Learning In Spite of Labels~ Practical Teaching Tips and a Christian
Perspective of Education by Joyce
Our Father Abraham~ Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith by Marvin R.
Wilson
A Family Guide to Biblical Holidays by Robin Sampson and Linda
Pierce
Good and Angry by Scott Turnasky and Joanne Miller
Having Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver
A Parents Guide to The Spiritual Mentoring of Teens ~Building Your
Childs Faith Through the Adolescent Years by Joe White , Jim Weidmann
Wild Days ( a book about language arts and nature journaling) by
Rackliffe
How to Create Your Own Unit Studies by Valerie Bendt
The Power of Parents words by H. Norman Wright
How to read the Bible for all it's worth by Gordon D Fee and Douglas
Stuart
Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes in You and your
kids by Scott Turnasky and Joanne Miller
You Can Teach Your Child Successfully Grades 4-8 by Ruth
Beechick
A Strong Start in Language
An Easy Start in Arithmetic
A Home Start In Reading by Ruth Beechick
Any Child Can Write by Harvey S. Wiener
~Blinkies and More~
" This is what the Lord says: "Stand at the crossroads and look: ask for
the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you
will find rest for your souls."
Jeremiah 6:16
Apr. 28, 2008~ I'm back !!! ~
Wow, what a week I had. How do I even start ??? I was at a Cris*s Pr*gnancy C*nter confrence.
I woke up the first morning with song " Be Thou My Vision" . You wouldn't believe how that was to be a theme to take back for our CPC center. We made TONS of contacts and also got TONS of ideas for the future. We were were constantly told to dream BIG. We have a BIG God and we need let let Him lead us in His Vision. PTL !
This last week my friend and I took a P*st Ab*orti*n support group training class. I went with the frame of mind that God was leading me to work along side my friend to support women who have gone through ab*rtion and help them work through the griefe.( this still is to be [0=)
Well..... God also had "HIS" plan for me too. He wanted me to work through my own griefe of my dad's death. I have felt guilt ( self subcontiously inflicted) from my dad's death. He was very sick towards the end. My parents always called before they would come visit and we gave them the go ahead to come and then one of my kids came down with a cold. So, by the time they showed up my kids were sneezing. My dad ended up going home after the visit and came down with pnemonia. He had complications and passed away. I felt so horrible ( this is a understated word ) about it. I then found myself coming down with broccitus ( this was a sub contious link to his pnemonia ) each time my mom and brother would come to visit me after my dad's death. I guess I supressed my feelings and right from the pit ( unrational) quilt. I couldn't remember how many years it had been sense my dad's death.( between 3 to 5 years was all I could remember ) I also could not remember which day he passed away either.
Soooo through learning the steps of griefe this last week it had showed me where I was in the grieving process.
I was sharing about my dad's death on the way from the airport to the hotel (before the confrence) and didn't know what was to happen for me at that week at the confrence. Boy, did I NOT know. I kept crying ( with no noise) while a speaker was talking about his dad and his death. After the speaker God lead me to ask my friend to pray with me to let go of the of this unreasonable guilt. I felt so much healing it was unbeliveable. At the end of the P*st Ab*rtion Support Training workshop there was a memorial for the women in the training who had ab*rted their babies in their past or for those who knew family or friends who did. It was also opened to those who lost thier babies to miscarrage too. The women were able to light a candle for each child lost. After the memorial there was some candles that didn't get lit. After the memorial I had said something to one of the leaders that was helping me understand the grieving process and walked me up to the candles and let me light a candle for my dad. That was a huge blessing b/c there wasn't a memorial held for my dad. ( by his wishes) It helped me grieve and have some closure that I had not been able to have before. What a blessing.
I know this is not what you expected me to share but I am thankful God led me to do so. I will be visiting my fathers veteran's wall in June. I will be a lot more ready this time. I have been avoiding this too for 5 years but now is the time. I am ready now to visit the wall in June. ( thank you God for healing me enough to do this )
Mary-
I am so happy that God used this conference (training?) to bless you in such an unexpected way. I am sure you didn't go there thinking this might be healing opportunity for yourself!
Isn't God amazing?
I hope you have a great week.
Toni
http://thehappyhousewife.com
What an experience! I'm so proud of you in sharing your experience with all of us. Moving forward isn't always easy, but you're doing it - and other's were blessed by what you offered to them. Praise God!
That is such a beautiful post. Thank you so much for sharing what has been such a hard time in your life. It's awesome how the Lord has worked you through this healing. What a praise. :)
JoAnn
Praise the Lord! Grief is a necessary evil. After 18 years without my sister, I still catch myself grieving her loss. It never goes away, but I do have the Comforter's love and hope.
Jenn
Oh Mary, what a blessing for you!! Sometimes we don't know what God is up to and it's the opposite of what we think. Thanks for sharing from your heart!
When Linda Cocrane first released her Bible Study,(now called Forgiven and Set Free, then called Woman in Ramah) we were in one of the first groups in So Florida to train to teach it, around 1992. It was a 12 week study for us and our trainer, had never experienced the trauma we had. Like you, the Lord used it to heal her from a different Trauma, the trauma of her divorce. She never expected this ( and I know you didn't either) God's Word has the ability to heal us in the most unexpected manner. I am so glad He used your compassion for women to heal such a deep hurt. Praise the Lord. Your Heavenly Father and your father would not want you to carry this burden any longer. They love you so much.
I love you so much too. Thank you for wanting to bless women with such aches in their hearts and condemnation from women around them. God will bless you so much for this!
It's amazing what God will use to work in our hearts on an individual basis. He knows us so completely and wants us to be whole. God bless my friend. Where is your father's veteran's wall?
God is so good! I am glad you are blessed. My dad has only been gone about 1 1/2 years... but I still find myself crying every once in awhile. I have never done this at my home; I am always in public and something reminds me of him and all of a sudden I am in tears.
Hi Mary :)
What a wonderful experience and that the Lord used your time at the conference to lift your burden of guilt you had been carrying all that time for you dad's death. I'm glad that you feel better now. Thinking of you :)
Hugs,
Rosina
Mary,
I had no idea you had been struggling with this, I am so very happy to hear how the Lord moved on your behalf this past week. What a blessing for you, for your heart to come to grips with this difficult part of your life.
God is always in control, he has a perfect plan for each and everyone of us, nothing that happens in our lives goes unnoticed without Gods prior knowledge.
I know he will now use you to bless many with all that you have learned. :-)
Thanks for sharing this. I'm sorry this is so hard for you still, but I'm glad you're healing. Remember that grief is not a bad thing. It hurts, but it's part of God's plan for us. He had grief, too. Let us know how you're doing...?
bethanyrae
I am very glad you shared your story. I think that is primarily how God does work through us, by our own experiences and our witness is what God has done for us.
Stop in a comment on my post about Yeshua :)
Denise
I am so glad it was such a healing time for you. God can and does do His work anywhere, anytime, and (usually?) when it's least expected. I also struggled for years with guilt about my grandfather's death~not that I somehow caused it, but for my attitude before his death. I was going on a high school band performance to Chicago (big time stuff for a little Mississippi band). We were trying to get ready to get out of town, and my grandparents showed up to visit me before I left. I groaned, and told my mom I didn't have time for that. He died while I was gone. Satan will use guilt to devour us. How thankful I am that we have a loving Lord who will rescue us from that pit if we allow Him to!
On a much different note~I love the little potty chair!
Letitia
First , I am a daughter of the King almighty and a
a wife to my Handsome of 17 years. A mom of 4 on the go boys 15, 13, 9, and 7. I grew up in the states but married my Canadian sweetheart and moved up north.
We live in the southern part of British Columbia , Canada on our homestead. We have homeschooled our four boys from birth and plan to go the distance till all four graduate from our homeschool. I teach with a Charlotte Mason style and use the Heart of Wisdom Approach. I love to craft! I am a beader, knitter, x-stitcher, quilter. We have been on a journey of being apart of building "The House that God Built". I have been recording our journey on my blog. Go to my links and you will find it. I know God has a lot more instore for us and we just need to follow where our Lord takes us.
First , I am a daughter of the King almighty and a
a wife to my Handsome of 17 years. A mom of 4 on the go boys 15, 13, 9, and 7. I grew up in the states but married my Canadian sweetheart and moved up north.
We live in the southern part of British Columbia , Canada on our homestead. We have homeschooled our four boys from birth and plan to go the distance till all four graduate from our homeschool. I teach with a Charlotte Mason style and use the Heart of Wisdom Approach. I love to craft! I am a beader, knitter, x-stitcher, quilter. We have been on a journey of being apart of building "The House that God Built". I have been recording our journey on my blog. Go to my links and you will find it. I know God has a lot more instore for us and we just need to follow where our Lord takes us.
