The Celebrated Family returns!

After a hiatus of ridiculous proportions, The Celebrated Family blog is returning.  I have greatly appreciated the e-mails and comments I have received asking when I would start blogging again.  I have missed the experience and community of this place.  I look forward to reconnecting with many of you.  

In this new season, things will look a little different here at The Celebrated Family.  Moving forward this will not be just a blog about the happenings and doings of the Schulz tribe.  While we can be a very entertaining tribe, it is not my children you are trying to raise, it is your own.  Anyone who has had a cup of coffee with me knows that my passion is to encourage and equip parents to pass on their faith to their children.  So that is what I am going to do here.  Each Monday you will find a posting to encourage you and the last week of each month you will find an easy to follow family devotion to equip you in growing a big faith in the little people in your life. 

Being that this is the last week of the month, May's devotion will be posted this Friday.  I hope you will check back in to print it out for you and your family. 

Blessings to you and your family,
Wendy

Your name was written on His palm

Did you know, while our King was on the cross,

Your face was in his eyes,

Your life was in his mind,

Your sin was on his back,

Love of you, was in his heart,

for beloved, your name was written on his palm.

Before the girls head out on Friday morning, I will stamp thier hands in red and write thier names across thier palm, that they will remember Christ's death was not a generic salvation plan for all - it was for them. May you too remember that Christ died for you - specifically, wonderfully for you. You are his beloved.

Holy Week Devotions

I have posted the daily family devotions for Holy Week (Monday-Sunday) up on my website. I hope they are a blessing to your family as you walk through this week of remembering Christ's sacrifice for us.
I am looking at my week ahead and looking for ways to make it quieter. As a family we will say no to a number of things this week; playdates, workouts, errands, and TV time are going to be set aside this week. In its place we're going to attend a family Maundy Thursday service, do our daily devotions and spend some more time together as a family.
I wish your family a wonderful week.