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.
Scene Changes
Dislike of change starts early in life. One of a child’s first lessons about self control comes when he is playing happily and Mama and Daddy say it is time to do something else. Sometimes that “something else” that Mama and Daddy have in…
When You Come to a Bend in the River
When people make historic documentaries, they sometimes interview people who experienced a famous event. I have often heard people tell the story of what they were doing when they heard that President John F. Kennedy had been shot. As our bed and breakfast host drove us…
Who’d A’ Thunk It?
Well, you know how it is. We were supposed to get to Nashville at 4:32 p.m.-ish on Tuesday afternoon. I knew when I saw a Delta mechanic go into the cockpit moments before we got on the plane in Los Angeles…
Home Again
Ray and I are still “gobsmacked” about the gift our children gave to us. Our vacation was wonderful. When God created the world, He made six days for work and one for rest. Jesus believed in rest. In John 4, He sat by a…
At the Wheel
Ray and I have been totally dependent on other people to carry us from here to there since we left our house at 7:30 a.m. on August 20. We have ridden by plane, train, ship, bus, and taxi (we could have…
Peace
If all goes as planned, we should be docked in Vancouver, British Columbia, before this blog is posted this morning. Since it was less expensive to spend the night here in Vancouver and fly home on Tuesday than to fly home on Monday,…