Walking Therein

BFS #12 - Goals: Personal, Family, Homeschool

Before I get to this assignment, I want to thank each of you from the bottom of my heart for the prayers and sweet words you left me on the last Blogger Friend School #11 Praying For Needs.  I left a few comments and said many prayers as I visited some blogs, but did not always get to leave a comment. You are all so very sweet, and I wish you the very best as you begin a new year!
 

"This week our assignment will hopefully get our minds set for the upcoming NEW Calendar Year! I know that I always try to set goals. Some are easily accomplished and many are pushed aside and may get added to the next year."

This will be our last assignment until the New Year!!! 

Enjoy your family time!

Blogger Friend School #11 Praying For Needs

"The assignment for this week is to visit classmates' blogs and tell them you are praying for them.

Also, post any prayer needs you may personally have.

 The Power of prayer is what binds us together with HIM!"

Prayer requests. I feel like this entire week has been nothing but prayer requests. Many from friends, and some that are personal, but a bunch, nonetheless.  I already started a post about how many times I have heard in the past week from friends that they have no Joy. And not that they have no Joy, but that they are losing their Joy.

And that makes sense. The enemy wants to steal, to kill and to destroy. That is what he does. He steals. And, I have felt for the last week like the Believer's Joy is one of his greatest victories. Losing Joy for a Believer is what breaks up and tears apart so many lives. It may not be the final cause, but it is most likely one of the main reasons. When we look at our circumstances, it is so easy to lose faith.

What Tamara said, "The Power of prayer is what binds us together with HIM!" is so true. When we lift each others arms as Moses' arms were lifted by Joshua and Aaron, we are lifting their spirits and allowing them to walk in faith and keep their Joy. We are not as Job's wife, telling him to curse God and die. We are not his friends, asking him what he has done wrong, discouraging him.

So, my prayer requests are:

Matt's Grandmother is in a nursing home. She is being medicated unnecssarily (I know that is pretty much protocol, but it is wrong anyway). We have spoken with every family member involved. I pray God will uncover the enemy in the darkness. Things are being hidden. Everyone is either lying or just covering themselves and shifting blame. The truth needs to come out and the best for Grandma needs to be done.

Psalm 89:15
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

HSBAwards. It has been a grueling growing experience. ha... not grueling now, just when we were on a time-limit to research laws and make decisions. I pray things will go smoothly and those who are reveling in anything bad will find something else to revel in. Tho they have been a part of the blessing of friendships strengthened, unknowingly. The team really stepped up and got to know each other. God is good in all things.

Psalm 98:4
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

Continue to pray for Gena and Susanna. Sus is getting along great. Remember how we all need prayer for sleep, strength and God's providence when we bring our newborn home those first few weeks. Pray for the whole Suarez clan that they will enjoy this new little SweetiePie.

Psalm 126:5
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Personally, we need to move. Need to. It is already too cold, and our heat bill has gone up so  much with gas increases. We have *got* to get the part we added on finished. We have windows to replace, and there are still things in the barn to do. This is Matt's busy season, so time that he has to do it is will be scarce.

Psalm 30:5
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

I think we may have more goat kids this winter too, and I remember how stressful that was. I pray it will go so much better this time for any kidding does. Eric and Rachel found their first egg from the hens... I am stressing about that too. I still need to build some laying areas for them. And it is time to kill the roosters. That is stressing me out too. Not too much, and believe me, there are much more pressing needs I cannot share with you, and these are nothing compared to them, but they are little irritations anyway.

Psalm 5:11
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

Other than that, I have felt some weight lifted, as I checked out IN homeschool laws and read what I had previously missed. So, high school in IN is not quite so stressful, and I think we can move ahead easier. Praise the LORD. I need to get back into more structure though. Only a bit. Enough to keep everyone doing their duties and helping us to be good stewards of what the Good Lord has given us.

blessings!~

Jacque

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Precious Past - BFS #6

This week's assignment is to share a piece of your past.  The assignment is to post a baby picture and share a special Scripture that reminds you of your past. Each piece of our childhood years plays an important part of in who we are today.

 I have posted this picture of me as a baby before, and I am about 3 months old. This photo sits on the shelf in our living room, and Caleb thought it was Lucy. It took me awhile to convince him and Isaac it was me as a baby. Now looks at it and says Momma, and so does Isaac.

I don't have a Scripture that reminds me of my past, really. I grew up going to church every Sunday at the catholic church I went to school at, but I don't recall a particular Scripture. One thing that I did remember the first time I heard it i a song that I grew up with was the LORD's Prayer.

Matthew 6:9-13 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Thanks for stopping by to see my picture and read my verse! Please sign my Mr. Linky so that I can visit your blog and see your picture too! ;)

blessings! -Jacque

Blog Banners - Made By Me BFS Assignment #5

Welcome to my Blogger Friends School Assignment #5: Say It In Signs! I had way too much fun on this assignment. I guess that's why I am #73 on Tamara's Linky! :( It took me awhile to get computer time and banners uploaded!

Anyway, I made all of these myself, on our little Paint program, so, I did my best, and it will be fun to use Amanda's and Jocelyn's new graphics programs when they get them! Hehehee

First off, I looked for a schoolroom with a

chalkboard and desks, because, well,

that's what we do mostly... homeschool life!

And, you can't have a classroom without books - and a

Bible, so here is my collection:  

Then, I had to do the white 15 passenger, well, because we drive one! Ha! God blesed us with our van a few years ago, after we had been driving 2 vehicles everywhere as a family. I love our van and love driving it!

We love to cook and bake here, and one of my fondest memories when I get older is the girls cooking out of the Betty Crocker Cookbook that Matt's dear Grandmother gave me for Christmas almost 15 years ago. I wasn't sure about the gift when I got it, but, oh, did I learn how much I loved and appreciated it.

As I was searching, I found a picture of the BC Cookbook my mom used when I was younger, and it brought back memories!

Speaking of memories, I am also a Creative Memories Consultant, though I don't get to scrapbook as much as I used to and would love to right now! So, I searched for a couple of pictures with CM products, and this is what I came up with!

And, yes, I will ship you anything you order from me, so let me know if you would like to order! ;)  

I made this banner for my blog a few months back. I went down the road here and took the picture myself, cropped it and added the text. I didn't really think about putting my name on it at the time, but I saw it the other day on a blog sidebar and think maybe I should have!

And, last, but not least, our favorite "no-no". OREOS! hehehhee... no, really, I wanted to see if I could do it. It turned out ok, considering there is no OREO FONT!

Also, please sign my Mr. Linky below and be sure to link your BFS Assignment #5 so we can all come over and check it out, ok?? If you are intereted in participating, you will find all the info at Tamara's Training Hearts blog. http://www.traininghearts.com/blog Also check out Amanda's and Jocelyn's posts, because they made their own graphics from scratch too (they are more creative than I am!)

blessings! -Jacque