Book Review ~ Amish Values for Your Family

This book is for readers who long for strong families that know how to truly enjoy life together, there is much to learn from the Amish. Values like community, forgiveness, simple living, obedience, and more can be your family legacy--without selling your car, changing your wardrobe, or moving out to farm country.

In Amish Values for Your Family, bestselling author Suzanne Woods Fisher shows how you can adopt the wisdom of the Amish when it comes to family matters. In this inspiring and practical book readers will find charming true stories interlaced with solid, biblical advice about parenting, marriage, and all aspects of family life. As readers get an intimate glimpse into the everyday lives of real Amish families, they will learn to prioritize what's truly important, simplify decision-making, slow down as a family, safeguard time together, and let go when the time comes.

My thoughts:

This was truly an easy, inspiring, and encouraging read. I have always been attracted to the Amish simple life style. Not that I have ever wanted to actually become Amish, but simply I marvel at their strong family values by living with less.  I really want my family to engage in a simple life centered around God.

The Amish Values for Your Family is written in simple terms and offers practical suggestions to enhance your family values at the end of each short chapter. I was encouraged by the chapter, Laundry Days.  The dedicated mother chose to continue washing her families laundry by hand rather than using a washing machine.  She valued that precious time because she prayed for each of her children during her laundry day.  Being a mother of 6 children, I often have loads of laundry and many tedious tasks that I tackle each day.  Praying to my Heavenly Father for my dear children puts a whole new light on my chores.

About the Author:

Her interest in the Amish began with her grandfather, W.D. Benedict, who was raised Plain. She has many, many Plain relatives living in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and travels back to Pennsylvania, as well as to Ohio, a couple of times each year for research.

Suzanne has a great admiration for the Plain people and believes they provide wonderful examples to the world. In both her fiction and non-fiction books, she has an underlying theme: You don't have to "go Amish" to incorporate many of their principles--simplicity, living with less, appreciating nature, forgiving others more readily-- into your life.

When Suzanne isn't writing or bragging to her friends about her first new grandbaby (!), she is raising puppies for Guide Dogs for the Blind. To Suzanne's way of thinking, you just can't take life too seriously when a puppy is tearing through your house with someone's underwear in its mouth.

Suzanne can be found on-line here.

Pondering on the Amish Proverbs in the beginning of each chapter is thought-provoking.  Also, words from the Amish themselves is intriguing and fill of wisdom. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is longing to live simple and practical.  A book full of wisdom and discernment from a biblical standpoint.  Great read for new families just starting out, too.  

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I received a free copy of Amish Values for Your Family from Litfuse in order to give you my honest opinion of it.

2011-2012 school year is in session.....

School is in session!  Many things to encounter and ponder on this year.  Our spine is the Wisdom booklets.  Our goal is to complete #3-8 this 2011-2012 school year.  We are loving the Wisdom Booklets and are growing spiritually and academically as a family.  A true blessing in our homeschool. 

Wisdom Booklets ~   for grades 5-9 and loosely with Grade 1

Grade 8 and  9 ~ my baby is in High School...
Making Math Meaningful ~ Level 6 and Algebra
Character Quality Language Arts ~ Green Series, Level B
Progeny Press Literature Guides ~ they will complete 2 this year and will read several biographies to enforce the Wisdom Booklets.
See the Light
Auto Upkeep with our homeschool group

Grade 5
Language Lessons for the Elementary Child
Spelling by Sound
Just Write 2
A Reason for Handwriting
Progeny Press Literature Guide , Pathway Readers, and reading several chapter books
Making Math Meaningful ~ completing Level 3 and 4

The boys are very active in 4H and each will complete a record book at the end of the school year.  They are also involved in the book club that meets monthly.  We read the book assigned as a read a loud during lunch time. 

Grade 1
Christ Centered Curriculum ~ completing B and will start C ~ I LOVE this phonics program!
Rays Arithmetic ~ Primary
A Reason for Handwriting
Heart of Dokota ~ using very loosly
Draw Write Now
RightStart Math Game

Pre K
Preschool ABC Series

And lots of Nature Reading books to browse during Book Basket Time daily.  I want to dedicate Fridays for Nature Notebooking for the little ones when the weather permits.  Also, we sing and dance to bible songs and read Leading Little Ones to God every morning.  The Princess dances like a hoot!

WFMW ~ a clean room....

Call it whatever you wish, bribery, disciplining or parenting.  Whatever suits your fancy, but it works wonders for me.

 All 5 of my boys share the spacious loft upstairs bka, "The Man Cave."  We recently moved into this home, so sharing one bedroom amongst all 5 of them was a painful adjustment to say the least.  The older ones were complaining that the little ones were slobs.   Imagine that?

Oh yes, I am taking credit for this one.....

I have a "deal" with the 3 younger ones....

If their room is "mommy" cleaned before supper, they each get a Popsicle after Sissy goes to bed.  However, there are several stipulations...

*  I will remind them only once about 30 minutes before serving time

*  There will be no fighting, yelling, choking, spitting, or whining during clean up

*  Everyone must do their share

* An older sibling will inspect before supper begins

VIOLA.......Their room is always clean, organized, and perfect before supper!

Can I hear an AMEN or two!

What bribery compromise works for you and your children?

Visit We Are That Family for more genius ideas.

The true joy of my motherhood.....

I've been pondering and reflecting on the last 6 months..... There have been praises, blessings, major changes, disappointments, and confusion, but one thing remains so true to my heart.  I adore having my 6 children at home with me every day.  Do I encounter disappointments and confusions in my season of motherhood?  Absolutely!  But the latter side of the coin, is incredible joy!  

We live in such a fallen world today where children are view as burdens, costly, and time consuming.  I agree with the third point, yes, children are time consuming.  If you train your child in the way he shall go, most of your time will revolt around your children.  Whether it is wiping a runny nose, spanking a bottom, or simply holding a child when a family pet expires, it takes your time.  No denials there.

My dh and I have made a vow to trust the Lord with our family size.  We have been mocked and been called crazy, irresponsible, and ignorant even in our own home.  I would be denying the fact that their comments do not stir hurt or pain.  It does.  It's not so much their secular opinion of me that dives deep, but when looking at my children, my heart aches.  Each one of our blessings is unique and wonderfully made.  They were created in His image.  Don't get me wrong, my children are greatly loved outside our immediate family which is a true blessing.  But to think that we are foolish to have so many children, confuses me.  Which child was the foolish decision?

I often hear friends say they can't afford to have any more children and have voluntarily discontinued fertility at 2 children, which seems to be the popular norm in America.  I agree most families can't afford to have more children if they continue to reside in their current lifestyle.  Most choose the luxurious house with all the latest gadgets, but it seems relatively odd to me that most aren't home enough to enjoy their possessions because they are too busy running their children to soccer, ballet, play practice and whatever their neighbor kids are partaking in.  Which in deed,  cost money. None of these things are necessarily wrong, but one must know moderation which seems to be the culprit to the dysfunctional family values today.

We have elected to live a simple life by choice not by foolishness.  We have chosen to value life rather than things. We have made the decision not to own new cars, to live in a over sized home , and not hug Mickey Mouse every year, but have chosen to welcome each new blessing into our family.  Just simple living by seeking His will for our lives.  I find joy in spending time with my children in our simple home every day guided by the Spirit.  It's a choice.

This is the true joy of my motherhood. 

1John 1:15-17 has been on my heart in the last few weeks of pondering...

15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

Summer of Purpose 2011

 I want this summer to be a summer of purpose.  I want us to indulge in intriguing books, play challenging games together, swim, hang outside after supper with the animals, eat ice cream, soak into family type movies, gain intellect,  grow in spiritually wisdom and maturity, and to just relax with one another. Just simply enjoying the gift of being part of a large family. 

Kat over at Inspired to Action has written a wonderful post, A Summer of Purpose, which includes a My Summer Goals chart.  I am requiring my crew to make 3 goals: an academic goal, a spiritual goal, and a goal of interest.  Our summer of purpose will start on June 1st and end August 31.  So we have 3 months to reach our goals.

Of course, I am going to be part of this challenge.  You know I love a challenge.  Oh yea, baby!  Count me in!

My Summer 2011 Goals

Memorize Psalm 51

Lose 20 lbs 

Learn how to make a spreadsheet

These are going to be HUGE challenges for me.  

But I LOVE a challenge!  We will have some sort of family celebration at the end of August to show off our accomplishments.

Are you going to make Summer 2001 a summer of purpose?

My early morning routine....

I do earnestly try to have some sort of routine to maximize my date with The King.  However, it must start the night before.

The night before I do the following things...

* make sure my Keurig is filled with water and power is on

* place my bible, journal, and my disciple notebook, headphones and pencil on my end table

*plug in my net book

* put a load of laundry in the washer with a delayed setting (love this feature)

*place socks and tennis shoes in bathroom

*set alarm on phone

*really, really try to be in bed not asleep by 9:30 reading

My Morning Routine....

* wake up, bathroom, get coffee (first things first)

* listen to 3-5 worship songs that are on my net book

*fill out my prayer notebook page

*work on laundry(remember I already have 1 load washed)

* prayer time

*devotion time along with bible reading

*check email

*make breakfast for the family and family devotion

*work on laundry

*exercise

* school

My mornings don't always go as plan, but over the years I have worked on not getting discouraged and to just strive on implementing my plan the next morning. Things happen and I must face them graciously.  Ouch!  Did I just say that?  Also, I realize that my routine will change depending on what season I am in.  For example, when I have a nursing baby, he or she is sharing my morning time with me.  In fact, watching the sun rise while nursing a little one has become one of my fondest memories of motherhood.  

I really need to arise at 5:30 instead of 6:00 in order to get my exercise plan in before the children wake up.  I am working on this, but haven't excelled yet.

So what is your morning routine to maximize your morning devotion?

Review ~ Greek 'n' Stuff

Our family has been soaking in the Word with the bible study, I Can Study Jonah and Ruth Alone With God study for several months.  This is actually an independent study written by the author, Karen Mohs, published by Greek 'n' Stuff, but we chose to complete the study as a family during our evening family devotion time.

The study includes...

• Jonah learns to obey God
• Ruth chooses God and is blessed
• Thirteen weekly lessons
• Clear, straightforward questions
• Memory verses
• Interesting insights
• Life applications 

We have a diverse age range of children ranging from 14 to 1.  However, we all gained spiritual insight from this gem of a study except for our princess who was already snoozing by our evening devotion time.   Each lesson is broken into 6 days ~ Monday through Saturday. There are check boxes to check off as you complete each task for the day making it very easy for a child to follow.  Each week there is a memory verse to memorize and something to think and pray about which we chose to discuss as a family.  I loved how each day the first task was to pray and ask God to help you study His Word.  This is an important reminder to us all.  Several questions are asked pertaining to the scripture each day and we conversed together.  Even my ds6 ad ds4 could answer the questions correctly without any hesitation.  My dh was able to easily adapt the study to make it more challenging for my older children.

The study comes in either NIV or the KJV.  Our family uses the ESV Bible and I would love to see the author offer these studies utilizing the ESV.  Also, I would like to see the study offered in ebook form rather than in spiral bound so I could print the study for each member of our family if they chose to complete independently like the author intended. 

The I Can Study Jonah and Ruth Alone With God can be purchased through Greek 'n' Stuff here for 8.95. Greek 'n' Stuff offers three other bible studies in this series, Alone with God here. Greek and Stuff sells a Greek and Latin program that looks interesting here.

I recommend this study for any parent who wants to train and expose their children the blessing  in spending time with God daily.  It will help guide them to seek and study His Word in a gentle way without causing tears or frustration.  I give this study a thumbs up.  

To see what my crew mates think about Greek 'n' Stuff click here.



 

Review ~ See the Light

My boys totally dig See the Light art curriculum.  My ds are the "artsy" type and were anxious for me to load the dvd player with the See the Light, Volume 1 DVD.  Even my ds4 and ds6 were following along with the master artist, Pat Knepley, on the TV.  I am not an artist, so this is one area I am extremely lacking, however, my children all have an artistic bone in them.  No need to sweat NO MORE!  Master artist, Pat Knepley will cover all the basis and then some with your "artsy" child.

See the Light consists of a series of 9 Volumes each containing 4 lessons on each dvd totaling 36 lessons. You can seek what each volume covers here.  The lessons are relatively short, approximate 15 minutes, but detailed and thorough.  I believe any child or adult could benefit from these informative art dvd's.  In fact, my dh was truly impress with Volume 1 and wants us to purchase the entire series for our 6 children.  The artist uses basic supplies and uses the hands on approach.  The student must come prepare with their paper and drawing supplies that you can easily purchase at Walmart when viewing each lesson.

One of the most impressive aspect of See the Light was the mere fact that God is the center of the subject of art.  She stresses to the children that He is the ultimate creator.  I love the slogan the publisher chose, "Drawing children to Him." Each lesson contains and integrates biblical truth.  Another perk is art history is included in the lessons and students are exposed to famous masterpieces of many artists.

My children made an art notebook and placed all their lessons in them.  They will put all their art work that they complete independently in their notebook, too, as time progresses.   This is a notebook that they are very proud of.

 See the Light art curriculum can be purchased as a set for 99.99 here.  See the light offers several other products here.  This is a well worth your buck for teaching your children art skills and art history that they will carry with them for a lifetime.  

 See what my crew mates have to say about See the Light here.

Away for the weekend..

This past weekend I was extremely blessed to be ministered by Nancy Campbell and her girls!  All I can say is, Wow!  This was my 3rd Above Rubies retreat and definitely won't be my last.  I love the fellowship with like-minded ladies who strongly believe in their ministry of motherhood.  I do believe it is such an imperative calling to train our children in the Lord.  How blessed I am to be the mommy to our 5 boys and The Princess.  I love them dearly and pray each day for the Holy Spirit to fill my heart with love and discernment in raising my children to love Jesus.  What a privilege He has bestow upon me.  

I look forward each quarter in receiving the free magazine, Above Rubies.  It is filled with an enormous amount of Godly encouragement for the mother.   I order a bundle of them to pass out to friends and to leave at doctors offices.  It's my little ministry.  

Have you been to an Above Rubies retreat?

WFMW ~ Manners

A mom's favorite last words, "Where are your manners?" 

We found this little gem of a book, Manners Made Easy For the Family, and read one little page each night along with our evening devotion.  The book includes 365 Timeless etiquette tips for every occasion.  Everyone is gleaning good manners and habits from just spending 5 minutes a day, including Mommy and Daddy! I love the scripture reference at the end of each page, too. 

How do you promote proper manners in your children?

Thank you We Are that Family for hosting WFMW.

The Veggie Dilema...

The Princess was very fond of eating her veggies when she first started eating "food."  However, once I started giving her the good stuff, such as, meat, cheese, fruits, etc., she refused to eat her veggies.  I tried many different tactics...giving her veggies, first, cooking different varieties, and I even resorted to putting a little sea salt on the veggies.  NOPE, nothing seemed to spark her veggie taste buds.  

Refusing to raise a picky non-eating veggie eater, I prayerfully offered up my request to our Heavenly Father.  The Princess loves veggies...RAW VEGGIES!  She loves carrots, red bell peppers, radishes, cucumbers, and snow peas. 

All is good in at the Craft Family Table.  Amen!

Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.

1Chronicles  16:11

          

Review ~ Reading Kingdom

I was thrilled to be selected to review this exciting, fun and adventurous on-line reading program, Reading Kingdom.  Reading Kingdom teaches aged 4-10 children to read and write up to a 3rd grade level. This program is customized to each students level depending upon the results of their initial assessment test.

Reading Kingdom trains the student in six different skill areas: sequencing, motor skills, sounds, meaning, grammar, and comprehension.  I was extremely pleased that my ds6 gained fine motor skills while "playing" this on-line reading program.  We rarely allow video game time, so this program is a true delight for my ds. Conveniently,  I only had to monitor 1 session to assure that ds was catching on and understanding the mechanics of the program.  My ds6 is reading on a first grade level, but it took several weeks for him to excel the keyboard and mouse training section which is imperative to successfully utilize the program.  Be prepared for your child to spend many sessions or even weeks mastering the keyboard and mouse training before moving on to the different sessions.  However, this never hindered or discouraged my child. The short sessions kept my busy student interested and eager to start a new session. 

Reading Kingdom's website is very thorough and helpful in informing the parent with the logistics of the reading program.  It is very organized and easy to manipulate.  Read here on the structure of the program.  Being able to add multiple students for one rate is a bonus, too.  I found it convenient and reassuring when I received a progress report on my ds progress via email.  You can access their progress report at any time on your account, too.  Also, I found worthy were the tutorials here. 

On the contrary, I don't believe in their statement in regards to why this program works here.  I strongly believe in strong phonics and applying phonic rules.  I plan on using this program as a supplement to our current phonics programs.  I didn't find anything that would possibly contradict his current phonics program. I believe it is an excellent source of reading education while playing on the computer. Ds asks me daily to play.  Ok....So just maybe I use it as a bit of a bribery tactic!  LOL!

Subscriptions to Reading Kingdom are $19.99/month (with no monthly minimum), or $199.99 per year. You can cancel your subscription at any time.  You can also receive a free 30 day trail period here.

To see what my crew mates have to say about Reading Kingdom, click here.

I received for  free an one year subscription to Reading Kingdom for the purpose of writing an honest review. No other compensation was given.

When it snows...

it snows down south in the country of Texas!

2011 SNOW BLIZZARD

Our cozy home taken from across the street

Taken on our back porch

About 5 inches and it still is lightly coming down

It's so cold...the armadillo is frozen.  lol

Due to all the children recovering from head colds, mean mommy refuses any play outside.

The Simple Woman's Daybook ~ January 30, 2011

FOR TODAY....January 30,2011

Outside my window..the sun is diligently trying to overcome the clouds

I am thinking...my children are such blessings to me even when they are sick

I am thankful for...  the privilege to take care of my sick children

From the learning rooms...we are working on Wisdom Book 1, and spending time learning the human eye.

From the kitchen...juicy roast simmering in my beloved crock pot

I am wearing...black sweats and red shirt

I am creating...dishcloths

I am going...to participate in our homeschool coop registration tomorrow

I am reading... the interesting Dr.Frau

I am hoping...that my oldest ds and dh doesn't get the yucks

I am hearing...my children consistently tell me they aren't sick anymore after I dose them with fever reducers

Around the house...unfortunately I have been in my house too much due to all the illness.  I want OUT of the house

One of my favorite things...I love when my electric blanket is cracked up when getting into bed.

A few plans for the rest of the week....getting back into our cleaning routine and getting ready for Cowboys party

Here is a song I am sharing...

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Our new Journey....

After many months of prayer, extensive research, and talking with various ATI families the Lord led us to join ATI.  My dh discovered the Wisdom Booklets a few years ago and was extremely impress with it's in depth academic content surrounded by biblical principles.  Admittedly, I snared.  I love the principle approach with lots of chronological history.  However, I continued to find fault consisting of evolution resources in our selected curriculums.  Not so much by the means of supporting evolution, but more in their selective literature and suggested resources.  My dh and I have agreed to not permit any book, movie,or entertainment that is not pleasing to God in our house.  We believe that the Wisdom Booklets are helpful tools in training our children to live righteous lives centered around Him.  What's so exciting to me is the mere fact that I can implement the principle approach while utilizing the Wisdom Books. I feel so blessed to be able to teach my children at home His Word everyday.  What a privilege!

I will share our joy, spiritual growth, and wisdom along the way as we see the Spirit fill our hearts during this new exciting journey.

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God  may be competent, equipped for every good work.

II Timothy 3:16-17

Review ~ Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary for Kids

Are you one of those moms that is always on the look out for biblical sound, informative, kid-friendly bible resources?  If so, you need to add, Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary for Kids  on your book shelf of references. I voluntarily agreed to review and check out this beautiful illustrated bible dictionary for the publisher, Lifeway Christian Store.  This has been an asset to our family for the past weeks.

The Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary for Kids features 750 essential bible words with kid-friendly definitions, a helpful pronunciation system(even helpful for Mommy, too), alternative spellings for words from the KJV, and 500 full color photos, illustrations, reconstructions, and easy readable maps.

We thoroughly enjoyed the special features that are included in this delightful resource.  Included are these incredible, easy to read charts, such as, Names of God, 12 Apostles, 10 Plagues on Egypt, and so many more.  My boys spent hours looking through the different charts.  Even Dh was impressed with the special features.  

The recommended ages for the Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary for Kids  is from 5-10 years of age.  However, I believe the entire family can benefit from this resource.  My ds3 and ds6 were intrigued with just browsing through the pages during our family devotion one evening.  When studying the life of Jonah , we easily looked up Joppa and located it on a map that was included in the book.  A better understanding of Jonah's travels came from actually locating Joppa on the map.  Also, there is an interesting 2 paged spread titled Animals in the Bible.  I had my ds14, ds12, and ds9 research and complete a notebook page of one of the bible animals of choice.  This resource is great for promoting dictionary skills. There are countless ways you can utilize this book.

Check out a sample of this book here. Isn't it lovely?

One of the most impressive aspects of The Holmans Illustrated Bible Dictionary for Kids is the illustrator uses real life pictures or real life drawings.  I do not appreciate when children bibles or references include cartoons.  Also, I found the colored letter tabs very helpful in locating my word of choice. 

The Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary for Kids can be purchased at Lifeway Christian Store here.  It is a whole lotta book for 14.99.  It is a gem for teaching your children how to research bible topics in a kid-friendly way.  Lifeway Christian Store promotes many other resources here.

To read what my crew mates thought of this beautiful bible dictionary, click here!

I received for  free a  The Holmans Illustrated Bible Dictionary for Kids  for the purpose of writing an honest review. No other compensation was given.

Cowboys 4th Birthday

The cutest cowboy I know turns 4 today.  Celebrating this morning with Strawberry Cake for breakfast(a tradition in our family), playing and eating lunch at Chick fil a, and playing, playing and playing with all his farm toys is how Cowboy anticipates enjoying his special day.

It melted my heart to witness the homemade cards and little gifts his big bubbas served him today.  Cowboy is truly a sweetheart.

Happy

4th

Birthday, Cowboy!

My Baby is 14

14 years ago, my life changed forever. A love that I never knew existed, a love for a child.  The most precious day of my life. Seems like yesterday, I was holding the cutest lil' baby while gazing at the snow silently falling from the hospitable window.  I was in awe of His grace. It's been a joy watching him take his first step, learning to ride a bike, and most importantly turning into a man of God.  So many treasured moments.  I'm grateful for the years I have been blessed raising him up and look forward to experiencing the next milestones with him.

Happy 14th Birthday!

It's all about.....

The Princess today!  Joy, gratitude, amazement, sadness, and even a bit of selfishness are fluttering in my heart today. The Princess has turned one!  No matter how hard I tried to stop the clock, she managed to wake up smiling on her first special day!  A bit of sadness pricks my heart, I no longer have a nursing infant, but a curious daughter who is anxious to experience what each day encounters rain or shine.  From cheerios to baby dolls or just simply dancing in her room with me, she makes me smile.  A year ago, God blessed us with The Princess.

 The Princess woke up to receive her very first birthday presents. Daddy is pushing the farm girl thing just a bit too far Mommy thinks.  "Brothers were exasperated that  I received a pink Daisy on my first birthday, considering Mommy has a NO GUN Policy!"  

"Thinking this could come in handy when my Bubbas' are taking too long in the bathroom."

"The Boys pushing me in my new wagon. After all, I'm the one with the gun!"

Not digging the birthday hat one bit!

Just to clarify, I still stand strong on the NO GUN policy( a whole different post someday).  It was so funny to see the boys faces though!

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
(Psalms 127:3-5 ESV)

Getting ready for Christmas....

The Princess was getting a "feel" for Christmas Day.  Checking out the gifts...  And she was not peeking....  Not The Princess....

The Princess is "officially" ready for Christmas morning!

 

Have a wonderful Christmas celebrating the miraculous birth of our Savior! 

Isaiah 9: 6

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."