Jeannie Fulbright Press — motherhood

Jesus says that whatever we ask for in prayer, we should have. Yet often that’s not our personal experience. We’ve discussed that sometimes prayers are not answered because we’ve not forgiven someone, or we harbor unconfessed sin, or even that we lack faith in a good God that would want to bless us with the desires of our hearts. Today, I want to address the fourth thing that I personally know of that can hinder our prayers: Lack of support. Sometimes, we just need more than one person praying. We need a few more voices raised in agreement with us. […]

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The last reason we may not see answers to our prayers is the reason most people give for all unanswered prayer: what you are praying for is not God’s best for you. There was a time when I suffered horribly in my marriage. Some of it was due to my selfishness, and some due to my husband’s. At the time, I thought it was ALL due to his selfishness and if he would shape up then I would be the most godly woman on earth—or pretty close to it. I prayed and prayed for God to restore my marriage. I […]

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The other day I was struggling with some negative emotions: fears and worries about this and that. I am of the strong belief that fear and worry are signs of a lack of faith. If I’m worried, I’m not trusting God’s promises; I’m not believing He’ll take care of me. Well I prayed and earnestly and repented of my fears. Yet I still felt that lack-luster feeling we have when we aren’t experiencing the joy of being a child of God. I spoke to a close friend about it and she reminded me that it’s not just turning away from […]

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One of the most profound—and often under appreciated—methods of Charlotte Mason is her teachings on habits. How I wish I had known of this extremely influential concept when my children were younger, before they formed the bad habits we invested a lot of time undoing. Mason addresses the fascinating subject of attention: The Habit of Attention. She explains that a child should stay focused on a subject and not allow his mind to wander hither and thither with every interesting thought that pops into his brain. The thing is, our children have fascinating thoughts and ideas, but they must be […]

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Free time is one of the greatest benefits of a homeschool education. It gives students space to think and create, to pursue and develop their passions fully and deeply. I’m so pleased with how much my daughter accomplished with her free time even during the middle school years. When she was thirteen, she taught herself to draw realistic animals with pencils and made and sold beaded jewelry. She designed HTML blog templates for other children. She put on history and drama camps for homeschoolers every summer beginning when she was nine. She even produced a ballet newsletter and sold subscriptions. […]

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