So-- anyone read my blog long enough to know what book I TRY to read EVERY SUMMER?????

I should leave this open ended-- to see who knows---  hmmmm would anyone know?????

I'll leave you a bit of what I read this morning---see if anyone can guess....

"My joy isn't depended upon getting my house as orderly as I would like, or upon getting the things we don't yet have in it, or upon getting all the schooling done, or anything else on my TO DO List.  My joy is dependent upon my relationship with the Lord, and our celebration together of this life He has given to me.

So make the choice to celebrate life with your family.  It is so easy to think that life consists of the assorted responsibilities, tasks and crises that fill up the hours of each homeschooling day.  But it doesn't.  The part of life that matters most is the moments and memories that happen each day...the ones that wont be forgotten.

So choose to be thankful and learn to be content. You'll find the journey of joy that God wants you to know."

2 Scriptures that were given:

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 

What does the worker gain from his toil?  I have seen the burden God has laid on men.  He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.  I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.  That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God.  I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.

Ecclesiastes 3:9-14

What will endure forever from the life God wants us to enjoy?

Wall will endure forever from YOUR family?