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Schooling two active boys has never been more... interesting. That's the word I'm looking for!
I love my boys! God has given them the blessing of strong, active bodies and minds. We continually pray the first will remain intact, and the second will remain engaged with Him first, and then the school work. You'll meet my sweet sons, both entirely different, but both loving God to the best of their ability in the way He made them. I lovingly refer to them as my Bell Pepper Boy and my Habanero or Hambone. That should say it all!
This blog is an eclectic mix. The events, conversations, and the thoughts behind it all will be in here.
Every once in a while I'll try to capture something I don't want to forget. I hope you find things you enjoy. Please let me know if you do!
Blessings!
Our Curriculum
- Mystery of History vol. 1
- Saxon 5/4
- Horizons Grade 2
- A Beka Language
- Spelling Power
- Apologia Zoology 1
Books I'm Reading
- The Bible (Isaiah)
- Invitation to the Jesus Life
- Discover Your Child's Learning Style
- The Way They Learn
- Archimedes and the Door of Science
- (all things Trojan at the moment)
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 When Lists Make Terrible Masters
Posted in God Things
My "To Do List" probably rivals Santa's handy list in length right about now. Have you ever felt that way, too? I look at the potential for a day, and I hold up my list. There's a few seconds of promising productivity, and then the awful overwhelming feeling floods my heart, mind, and soul.
A list makes a great guideline. It's even not bad as a target. But, there's this fine line that gets crossed in my heart and mind when my tightly clenched fist grasps my list and won't let go. My heart wants to finish everything that's on the list, my mind is determined, and I get very preoccupied with the list. The next thing that happens makes me sad: I start to ignore all else. I'm a woman on a mission.
The kids know what's happening in those moments. They shy away from asking questions for fear of receiving one of those too-busy-to-answer-so-it's-gotta-be-no responses. (Do I want my kids to feel that way?) My Hero even has a brilliant response--if he's really quiet, he seems to be assured he won't get rooked into my devious plans to overtake the world...uhhh...list! (Hmmm. Is that some kind of "turtle move" going on there?)
The thing that I have just come to this morning is something very important to me. Didn't I just say I wanted God's will in my life in a clear and tangible way in my last entry? (Why, yes, I did.) So, as I take a serious look at this scenario with the list, how does it fit in with my heart to know and follow God's will? Does the Scripture say "As the servant looks to the hand of the master" in Psalms, or does it say as the servant looks to the list?
Today I want to look to the hand of the Master! This day has the potential to be full of "works that He has prepared in advance for us to do." I want to be sensitive to this in ways I might not normally be. Today, I want to be in the center of His will, even if it means in the everyday mundane stuff.
So, what do you have for me today, Lord? As we go forward from these morning moments, can we do together those things which You have prepared in advance for me to do? Show me Your plan for this day, the balance between productive and lovingly-present with my family, and those things which really need to be accomplished in this single day.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008 Revelation
Posted in God Things
Our church has a ministry that targets the deeper teaching of the Bible, the kind you might not teach on a "friendly" Sunday morning. I am in complete agreement, actually, with their choice to offer these things once a month at a separate time from the normal services. There's good reason for it.
Anyway, last night the teaching was on the book of Revelation. Friends, this poor man who wrote a very heavy book (in more ways than one) on Revelation was put to the task of encapsulating the teaching in under two hours, allowing for questions at the end. Wow! (Boy, am I glad I don't have to teach these things.) :')
There was so much packed into this survey of the book I couldn't begin to share even the highlights. It was just an immense amount to try to unpack, and I'll be unpacking it for quite some time. I was blessed to go, but I have to share something. Revelation is quite the book, you know! If someone read it, attentively and with good instruction, that individual's life would have to be markedly different!
The one thing my mind kept turning over and over last night and this morning was a point that was mentioned more than once: never underestimate the power of sin.
Never underestimate the power of sin. (I could park on that for some time.)
It's not that sin is more powerful than our God. Our God is absolutely and infinitely more powerful! Clearly, the battle is done and has been won. We are free from sin. Yet, we are free to the degree we will choose flee from it. Those who succumb to it, or those who choose to live in it, will have a very different experience. Sin starts so harmlessly. Where it goes is so ugly, and I think most of us would wonder just how things got so warped, twisted, and evil (in our lives and in the lives of those we know or observe).
I honestly had a terrible time imagining the events of Revelation in the end. There will be millions, I imagine, who will reject the loving God who desires that none should perish. They will love and worship the very one who seeks to kill and destroy them. How very sad.
With this in mind, how must my life be different as I interact with the people around me?
"Things that make you go, 'Hmmmmmm.'" ~ Arsenio Hall
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 A Poem For My Daddy
Posted in God Things
This little poem was "unearthed" in my computer files. I've loved this poem for a long time. I hope you are blessed by it.
Daddy...Daddy...
Daddy....Daddy....I have something to show You.
It's not much at all,
A finger paint drawing of my life on the wall.
Here it is....see what I made?
I thought so hard when I picked every shade.
I chose blue...You like that, too?
I chose green...it's so serene.
I chose gold...it's shiny and bold.
As You see, it's all about me.
Can you see what I made?
Do You see it all, too?
Let me tell You all about it...
Then You'll see what I made when I drew without you.
There's a boy and a dog and fishing stream, too.
I'm in the middle, but I forgot to draw You.
Daddy...Daddy...I have something to ask You.
The words seem so small.
Will You draw a picture of my life on the wall?
Here I am...draw what You like!
I'll wait to see just how You see my life!
You choose blue...I like that, too!
You choose green...is this a scene?
You choose brown...a cross near a town!
You choose red...is that how He bled?
Now, I see...it's all about me...and it's not about me...
I see what You made.
Am I seeing it, true?
Please tell me about it...
Then I'll see what You made when You drew about me.
There's a cross and a man, and He's dying for me.
He's in the middle, and in the crowd I see me.
Daddy...Daddy...I have something to tell You.
A few words to say...
When we draw tomorrow, let's draw Your way!
~ Jennifer J.
It's a wee bit clumsy in the parts, but this poem seems to communicate much of my heart and a good deal of my life with Him at times.
Be blessed today, friends!
 P.S. Thanks to those of you who voted in the contest. I am thankful and blessed!
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008 April and Fools. . .
Posted in God Things
I was tempted. Ohhhhh, was I tempted to try a quick April Fool's Day gag! I mean, one day a year we can try to pull the wool over our friends' eyes and it's somewhat culturally acceptable and cool. Right?
If yesterday had been a different day, I might have attempted something today in the Blog Universe. However, it was all I could muster to make frozen pizza for breakfast served with cold, green milk. Yeah, green was the color that fell out of the food coloring box first. *laugh* So, your expectation of a "funny" today just won't happen.
Are you okay with that? :'P
Here's my entry instead. You see, I personally needed a little time in the Bible to calibrate my heart and mind this morning (almost afternoon). So, lucky you, here is the fruit of my labor. *grin*
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline." ~ Proverbs 1:7
"How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?" ~ Proverbs 1:22
"The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice." ~ Proverbs12:15
"A wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down." ~ Proverbs 14:1
It's the last one there that gets my attention today. I am forced to ask myself if I am building up or tearing down. Each thought, word and action I choose is one or the other, I imagine.
Hmmmmm.
Note to self: Day One of the 30-Day Challenge is underway! (What have you read today?)
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