Welcome to Daily Encouragement!
Hi, I’m Charlene Notgrass. I was born a long time before you, way back in 1953. I loved homeschooling — once I learned how to make homeschooling who our family was instead of something I carried around like a big, heavy burden every day. From the lessons God has taught me, I offer you daily encouragement.
The Family Plan
Family is God’s idea. In His perfect plan, every child is born into a family who loves him or her and then each of those family members loves and serves one another for the rest of their lives. What a…
In the Here and Now
When I was a young wife and mother, Ray was a campus minister at a church in Oxford, Mississippi. I was blessed to know many Jesus-loving, family-focused, and hard-working older women in that congregation. I soaked up their examples and wisdom.…
Hearts Devoted to Each Other
I always looked forward to the homeschool convention season when I got to see some of you again and meet some of you for the first time. I was always blessed to hear your stories and learn about your children.…
Timeless Childhood Joys
Miss Frances was one of my special Sunday School teachers. One of my favorite memories of her classroom was the big wooden sandbox table. With a little imagination, a sandbox became a Middle Eastern landscape. It’s easy to share sandbox…
Little Eyes Are Watching
Ray and I spent last week in the breathtaking Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. On Saturday we followed an easy trail to Cataract Falls. During our walk we had some opportunities to take photos of whole families who were enjoying…
Precious and Few
I think God must have specially wired our brains for music. We store a wealth of music in our heads and you never know when a song from the past will pop out of your mental storage bank and into…