.....this I know 'cause my grandma SHOWED me so.... I know that this is not how the song lyrics are written but this it is how I want the song to be sung in my life. Here is my reason, I blogged a week or so ago about my grandmother and how she was making her final journey home into the arms of Jesus. Sadly, for us, this Sunday morning, she completed her earthly journey and went to her true home in heaven. She "fell asleep in the Lord" after being surrounded by loving family and friends who read favorite scripture to her and played her favorite Hymns for her.  She was finally embraced by Jesus early Sunday morning, and is now worshiping Him. We will miss her presence and her personality, she was bright & funny and always willing to help. She always pointed us to Jesus with her life's action and  with her words. We will also miss her prayers, as she prayed daily for each one of her children, grand children & great grandchildren. For me she was always an encourager. She was a great example of God's love. She made the song "Jesus loves me" have an outward cast to it wasn't just "Jesus loves ME this I know" but when I looked at her life, I seemed to hear the word's-"Jesus Loves You." Grandma was our families Living Bible. She SHOWED us the love of Christ through her life. She showed love, even during the tough times of life by her actions....and her prayers, she "prayed without ceasing". She always used the Bible to illustrate God's great love for us, by linking her actions of love to the scripture. This brought the scripture to life. If I could I think of how she sang the "Jesus Loves Me" song, it would have gone like this; Jesus Loves YOU, This I show, for the Bible tells us so"....I knew God's love because she loved me with her actions. And, without excuse, she pointed to Jesus as the "author & perfector of her faith". She never claimed personal perfection just a personal faith in Christ Jesus and salvation in Him. I want my life to be like her’s I want to become less self focused and change the song from "Jesus loves ME" to, "Jesus loves YOU, this I SHOW for the bible tells me so..." I want His life to show through me to others by my life's actions, just like my grandmother did for us...

As far as homeschool is concerned, I think that my children are learning a bigger life lesson than just Geography & Mathematics...they get to see an eternal perspective on life: real math-eternity, real geography-this earth is not our home, real family dynamics-how to love a person as they journey on to their heavenly dwelling...Next week we will move back to earthly math and finite geography....in the here and the now.

SILLY STORY:

This is about my Grandmother, just a caveat she had a great sense of humor, and was VERY ready to meet her saviour and friend, Jesus: Just a few weeks before my Grandmother passed on into the arms of Jesus, she was visited in her retirement center room by her doctor. He asked her "Do you have any questions for me today?" "Yes," Grandmother quickly replied, "Why aren't I gone?!?" (To heaven) The Doctor, who knows Jesus, replied, "I'm not in charge of that part of your life someone else is and we will leave it up to Him." She smiled and said a little wearily, "Oh, alright." The Doctor smiled and left. My sister & I were in the room at the time suppressing giggles at my grandmothers humor. My Grandmother asked us to get her face cream to sooth a dry spot on her cheek. I went into the bathroom and found her cream, I came out of the bathroom and said, "Grandma, I found out what's holding you back from heaven.....You are using Age Defying cream! If you want to go to heaven quicker you must change your brand!" Grandma let out one of her best laughs I've heard in a long time.....No fear here! She was excited to meet Him