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Happy birthday my Beans! You are 14 now! It sure has gone fast! I love you! I hope you have a blessed day! Love, Mom |
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All was well until on Saturday night I went to run bathwater for the baby. It ran wonderfully for 2 minutes then stopped! No water! We live in the country and we are on a well. My wonderful husband went down stairs to check it out. He found an electrical problem and had us back in the water very quickly! Great job Randy!!
You might ask what did I learn from all this? Well I learned a very big lesson. One that I hope I do not forget. You see we moved to Tennessee 4 yrs ago. We thought we were moving into the promised land (and we may well have) but we had to go through the fire first. Some day I might post what all we have gone through. Needless to say it has been very rough. I have become VERY tired. Tired emotionally, physically, and spiritually. And when the well quit I felt like I was going to also. I just couldn't handle one more thing. I knew I was in sin not trusting the Father and feeling the stress but I didn't know how not to feel the stress. I knew I needed to figure things out because my health has been adversly affected by the stress of the last 4 years. I don't know when it happen but some time this weekend I became an "I don't give a rip believer"! I know that sounds terrible but let me explain. I don't give a rip what Satan throws at me and my family! As long as I know that I have done all I can do then the enemy can do what ever to me. God is in controll and he will not let go of me and I will not let go of Him. (I haven't yet and I am not about to either!) I am free! I have peace! I am sure my Heavenly Father is saying it is about time! I am one of the special ed.believers
So this was a very big week end for me! I feel like I have graduated to the next level. I am sure I will be a better mom and wife now! I won't be so emotional/ so torn up all the time. Satan has no hold on me! Praise the Father!!! I love you Lord with all my heart. I am so sorry it took me so long to see. I am a stiff necked people! Forgive me! Thank you for being patient with me. You are soooooo gooooooood!
I hope that maybe this might help someone out there.
Blessings, Cathy |
My night shines through once again! We didn't think about it again until...The next morning when I went to take a shower. NO WATER!!! He went to fix it again only to find out that he couldn't. Now we are on a VERY tight budget. (beans & rice / rice & beans all the time...no joke!) There is no extra for major well problems. Our heart sank. We called the other families in our small home fellowship (3 or 4 families) for prayer. They all came over to lend their expertise and muscle. Long story short is we were out of water from Sun morning to Tuesday afternoon. They ended up (3 men) pulling our 300ft well. Testing out all the componantsonly to find that nothing was wrong. We had water and the pump apeared to be fine. They were perplexed. Randy walked up the hill and noticed something burried. He scratched it up to find our electrical line for the well. (we have only lived in this home for 18 months and we have found many things done "hill billy". We live in Tennessee) The line was broken. 10 minutes later they had the line fixed and started putting the whole thing back together. We have water this evening!! For that I praise the Father. We didn't have to pay for anything to get it fixed! He is good all the time!
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We are looking for a little help. My 2 daughters, age 16 & 14, are looking to go on the mission field. They want to go on a short term (10 days - 3 weeks) mission serving at an orphanage. We are looking for suggestions. We home church so we are not associated with a large church group or youth group. We would sure be thankful for any help you all could give us. The girls love the Lord with all their hearts and want to serve Him in place that needs them. Thank you in advance for any help or advise you might have. |
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Last night I woke up to nurse the baby and had a hard time going back to sleep. Did I have too much caffeine? No! It was worry. A sin. A sin that I have not mastered yet. Oh, I put my problems in the Father's capable hands but somehow I pick it up again. I do think that it has to do with pain and grief. They (pain & grief) just bounce around in my heart waiting for healing. You see my oldest, Mike, left home at 18 (6 mos ago). He left out of rebellion. He is now making bad choices. He is going down wrong roads. It breaks my heart. If you would have told me even 2 years ago that this would happen to us I would have said "no way!" but life has a way of throwing us curve balls. Mike was raised in a good home, with conservative morals and loving parents and a loving Savior. Mike has known the Lord since he was very young. Raised in the church. We did the right things and still lost our son. Mike is now making his own choices. No matter what they are. And really Mike was making his own choices all along. It is hard to remember when the choices he was making went against ours. It is a hard situation that I don't have complete peace about. It is a process I guess. Most days are good but sometimes the pain of the situation just sneaks up on me. I know Mike is in the Father's capable hands and that He loves Mike more than I but I fear for my son who is doing the wrong thing. That is all for now. I will update Mike's life as I get info. And I will definitely give God all the glory when he comes back to the Lord! Blessings, Cathy |
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It sure has been some time since I shared. Bad Mom. No! busy mom!! I truly feel I am not being obedient to the Father. He told me to write and I haven't. I hope to fix that! We are getting ready to start school on Tuesday. I have been rebelling against the "system"...I was NOT going to start before Sept. 1st!! Well, it is here. Not that we haven't been learning all along the way but we will do our official start on Tuesday!
I have also started a new business venture. I am very excited but very definitely out of my comfort zone! I do know that I am in the Father's will though. I put our a "fleece" and He answered big time. I am now an Arbonne Independent Consultant. I had my opening party on Friday and I did over $1500. Our family has been struggling financially for the past few months and I have been praying for a way to help relieve the burdon. He answered my prayers more that I could ever imagine. I say all that to say I think I am fixing' (a southern term) to get a bit busier!
Well, that is all for now. I will be posting more as we go. I hope to keep a log of our educational efforts and some spiritual insights. |
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Back in March the Father had me ponder this question. This is some of my thoughts.
Die to self.... What does it mean?
If I am dead to myself then....
Mat.16: 24 & 25 "Then said Yeshuah (Jesus) unto His disciples, If any will come after me, let him deny himSELF, and take hp his cross, and follow Me. For whosoever will save his (OWN) life shall lose it: and whosoever will loose his (OWN) life for my sake shall find it."
Blessings, Cat
there will be more on this subject later |
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As I sit and ponder where I am in our homeschool time line I just have to smile
Blessings, Cat |
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Hello! My name is Catharine. I would like to introduce you to my family. My husband and I have been married 20 years this December. We have 7 children ranging in age from 18 to 2 months old. We have one son (the oldest) who has left home to try his wings. The rest of my blessings are all daughters. We have a lot of fun and interesting times in our home. (I will share those as we go on) We have been homeschooling for the last 16 years. We have changed many of our thoughts on home education over the years. We started with text books then moved to unit studies now we are relaxed unit studies. One of my older daughters still likes her text books though. That is the beauty of homeschooling though every child is different and we can be flexable with their needs!
This is my first Blog ever. So I am a greenie when it comes to this. But just 2 weeks ago God told me to write. I said ME?! How?! And then I found this forum! I am excited! I hope to share with you not only my homeschool experience but deeper spiritual things. For the last 10 years we have really gone through the fire and we have come out of that fire a different family. I want to share that journey with you. I want to share what we have learned along the way. I want to reach out to those who are strugling both in their homeschool and their personal life. Maybe some of my experiences will help and minister someone else. My goal is to glorify God and His Son in everything I do! Sometimes I am successfull and sometimes I am not. I will always, no matter what, be honest and I will always be myself. Nothing superficial here! I hope we can become friends. Maybe share a cup of tea together. Maybe share some laughter and some tears together. I look forward to getting to know you! Blessings, Catharine (or Cat) |