Training them in Righteousness (just some things i have learned)

For the last few weeks I have been soaked with instruction of how to train my children up in righteousness. Not to say I have learned all there is to know for I will start to dry out and at that time will need it once again to be poured on me. The Lord has opened my eyes to see things that I have not seen in my journey of discipline. For the past few months, I guess ever since we moved here to Dallas, I have only been seeing with what I guess you could call perriferial vision. Things have been crazy hectic here and I have lost full sight of my calling to train my children in the way they should go. It is unfortunenet that things can overshadow my vastly important job, as a parent. The little boys that run around my house are not just little people but little people with souls that need spiritual nurishment and guidence.

I have seen our sinful fallen nature begins at birth. Children when they misbehave are just acting out their fallen nature passed down from Adam. We as their parents can either allow them to be held captive to their nature with out giving them the neccessary boundaries or we can show them the freedom from the nature that pulls at them every second. To think of us just allowing them to wade in their fallen state with out showing them the way out of the current they will battle to get out of for the entirety of their lives is injustice on our parts to them. Do we expect them to just choose right over wrong with out the instruction and encouragement that is needed. Do we choose right over wrong if we are not constantly and consistently being instructed and encouraged?

The lives of my children are laying in my hands. God has give me as their mother the duty to train them up in His instruction. Though I believe that God of course has the ultimate last hand or say in the lives of my children, I am convinced by the promises in His word that if I train them up in the way they should go then they will be one of His children. If I train them up to be God-fearing, Christ followers who have a deep zeal for the Lord and desire what is good and pure then they surely will be held in His hand forever. It is amazing the turn my child rearing has taken in the last few years. From discipling actions and behaviors for the sake of sheer embarrassment to Christ centered discipling the heart and attitude of my child out of sheer desperation for the sake of their souls and lives in Christ. What a difference huh? Anyways, I fear for you that I could write on this forever so I will move on to some main points that I feel God has unveiled to me and moved me to share.

I will share these later, right now I have to join my fam for some fun!!!!

Adam knew

Gen 3:1-6
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?"
And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,
but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.

I never saw that Adam was standing right there with Eve when she was being tempted to eat of the fruit. In the fall Adam was with her listening to the crafty and clever serpent deceive his wife and he sat back and allowed Eve to fall into his nasty snare of lies. Why didn't he speak up and tell Eve what he knew. We know that Eve was deceived but Adam was not from 1 Timothy 2:14 "And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.". If Adam was not deceived then he willingly disobeyed God, unlike Eve who was just naive and vulnerable. After reading all of chapter 3 you can see that Eve was truly deceived to eat the fruit. Her mind was poisoned with the venom of the serpent. After he had inflicted her with his poison corruption she could no longer see the tree in an innocent image but in a tempting and violated image. It no longer stood before her just simply as the tree that God commanded her not to eat of with a pure and obedient heart but now it stood there as a delicious and fulfilling tree that God commanded her not to eat from with a curiously corrupted heart.

I imagine that they looked at the tree before the serpent poisoned them as just another tree. They did not have any desire for its fruit, when they passed by it they took no notice of it other than it was forbidden and not in a forbidden that we know, not a corupt forbidden but a pure and righteous forbidden. After the venom was inserted in their minds the tree of good and evil became overwhelmingly desirable and no longer held a righteous forbidden but a temptation to be like God.

So Adam knew that it was wrong to eat its fruit, so why did he allow Eve to eat it and then eat it himself? Pride and curiosity. Simply put, he was curious if what the serpent was saying was true I am sure. Could I really be like God if I eat of the fruit. I am sure that thoughts started going through his mind of what would happen if he ate its fruit, these thoughts must have overshadowed the commandment of God and the punishment He had pronounced in Genesis 2:17 "but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.". What the serpent was saying sounded better and he had overridden God's you shall surely die with a blatant lie of you will not surely die.

Think of us today. Is this not how it still is in our time. This is the fall of man the first sin that entered the earth. This is the exact depiction of satan and his deception that is plaguing the same world as back in the garden. We allow his lies to overshadow the Lords righteous calling for us. His perfect and holy words and commandments are taken a back with corruption and filth. We are simply most of the time deceived but also willing deceived like Adam. We know it is wrong; not pleasing in God's site and yet we allow satans poison to seep into our minds and plague us with deceit that puts a cloud over the commandants of God. And later we realize what happened and repent and the Lord whom we betrayed lavishes us with His grace and mercy. He watched us willingly turn our backs on Him and still He pours on us His righteousness, His love, and His compassion.

So be more discerning, weed out the lies from the truth. Don't allow the words of your God to be overshadowed by the deceptive and rotten whispers of our enemy. The second you notice the cloud of doubt, pride, selfishness..........and all impure thoughts and feelings creep into your mind and heart turn your eyes immediately to the cross. It is a choice that you will have to fight to make but it will save you from turning your back on the one who has saved you from the darkness and given you what you do not deserve, to share in His glory.

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My husband wrote on a disturbing plague of deception that is sweeping through our churches today. Here's the link to part 1: The Cultural Christian / The Cultural Pastor Part 1

Here's the link to part 2: The Cultural Christian / The Cultural Pastor Part 2

Check back, there will be more parts.

*Have a Fabulous Day*

Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Tired this Morning

Tired, that is what I am this morning. We got in from Austin last night around 11:00 and of course stayed up longer when we got home. This week is going to be pretty busy for me mentally. I have so many things on my mind. My oldest sons birthday is Monday, yep on Halloween. I have 11 9x13 Enchiladas to make for Saturday. I am doing a cooking club thing with my friend it should be interesting. Not this Saturday but the next is Eli's birthday party so I need to have that on my mind.

Last night I read an interesting article about two books that I am currently reading. Ladies Against Feminism wrote an article about Captivating and Created to be His Helpmeet. You should check it out if you are reading Captivating. It pointed out some things to me that I totally soaked in and should not have. After I read the article I saw many things that I do not agree with and it actually offended me as what God created me for. I don't know if subconsciencely I understood or digested what Stasi Eldredge was saying or not but I think for the naive reader such as myself sometimes, it would be a good idea to read this article.

Tonight I hope to write some on my thoughts of training up children in righteousness, it has been heavy on my heart lately and I just want to share some of these things with you.

Taking Care of His Temple

1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

1 Corinthians 10:31
......so whether you eat or drink do it all to the glory of God.

Candy, The Genuine Profit has started a Weight Loss Challenge for anyone who wants to join. I decided it would be a good thing and joined it and I don't need to loose weight but I do need to take better care of myself. This body that I live in is a dwelling place for my Lord. Just as I take care of my house for my family so should I for Him. Every area in life is to be done to the glory of God, even eating and excercising. You can drink a glass of orange juice to the glory of God or you can do the opposite. This is my goal in this challenge, to take care of the Holy Spirit's temple by eating, drinking, and excercising to the Glory of God.

My plan is to drink the amount of water I need to each day. Drink only 2 cups of coffee and minimize cream and sugar. Eat a good and balanced 3 meals a day with 1 snack. I also hope to eat more fruits and vegetables.

Want to join? Jump on the wagon.................


Children....

Been reading a lot lately on how to train up my little ones in righteousness. It has been a convicting road but awesome just what I was looking for. I hope to post some of what has been revealed to me in my next post.

Well, it's been a joy but it is time for me to check my Prairie Homemaker Forum and then dive into the Word for some spiritual nurishment. Be blessed today and filled with joy.

A Fabulous Day in Downtown Dallas

A full day of train rides, trolley rides, paintings, sculptures, worried painting watchers , long walks, cool breezes, a Hard Rock lunch, smiling boys, joyful times and memories made! What a day, thank you Lord for giving us a day to remember.

My Thursday

Just a quick post today. It has been such a beautiful day today. I got sick last night and am still feeling a little under the weather again today for an hour or two felt good enough to go to a pumkin patch and park for some lovely family time. I really do not enjoy being sick at all. I hate seeing my house in such chaos and watch my poor husband so desperately try to do a job he doesn't know how to do. Right now Kai is down for his afternoon nap and Rick and Eli are at blockbuster getting Batman Begins. I am sitting here in bed watching Happy Days and blogging. Tomarrow I think we are going to try to take a trip into Downtown Dallas. Sounds like great fun, we have not yet ventured into the Downtown area. I just remembered that Nicole Nordeman is going to be performing tonight at a Christian Church somewhere near here. I enjoy her music and wanted to go but since I am sick and we don't have a babysitter we can not go, sigh. That is okay though we are all suppose to have a movie night tonight and it shall for sure be more fun and fullfilling.


Ephesians 5:1-2
Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Refocusing

Hebrews 12:2-3

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.


My vision has been foggy lately. My eyes need to be refocused. I have found that life is passing by quickly right before my very eyes and because they are all fogged up and not focused in the right place I am missing it. I have been walking around daily with my eyes half way looking up at the cross, at Jesus. It is time to refocus them and let Him pour His blessings on me. I have been missing them day in and day out. I am ready for a new day, a day that is clear and radiant with Christ leading the way for me. Life is short and there is to much glory to be revealed in each day don't miss uncovering all of the splendors of the Lord.

**Praise the Lord the creator of all things and full of grace and mercy.

Brick Walls

Have you ever ran into a brick wall verse in the bible. I have, almost everytime I read it. This is just something that I thought about yesterday while I was reading in Romans. There seem to be a few different methods used when we get to these brick wall verses. One of them and I think the most common is to jump over the wall and keep running along as if it were an obstacle in the way, without even glancing back. Another method is to take a sledge hammer and break that wall down until it is no longer standing as an obstacle in your way. The last one is breaking the wall down but re-building it replacing the blocks in different ways. And then running into a lot more brick walls along the way.

It is important I think to take each wall apart until it is no longer an obstacle to us. Take each brick that makes up the wall and piece by peice take it down. It is hard to do sometimes but if we are seeking truth then it is something that is needed to be done. My encouragement is for us to not only study the words of God but STUDY the words of God to a point of exhaustion. Some of the brik walls we are going to run into are going to be high and wide, strong and hard, we are going to need to be equiped with the write tools to take them apart. The main tool to be used is prayer. The sledge hammer of prayer. I have a read a single verse or chapter a million times with out praying and then when I pray the whole verse looks completely different to me. Before I prayed I was using my own knowledge, which has little to no power when it comes to understanding the words of God, I need to Pray for Him to give me more knowledge to understand His words.


This morning I am fighting off loneliness. My husband is about to leave for his 2 days in Austin for his classes. I do not like being here without him, it is depressing. But it is okay I will make it through it hopefully with joy. I like to look at this time as an opportunity to devote my time to my children. Life is calling..............I better go.

Joy and Peace in the Lord

His Darling?

I breathed in the beauty and laid the cares of the day behind me. A cool breeze whispered by, one of the first to speak of the winter to come. As I walked, I was dazzled by the splendor of it all, and I began to compliment God on the great job he had done. "It's beautiful, Lord! The stars are amazing!"

I'm glad you like it Darling.

I stopped dead in my tracks. blushed. Did the God of the universe just call me "Darling"? Was that okay? I was warmed to the depths of my soul by the endearment, but I also wondered if I had made it up. And was it sacrilegious to believe God would use such a loving name? For me? I am the one who had lost patience with her children that very day and used an ugly voice that hurt them and mortified me. I am the one who is living her life so imperfectly, disappointing friends and failing family.

Me?Darling?

Later that night, I began to read some Scriptures before falling asleep, and my hand turned to the pages of the Song of Songs. My eyes fell to the words, "How beautiful you are, my darling" (1:15). How kind of God, for then I knew. It had been him. The amazing love of God for me penetrated my heart in a new and deep way that night.

Stasi Eldredge in Captivating.

Can you believe that? I hope and pray you do. I myself tend to miss the simple fact, the Lord loves me and not just a sort of obligated love, no......... a deep and unconditional sort of love. A love that is inexpressible to our hearts. Overwhelming in and of itself, it is like no other and has no measure. I think of how much I love and adore my husband and sometimes that love feels unbearable it runs so deep with no measure and then I think that is how God loves me yet only more..............more it is unfathomable to my little heart to hold the capacity of His im-measurable and jealous love. Yes! Lord you are splendid and a sweet sweet drink to my soul.

Have a blessed day and remember how much He Loves your sinful self!

A Revelation, a good deal, my world.

For He himself has said, I will never leave you nor forsake you..........the Lord is my keeper. ~Hebrew 13:5

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. ~Phillipians 4:13


These two verses hit me hard yesterday. I know them both by heart pretty much but for the last week or so lost site of the power they contain. Today, I can read them again and feel a deep and mighty power that moves me and encourages me. I pray that you also can feel the power in these promises! And know that you like me can trust Him to keep them for He our faithful Father who has a deep and lavishing love for us.

A good deal:

Shane and Shane. Out of Eden. David Crowder. Chris Rice. Nicole C. Mullens. I just bought all of these cds for a great frugal price. They all except for the David Crowder were a demo cd on sale for 4.00 dollars. I was very excited. I went for the main purpose to get a cd or two but God blessed me with 5 of my favorite and new releases.


In the World:

I am amazed at all of the injustice and just downright cruel and vicious acts that are going on around us. This morning as I looked on cnn's website I saw many videos of the latest news. Two of them I was appalled and disgusted by. It is unfathomable some of the things that are going on. I usually do not venture out into the world of evil injustice and listen to all of the horror stories. I like to stay in my little world with in the world where the only injustic I hear is "I didn't mean to, I won't do it again Mama, I promise." But every now and then I, with out a choice hear something that is going on out there and when I do I realize how much of a box I live in. I don't think it is good to live in a box, I should know what is going on. I need to open the lid and not remain ignorant to the society I live in. For one these people need prayers and someone to listen to their horror stories. So everyday I get on cnn and read, watch, and listen to the not so pleasurable things going on around me. It makes me sad and thankful. Sad for the pain and loss of justice and thankful that God is a Sovereign and Mighty God in control of all of the things of this world.

Well, I must go. An injustice in my little world just occured. Ha ha.

Blessed with Joy

A few weeks ago my mil, her step-son and his cousin came up to visit us for the weekend and it was a blast. We enjoyed their presence abundantly. In the time they were here we went to Chuck-e-Cheese's to eat and play, to the Galleria to ice-skate and ended up doing some shopping, and just enjoyed eachother's company. I am thankful that they came. Here are some pictures from ice-skating:




Me, Tucker (I don't know what he is looking at), Mitch, Rick, and Eli posing for pic.




Eli taking a break from skating to cheese for the camera!





Practicing......

Skating all by himself!!!

Kai on the side lines wishing he was older.

I meant to write about this weekend the Monday right after it but I got distracted. The Lord blessed us with a joyful weekend with family and fun. It was very refreshing and uplifting to us. Eli and Kai were filled with joy. Thank the Lord for giving us a gift of Joy. A joy in life, in family, in His word, in eachother, and in everyday.

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24

Everyday rejoice. There is never a day that we should not rejoice to our Lord. Each day is a gift that should be opened with Joy and praise. Every morning when we awaken to the new day that is ahead of us let us open it up with a heart filled with joyful praising. I am guilty of not doing this, of not seeing each day as a gift from the Lord. I know that there are days that are sad, full of hardships, grief or pain but in each of those there is still joy to be had. Today maybe you are distraught or in pain, refocus your eyes to the cross where Jesus hung in much pain for you, for this day. It is only because of Him that you can find any joy in this world. Let Him give you a new perspective on the misery you might feel. Each day is to be lived to the glory of God. That is what we are created for and that is how we should see each day as an opportunity to give Him glory.

Isaiah 43:7 "..... everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made."

There is an unmistakable and undescribable joy in Jesus to be had, that is ours and if we are not experienceing it then we haven't a true understanding of what Jesus Christ our Redeemer, Healer, Sustainer, our Rock did for us on the brutal cross.

Collosians 2:9-10 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.

Joy is mine! Joy is yours! Choose today to have it in every area of your life in Christ. If satan has stolen it from you, take it back. It is rightfully yours. Decide which it will be.........joy in Christ.....or............misery in darkness.


*Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
~2 Peter 1:2

Psalm 85:10

Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.

Mercy and truth; righteousness and peace. Note, four virtues stand out
prominently in the incarnation; namely, mercy, truth, righteousness and peace,
or love producing peace. These were like four steps of the throne of Christ, or
four princes standing near and accompanying Him.
On the right hand, is mercy
presenting the olive.
On the left, truth holding the white lily.
Before
Him walks justice bearing the balance.
Peace follows Him, having a
cornucopiae full of flowers, and scattering the flowers around.
~Le Blanc.

This is a remarkable text, and much has been said on it; but there is a
beauty in it which, I think, has not been noticed. Mercy and peace are on one
side; truth and righteousness on the other. Truth requires righteousness; mercy
calls for peace. They meet together on the way; one going to make inquisition
for sin, the other to plead for reconciliation. Having met, their differences on
certain considerations, not here particularly mentioned, are adjusted; and their
mutual claims blended together in one common interest; on which peace and
righteousness immediately embrace. Thus, righteousness is given to truth, and
peace is given to mercy. Now, where did these meet? In Christ Jesus. When were
they reconciled? When he poured out his life on Calvary.
~ Adam Clarke.

I enjoyed this text and the commentaries on it. I really enjoyed these two. Hope you enjoy also.

Love: Is it a feeling or just a choice? or ist it more than that even?


If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
1 Corinthians 13:2-8

I hear the common definition of love from people all the time that love is not a feeling it is a choice. Where I agree with that to a certain degree I don't agree that Love in and of itself is a choice. I would say it is more of an effect of a choice. I have noticed that there is another emotion that goes hand in hand with love. Something that you have first before you can truly love something or someone. Sometimes it comes naturally and sometimes you must make the decision to. I am talking about finding joy. Think about the things you "love" and what feeling are you overwhelmed with? For me a feeling of enjoyment a delight in that person, object, food or circumstance. When we enjoy, we love. I enjoy double creamy chocolate cake drizzled in chocolate syrup with whipped cream all around it and I in turn say "I Love it!". The same with my husband, when I am enjoying his presence I love him but when I choose not to enjoy his presence I don't feel the love and this goes for everyone that surrounds me. The same goes for my kiddos, my mil, my grandma, and my friends. Maybe this is why it feels like love comes and goes, but it does not come and go it is your joy that does that is, if you let it. Joy, in some cases, is a choice. You can hold on tight to your joy or you can have a half opened grip on it letting it slip in and out ever so often. Sometimes though we don't have to hold on so tight because it comes naturally and uncontrollably. Like chocolate for me. I didn't choose to like it I just do. I can't remember ever not liking it. But there are somethings and some people that you must decide find joy in so you can love them. We all have people in our lives that we enjoy being around without any effort on our part but then we all have those other people that drain us because we have to search and try to find enjoyment in them. And even though it is hard it is not impossible. For nothing is impossible with who? Christ!!!

"Happiness depends on happenings; joy depends on Christ." Anonymous

Joy depends on Christ! It might be hard but if you have Christ it will be easier. There will be times when it feels down right impossible but that is a lie don't fall for it for it is not and never will be with Christ. You can have it, joy, in the times and in people that you don't naturally love because of Christ. Does Christ dwell in you? Then, if he does, you will beable to find joy in any situation.

Joy and Love are one. Do you love the Lord? Can you say I have no joy in Him but I love Him all the same. No, if you say you love the Lord then you must have joy in Him. You can not have one without the other. In our relationship with God I do not think we choose to find joy in Him I think it is an overwhelming feeling that is given by His overpowering majesty and glory. Let me point something out though that was just revealed to me by His word. His love comes first to us so that we might have joy.

Listen to this and be filled with Joy.

Psalm 90:14 Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Did you hear that!? God so amazingly bestows on us his power of love which overflows in us and our soul is filled with joy. We have joy in the Lord because he first loved us. He first loved us, He first found joy in us. If you don't feel that joy right now read this with a broken heart ready and willing to let joy seep in and consume you.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

John 3:16-17

Jesus Christ, perished so that you and me could have eternal life. Did you get that, eternal life, not condemnation but salvation through Him! Praise be to our God and Father. Today and everyday, let us turn our eyes to the cross, to the sacrafice, when we feel no joy and be filled, consumed , overpowered by the joy that comes from God's love for us. And remember those people that are hard to find joy in? Remind yourself of God's love, and the joy you have in Christ and share that glory with them. Reveal to them Christ that dwells in you.

So is love a feeling or a choice. I would say it is a direct feeling from a conciouse decision to find joy. Love is Joys shadow, it follows it everywhere. When you find joy you will see it's shadow of love right behind it. Find it.

Be blessed and filled.

It is a beautiful morning. I can hear the masses of birds chirping outside. It is not a comforting noise but rather a more chaotic one yet they give me a sense of peace. To know that they are all probably sitting in a tree out there content and going about there day as I am doing the same in here. Isn't that what every creature on this earth is doing this very second. They are all going about there day. The thing I am thinking about today is how? How are we all going about it? Are we like the birds out there that are just going about there day as yesterday and the day before or are we looking to today in a different way. How can I live today to it's fullest and put God first in every detail of it. Instead of thinking of getting up and cooking breakfast like every morning how can I go cook it and find joy in it! By thinking of why I am cooking it, who I am cooking it for, and how I have the items to cook it with. I think if we thought of everything as a blessing it would be hard to just go about it monotnosously with no feeling. God doesn't want us to just live life like a robot going through the motions, He wants us to find joy in all of the everyday things and to bring Him glory in all of them. Think this way and life will not be boring or mundane but fullfilling and joyful. Think of all the glory you can bring to God today!


Glory be to God Almighty! Have a joyful day.

My Typical Day

Now first let me start out by saying that this could be a little cheesy and is not exactly what a typical day looks like for my husband was not home and I was forced to walk around with my camera taking pics of myself and the kiddos. I have to say it felt a little weird. Just remeber that I was taking all of the pictures with my phone camera. It was fun though and it kept me on my toes. I of course do not follow this exact routine daily but it is usually close to it.

Most days I try to get up at 5:00, which rarely in actuallity happens, today it was 7:00, cringe. Get out of bed and first things first.....I grab a mug and get a cup of Java and head over to the computer for a little one on one time with my friends over at PH and other fabulous blogs:

Then I usually force myself to get off the computer and head over to the dinning table to have a little time to submerged myself in the word of God over a cup of coffee.

By then my little angels are getting up and ready for some breakfast, so we come together at the table for our Breakfast Devo in Proverbs:

After breakfast Eli my 4 year old does his chores:

After clean up we head over to their bathroom to brush teeth:

It is about 9:30 now time for class or what we call "Kula" which is Hawaiian for class:

Class with Eli right now is Bible and Math while Kai colors on the other end:

Before, during, and after I am doing laundry and straighting up:

After Kula we have a story time and a play time, I don't have pics of these.

So we will go to lunch. At 11:30 we begin making lunch Eli usually helps me, today Kai was able to also. It is peanut butter and honey:

Just a fun pic in the midst of making lunch:

We all eat and then I have to clean up the kitchen and I do this at least 4 times a day:

A before look my sink:

andan after look.......ta da:

After lunch we have a playtime and a pray and praise time. It is always fun. For our praise time we turn on some up beat worship music today was Shane and Shane and dance around the house singing at the top of our lungs! At 1:00 Kai goes down for his nap and Eli gets a movie time. In this time I get some computer, study, and clean time:

My Study time right now is in Breaking Free by Beth Moore and of course with the bible :

and Cleaning time, today bathrooms:

After movie time Eli came back to the table for some more Kula this time in our Teaching your child to read in a 100 easy lessons. Now usually we do this around 11:00 but we got off track today:

Usually at this time which is 3:00 I cook dinner while Eli plays with Kai. Then Daddy is normally home and they play together and we all do something. We eat dinner at 5:30 clean up and then give the boys a bath on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays (with obvious exceptions). But today Rick is not here he is at school and so some friends came over and played after dinner. After they left Eli and Kai got their baths:

And then we read a story, said our prayers, and went to bed:

Well, that is our Typical Blessed Day! We had fun hope you enjoyed seeing our day!!!! The rest of the time until 10:30 is mine!!! and of course Ricks.

Each day has it's struggles and it's joys. The pictures give a falseness to our typical day because you can't hear the screaming, whining, crying, jumping, frustrated mama, laughing, happy shrills, silly mama, and all the other noises that give realization to our typical day! But all the same they are truly and wonderfully blessed!! and I absolutely love my calling....of being a Stay at Home Mom and Housewife! There is no other more rewarding and fullfilling calling in my opinion.

Rejoice in the Lord Today and be Glad.

Tonight after my day is over I will post A Typical Day in the Life of Me. This was inspired by Candy, The Genuine Profit. It should be fun!

Quote: Anger

When you resort to shouting in conflict, you are reacting in the flesh. You have lost control of the only person you can control: yourself.
~Neil T. Anderson

Sometimes it is easier to hide behind self rejection and loathing rather than deal with specific areas of sin that the Lord points out to us. But what is easier often becomes a snare, never allowing us to truly take personal responsibility for our actions. For example, it can be easier to say, "I am a horrible person and utterly hopeless, so why even try?" than to say. "I repent of my selfish anger and with God's grace, choose to work with Him so I no longer live in this anger any longer"
~ K Walden


ANGER. It tries so often to consume me. I despise it yet I jump into it with my own willingness. The hard thing for me to do is to realize that I can have control over it.

Psalm 37:8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret-it leads only to evil.

James 1:19-20 My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

I need to be real for a moment:

This morning when I woke up life seemed hard, to hard. Overwhelmingly hard and it quickly turned into anger towards God. Now I love God with all of my heart but lately I have felt that He has just put so much on my plate that I don't think I can handle. I feel I must be real right now in order to break open my heart and let my God release these feelings that have built up in me. I have no right to be angry with my God, none. I have lost control of myself and my thinking. I can not be angry with Him for I NEED Him. The one whom I should be angry with is myself.

I think my heart was just broke and I just came to the realization that I am not angry at God my feelings were misplaced. It is myself I am angry at. My attitude to be exact, which has been not a desirable one.

Ephesians 4:22-23 You were taught.....to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.





~Be filled~

Life: The day before yesterday, yesterday and today!


Busy. Crazy. Spontaneous. Exhausting. Fun. Are all words that can be used to describe this weekend. Thursday Rick's mother called and said that she and her step-son and his cousin would be coming up for the weekend. They are currently having to stay in Logansport Louisiana, which is 3 hours from here, because of the hurricane. It took parts of their roof off and they don't have electricity yet in Lake Charles Louisiana where they live. So she figured since they are so close they would come up for a few days. I have to say that it was a very fun and exciting few days. Friday we didn't do much but we went to Joe's Crabshack and ate and that night we watched Hide and Seek, which I thought was very good and scary, and also watched some of the drag racing outside of our apartments. The boys loved that, they are both sophomores in highschool who like most boys love cars and speed mixed. But Saturday was a packed day of stuff. I got up and went garage saleing, then we decided to go to Chucke-E-Cheeses for lunch, after that we headed over to the Galleria to go ice scating and then shopped some after that. We came home and the boys all went down to go swimming but it was too cold so they went to Fry's across the street. This morning was church, Kai had to stay home for he was sick with a cold, it was a blessed time. Came home and ate and then they all left a little while ago. Now I am sitting here just relaxing and blogging about my blessed weekend.



It was a busy few days full of a lot of good times.