Aug. 27, 2009 - He will rejoice over you with singing...
My all time favorite verse is Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is in your midst, He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.
The reason why I love that verse is because I'm always humbled everytime I think that God, the one who make the stars and the aardvark, the moon and the toucan, LOVES me. 1 busy mama in the middle of nowhere...one in a trillion...He knows my name, He knows how many hairs are on my head even through the post-partum hair loss frenzy....he hears every prayer...and cares....He "gently leads those with young"....God not only knows me and my hair follicles but he thinks about me and and gets excited enough to sing! Isn't that amazing?
I guess I love that verse cause if He has the time to rejoice and sing over me, then I can rest assured he has the time to help me when the baby is screaming, the 2 yo needs to be wiped, and the 13yo needs help with geometry, while dinner is about to burn. I can' t tell you how often that I feel His presence in my day...I am so thankful for my mob of sweet savages, cause honestly, it has taken this many children to get me to the place where I absolutely positively have to depend on God to keep me patient, sweet and focusing on all their needs while dying to my own and being okay with that knowing that as I serve my family, I'm serving them.
One thing that God did this week that blessed my socks off...actually, I usually wear Birkenstocks and no socks, but you get my drift...hey, maybe that's WHY I don't wear socks...cause they were blessed off...hmm.....I digress......ANYWAY....Somewhere along the way this summer, I got this idea (God) to have Aslan take an online class through Answers In Genesis. It is called Foundations in Creation Apologetics. It is a 12 week class with a big time commmitment. It is designed for high school and adults so that is even more time commitment for a middle schooler. The class teaches how to defend your faith, to know what you belive and the scientific facts behind it. So far, he is only 5 days into it and I have learned so much peeking over his shoulder!! This is some Good (but VERY deep) stuff!
The thing about my socks coming off...was a few days before he started the class, he was told how to sign in for the class to access the chat room for the weekly class time, the forums where they need to discuss the topics the teacher presents and the online articles and videos.
He read the introduction from his teacher, Ron Dudek, and it turns out that it is the same man who taught lectures this summer at the Creation Museum on Carnivorous Plants. His hobby is growing, researching and cultivating Carnivorous plants. In case you missed the info in the past, carnivorous plants is my oldest sons #1 hobby and passion. Not that the class with be about plants, but how incredibly cool is that that God allowed Aslan to have a teacher with the same passion. I tell you, as a mama bear, that really blessed me that God loved Aslan enough to show him, yet again, how much he rejoices over him.
Also, as a plug for the class, if you have a child interested in Creationism, this class is great! It is around $150, lasts for 12 weeks and is so great for strengthening their faith. Aslan told me yesterday that this is his favorite class in homeschool this year!
It includes reading online articles, watching online videos by creationist Ken Ham and others, taking online quizes, doing projects, participating in online forums and a once/week chat with the class.
We recently read a book called Already Gone which is a book that discusses that the #1 reason that young people leave the church is lack of training in how to defend their faith...so when they are bombarded with evolution and cultural indoctrination, they don't know how to stand and defend what they believe, not only to others but to themselves.
If they grow up believing that Genesis 1:1 is not true (In the Beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth) then why would they believe the rest of the Bible is true? If Evolution is true, then the first verse of the Bible is a lie, and the rest must be too......
Anyway, he was already signed up for the class before we read that book, but it confirmed that it, indeed, was a good choice for Aslan, who, even as a homeschooled kid, is already getting bombarded with evolution debates on his online forums about plants.
To get back to my original point.....God rejoices over YOU With gladness and singing too. Talk to him all through your day....ask Him to work through you and in you to become more like His Son. He loves you...He will!!!
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Aug. 28, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Eunice
That is wonderful! I'm glad you shared how the Lord blessed Aslan (and the Mama). And I'm also glad you shared about the course. Sounds VERY interesting.....
Isn't this one of the most wonderful things about homeschooling?! They have a bent and you aim and shoot. Such an education and the time to do it all!
