I came across this today on Christian Moms Forum and I feel compelled to pass it along. The song and the poem are not the same, but both just as powerful.

Wait
by Russell Kelfer


Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried;
Quietly, patiently, lovingly, God replied.
I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate . . .
And the Master so gently said, "Wait."


"Wait? you say wait?" my indignant reply.
"Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!
Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard?
By faith I have asked, and I'm claiming your Word.


"My future and all to which I relate
Hangs in the balance, and you tell me to wait?
I'm needing a 'yes', a go-ahead sign,
Or even a 'no' to which I can resign.


"You promised, dear Lord, that if we believe,
We need but to ask, and we shall receive.
And Lord I've been asking, and this is my cry:
I'm weary of asking! I need a reply."


Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate,
As my Master replied again, "Wait."
So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut,
And grumbled to God, "So, I'm waiting for what?"


He seemed then to kneel, and His eyes met with mine . . .
and He tenderly said, "I could give you a sign.
I could shake the heavens and darken the sun.
I could raise the dead and cause mountains to run.


"I could give all you seek and pleased you would be.
You'd have what you want, but you wouldn't know Me.
You'd not know the depth of my love for each saint.
You'd not know the power that I give to the faint.


"You'd not learn to see through clouds of despair;
You'd not learn to trust just by knowing I'm there.
You'd not know the joy of resting in Me
When darkness and silence are all you can see.


"You'd never experience the fullness of love
When the peace of My spirit descends like a dove.
You would know that I give, and I save, for a start,
But you'd not know the depth of the beat of My heart.


"The glow of my comfort late into the night,
The faith that I give when you walk without sight.
The depth that's beyond getting just what you ask
From an infinite God who makes what you have last.


"You'd never know, should your pain quickly flee,
What it means that My grace is sufficient for thee.
Yes, your dearest dreams overnight would come true,
But, oh, the loss, if you missed what I'm doing in you.


"So, be silent, my child, and in time you will see
That the greatest of gifts is to truly know me.
And though oft My answers seem terribly late,
My most precious answer of all is still . . . Wait."

With all the hooplah going on in America recently all I can feel is the urgency to call out to God and be nearer to Him! All I can think of is how badly I yearn for my loved ones to answer His call and give their lives over to Him. All I can feel is how close I am to seeing His dear face. Our world may be going downhill and driving itself into the ground, but my Saviour is standing by and ready to embrace us all who willingly come to Him.

I heard a fascinating radio program last week and the speaker was saying what he thought it was going to be like when our great Saviour comes with a loud thunder and breaks open the sky. People realize, among those who are counted and taken to Glory will be train conductors, airplane pilots, bus drivers, bridge workers, doctors, nurses, dentists, people driving their cars at 70 mph down the interstate, etc. Can you even imagine the chaos that will ensue when they disappear? Can you imagine the destruction that will cause for many. That will only be the beginning of the horrific events to take place in those years of tribulation.

My friends and family, I have never believed scare tactics are a good way to bring people to the Lord but it is important to think about the days that are ahead. I believe one should choose the Lord as his Saviour because of what God has done for us and because we are all sinners but because God gave us laws and the opportunity for Salvation, we can be made free! Since I know the laws, I know what is good and right versus what is evil and wrong. I can and must choose to live for Jesus! The only other alternative is eternal suffering.

 know how much I hurt when I see the bad things people do and I can't even imagine how much more it hurts my Father who sees all, knows all, and feels it all! So, today, I am praising my Saviour and basking in His love. Thank you Jesus for giving us your all and for being patient with this crooked old world.

My Jesus, I Love Thee

          My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine; 

          for thee all the follies of sin I resign.  

          My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art thou; 

          if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.  

          I love thee because thou hast first loved me, 

          and purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree; 

          I love thee for wearing the thorns on thy brow; 

          if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.  

          In mansions of glory and endless delight; 

          I'll ever adore thee in heaven so bright; 

          I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow; 

        if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.

Please follow this link and watch this video. What a powerful representation of Christ's love for us and the sacrifice!

Bridge

I know you're going to think different of me when I tell you this but I am listening to Christmas music right now.  Isn't the Lord wonderful! Sending His only Son for me! If ever I feel discouraged, which is often, or like I'm not doing a good job, which is even more often, I only need remember it took just One Drop of Blood.

So many Christmases have gone by for me lately where I have not felt "in the spirit" or excited and I never knew why and it has bothered me so. But, this year for some reason, I am so ready to celebrate Christ's birth and I feel such a gratitude within my heart that I want to scream it out at the top of my lungs!

Romans 5:6-8  "You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

Thank you Jesus for coming to this sinful world and bearing its weight! I am forever grateful to you!

I have struggled for nearly two years now with guilt over not being able to consistently wake up at 5:30 as I have so desperately tried and desired. My ideal morning would be waking up at 5:30, making my husband's breakfast and sending him off to work, exercising, having Bible/Prayer time, and showering all before my girls wake up.

But, on the mornings I have managed to get up early, ironically, so do my children, which made me so  frustrated because it was supposed to be my time of quiet and getting woke up and ready for the day. Or if I didn't get up I spent all day feeling guilty and wallowing in my own regret that my day must have been not going well because of me and though that may have some validity to it, just because my day started later than I wanted doesn't mean it's spoiled!

During the girls' nap/quiet time today, I was reading chapter 4 of "Passionate Housewives Desperate for God" and there is a couple pages on this subject. I was speechless after reading this section and actually had to put the book down to digest what she was saying. I have read over and over and over these past couple of years from women saying how sweet their early morning time with Jesus was and I wanted it more than anyone could understand. However, I need sleep so much too for many reasons. Right now my girls still wake up at night and if on a rare occasion they don't, I do. My health hasn't been the greatest as I have been struggling with iron-deficient anemia which has left me very fatigued at times.

Anyway, before I get any more derailed here, she is trying to dispell the thought that it is mandatory we rise early and have this every day. At some seasons of our lives, it is not possible. The more important thing is that we find some time during our day every day to read our Bible and pray often. It doesn't have to be alone or a big lump of time at once. It can be while the children are playing or reading aside you, at their quiet time, or after they're in bed at night.

It's probably going to take some more time and more prayer before I feel completely at peace with this matter. God sent me a scripture through the Bible study I just finished and it is again in this section of this new book I'm reading. "It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep"  Psalm 127:2 (KJV). Yes, I know there are also many scriptures on rising early to pray and be with our Lord but also He gave us this, I suppose for a season in our lives where we can't get up early every day!

For now I will come to Him as often as I can and will read His Word as much as I find moments to but I will also long for the days when I will have the time to rise and meet with Him in the quiet of the morning.

Well, last night was my last Stepping Up Bible Study meeting and I left with such a sense of change in my heart and soul! If you've never seen Beth Moore speak, she will infuse such a passion and enthusiasm inside you. She is full of such energy and the Lord's words just flow through her!

The most important things I took home from last night was the quote "We don't have to see eye to eye to walk hand in hand." Yes, we are always going to have issues we disagree on, rib issues as Beth puts it. All of us brothers and sisters in Christ have accepted God's salvation but it takes a different amount of time for us to be sanctified and we are all called to change different things at different times. Just because I am at such and such a point in my spirtual life and so and so isn't, I have learned they may have other areas together that I don't. Did that make sense? It did in my mind anyway .

She says in the study book "God's faithfulness then calls for man's gratefulness!" We are not to wait for good things to happen to praise the Lord! Perhaps the most important time for us to praise the Lord is when we're down and burdened and heavy-laden! He will always be faithful to us! It is we who are not always faithful to him!

The overall message from this study is that we are all on a pilgrimage. We, who are saved by God's grace and living our lives to glorify Him, are all pilgrims on our journey to Heaven or Mount Zion if you will. Just as the Israelites were pilgrims on their journies to Jerusalem several times a year for religious celebrations. We are on our journey to a religious celebration of outstanding proportions!

Thank you Lord for opening my eyes in this study and I pray the changes in my soul only intensify and turn into more and more changes to glorify You!

I heard about a new movie coming out. I'm not sure if it's from the creators of Facing the Giants but I know at least some of those who made that one helped on this one. Kirk Cameron has a major role in this new movie and we are big fans of his and The Way of the Master so I'm super excited to see him in another fantastic movie. Please go to the website and see if Fireproof is playing at a theatre near you. I believe it's coming in late September and I am so thankful it is coming to my town!

Oh friends. Let me tell you I have had my eyes opened yet once again. Last night at my Bible Study I shared something with the group that had "hit" me this week in the study and it didn't come out right and I was so embarrassed. First let me say what hit me. I have been feeling rather worn out this week, just tired and like everything I'm trying to do just isn't enough. I know you probably all know what I'm talking about here. So in the book it had us look up this verse: John 15:16 "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you."

It just hit me at the exact right time...HE CHOSE ME! HE CHOSE YOU!

So, back to my embarrassment. I was saying how when I read that verse I needed it so badly. I was feeling like such a failure in the area of housekeeping and parenting. I said to the group that I didn't understand why God gave me my three daughters. Everyone gasped. However my words came out I believe they took it as "why in the world did He have to give me these three girls" which is in no way what I intended. But as usual, my words didn't come out like they felt in my heart. So I quickly said that I meant I will never understand why He thought I was good enough for them. You know what I'm saying here friends? What a gift and I feel so unworthy of them. What treasures they are.

I wanted to crawl under the table and hide and cry the rest of the night. I had already come to the meeting last night with such an emptiness inside and broken heart that I was just so open and ready for the Spirit to speak to me and use the ladies to teach me. I believe I'm the youngest one in there. There are other younger women but mostly they are of an age where they could be my mom or grandma...so I know there is a lot of combined wisdom and learning in that room!

After I finished my little "testimony" of how the Lord spoke to me in the lessons last week the speaker said to us something to the effect of "Satan conDEMNS but the Lord conVICTS". See the difference there friends? Oh that was it. That was my moment. That's what the Lord had for me last night. I didn't really gather too much spectacular information the rest of the night...though I did learn a lot of interesting and beautiful facts that connected the Old Testament to the New Testament and just how perfect God created everything and linked everything in the Bible together so that it would ALL come full circle.

But that's what I needed last night. My feelings of failing over and over and over and the feeling of just giving up and crawling inside myself and just letting things be as they may is not of God. It is of Satan. He had condemned me and was getting my heart right where he wanted it...ruined and hopeless.

BUT

PRAISE THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY! Today I am renewed and re-directed. I see that Jesus Christ my Saviour has chosen me! He has delivered me! He has forgiven me! And so today I am crying out "Hosannah, Hosannah, Hosannah" which I learned literally means "Save now" or "Send our Messiah". I feel it so deeply in me today. Just come now Lord. I want to see Jesus.Oh I pray I feel that urgency every day of my life, to see my Lord, to meet my Maker, to fall at His feet and weep for joy!

I wanted to share the movie review website that we use. I think the WEBSITE does more than just movie reviews but I've never explored the rest of the site yet. We really don't watch that many movies anymore...just a select few but we have found this website extremely helpful in deciding whether or not a movie is clean or not. It gives you a rating from extremely offensive to excellent. Then it expounds on the movie telling you why it is good or bad and has a place at the bottom for viewers of the movie to comment.

My husband and I have just been so disappointed in the movies available and wanted to share this site so you could be more informed before you go to the cinema. We try to think "Would we watch this if Jesus was sitting next to us". Seriously, it sounds cliche, but friends He IS sitting next to us watching what we are watching. So we better act like it, Amen?

I'm preaching to myself here too! I've struggled with the fact that we refrain from many many shows and movies because they are distasteful while I still want to watch a soap opera which in my opinion, is just as bad. So, today I am declaring that I will refrain from soaps completely. I have tried before in the past and fell off the wagon. But now you know. The secret's out. I can't let you down too.

My husband said a while back that if we while we sat watching a show we had a checklist of the Ten Commandments and every time they broke one...we checked it off. I would imagine almost every show we watched would have been full of sin, not to mention the commercials.

Okay, I'm stepping off my soapbox now. It was just on my heart and I had to share.

I mentioned in an earlier post I have been taking a Beth Moore Bible Study called "Stepping Up". Oh how I have been blessed by this study! It is about the Psalms of Ascent, meaning the psalms the israelites sang on their pilgrimages to the three feasts. She draws the parallel to their pilgrimage being to Jerusalem, which literally meant "The City of Peace", to our pilgrimage to Heaven, which of course is the "True City of Peace".

Well, I won't give away too much more from the study but to say last night I gleaned something from the parable of the seed that I am sure will change my life forever. Luke 8:11-15 is where you'll find the parable of the four soils. We've probably all heard the parable and are familiar with its meaning. However, Beth pointed out that many of us eat the seed. Eating the seed is when we hear a great message and we may even cry and feel guilty and want to change but instead we just eat the seed. We go home, go back to the same old ways, never change. Instead she urges us to hear the seed, lay it down, let it grow. It may not be tomorrow or even in the next year or two, but the Lord will let it bear fruit!

I sat there thinking how overwhelming it was that each of us probably had a different meaning of that in our lives. To me, I sat there thinking how I have ate the seed so many times when I hear messages about taking care of my home, my husband, my children. I've read "Created to be his helpmeet" and "The Excellent Wife". There are definite things I grabbed from the messages and applied but others I have yet to use. It's not because I didn't agree, or I wasn't convicted. But because I did not take the time and heart to lay it down...to give it to God.

What a powerful lesson I learned last night! I will think about this everytime I hear a message and feel convicted! I do not want to waste any more seed! Praise the Lord!

His grace is sufficient! Before viewing this pause the music at the bottom of my front page so you don't have two different songs playing at once. This is a powerful testimony!

I read an outstanding article the other day on The Homeschool Lounge about the road to change. I was ready for its message and thankful for its direct nature. The article, you can read here can change your spiritual life if you'll allow it.

As I was reading through Romans 3-8 as it suggests I noted some key verses that stuck out to me. My husband and I have followed The Way of The Master by Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort for some time now. They focus on evangelizing by teaching the laws of God and then a person will know they are in discord with the law and the guilt they feel on breaking it will hopefully draw them to repentance and a life of change. The logic can be found in

Romans 3:20 "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin."  (KJV)

If we know the laws of God, which we can know by reading His word and talking to Him daily and listening to Him, then we know we are sinners. For in Romans 3:23 we see "for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."  (KJV) Because we are sinners, God made a plan for us.

Romans 5:8 "But God commandeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (KJV)

So we know we are sinners, we know there was a sacrifice made for us and all we have to do is accept it. Then we have to realize that once we lay it down, we should not pick it up again. Boy oh boy do I struggle with that one. I'm always wanting to pull my guilt back out of the sea of forgetfulness and wallow in it some more. That must really hurt my Lord's feelings. I mean if I were to give one of my daughters a gift and she was constantly giving it back to me because she didn't want it I'd be hurt.

Romans 6:6-7 "knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin." (KJV)

Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (KJV)

Romans 7:7 "Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law; for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." (KJV)

Romans 8:6 "For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spirtually minded is life and peace." (KJV)

Romans 7:14-20  "We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it." (NIV)

So I can do nothing without Christ but I can do everything with him. I love the play on words God uses in these scriptures as He explains to die is Christ and to live is gain. We are dying, that is our sinful self. But in that death is the rebirth of a forever and joyful life. Praise the Lord. I can ask and receive. I can lay my burdens down and not put that load back on my shoulders. I can obey the laws and live in the Spirit. I can beat this struggle within, this battle with my carnal self, if I am tender to the Holy Spirit's calling.

Romans 8:31 "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?" (KJV)

Romans 8:38-39 "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (KJV)

Can I get an Amen?  Isn't our God good! What a blessing to know these Words and to know they are my life-giving source! They are the source of breath and life flowing through my veins. When I read them I am re-charged. I am excited. I am at peace. I am joyful. I am overwhelmed to serve a living God!

For almost two years now I have been deeply stirred over what things in my life I need to surrender versus what is acceptable in the Lord's sight. I know the answers are in the Bible and this verse is a good start. I know I need to go to the Lord and seek His answers based on these words.

Romans 12:2 "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

I am struggling with TV. You cannot watch anything, even Dora or Blues Clues without a commercial that is unfit for viewing by children, let alone adults. When it comes to a show I wonder if I should watch or not, I try to think if I would watch this if the Lord was physically present in my living room. Most of the time, the answer is no. When it comes to what I do with my time, I try to think if I would do such and such if the Lord was physically present in my home. When it comes to everything I need to think this. There can be no gray areas when we approach life this way.

So, I still am searching for answers to this question in my life. But on my journey the Lord is revealing so much to me! I praise the Lord for the simplicity of the three in one! Thank you Lord for your Holy Spirit who speaks to me and leads me on!

I'm sorry for not posting in over a week. I have been babysitting a 12 month old baby girl on Mondays and Wednesdays and my dh works from home on Tuesdays and Fridays. So, I really am only having time to post on Wednesdays or weekends for now unless they're all napping at the same time. Yeah right, that doesn't happen . But anyway, I have been thinking all week on the sermon our pastor gave last Sunday. I often miss most sermons because I'm in the nursery but I was so thankful to hear this one!

He read from Deuteronomy 9 about how Moses spent 40 days praying for the Israelites and even for his brother Aaron who had all strayed from God and chose to fufill their selfish and sinful desires. Moses grieved for their sins and it them upon himself to ask for their forgiveness because if he didn't, God would have destroyed them all.

I've often thought of the Israelites and how they saw so many amazing miracles and how many times the Lord delivered them from peril but yet they constantly wandered and frankly just outright disobeyed the Lord despite the blessings God has bestowed upon them. I believe we are no different from them. Maybe our miracles and blessings do not seem quite as momentous as theirs but we too receive bountiful, undeserved blessings from the Lord every day and yet we persristently fall back, look away, forget just as they did.

But God listened to Moses and answered his prayers. Have you ever wondered if God is hearing you? We cannot come to the Lord with unbelief. Come to the Lord believing. If we are "wandering" as the Israelites were and living in our sin and not repentant and not willing to change our heart I am not sure the Lord wants to hear our prayers. But if we are repentant and lay our burdens down and daily take up our cross and surrender to Jesus our will then ask, believe, and wait for your answer. He will answer!

Matthew 21:22 "And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."

Matthew 17:20 "And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."

Seek the Lord's will and not your own. Begin every day praying this verse to the Lord. Seek repentance each day and lay your burdens down. Ask with a clean heart and be as close to the Lord as you can.

 Psalm 139:23,24 "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."

Think if you had a friend you rarely every saw or spoke to and they called you out of the blue wanting something that you weren't sure you wanted to give them because they only called when they needed something. Now think if you had a friend you loved and whom you saw often. If they called needing something wouldn't you be ready to help them out and give them what they needed if it was truly beneficial to them? That is the way it is with the Lord. Let's be as close to Him as possible so He doesn't feel used by us. He isn't there to only help when we think we need Him. He is there to be close to us every day.

Thank you to my Pastor and Jesus Christ for delivering this powerful message to my heart!

In the past, while on this journey to live in holiness I have looked to online Christian Women Forums, Books, Blogs, and the like. One great thing I learned along the way is that the answers I need are found in the Bible! I've often wondered why we tend to turn to every resource first but the Bible.

I bought this CD a while back from The Wissman Family. One of the songs is "The Answer's in the Bible". If you follow my link to their website you can listen to that song as a sample. I love the words and message in the lyrics, loud and clear, read the Bible! 

A little over a year ago, right after having our third daughter, I was spending about $50 a week on our groceries, including diapers for one and all toiletries. I was making our own laundry detergent and line drying our clothes. I was making all of our food from scratch. Unfortunately I became lazy and got to the point where I was spending about $150 a week on groceries and buying detergent again, and not taking the time to homemake everything, and so-on.

Let's go back to the idea that our answers lie in the Bible. Each time I read Proverbs 31 again I gain something new from it. The wisdom and importance of this passage is superior to any I could find anywhere else.

Lately I have been convicted about my spending, my laziness, my stubborness. If I truly love my husband and my family and the Lord shouldn't I be giving them all my best? I have not been. But praise the Lord the answer is in my Bible! Right here in Proverbs 31.

"She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness." ~ Proverbs 31:27 (KJV) ~

So, now I am homemaking about all I can, including food & detergent & even fabric softener. Trying to spend $100 a week. I do understand prices have gone up and there are 5 of us now. Line drying when I can. Making sure my children and my husband get a wholesome breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Attempting to wake early every day to send my husband off to work and spend my quiet time with the Lord. Making Proverbs 31:27 my motto. Committing to do my best to serve the Lord and my family!

"For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." Psalm 30:5 (KJV)

God is so good and I have learned that we find joy in our thanksgiving. Yesterday one of my very good friends commented to me how she has never heard me complain about my husband. I told her it’s because I didn’t have much to complain about. Let me tell you that it has taken me time to get here though! The first 5 or so years of our marriage I was such a baby in Christ, even after being a Christian for 18 years. It has just been in the past two years or so that I have pursued the Lord in a deep personal relationship. I believe that I do find my joy in thanksgiving. I have discovered that in concentrating on what my husband (or whoever it may be) does that is good and right and caring it will bring delight to my whole world.

"Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart." Psalm 32:11 (KJV)

Isn’t God good! My heart leaps for joy when I think about the blessings He has bestowed upon me! The paths He has led me down in this life. The tenderness of His arms gently embracing me and yet He is strong enough to rebuke me of my sins. How many times have I cried out to Him in my time of need and He has answered me and filled me with His Holy Spirit.

I shudder to think of my loved ones who stumble upon their way every day clouded by selfish desires and fruitless gains. Please let me never grow tired of praying for their salvation. Praise be to God that I was raised in a home where Jesus was our cornerstone and where the Bible was our guide. My parents and church family provided me with a foundation to build my faith upon. It is marvelous to look back and realize the journey of ups and downs has primarily been an uphill battle and I pray it always is. I don’t want to ever feel like I've reached “the top” until I am called home because I believe the top is only found in Heaven. I love how whenever I feel I have conquered one battle I realize there are many many more. Sometimes it is so hard to pick what to work on next ~smile~.

I'm not sure who came up with that quote, but I love it!  I haven't even really began using any curriculum yet and already feel as though I'm never going to be "equipped" enough to handle homeschooling. However, something I have learned lately is that feeling inadequate for this job is exactly where I need to be. If I was prideful and over-confident I would definitely be headed for failure. But being in my weakness He makes me strong. When I can't...He can. When I call upon His name, He will equip me and it will not be I but Him through me. Praise the Lord for His abounding love!

II Corinthians 12:9

"And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."

Philippians 4:19

"But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."