Be The Change

Go and Make Disciples

I know the Bennetts have had a lot going on lately, but we are so excited to share with our friends and family that we have been called to help plant Inspiring Hope Church in Hamilton, Ohio with the Mangrum family!! Ben Mangrum is currently a resident pastor at Grace

We’re in this together

A friend asked me if I had any advice on how to talk to kids about racism in the midst of all of these current events. Right away, I didn’t have words, only tears. See, I don’t even know how to bring myself to tell my kids that

Advantage

{This was originally written by me about 3 years ago, but I've added a few things} Have you ever looked around a crowded room and noticed that your husband and children are the only people of color there? Have you ever gotten disgusted looks from people walking by because you

Got Homeschooling On Your Mind?

If so, this info is for you!! So many mommas have asked me what I do for curriculum for our homeschooling! So, I decided to put all of the things I’ve used into a blog post, with links, so you all can check it out! If you have any

Be Kind and Show Grace

I got to chat with a friend, IN PERSON, yesterday! I know.. crazy right!! Anyway, I was thankful to hear that she also felt the same as I did about how people are becoming angry and full of hate! We both felt like this pandemic, and other circumstances in our

Be a Light

A friend sent this song to me a little bit ago.. https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=8YuWAZmD0aU And, it just so happened that I started reading in John this morning.. and this was the verse that I underlined while reading! The light shines in the

Hate Will Not Win

Please tell me why, as a white woman married to a man of color with 5 biracial children, I haven’t been able to stop crying since watching the video of an unarmed man of color being shot down by two white men. Please tell me why I have to

Homeschool

Homeschoolers are Socialized

People constantly ask about the socialization part of homeschool. They always wonder how my kids are getting everything they need to develop social skills! But I just have one thing to say to you all. I’m thankful they aren’t getting the socialization that you all think they need!

Kids

Let’s talk about Naïve Parenting

So, I struggle with parents who can’t ever let their kids fail. How will they ever learn from their mistakes if they don’t think they have made any? How will they learn to be honest people if you don’t tell them that what they did was wrong

Life

Let Them Be Messy

The more kids I have, the more I realize that I have little control over keeping the house the way I want it. I loooooveee a tidy house! Like, it gives me great, unshakable joy to have everything in its place! And sometimes I lose it when it doesn’t

Faith

The Power in Simplifying the Gospel

It can take years for someone to finally “get it”! I was 21 when I finally got it. I went to church from the time I was a baby until I was about 11 or 12. My grandpa was a preacher. And my grandparents prayed over me my entire life.

Faith

Homeschooling

When I say I was called to do this, I mean it. The desire was never there... questions about how the whole thing worked, definitely, but desire, no. Non-existent. It all started when I did a 21 day fast with my church, New Life Chapel, at the beginning of this

Faith

God is Listening

Yesterday, I posted the link to this touching story from Michelle Duggar to Facebook: It was 1:00 AM in the morning as I stood folding laundry with tears streaming down my cheeks. Feelings of being overwhelmed flooded my mind. I cried aloud, "LORD I NEED YOUR HELP, I

Faith

Blessings

I seemed to have forgotten to add all of the continuous blessings through all of our struggles in my last blog… BUT, since there are so many, I guess they can just have a blog post of their own! Starting before Christmas time… the blessings of money were just unreal!

Faith

Faith is a powerful thing!

So much time has passed since I have had time to sit down and just think! Also, so many events have happened during this time. Where should I start? Let's take it back to the end of November/beginning of December… I remember thinking, is Orville going to finish his

Faith

You Can't Spell Testimony without "Test"!

I just got an email that said this: My dad always has said you can't have a testimony without a test. This is your test and what an amazing testimony you have been given! I had to stop and think about it for a second, and then I thought, WOW!

Faith

Quality vs. Quantity

So, I've been thinking a lot about Quality vs. Quantity lately. I feel like it holds true for many different situations, that Quality is way better than Quantity. If you think about something simple like, writing a paper. You should make that paper the best it can be, (Quality) instead

Faith

Here It Is

You know, things weren't always the way they are today. If you ask someone who knew me way back when, they would tell you that I am completely different now than I was then. My life has taken a total transformation in only a few short years. My story began

Getting Started

Hey There

If you are here, that probably means you want to know why I started this blog. Really, I started it because I wanted to get away from Facebook, and I really want to share MY STORY! (Hence the name of this blog :) ) I feel like people need to know my