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.
Elevators, Bubbles, and Daffodils
While I wrote yesterday’s elevator stories, I thought of a description I have heard about people who are just a little different from “normal” — whatever in the world that is! You have probably heard it, too: “His (or her)…
Elevator Stories
Our daughter, a grandchild, and Ray and I spent a fun day together yesterday shopping at IKEA. The office remodel that we began in October is getting close to move-in time and we needed filing cabinets and such. We had…
A Parable of Homeschool Soil
Many parents consider homeschooling, believing it is a good way to center their children’s education in God’s will, but some get waylaid along the way. Jesus told a parable about four kinds of soil in Mark 4:1-20. His parable is…
Birds of a Feather
On Saturday morning several members of our family went to a park to walk and play. Squirrels and a chipmunk played in the wooded area between the walkway and the river’s edge. In the water near the bank, I spotted…
Life Is Like Sewing
I love to sew. Someone from the home extension office came to our school and started a 4-H club for my class when I was in fourth grade. I signed up for sewing and Mother helped me with my first…
To Sweep or Not to Sweep
In a Bible class I was in recently, we discussed making every decision based on God’s will. One lady protested that how we sweep is not a Christ-centered decision. Was she right? If I am fifteen years old and my…