My husband is outside painting the new window he put in for me a couple of months ago. We had so much rain during the process that he had to wait to even seal it tightly to keep the elements from coming in. Then we had more rain and he couldn't paint it, so when it was dry enough it was too hot and I wouldn't let go out and work in the heat. Today is the first day of summer and it feels like an early fall morning...it's very nice out and a hazy sunny morning. My husband got up and made coffee and cooked breakfast for us today too, he made potato cakes from our leftover mashed potatoes last night. I had written an entry yesterday but I am thinking that with all the suffering our daughter is going through I must have forgotten to hit the Add New Entry button after Previewing the Entry. It was actually pretty short but it said that I'm so thankful for having such a patient and loving husband.
I know in my heart, whereas I didn't know in the past, that God has hand-picked my husband for me. There were many years during our childhood that we were as close as 20 miles from each other and never met until 2003! He was born and lived in Indiana for a few years of his babyhood and toddler years and then moved to FL and back to IN and then on to KY. He's been consistently in KY since he was around 23 years old. I lived in the south and moved to KY when I was 19 and moved back down to SC in 1979 after my dad passed and lived there alone for 8 years and moved back to KY to be near my family in 1989. It's just so justified how we could meet because of our Lord and at the same time because of how our parents moved us around so much it's a wonder we ever met at all. During my childhood I moved about every two years, my dad was a Marine and was constantly being shipped between North and South Carolina. I went to so many schools I lost count after about 12 of them. It's sad my parents didn't think about homeschooling us because we moved around so much. My husband's family moved around just because his father couldn't keep a good job anywhere and they had family in places that they moved to that they could stay with for a while and then move on if things didn't work out. Why am I writing all this and letting everyone read it? No reason really, except to show that God is a mighty strength and intentional God, even in the midst of all our controlling mindset and lifestyles.
My daughter experienced God's power for the first time last week while she was at camp. She goes to signing camp at a Christian camp for youth every summer. You can read about her experience on her blog. She's still in awe, as is her friend April, who is the Dean over the Deaf and Signing Camps every year. God used my little girls prayers to heal April's sons hearing, he was born deaf and mute, and now he hears and can speak a few words. April called us yesterday so she could pray with us over Kelsey and praise God with us over how God has used Kelsey.All this just because God wanted to and because he can!
My daughter has taken very ill the past few days because of some medicine her allergy doctor put her on, the details are in the post below this and the post won't stay there long. I know once she is feeling better she'll be checking my blog daily for what I have written about and I don't want her to feel embarrassed about what she's experiencing. She got up and down most of the night and was up this morning before 7:00 and dressed, had her room clean and her bed made and ate breakfast by 7:30. She's still experiencing hallucinations and the pharmacist told me that she should have never been put on this medicine because of the Singulair that she's been taking for over a year for asthma. I may never put her back on any of the meds she's been on. If she gets sick and needs something then there are many natural ways that I have the knowledge and ability to use instead of giving her drugs. I'm praying about that as well! Well, this has been a long post and I'm pretty tired from not resting much the past few days. I hope you'll go and read about my daughter's experience at camp! It's truly amazing and you'll be blessed by it too. Have a great day!!!
I made a little change with my Friends List. It's on the left side and to open it just click on the word "Friends" and it pops out! Neat, huh! To close it click on it again! Thank you
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Seven Steps to Raising Godly Children
Principle - Impart God's word on your children and live in a way that you are their greatest example of what a Christ-abiding parent should be.
Pattern - Teach your children a pattern of prayer; when to pray, how to pray, and why prayer is important.
Persistence - Don't ever give up...teach your children to always have faith and not to give up when things get hard.
Participation - Our children crave our attention! The way our children see us is the way they'll see God in thier lives.
Praise - Encourage children, praise them when they do something right and help them when they have a hard time.
Prayer - Teach your children to pray and then to TRUST God for the outcome.
Priority - Make God the Head and Heart of your home and let them live with God's desire coming first in your lives.
