I got my book A GUIDE TO AMERICAN CHRISTIAN EDUCATION FOR THE HOME AND SCHOOL-THE PRINCIPLE APPROACH by James Rose. It came yesterday.  I started it last night and read until I fell asleep.  I got soooo blessed just by the introduction  by Rosalie Slater.  The part that got me the most was her summarization of the section on the way James Rose presents the study of Geography.  She quoted Arnold Guyot and how he commented on how God created each continent unique and individual to fit IT'S OWN purpose.  That blew me away...that God would so care about the earth, HIS CREATION, that He would put that kind of care and thought into where He placed each continent, the animals that are native to that land, the climate for each continent, the vegetation that would naturally grow...God did all that for His own purpose.  I've been able to grasp how much He cares about each one of His people and how He fashioned us in our mother's womb but NEVER did I see the world He created in this way...that He would care so much for it and just how full of purpose God is...He doesn't just DO or CREATE things just to create things....But it just confirms so many scriptures that speak of the goodness of God.   We serve a GOOD GOD!!!! In my education in public school I NEVER(or even at home), NEVER, NEVER was told or introduced or even led into such a concept.  Only now at the age of 39 and 1 husband and 3 children later am I coming more into the knowledge of how big a God I serve or just how kind and gentle and thoughful and purposeful He is.  How amazing!!!! How awesome!! 

Ok, and that was just 4 pages into the introduction. This book is 500+ pages long and has 2 columns of writing on EACH page...talk about chocked full of information!!!   I look so forward to reading the rest of this book and gleaning much revelation, understanding, and insight into God Himself and the world He created. 

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The second exciting thing that happened was the dh took the day off from work today and surprised me with him not having to go to work at 3:00pm so we spent the entire day together...just me, dh, and the children.   I really enjoyed our time together(we were able to sneak in some time alone, too )

So I guess today was a vacation day for everybody!!!

Now that they are all in bed I think I'll go start in on my new book!!!