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.
Work That Delights and Feels Important
Ray and I enjoyed visiting the St. Louis Art Museum with our son and two of our grandsons last week. During most of our visit there, we wandered from gallery to gallery with little contact with members of the staff.…
We All Have Hope
Early one morning two millennia ago, women went to a tomb in Israel to show their love to Jesus Christ. To their amazement, an angel told them that their beloved friend and teacher was no longer there but had risen…
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…