There aren’t many foods that I will go out of my way to find and eat. One of them is the Chick Fil A peach milkshake. It’s creamy goodness is enhanced by huge chunks of fresh peaches. I enjoy them so much I limit myself to only two a season to keep me from living on a diet of peach milkshakes for several weeks each year.
The thing about peach milkshakes is they are only available during the height of peach season. Some years the peaches ripen early and I can grab my first shake in May or June. Other years there is a bumper crop and peach milkshakes are still around in September. In bad years, the peach milkshake season can come and go in just a few weeks. Because I limit myself to only two shakes, I plan them carefully. Sometimes I get distracted and pull up for my first peach dream in August when they are already gone for the year. I always cry out, “I thought I had more time before they were gone!”
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Do your kids know the basic facts of several Bible stories? Can they win Bible trivia contests at Church? Can they sometimes correct adults on the details of their favorite person in the Bible’s life? If, so they have made a great beginning on understanding the Bible. Unfortunately, that’s where many Bible school classes stop.
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School in our area begins in a couple of weeks. Many students will start the first day of school without any supplies. When they run out of any supplies they do manage to possess, their parents won’t replace them. Imagine how difficult it can be for children to have no materials for classwork or homework. You and your kids can help change that, have fun and you can teach your kids godly money skills at the same time.