A curious thing happens each morning in my schoolroom with my children. Our lessons fit together in a cohesive whole. We began this morning with Answers in Genesis A is for Adam and today we were on Q.  We talked about how Adam and Eve probably learned about the redemption plan but may have believed that Cain would fulfill it. He may have really let them down. Then we read verses from the Old Testament about the prophetic words of Jesus' coming on earth.  We talked about how the Jews were deceived because they didnt recognize Him when they saw Him, despite the prophetic words about Him. Then we began reading Wendy Alec's book The Fall of Lucifer. The chapter we were on talked about the deception of the fallen angels, even though some had close positions with the Almighty God.  Yet close as they were to the throne, they were deceived.  I told my children this morning that my greatest prayer for them was they we all would not be so deceived that we would not recognize Jesus when He is near because today His Kingdom is at hand.

Tonight, I listed to a sermon my pastor gave while I was on vacation. It was about not being deceived. He prayed Ephesians 1, that we would have a spirit of wisdom and understanding to understand Him so we would not be decieved.

Before going to bed, I wanted to listed to one more teaching. It was about the same subject - praying that we would not be deceived! 

For science, my children and I constructed a DNA strand, which looked like a spiral ladder. A curious thought came to me. Did sin warp that DNA strand so it is now twisted. I thought how straight that ladder was that Jacob saw at Bethel in the Old Testament. It led straight up to heaven.  When Jesus said the angels ascended and descended on the ladder on the Son of Man, I know He was referring to a straight ladder. We can have perfectly straight access to Him.  We wont find Him by ascending a twisted ladder. It made me wonder if our DNA strands will once again be straight, no longer twisted from the results of sin, when we are in heaven.

Since June, I have been frustrated that our painter has not come when he said he would.  In May, some rotten boards were replaced on the outside trimwork on our house.  The painter said he would be able to start painting the trim by the middle of June.  In July, he finally came around and pressure washed the siding.  His pressure washer broke at the beginning of the job and he had to rent another one.  A week later, he returned to finish the job.  A week after that, his helpers began sanding the trim.  After about an hour, they text-messaged him that they quit and walked off the job. 

In the meantime, I began thinking about a fellow church member who had been out of work because there weren't many jobs.  He had helped re-roof our house in May and was a hard worker.  In June, he had only been able to work two weeks because work was scarce.  Yet he managed to pay all his bills.  I asked my husband to ask the painter if he would be willing to hire him.  The painter said he would based on our word, knowing nothing about the guy.   He came to our house every day this week to sand the trim and porch rails.  He has been a hard worker and the painter told us he is better than any of his other laborer.

The guy told me that he had been in despair last week.  The bricklayer, whom he had been working for was leaving the next week.  He was his employer, the grandfather of his child, his mentor, the one who lifted him up and encouraged him and talked to him about the Lord.  He didn't know what he was going to do without him.  Then a job offer came along and his new employer prays with him in the mornings, talks to him about God, encourages him and tells him he will sell him land next to him if he continues to work as hard as he does.  What an answer to prayer!  The best part is that this painter has a lot of jobs lined up so this guy won't go hungry.

Now I am rejoicing that it took so long for my house to be painted.  It is being done according to God's timing, not mine.  He had a plan and it is being played out before my eyes.  I am grateful that these two found each other. The last thing the painter said to his worker before the job on Friday.  Remember two  things.  One, you are a child of God.  Two, you are a warrior!  The guy told me it was an awesome way to start his day.

A friend had given me a Sonlight Science curriculum for kindergarten and I wanted to give it to someone special.  I told God I wanted Him to find someone for me to give it to.  I sent out an e-mail to my homeschool group about some free curriculum I was giving away, but didn't mention the free science curriculum.  A friend wrote me, asking me if she could tell someone about my resources.  This person was going to China and wanted to do some missionary work while she was there.  I told her she could tell her friend about my resources. 

When her friend called, I asked what she was interested in.  She said she really needed a kindergarten Sonlight science curriculum.  Within two days, God had answered my prayers.  I met this young woman who planned to travel to China with her husband and two children where they would live for six months.  She told me about her hopes to be a light there while homeschooling her kindergartener.  I believe our visit was orchestrated by God and I was amazed!

For my birthday, my sister treated my sons and I to free tickets to a baseball game.  While we were there, my brother-in-law caught a foul ball with one hand as he held his cell phone with his other hand.  I glanced over at my middle son, who sat there with his baseball glove on, waiting for a ball to come his way.  "Help him get a ball," I prayed.  Just as I had breathed those words, my niece turned towards him and said, "Andrew, I promised you a ball tonight.  Here it is!"  She handed him the ball her father had just given her.

Soon after, the person in front of me said to his seat mate, "I hope I win the notebook I registered for tonight." I told God, "If that's what I registered for, I want to win it."  A few minutes later, my name was called over the loudspeaker that I was the grand winner of the notebook.  I had won an HP mini laptop.  I went to the registration desk to pick up my prize and had my picture taken with the Woodmen of the World.

My husband called me on the phone to tell me of an impending storm.  He said he would keep me posted, but a tornado had been sighted nearby.  My sister and I prayed that it would weaken before it got to where we were staying.  After I left the game, I called my husband and he said the weather was too bad to travel home.  He told me to get a hotel room and stay until the next day.  After I checked into the hotel, I saw the weather channel had downgraded the storm in our area, saying it had weakened.  Just what we had prayed! 

God was certainly answering my prayers that night!  I had a great time with children and my sister's family.  I was able to drive home safely the next day.