children – Awake to Grace

future {leaders}

September 23, 2020

Please stop covering the beautiful faces of your impressionable children. While we’ve examined the health implications of short-term use to exhaustion, we do NOT know the LONG term effects – physical, psychological, nor spiritual.

Littles made to wear a face covering today 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 when we will be “required” to get a covid vax as a means to “love our neighbor” tomorrow. Think it’s bad today? These future leaders will be the ones enforcing new mandates – without critical thinking skills.
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Overall empathy levels will be lower based on today’s distancing and face coverings [also research fluoride – rabbit hole], causing lack of meaningful interaction. Here’s one small example of the effects of facemasks on empathy and relational continuity: a randomised controlled trial in primary care: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879648/
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When out and about, please make every effort to make eye contact with littles. Speak up louder. Smile bigger. I do! 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙉𝙀𝙀𝘿 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 and know there are people who walk against the current of unconstitutional government.

And Lord help the teachers being asked to enforce these “guidelines”. Personally, I pray they refuse to enforce these harmful guidelines. If you haven’t started planning, now would be a great time to consider homeschool. There will be so much stress on agenda and rules – less on [real] education. The road less traveled is never easy, but it’s a decision we’ve NEVER regretted. And our kiddos turned out pretty normal. For real… They’re pretty amazing little adults.

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Video: Dr. Jim Meehan M.D. (YouTube deleted)

children TV

entertainment {for the littles}

September 22, 2020

Once you go down some of these rabbit holes, you want to throw your TV right out of the window, amiright?
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Some have asked me, “What is left for my kids to watch?” Personally, our kids LOVED episodes of Veggie Tales growing up. What am I saying? Even our teenagers loved them when we served as youth pastors years ago. Ha! It’s a very soft introduction to several bible stories (like Esther) and life lessons (trusting God when you’re scared and loving your neighbor well. They also throw in a few silly songs).

There are plenty of episodes [free] on YouTube, but… so. many. ads AND you have to monitor what pops up! The internet can be a scary place. You can buy dvds or find entire seasons on Apple.
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Once belonging to Phil Vischer, the company changed hands, diluting the message a bit, mentioning God less (you’ll notice the change in animation, as well). Vischer moved on to produce what he always intended to do with Veggie Tales — Digging deeper into bible lessons with “What’s in the Bible?” starring a character named Buck Denver who explores the Old and New Testaments in more detail. He calls it Christianity 101 for kids and says the church tends to underestimate what kids are capable of learning about their faith. ***don’t judge his creative inspirations too harshly. I’m sure he was not aware of the corruption behind big industries, like many of us, years ago.

My hubby re-subscribed us to pureflix.com for some movies we can feel better about supporting.

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children's book

Vaccine-Free Me {book}

September 19, 2020

A great book to add to your little’s library: Vaccine-Free Me, A Trip to the Doctor.
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Charlie is excited to go to his yearly doctor appointment. That all changes when he sees the doctor walk in with alcohol pads, bandages, vials, and syringes. Can he keep his cool and explain to the doctor why he will NOT be getting vaccinated? This rhyming book is a great opportunity to teach and talk about the concerns of vaccines.