Becoming a Heaven on Earth

Home can be a heav'n on earth when we are filled with love

Bringing happiness and joy, rich blessings from above-

Warmth and kindness, charity, safety and security-

Making home a part of heaven, where we want to be.

Drawing fam'ly near each week, we'll keep love burning bright.

Serving Him with cheerful hearts, we'll grow in truth and light.

Parents teach and lead the way, children honor and obey,

Reaching for our home in heaven, where we want to stay.

Praying daily in our home, we'll feel His love divine;

Searching scriptures faithfully, we'll nourish heart and mind.

Singing hymns of thanks, we'll say, "Father, help us find the way

Leading to our home in heaven, where we long to stay."

~ LDS Hymn #298

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Lessons In Core My thoughts at 12:07 PM, September 10, 2008 Tjed Today Redbeard has taken off work (he has two holiday pay days to take before the end of the month) to help finish with all the canning and some projects we needed done around the house.  For one thing, our toliet hasn't worked right since Friday - it had to be constantly plunged.  He snaked a pencil out of it!  The twins keep doing "Does it flush?" experiments - we've snaked out a toothbrush, pennies, crayons, etc.  Life is never dull with these two! Anyway, so while he's fixing the toliet, fixing a drawer on the twin's chest of drawers, oiling up windows so they'll open, I'm downstairs working in what I call the "Core" room with the littles getting it back in order so Athena has a place to watch them while we're canning upstairs.  (I have this thing about little children around boiling water - they aren't allowed near the kitchen!  When Mercury was a baby his dad's Grandma - he's my nephew, remember? - accidently scalded his face with boiling water in the kitchen - the only reason he isn't scarred is because my mom put lavender on his face everyday.  You can barely see the scar now.)  Well, while we're cleaning together, Mercury is finding all sorts of ways to help.  My twins are carrying things upstairs for me.  My Orion is nowhere to be found.  Note to self - need to work on Orion's work ethic.  Just as I'm almost done, Iris picks up this little lacross game set (I think that's what it's called) and a ball left over from our ballpit, and says, "Mom, you want to play?" So I'm thinking. "Geez, I've got all this stuff to do....", but I said, "Sure, I'll play with you for a min., but then I have to help Dad with the canning so we can read Lizzie Stanton while we're doing that."  She says, "OKAY!" and grabs the stuff.  So I played with her - max. 10 min.  Just before play time ended she said, "Mom, it's kinda fun to play with you."  I said, "Thanks!"  She says, "Yeah, 'cause usually you're too busy to play.  Either you're on the computer,. helping us, or cleaning. to play with us." I've been called to repentance. Care to Share?