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I don’t do New Year resolutions and haven’t for quite some time. And yet here I am going to post a list of things that I’d like to either achieve, work on or try. But don’t be fooled into thinking it has anything to do with the New Year. It’s just timing.
The more I’ve experienced the more I have learned. Since gaining life experience I have more questions and less answers. More pondering. Which, in turn, leads me to say less.
I’m going to start relating a few stories from my past. It’s been a long time since I wrote much about my children. That is a deliberate and intentional plan. I’m really thankful that my past was not captured on the Internet. When John and I met, we had to get to know each other the old fashioned way. We spent time together, asking questions and going through the full range of emotions that arose from those discussions.
It all started when I managed to find myself on the cold, wet tiles of the shower cubicle floor. Thursday morning started like every other Thursday morning since we’ve been on holidays. A cup of hot tea, my comfy chair, laptop and my man sitting right next to me. Next minute I was butt naked and ready to greet the paramedics. After it all, I am incredibly thankful to be alive … that I live to take another breath. I am more in love with husband today than I was yesterday. I love all my children and my dad to bits. I’m here to blog for another day.
Just like the disciples, I know Jesus. I’ve witnessed His works and seen some mighty acts of God. And, like Simon, I fall asleep all too easily. I get caught up in the busy world of children, housework, meals, bill paying and church… my life becomes full of these necessary things and I stop being as focussed on the still, quiet voice of God. I take comfort in the lives of the disciples… the ones who fell asleep instead of watching and praying. For it was through their failure that God taught them many valuable lessons and revealed Himself to them. And so it is with me. It is within my failures, my weaknesses that I see more of Him and His awesome power and righteousness.
A few hours ago a precious man of God was taken home to be with the Lord. He was 90 years old....
a HomeGrownKid is engaged
Shopping, being a good little consumer, leads to a long, healthy life? Pish Tosh!
Susan O Susan! Wherefore art thou, Susan?
One day I’m blogging daily like a mad woman and the next I seem to have dropped off the planet. So much for my new found commitment to blogging regularly again.
My blogging sabbatical started by choice but it ended up being enforced, by illness. I’ve...
I’ve been busy with all sorts of projects. Been having a ball. I didn’t plan to have a...
I’m always on the lookout for helpful, proactive sites that encourage me in the role of...
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Doctors spend more time looking at their computers instead of at the patient! I’ve had cause...
This poem really touches me…means a lot to know that I am not an accident and that God has a...
My dad called me this afternoon. That was a little unusual as we usually speak in the mornings. He...
I’ve been MIA from the blog but so much has happened in real life. That’s usually the...
Oh goodness, I’m like a giddy schoolgirl. I’m so excited that I can barely think...
Just a quick thought before I head off to bed… Not everything we hear (and could that be...
Only 18 days left…til John comes home! In that time I’ve had my dad leave to go back...
One week down only five more weeks to go. The house is clean, tidy and everything has a place and...
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I went shopping today and wanted to buy some chicken stock. yeah I know, it’s pretty slack...
Oh. I’m lost for words. A dear man, the best teacher I have ever known has gone to be with...
Imagine being a bystander and watching this in real life. I sat here and watched it, full of glee,...
I’m an only child! And I loved it. I just never knew any different.I loved my childhood and wouldn’t have wished for much different…
I received a phone call from my son on Friday night. His mother had been killed in a motorbike...
I was planning a feast for Mother’s Day. I wanted to celebrate being a mum and I wanted to...
Happy Birthday to My Boy. 14 today! I know you’ll hate this picture but oh well, it’s...
Listen to this short presentation today or tomorrow. Watch it with your children, your husband....
This will only take 5 minutes but it’s good to listen to…and assess exactly what we...
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand
Never Givin’ Up Thoughts of a 12 year old girl “I will never leave you, nor forsake you.” Joshua...
Happy 18th Birthday to my sweet daughter. We all love you very much.
Passover is the most popular Jewish holiday. The dinner celebration is called a seder. The Passover Seder is a meal with special foods, practices, and Scripture readings that commemorate the liberation from Egyptian slavery, in accordance with God’s instructions
Whoohoo! We have a posting! John just called to say that we are indeed staying here in S.A. The...
The name of the festival, Pesach in Hebrew, passing over or protection, is derived from the instructions given to Moses by God. Moses was chosen by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. God commanded Moses to tell the children of Israel…
Three of the four spring holidays are celebrated within an eight-day period (Abib 14-21). The three spring festivals overlap or run into each other. The fourth and final spring feast is the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot or Pentecost). The Feast of Weeks is held seven weeks or fifty days following the morrow after the Sabbath of Passover.
If you want to read a treatise on theology or religion then do not read this book. If you want to...
I’m probably boring everyone to tears with my moving-not-moving saga but I did say I would...
Okay, my attitude is changing. Thanks for praying for us. I can’t explain exactly how it is...
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Ever written a post and wished you could delete it? Well, that’s kinda how I felt about my...
Okay I’m scared. I’ll admit that I’m worried. I’m confused. And I’m...
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I likened that to my growing desire for God’s word. I’m starting to see things more from His perspective…the more I read, the more I spend time with Him, some Bible passages take on new meaning. Not because I’m seeing new things rather that I’m seeing them with the eyes of the Holy Spirit, not just the eyes of my own understanding
I feel sick. Nauseous. A churning in my tummy that just won’t go away. Two weeks ago, on was...
In between comings and going, sicknesses and computers that don’t want to play nicely I...
Fount this at Fish n Cans…thought it was too good not to share. A young couple moves into a...
I was browsing some blogs (again) and I thought this post was so true and yet so applicable to my...
This quote sums up why I don’t call myself by any particular label. Granted I don’t...
I was catching up on some blog posts this morning and came across a gem (which is not unusual from...
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This post is from my heart. It’s not meant to encourage, inspire or inform. It’s just...
I often wondered why there weren’t many parents of teens around the forums. I wanted to glean from them but they often weren’t around and if they were, they didn’t seem to be talking about the same kind of homeschooling messages that I wanted to hear. Now, I think I am one of them. I love to talk and write about what we’re doing but two things roam through my head.
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Over the years I have battled The Myths – the myths of parenting, of homeschooling, of homemaking, of being a Proverbs 31 woman, etc. Many times I have been left feeling exposed or vulnerable from sharing my life as I do not strive to live up to expectations set by religion or man or even my perception of God’s expectations!
Sad, horrid, gross invasion of privacy and so much more…go and read the full article at the...
Family. Oh I praise the Lord for family. My father has been with us for two weeks. After not...
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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, Please, please pray for Robin Sampson. Robin has had...
How was your Mother’s Day? I woke to yummy smell of pancakes and maple syrup with good...
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Well, I’m not sure…I’d like to see the other responses but I’d love to...
clipped from www.oldtruth.com Perhaps the greatest danger confronting the Church and Christian...
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Parenting teens is exciting & adventurous to downright difficult. A time of growing & relearning for a parent. Being challenged is not always easy but always valuable. Through it we learn perspective and discernment.
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To the person who is visiting this site and using the information and ideas contained therein, to...
My husband and I both watched the movie, The Passion of the Christ. I spent a few days in prayer...
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What messages do you send your child regarding motherhood? What lessons can you teach through this day? Your children will not always be young, and the time for teaching these sorts of lessons will not always be so ripe. Make the most of it! Pray and discover how you can creatively impart life values to your child and teach them the important lessons in life.
Honesty and Integrity May integrity and honesty be their virtue and their protection. May...
It’s not too often that I’m at a loss for words…but I was last night when I went...
Yesterday, John and I went to a Christian bookstore together for the first time in awhile. I go...
It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in man.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in princes.
THE WORD OF GOD
became flesh…
THE SON OF GOD
became man…
THE LORD OF ALL
became a servant…
THE RIGHTEOUS ONE
was made sin…
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Just when I thought life was going to settle down into a nice, steady routine – WHAMMO!!!!!!...
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I love gardens. Beautiful flowers of varying colours delight my senses. I see many parallels...
I have a problem when a person is fairly adamant about a decision or choice they’ve made, claiming that ‘God told them to do it’. Some of these things aren’t black or white areas; they’re just every day decisions in life that we all have to make. Does God says oops?
I took one of those online personality test quizzes, which often are a little silly but this one...
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This isn’t an original idea but something that I have just printed up and put in my kitchen....
Well, I’m trying to read The Practice of the Presence of God. I’ve endeavored to take...
Our goal in studying the Bible is that we may know God…that we may know the mind of Christ…that we may be transformed by the power of the gospel, and to grow a Christian world-view.
Below are some of our family’s goals. Have you considered your own goals for your family? They will probably look different to our goals, and that’s the way it should be. I list our goals to give you ideas, in case you have not reflected on this as yet.