a subject of the King of heaven.

Education pg. 52

Tonya regularly writes and shares about sunshine in the home on her blog, Momma’s Sunshine.

Motivation Monday

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“Fathers and mothers who make God first in  their households, who teach their children that in the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, glorify God before angels and before men…Christ is not a stranger in their homes; His name is a household name, revered and glorified.  Angels delight in a home where God reigns supreme and the children are taught to reverence religion, the Bible, and their Creator.  Such families can claim the promise, “Them that honour Me, I will honour.”

Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1 – 361,362