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I have read almost every book out there and finally found a good one! It's called Perfect Health the natural way and the writer is a Christian. Her name is Mary-Ann Shearer. Some of her tips: Eat three peices of fruit every morning for breakfast with nothing else Eat avocado every day to kick cravings for fat If you are a vegetarian, eat nuts 3 times per week (about a half a cup) Don't mix protein and carbs Eat 80% raw If you can, try to stay away from dairy and gluten. It takes 6 weeks to see if you are gluten intolerant. I'll let you know how I feel in a month. I was feeling great today until I ate a lot at the Passover Seder!
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Some people were asking me about Passover and so here are some things I wrote.
During the Seder, the matzah, that is three in one, is broken. One of the three pieces is broken and wrapped in white linen and hidden from view. Buried! Later, it has to be redeemed by the children! See some parallels yet?
The rabbis have no idea where this originated from, these 3 in 1? We think it was a messianic Jewish origination.
On Passover, the matzah and third cup of wine, the cup of redemption is taken to remember the blood and body of the lamb that's blood was over the homes of the Israelites and saved them from death. In the same way, when Jesus said "does this in remembrance of me," This was during Passover time when they were remembering the lamb that was killed. He said now remember His body and His blood. He was the lamb whose bones were never broken as prophesied.
Interestingly, the fourth cup is the cup of Hallel which means praise and we can't praise God until after redemption! It is the third cup, the cup of redemption that Jesus says not only to remember the blood of the lamb but now the blood of Him!
Another interesting fact is that in Judaism, during that time, if a man wanted to marry a woman, he would have to drink from a cup with his soon to be father-in-law and by drinking from that cup, he was saying he would love her till death and would die for her. That is why he says, this is the new covenant in my blood. Jer 31:31. This is all the origin of communion.
The blood of Y'shua saves us from the death of sin. The matzah is unleavened. Levine in the bible signals sin and matzah is without sin. The matzah that is broken, buried and brought back is without levin just like Jesus! Also Jesus, was buried in white linens.
Interestingly, the rabbis can't figure out why the 3 in 1 matzah. But when they say, "Here o Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one,' they use the word, "echad" for one which is a plural one, not singular. Just like two people are married and become one or a cluster of grapes has many grapes but one cluster.
Oh I forgot to mention that matzah has pierces in it just like He was pierced and it has stripes in it just like Jesus’ stripes were upon Him. Isaiah 53
A rule in Passover by the way is that lambs bones could never be broken and Jesus' bones were never broken.
Y'shua died at the very same time that some of the lambs were being sacrificed in the temple.
Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. The Jewish people on Passover open up the door, waiting for Eliyahu to come in and announce the coming of the Messiah but Jesus says that John the Baptist came in the spirit of Elijah.
On Passover, there is a lamb's bone that lies on the table to remind us of these sacrifices that we once did that we no longer can do. Why not? There is no temple to do them but what does the Bible say? Leviticus 17:11, "It is the blood that makes atonement for the soul."
The rabbis try to pray, fast and do good deeds on Yom Kippur hoping that there name will be written into the Book of life but what does God's word say???
Blood atonement is needed! Y’shua, Jesus did that for us!
Well how is that for starters?
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Someone e-mailed me for a college research paper. I thought it was so interesting, I thought I'd post my answers. "I am first year graduate student taking a diversity class at A P U. I was asked to look at another culture other than my own, based on stereotypes, and misconceptions, so I chose Jewish culture. I visited the Museum of Tolerance, and I wanted to know more about Jewish culture. Part of the reason is because I am apart of the Judeo-Christian faith, but have no real knowledge of Judaism of the culture."
BA from City University of New York College of Staten Island and MS from Chaminade University of Honolulu
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What about Socialization in Homeschooling?
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I am sorry. I saw this in another blog and had to repost here because it was very interesting... Japan - This is What Happens to a Nation that Does Not Value Children
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Here are some books I read when I first became a believer:
1. What the Rabbis Know about the Messiah 2. Betrayed 3. Footsteps of the Messiah 4. Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus I am writing a book soon so please ask me when it comes out! Also, like the book Future Hope and Not Ashamed.
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So I met somone on a mommy website who has PCOS too and was completely healed following three books advice. She e-mailed me one of the books and what did it say: Juice Fasting and at least 70% Raw! OK I know this but why do I know it in my head but can't follow it at home!
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I remember when I first became a believer in Y'shua (Jesus) that I didn't know what to believe about certain issues. My Pastor taught you could never lose your salvation and the gifts are for today. My boyfriend at the time, a Pastor's son of another denomination taught that you can lose your salvation and that the gifts have ceased! Who was right? I asked my friend from Thailand and what did he say... "They are both wrong!" He said you can lose your salvation and the gifts are for today! So how do you know the truth? How do you know if what your church is teaching is true? READ THE BIBLE! Read it for yourself. Don't let other people determine your destiny! It won't be them standing before you and God. It will be you standing before Him. Don't take teachers, Rabbis and Pastors word for things! Read it yourself from cover to cover! Don't give up till you get the whole book through. I found it easier to start reading from the New Testament and then make my way to the Old Testament but also, one year read 4 chapters from the old and 4 from the new each day getting the entire bible through in a year. It's never too late to start-- that is, unless you are on your deathbed! If you have doubts about the Bible being true, some good books to read are: The Case for Christ and Evidence that Demands a Verdict. E-mail me for more book suggestions! I have lots esp for Jewish people!
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"Here are some of my responses to different health questions. I cut and pasted. I am by no means an expert but I have read almost every nutrition book out there now! (Well, if that were possible).
"I just wanted to say I ordered two exercise videos recently for those days I can't get outside for walks or to the gym. One is really hard and intense and just a great workout!
It's called The Firm The 500 calorie workout! The other one that is also fun is Jazzercise Live Total Body Dance Workout! I was getting So sick of my Leslie Sansone videos and they never got my heart rate up."
"It's so funny, the more you read, the more you realize that there's not much that is okay to eat!
I mean, when you read cousens book, the bottom line, is greens and beans and nuts. When I talked to Furhman last yr, his recommendation--greens and beans! Even Mercola says on his website he eats 90% raw greens!
Anyway, this morning, I juiced vegetable juice for the first time in a LONG time and I felt fabulous! In fact, I still feel GREAT!!!
I did kale, apple, beet and added in two overflowing t-spoons of Spurilina that I bought a long time ago from bulkherstore.com which are the children of the Pearls. I would have added celery or cucumbers plus carrots but didn't have any. The Kale did not juice that much so I wouldn't recommend it again. Maybe collard greens would be better?
Well off to services. Actually, I am late. My husband went to a homeschool dad's breakfast and never came home yet! It's also his b-day today.
Again, I feel fabulous after juicing.
I am taking a PCOS supplement that has that CoQ in it and also Bs and Ds. Ds are usually low this time of year.
Oh and what Trish said about Barley Green, Hallelujah Acres sells Barley Green and rec taking it for breakfast and two times a half hour before lunch and dinner. I used to do that all the time and I was slimmer back then. I have been thinking of purchasing some again but just haven't had the money or time to get online and do it. Cousens rec either barley green, spirulina or chorella. Some high protein greens in your breakfast juice or smoothie."
Answers to questions about nails breaking and bones:
1--Furhman says that finger nails get weak from washing all those fruits and veggies. Are you using gloves? I also heard sesame seeds? I heard that's good too.
Not sure about 2 but if you think you are not getting enough protein (which is rare in America), then eat beans and nuts and seeds.
For 3, I thought taking calcium is actually worse for you. I saw it on a Furhman video once how he showed that taking calcium makes you leak it out.
Hallelujah Acres has a search section too.
By the way, I just finished reading the book,
There is Cure for Diabetes by Gabriel Cousens. He is a famous health guru in Israel that people go to for healing. He is extremely New Age and out there spiritually.
Here's what he does with people.
First week:
Vegetable Juice Feast (mostly greens and a beet or carrot and some high protein greens like spurilina)
Second week: Continue with juicing but add in salads and soups
Third Week: All of above but a little bit of low gylcemic fruit like berries and apples
Some grains in moderation: beans, oatmeal, millet
He says to stay away from olive oil because it has a bad affect on cardiovascular health! He rec other oils like sesame, coconut, red palm. (be careful with too much coconut oil or it's bad for high blood pressure) Flax oil is good but you have to be careful it doesn't go rancid. Rec 80% raw.
Says to stay away from dairy, soy and meat. Dairy causes cancer (acc to China Study), soy has links to cancer and meat is too acidic. (I don't believe eating meat is a sin, just telling you what his book says).
His diet is different in what I have been doing in many ways:
1-On raw food boot camp, I ate all the fruit I wanted. Here, he is saying low glycemic fruit only in moderation. Not more than two fruits a day.
2-He says seeds, nuts are really good for you. But he still wants you to limit your fat to 15-20% a day. On raw food boot camp, I wasn't allowed any nuts or seeds.
3--He says to stay away from the cooked grains at least initially (but then in his recipe section has tons of recipes with beans and one with oatmeal!) I knew that whenever I ate wheat, I would get headaches. He says for insulin resistance to def stay away from wheat!
So these are all good eye openers for me!
God bless in our search for health."
Rhonda Gordon
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If you are looking for a book that is really encouraging, I recommend-- Missionary Stories with the Millers!
Feel free to add your favorites! |
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I just sent this in to two homeschool mags and hoping they will publish it....
A Day in the Life of a Homeschool Family in Los Angeles
The night before, my 3 yr old son, Daniel was having trouble falling asleep. He kept coming upstairs to tell me one more thing. After reading him 5 stories and singing to him for hours, he finally fell asleep at 11PM. I figured he would sleep in a little in the morning. Fat chance! Somewhere around 8ish, my daughter woke me up saying that while my son and she were playing cars, his stomach was hurting him. I figured he might be hungry. I woke up and made a quick breakfast. In looking through my fridge, I realized that I have to go shopping and since I share a car with my husbands, on this day, Tuesday is the only day I can go. In the meantime, I give them some applesauce and some Cheerios that I received from WIC (women, infant, and children program). After breakfast, I tell them to play and put on Veggie-tales sing-along songs. I run upstairs and lift light weights and do a few push-ups on my knees. I used to be an aerobics instructor years ago and don’t like the way my body is looking lately! I jump in the shower. I took one last night but need a second one because my hair is so kinky that if I don’t put conditioner on it, I will walk around all day with what is known as an “Afro.” While my daughter, Gabriella (6) is doing art on a computer program, I quickly braid her hair (since lice is going around), get everyone dressed, and we are off to a quick run to Trader Joe’s. It is 9:15 and we have to be finished shopping my 9:45 because we have to be at Community Bible Study at 10:30. We run up and down the aisles grabbing everything we need: waffles, hash browns, yogurt, soymilk, cheese, vegetables, fruit, bread, and frozen vegetables. I quickly help the cashier bag the groceries as time is of the essence. As we start for the car, I realize that they changed the time of “CBS” (Community Bible Study) and we don’t have to be there until 10:45. Quickly, my children help me unload the groceries and organize the fridge. We live in an apartment in Los Angeles and the fridge space is very small. The freezer keeps popping open! Finally, everything is in and I realize that I haven’t eaten breakfast myself itself for sample oatmeal that my daughter handing me while shopping. I grab a few sugar coated almonds and an organic apple and am out the door again. Tuesdays are our Community Bible Study day. My daughter goes to her homeschooling class where she is studying Genesis in depth. She’s studying the same passages that I am studying with the women in my core group. We have homework that we go over together and discuss questions. My son has a children’s program too. He make an art project, a small bible coloring book with the scripture “love one another” written on a heart that he glues to the book. He has singing time, flag time, scripture memory time, story time, snack time, and playground time. It is so nice to finally sit in my small group with other women and discuss Jacob’s struggles. He is a man that many look up to, yet, he has gone through so much. Not only has his father-in-law cheated him and made him work so hard, but later, his son’s will trick him into thinking his beloved Joseph is dead. In addition, the women, Rachel and Leah feel unloved by their father who sold them off. I can really relate to these biblical characters. Next, we move into a large room where a key speaker talks more in depth about Genesis and before I know it, my short time fellowshipping with the women has come to an end. I pick up my children and while driving out the parking lot, a dear friend, Dee hands me two large bags of clothes she thinks might fit me. My 3 yr old son turns to me and says, “Mommy, that is so nice that she gave you those clothes.” Times are tough in California and homeschool/stay-at-home moms are having it the roughest. You would think my day ends there but that is just the beginning. We come home and eat lunch. For me, a yummy salad and some mushroom pizza. Then, I clock my calories into fitday.com and realize that the olive oil has too many calories and the pizza has too many carbs! Too late now. ‘I’ll do better at dinner,’ I tell myself. I write to my two friends by e-mail and see how they are doing on their new diets. We are trying to hold each other accountable. But one of my friend’s called me on my cell phone before CBS to tell me she just found out she’s pregnant so, so much for her diet! After lunch, my daughter sorts the new clothes I’ve been given into two piles. I gather up some lentil soup, edamames and fruit that I put together from last night. I am going to bring it over to a very ill homeschool mom in the hospital. Krista English, a homeschool mother of 2 boys, in Santa Barbara has Leukemia and almost died last week. A friend of mine in Santa Barbara has been sending me her husband’s blog http://hopenotesfromkrista.blogspot.com and I’ve been following it and praying for her. She is staying in Ronald Regan UCLA hospital which is right across the street from my husband’s “Jews for Jesus” office. My husband only works in the office on Tuesdays and that’s why I can have his “Jews for Jesus” van on Tuesdays. The rest of the week, he can be seen handing out tracts at the college campuses, Venice Beach, and farmer’s markets, meeting with Jewish men one-on-one for Bible Study and speaking at churches on the Hebraic roots of the faith. It is 2:30 PM now and still, I am rushing. I drop the children off with their dad and the secretary at the Jews for Jesus office. They love going to the office and visiting “Susan.” They watch their dad work on the computer and my son brings his cars. Susan likes to chase them around the office too in the wide open space that we don’t have in our apartment. Now I am off to try to find a parking spot. The traffic in Westwood/UCLA is very congested. I pull into the hospital to find out they want 11 dollars for parking! Forget it! I am driving around for what seems like forever when I finally find a small spot that I need to parallel park into. I am having trouble and fortunately, a young man who seems like an angel to me comes out of nowhere and helps me back it in. This is especially fortunate since the man looks of Arab descent and I am driving a “Jews for Jesus” van which usually gets unkind remarks from people. Making my way up to the sixth floor, I am anxious to meet “Krista,” the young woman I have been praying for. When I enter the room, I almost think I made a mistake. This can’t possibly be the same young woman I saw pictures of? She looks so different. First of all, she lost all of her hair. Second of all, she is so fragile. She tells me how she has sores on her lips and can’t eat and she’s malnutritioned. She can’t even get 300 calories a day. She is forcing herself to drink an “Ensure” drink. Her mother has tears in her eyes as she tells me how they almost lost her last week. Krista tells me how she doesn’t remember last week. She tells me how they put her in a wheelchair and tried to get her to stand for the first time today and how tired she was as a result. Her spirits were so good. She said she has gotten so much support from the homeschool community in Santa Barbara. They have been driving down to Los Angeles (a two hour drive) and bringing her husband food and praying for her. I ask her how her children are doing and she points to a picture on the wall. She says they are having fun with their friends and she seems happy about that. I told her she is so blessed to have friends and she says, “Yes, the homeschool support has been amazing!” (I am a little jealous because I have to drive 45 minutes south to Redondo Beach to my homeschool support group). Krista shows me a chart that says “1” on it. She is happy her white count is “1” and says that it is progress. I ask her what number it has to be before she starts feeling better. “100” she says with hope in her voice. She is so optimistic. She tells me how she desperately needs plasma and blood donations. Especially negative blood and especially “O-“ If anyone can help her on the Westside of Los Angeles, you might save her life as blood donations are low. As I say goodbye, I find myself wanting to hug her and kiss her but all I can offer her is a prayer. Back in the elevator, I am filled with emotions of how fragile life really is. As I walk to my car, I see a grown man in the parking lot on his cell phone with tears rolling down his face. Has he just lost a loved one? I pray for him. Quickly, I run to the office to pick up my children and I see another missionary, Holly there. I tell her about my experience in the hospital. We talk about how fragile life really is. Later, I will find out that she goes into the hospital, the same night for chest pains. Now, we are off to the San Fernando Valley. Gabriella attends a Christian dancing school there and takes jazz and tap. There are many homeschoolers that attend. With no traffic, it would take 30 minutes but I’ve left after 3 PM which means lots of traffic but the children are used to it living in Los Angeles. We arrive there at 4 PM which is 15 minutes late but I figured it worth being late, to go visit Krista. While my daughter dances, I chat with other homeschool moms and my son plays in a nursery with other siblings while I watch him. He has so much fun that he doesn’t even want to leave to go home. My daughter practices her dances for her performance. One song is by “Stephen Curtis Chapman” one of my favorite singers. I also use this time to catch up with friend on my cell phone. Now at last, it is getting dark. The moon and stars are out and we are driving home. Normally, my son falls asleep on the way to dance class but tonight, he falls asleep on the way home. It is 7 PM now and my husband works late on Tuesdays because of a Jews for Jesus Bible Study at the office. I make dinner and the children are so glad to just sit on the floor to play. I check my e-mails and facebook. With all the energy left in me, I put on an aerobic video. Watching my daughter dance motivated me! I put on a dance exercise video for 45 minutes and force myself to do the moves. (While exercising, I also manage to remember to get online and renew our library videos so we don’t get a fine tomorrow.) I need the movement. I’ve been sitting in Bible studies and cars all day! A few months ago, I did “Raw Food Boot Camp” where you eat the majority of food raw and exercise for an hour a day and lost 20 pounds. But I slacked for a few weeks and put 10 back on! My short-term goal is to lose a few in time for our Purim party. Finally, I can sit on the couch. My children have been playing cars nicely but now want to play on the computer, “Boz the Bear.” I realize its 9:30 PM already and the children aren’t in bed! I begin to read my son a book when my husband comes through the door early. The bible study was cut short because the bible study’s teacher’s wife, Holly had to go to the hospital after having heavy chest pains. I begin to pray for her. Now, back to reading. Daniel likes his two favorite stories read to him, The Enormous Crocodile and Teeny, Tiny Mouse. Gabriella wants two chapters from, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. After the stories, we brush teeth, pajamas, pray and shut the lights. My son gets out of bed one time and says I forgot to tell him “sweet dreams.” I tell him “sweet dreams” and tuck him back in. I hope it’s not going to be like the night before. I am more firm this time, “No getting out of bed now—its bedtime.” My daughter is already snoring. Finally, I plop into my bed. Normally, I will read my Bible but it is so nice to have my head touch the pillow and finally put my feet up. My husband and I discuss the daily struggles of the day. It is nice that we are now sleeping with each other again. I recently trained my 3 yr old son to sleep in his own bed. Before long, I am drifting off to dreamland. I think my husband is snoring while I am still talking. What about academics you ask me? I think my children learned a lot about life today. Money, weighing food, food shopping, cooking, hospitality, computer, art, keyboard practice while I was on the computer, coloring, bible studying, socializing with homeschool friends and daddy’s co-workers, dancing, reading, singing, etc etc. BUT just to be sure, tomorrow is Wednesday. On Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and every other Friday (because of a homeschool co-op), we do My Father’s World First Grade curriculum (reading, writing, math, bible stories, and memory scripture) for Gabriella and Rod and Staff pre-school for Daniel. We also use Rosetta Stone Hebrew curriculum once a week. |
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A message written by David Wilkerson, who wrote the book "Cross and Switchblade." Subject: AN URGENT MESSAGE I am compelled by the Holy Spirit to send out an urgent message to all on our mailing list, and to friends and to bishops we have met all over the world. AN EARTH-SHATTERING CALAMITY IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. IT IS GOING TO BE SO FRIGHTENING, WE ARE ALL GOING TO TREMBLE-EVEN THE GODLIEST AMONG US. For ten years I have been warning about a thousand fires coming to New York City. It will engulf the whole megaplex, including areas of New Jersey and Connecticut. Major cities all across America will experience riots and blazing fires-such as we saw in Watts, Los Angeles, years ago. There will be riots and fires in cities worldwide. There will be looting-including Times Square, New York City. What we are experiencing now is not a recession, not even a depression. We are under God's wrath. In Psalm 11 it is written, "If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?" (v. 3). God is judging the raging sins of America and the nations. He is destroying the secular foundations. The prophet Jeremiah pleaded with wicked Israel, "God is fashioning a calamity against you and devising a plan against you. Oh, turn back each of you from your evil way, and reform your ways and deeds. But they will say, It's hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart" (Jeremiah 18:11-12). In Psalm 11:6, David warns, "Upon the wicked he will rain snares (coals of fire).fire.burning wind.will be the portion of their cup." Why? David answered, "Because the Lord is righteous" (v. 7). This is a righteous judgment-just as in the judgments of Sodom and in Noah's generation. WHAT SHALL THE RIGHTEOUS DO? WHAT ABOUT GOD'S PEOPLE? First, I give you a practical word I received for my own direction. Lay in store a thirty-day supply of food, toiletries and other essentials. In major cities, grocery stores are emptied in an hour at the sign of an impending disaster. As for our spiritual reaction, David says, "He fixed his eyes on the Lord on his throne in heaven-his eyes beholding, his eyelids testing the sons of men" (v. 4). "In the Lord I take refuge" (v. 1). I will say to my soul: No need to run.no need to hide. This is God's righteous work. I will behold our Lord on his throne, with his eye of tender, loving kindness watching over every step I take-trusting that he will deliver his people even through floods, fires, calamities, tests, trials of all kinds. Note: I do not know when these things will come to pass, but I know it is not far off. I have unburdened my soul to you. Do with the message as you choose. God bless and keep you. In Christ, DAVID WILKERSON DW:bbm 3-05-09 Here, in an earlier message, he's talking about the rough times coming up in America, not just economically, racially, and within the moral divide - but deeper down, between God's people (those that fear him) and non-God fearing people...
PRAYER IN TROUBLED TIMES
The prophet Joel saw a similar day approaching Israel, one of "thick darkness and gloom." According to Joel, the day of darkness that was approaching Israel would be one such as never seen in their history. The prophet cried, "Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come" (Joel 1:15).
What was Joel's counsel to Israel in that dark hour? He brought this word: "Therefore.saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping and with mourning: and rend your heart and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him.?" (Joel 2:12-14).
As I read this passage, I am most struck by two words: "Even now." As gross darkness fell over Israel, God appealed to his people: "Even now, at the hour of my vengeance-when you've pushed me out of your society, when mercy seems impossible, when humankind has mocked my warnings, when fear and gloom are covering the land-even now, I urge you to come back to me. I am slow to anger, and I have been known to hold back my judgments for a season, as I did for Josiah. My people can pray and petition for my mercy. But the world won't repent if you say there is no mercy."
Do you see God's message to us in this? As his people, we can plead in prayer and he will hear us. We can make requests of him and know he will answer the sincere, effectual, fervent prayers of his saints David Wilkerson |
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http://awake.seranates.com/nov/nov22ref.htm
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WOW, after I posted about burn-out, I found this amazing article that a friend posted!
From A Woman Who Fears The Lord website. She makes some important points to ponder before we decide to invest in a home business. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beware of Home Businesses! (or the danger of a working mother!) *NEW* |
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It is half way through the school year and I am feeling the burn out. Part of it is working part-time now with the ministry. I can't keep up with all I have to do. Community Bible Study, Homeschool co-op, Christian dance school, basketball, working, teaching dance, having a bible study in my home, correspondence, Meals, housekeeping, my own health and hygiene. I def believe next year, something will have to give! It has been a hard year as we've seen a lot of people leave California that just couldn't afford it on one salary. I don't blame them! But my heart is saddened at times when I think about all the wonderful people I've me that have left this state. Now, I can relate to how Marcy Eckmann felt in Hawaii being a Pastor's wife. She cried so much when I left. I told her I would be back but she knew in her heart, I wouldn't. Oh how I miss her so now that she has gone to be with the Lord. Just thinking of her makes me cry. God has sent other women in my life to be mentors but none like Marcy. Well, I guess you don't know a good thing until it's gone. My husband is now my best friend but he's withdrawn lately due to his father not talking to him again. His father continually plays mind games with him! God has brought a lot of wonderful people into my life through Adat Y'shua but distance and no car makes it hard to see each other weekly. Some beautiful friends at the congregation: Lisa, Molly, Heather, Fanny, Sheryl, Stepanie. There are others too like Marlinda, Claudia, Elly, Rebecca. I am having a hard time getting to know the people at my homeschool co-op. I love Jenny. I like Ruth and Sal although I never get to see them because we are opposite day academies but next years things should be different. Am I getting anything out of CBS? Well, the bible study has been great and thought provoking this year but I think it is more stress than I can handle. I need to lose weight again and the only way I can do it is to elliminate stress, exercise, eat right and sleep! In fact, I need to go to bed right now. My prayer is that hubby can get his salary increased so that I don't have to work so many hours. Also, I am praying about switching curriculums next year. Well, God bless whoever is reading this! Do people even read this? I don't know. If you do read this, know that Jesus said his burden is "easy" and "light." We make things harder on ourselves than they need to be. Happy Valentines Day, knowing that Jesus is the one who loves you more than anyone else. Receive his love and find healing and rest for a troubled soul.
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Why is it that some days, I feel so hyper and want to do a million things at the same time and other days, I can barely get out of bed? : ) I need to pace myself! That's what I get for being a Type A person. God knew what He was doing when He had me marry a Type B but my TYPE B husband works for a TYPE A organization : ) |
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http://www.womenregainingstrength.com/ This website has my article on contentment but not sure how long they keep it up for. |
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Someone told me that James Dobson was an only child and look how God used him! |
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Today, I saw a bumper sticker that read, "Cats not kids: Isn't that sad? Will the cats take care of that woman in her old age?
Also today, in a bible study I was a part of, the leader got up and said the lesson was so difficult because it was about God's blessings on Abraham's son,Isaac and his brother's grandaughter, Rebekah. She didn't have any grandchildren and it was hard for her to teach this.
One thing I learned from my lesson was that Abraham only had one son but God used him mightily. (Not including Ishmael) His brother had 8 sons from his wife plus 4 sons from another woman. Acc to that society, Abraham's brother should be more blessed then Abraham but for God He only needs one to use powerfully. In this case, he used both families powerfully but in different ways.
For those of us with lots of children--wow--you really are Nation Changers!
But for those (such as myself) struggling with infertilty or a smaller family size, God can still use ONE person to change the world. His power is greater than we are!
I love what Nancy Campbell taught at a seminar--it takes one to cast out 1,000 demons and 2 to cast out 10,000 demons so imagine if we raise up our families to be prayer warriors how we can change things!!!
God bless all of you nation changers! |
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It has been a long time since I wrote what we do in a typical day. I thought I should update this since my daughter is now 6 1/2 and my son, almost 3 1/2. This is what an "ideal" typical day would look like. I say "ideal" because I am not bent on following schedules. I am more a "going with the flow" type of gal as long as I get major goals accomplished. Wake up (whenever) Breakfast and Bible Story (Daniel first because he's the youngest) Draw picture of the bible story Memory Verse Reading and Writing Math Playtime Lunch Playtime Hebrew CD Homemaker's book activities Books (esp on history and science) Science projects Dinner Work out Playtime Storytime again Clean-up, prayers, and bedtime We are using My Father's World right now and are very happy with it! Since Daniel is too young for a lot of structure, I might give him puzzles, stickers, blocks, stamps, or money to play with. We like Brighter Vision kits but next year, we will probably get Rod and Staff pre-school for him which is very inexpensive.
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