I awoke listening to a report about the high number of accidents caused by young drivers who are texting. I hear mothers comment regularly on the downside of the things that distract us in this culture such as Facebook. I've read studies that show people are happier who are not on Facebook. A newer study has found people on Facebook are more insecure and narcissistic (did we need a study to show the latter?)
Some people even recognize that what adults can handle, children do not handle the same way. What we can do as people who are mature works differently for growing people...and yet, where are the mothers willing to deny themselves the freedom they 'could' enjoy but who choose not to for the greater good of society? We all say we understand that children do what they see done...they model who we are not what we say, and yet, where are the mom's who are passing up having a Smartphone so their children see how to live in a world based on what is right in front of them? Where are the moms who forgo Facebook so their children see how to focus on real people that God has put in their neighborhood? So much of what we spend time on today is not the work God has called us to or put right in front of us. How much more would we share Christ if the relationships we had were only those with whom we interacted with, or could interact with, on a daily basis? I dare say we'd talk to people in close proximity to us a lot more than we do. We wouldn't be needlessly stressed out with the terrible things going on in the world, which we can do nothing about but pray...and prayer is powerful, but do we truly pray and seek God on the hardships we hear day in and day out in areas far from us? Or do we have momentary concern, momentary prayer and then just go on about our duties? We should be going about our duties, so the point is, are we helped knowing the crimes in Britain while we are in the U.S.? The Internet and access to it has disintegrated any hedge of protection and we are becoming more hardened. Our children are distracted to a deep degree because we are distracted. No one with a Smartphone can go all through a personal visit without looking at it...it may be to look something up that you are discussing, or show you pictures or videos, but the point it, it gets a hold on your mind and habits. Why do we allow it? Grandparents survived for AGES without pictures of their grandchildren being posted on line. We are a culture of marginalization.
God, please give us wisdom, discernment and courage~
~Ann
Stafford County VA Schools Allowing Cross-Dressing 4th Grader
I say the response to this is for Christians to remove their children asap. Get them to change this, then what? Continue ignoring the anti God worldview, values, unbiblical science, sexual risks??
Dear Friends,
I want to alert you about an outrageous policy recently adopted by Stafford County Public Schools.
Stafford County is now allowing children to dress as the opposite sex in our public schools – and use the restrooms and locker-rooms of the opposite sex as well.
And what’s worse, kids not comfortable with this are made to feel awkward and outcast.
That’s right. A 4th grade boy at a Stafford County elementary school is being allowed to “dress-to-the-nine’s” as a girl – and use the girls restroom.
Girls uncomfortable with the restroom policy are then made to use the restroom last.
Here is the account recently emailed to me from a distraught mother of a 4th grade girl in Stafford:
“… I wanted to make you aware of recent happenings within the Stafford County School system. At the beginning of this school year, one of my daughter's fourth grade classmates at Hartwood Elementary School decided "he" wanted to be transgender and dress as a girl. This student has been allowed to dress as a girl (to include make-up, jewelry, and high heels: excessive for any fourth grader). There was also a special allowance made to allow him to use two different single restrooms within the school.
However, two weeks ago, our daughter came home to tell us that a class meeting (only her class) was held with the school's social worker and her teacher to let the class know that he [name redacted] was going to be using the school's girls restroom. Any students who had a problem with this were asked to raise their hands. My daughter and a few others raised their hands. My daughter was told that she could use the bathroom after everyone else to accommodate her uncomfortableness with this new policy.
Friends received the letter I'm attaching [addressee redacted] which states the SCPS policy is that ANY transgender student can use the restroom/locker room with the gender he/she identifies ….”
Please call your School Board member and demand the School Board reverse this policy immediately.
Click on this link for the phone numbers and email addresses for your Stafford School Board member.
We need to immediately return to appropriate standards for restrooms, locker rooms and attire in our public schools.
Biological boys should use boys restrooms, and biological girls should use girls restrooms.
And boys should dress as boys, and girls should dress as girls, or dress gender-neutral in our schools. There are plenty of acceptable gender-neutral attire options like shirts and slacks, shorts or jeans.
If we can direct that students can’t wear sexually-explicit clothes or pants below the buttocks, we can surely return to these reasonable standards of attire.
Our classrooms shouldn’t be “political footballs” or social experiments for the radical left. Let’s restore reasonable standards at our schools – and let our children get back to learning.
In the meantime, the school system administrators who foisted this horribly disruptive policy on our teachers and children need to go – NOW!
Thank you,
Russ Moulton
I want to alert you about an outrageous policy recently adopted by Stafford County Public Schools.
Stafford County is now allowing children to dress as the opposite sex in our public schools – and use the restrooms and locker-rooms of the opposite sex as well.
And what’s worse, kids not comfortable with this are made to feel awkward and outcast.
That’s right. A 4th grade boy at a Stafford County elementary school is being allowed to “dress-to-the-nine’s” as a girl – and use the girls restroom.
Girls uncomfortable with the restroom policy are then made to use the restroom last.
Here is the account recently emailed to me from a distraught mother of a 4th grade girl in Stafford:
“… I wanted to make you aware of recent happenings within the Stafford County School system. At the beginning of this school year, one of my daughter's fourth grade classmates at Hartwood Elementary School decided "he" wanted to be transgender and dress as a girl. This student has been allowed to dress as a girl (to include make-up, jewelry, and high heels: excessive for any fourth grader). There was also a special allowance made to allow him to use two different single restrooms within the school.
However, two weeks ago, our daughter came home to tell us that a class meeting (only her class) was held with the school's social worker and her teacher to let the class know that he [name redacted] was going to be using the school's girls restroom. Any students who had a problem with this were asked to raise their hands. My daughter and a few others raised their hands. My daughter was told that she could use the bathroom after everyone else to accommodate her uncomfortableness with this new policy.
Friends received the letter I'm attaching [addressee redacted] which states the SCPS policy is that ANY transgender student can use the restroom/locker room with the gender he/she identifies ….”
Please call your School Board member and demand the School Board reverse this policy immediately.
Click on this link for the phone numbers and email addresses for your Stafford School Board member.
We need to immediately return to appropriate standards for restrooms, locker rooms and attire in our public schools.
Biological boys should use boys restrooms, and biological girls should use girls restrooms.
And boys should dress as boys, and girls should dress as girls, or dress gender-neutral in our schools. There are plenty of acceptable gender-neutral attire options like shirts and slacks, shorts or jeans.
If we can direct that students can’t wear sexually-explicit clothes or pants below the buttocks, we can surely return to these reasonable standards of attire.
Our classrooms shouldn’t be “political footballs” or social experiments for the radical left. Let’s restore reasonable standards at our schools – and let our children get back to learning.
In the meantime, the school system administrators who foisted this horribly disruptive policy on our teachers and children need to go – NOW!
Thank you,
Russ Moulton
- Don’t forget to immediately contact your school board member and demand they reverse this outrageous policy. Please email me back to let me know that you have. And please forward this email along to others, and encourage them to do the same. Thanks!
AwakeAmerica - Barbary Power War
AwakeAmerica - Barbary Power War.
We watched this DVD tonight and it is worth viewing. To see the long history of how Muslims have been against American ideology would surely wake people in this country up to the reality of what is going on in the world today. It is too bad that public education has rewritten history so that few people understand our history as a nation.
We watched this DVD tonight and it is worth viewing. To see the long history of how Muslims have been against American ideology would surely wake people in this country up to the reality of what is going on in the world today. It is too bad that public education has rewritten history so that few people understand our history as a nation.
Turning 40
Turning 40 passes as just another day for some people. I've known a few folks who were like that. They didn't want any fanfare or a party or something. My close friend went to a luxurious, all-inclusive tropical resort for her 40th. That is really what I'd like to do...be away from the majority of the world with just my husband. The years are fleeting and it is just so clear that before long, it will be just 'us' again. I like to practice that coming reality ;).
I think milestones like turning 40 impact some of us harder than others for a few reasons. One is gender--women and men care about different things related to aging. The ages of one's children, if they have them, changes a person's perspective of turning 40. Parental life or death factors in, as well as one's position in their extended family.
Turning 40 with younger, healthy parents is one thing, but turning 40 with deceased parents is another matter. You just feel older in general when your parents are deceased. If you've passed out of the baby years with your kids, that is something else to make you feel older. Personal health challenges just compound it all. When we start to experience some of the physical problems that change our day-to-day living, it has an impact of making us see that the best physical years may be behind us. And when we are the youngest in our family and are hitting 40, it brings up the whole generation to 'middle aged'.
In spite of this, and my own struggles as I near 40, I'm thankful for where God has me in life. I wouldn't want to be younger and doing what I'm doing. It's just that it's taking me some time to stop missing my 30's and my babes being younger...it is hard to have less 'growing up' years to look forward to, and hard to realize that at this age my beloved and I are nearing, one of each of our parents only had 14 yrs of life left. I've been married longer than that...and those years, while just a number to anyone reading, encompass years of bliss that surpass anything anyone could have imagined when they saw my life prior to 1996.
I know there are loads of people who talk about how young 40 is; it is not that young. I've lived a lot of my life already. I pray God uses me more in the second half (hopefully I'll get at least as much time again on the 'other side' of the mountain).
And for the record, I really do want my old 'first car' again...a VW bug. A convertible sure would be fun, though I had a regular one...a 1973 113 Superbeetle in baby blue, 2 exhaust pipes. Ah. She was a beauty.
I think milestones like turning 40 impact some of us harder than others for a few reasons. One is gender--women and men care about different things related to aging. The ages of one's children, if they have them, changes a person's perspective of turning 40. Parental life or death factors in, as well as one's position in their extended family.
Turning 40 with younger, healthy parents is one thing, but turning 40 with deceased parents is another matter. You just feel older in general when your parents are deceased. If you've passed out of the baby years with your kids, that is something else to make you feel older. Personal health challenges just compound it all. When we start to experience some of the physical problems that change our day-to-day living, it has an impact of making us see that the best physical years may be behind us. And when we are the youngest in our family and are hitting 40, it brings up the whole generation to 'middle aged'.
In spite of this, and my own struggles as I near 40, I'm thankful for where God has me in life. I wouldn't want to be younger and doing what I'm doing. It's just that it's taking me some time to stop missing my 30's and my babes being younger...it is hard to have less 'growing up' years to look forward to, and hard to realize that at this age my beloved and I are nearing, one of each of our parents only had 14 yrs of life left. I've been married longer than that...and those years, while just a number to anyone reading, encompass years of bliss that surpass anything anyone could have imagined when they saw my life prior to 1996.
I know there are loads of people who talk about how young 40 is; it is not that young. I've lived a lot of my life already. I pray God uses me more in the second half (hopefully I'll get at least as much time again on the 'other side' of the mountain).
And for the record, I really do want my old 'first car' again...a VW bug. A convertible sure would be fun, though I had a regular one...a 1973 113 Superbeetle in baby blue, 2 exhaust pipes. Ah. She was a beauty.
Companion Planting
Apparently there are differing views on whether companion planting really helps a garden; I'm trying it to see. It sure does take a lot of research and time to figure out what is good to plant where, and what has to be kept far away from other plants.
Some fast tips--please comment if this is incorrect information!
Plant these together:
Cucumbers, corn and beans
Eggplant, peppers, beans, peas, thyme, and marigold
Corn, beans, pumpkin
Plant garlic underneath a peach tree
Dill, cucumbers, celery, onion, potato (put horseradish nearby), bush beans, broccoli, nasturtium (flowers are edible)
strawberries, comfrey, thyme, lettuce, borage, peas, bush bean, corn, onion, dill, beets (they like onion and lettuce as neighbors), marigolds, nasturtium
tomatoes, basil
Some warnings I've come across:
*Keep Dill AWAY from tomatoes
*Do not plant potatoes where you've ever had tomatoes
*keep corn 20 feet AWAY from tomato and celery (guess it's good to know I can give up on my corn ventures...that is more space than I have in full sun unless I want corn in my front yard.)
Companion Planting Link: http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html
I've also used the Ask site and Gardening for Dummies, but it doesn't get in to companion planting really
Nasturtium is a great companion to many veggies but it spreads...perhaps an underground container?
Some fast tips--please comment if this is incorrect information!
Plant these together:
Cucumbers, corn and beans
Eggplant, peppers, beans, peas, thyme, and marigold
Corn, beans, pumpkin
Plant garlic underneath a peach tree
Dill, cucumbers, celery, onion, potato (put horseradish nearby), bush beans, broccoli, nasturtium (flowers are edible)
strawberries, comfrey, thyme, lettuce, borage, peas, bush bean, corn, onion, dill, beets (they like onion and lettuce as neighbors), marigolds, nasturtium
tomatoes, basil
Some warnings I've come across:
*Keep Dill AWAY from tomatoes
*Do not plant potatoes where you've ever had tomatoes
*keep corn 20 feet AWAY from tomato and celery (guess it's good to know I can give up on my corn ventures...that is more space than I have in full sun unless I want corn in my front yard.)
Companion Planting Link: http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html
I've also used the Ask site and Gardening for Dummies, but it doesn't get in to companion planting really
A Blurring of Scripture-Margaret Feinberg
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I would caution against following Margaret Feinberg as one who holds uncompromisingly to the truth of the Scriptures. Dr. Voddie Baucham does a terrific job in this interview as one proclaiming boldly what God's word says, as a pastor should.
What is it called when someone knows the truth yet ignores it? Apostasy.
What does it mean when a church brings a woman like Feinberg in as a female role model? It is a red alert; the yellow caution lights that have been flashing.
This blurring of the lines in churches is no accident; many seeker-friendly churches employ the practice so that what is said smacks of truth, but doesn't give the whole truth because that is offensive to unbelievers. The book of Acts explains that the church is for believers. It should be a place where believers are exhorted--they should be taught the truth by a man of God who studies and is called to the job by the Lord. It is great when an unsaved person goes to church and gets saved, but that will not happen if the truth is not clearly presented. Furthermore, the main audience is supposed to be those who have already died to themselves and are living for Christ. It is a place to fellowship with like-minded believers so that we can all go out from there and serve as God has equipped and called us, which will not conflict with His already established word generally. Do special circumstances come? Yes, Deborah judging wasn't the standard to seek, it was a sign of trouble in the land.
The gospel message is that we are all separated from God because of our sin, and He sent His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to be the penalty for our sin. Sin demands a blood payment, it always has and always will. The once and for all payment for the sin of each of us is a free gift from God-not as a result of works so that none of us can boast that we had any part in our being forgiven and set free...free to live a life pleasing to God, free to worship our Creator and not be controlled by our sinful nature. What our culture doesn't want to accept is that God has an order and a well orchestrated plan for how the home is to be run. It is a vain pomp when we use catchy phrases and emotional pleas to resonate with the culture. God is not fooled and He will not be mocked by the likes of Feinberg. Remember, one who misleads or deceives doesn't do it with outright lies. There is plenty of truth mixed in and smooth talk with a healthy dash of humor is what is a big seller these days. Perhaps some crassness will find its way in and of course heartfelt, sincere, life experiences.
Our standard as those who represent Jesus Christ is the Word of God, which can be understood. It is not a mystical book with many interpretations that are 'valid'. That line of thinking is wrong and casts doubt on the trustworthy and sure nature of God Almighty. He left us His word so we could know His will for us. He didn't leave it unclear, and He sees those who play games with His intentions.
I close with Philippians 3.
Philippians 3
New American Standard Bible
The Goal of Life
1Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you. Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision; for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh, although I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more: circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless. But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
12Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you; however, let us keep living by that same standard to which we have attained.
17Brethren, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us. For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things. For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.
Guiding Our Children's Path
An area which many homeschooling parents seem to not be discerning about is the area of who their children are influenced by in various home school groups. Something I've seen as my children and their peers age, is that the children we felt were not the best influence when our kids were young has held out to be more critical as everyone has gotten to the 14-15 age range.
We each have a goal for our children wrought with our own varied beliefs and standards. What I'd like to encourage parents to do is pray for wisdom and discernment in this area. If your child is surrounded by worldly people, Christian or not, it has little obvious impact when they are young. Kids play the same for the most part and they just have fun. Realize though that this dynamic does create an expectation in a child's mind of who it is OK to be friends with. The Bible encourages us to have Christ-minded counselors when we are older...so how does this happen?
The 'sort of' immodestly dressed girls who are texting at 10 or 11 years old may not excite you, but you overlook it because your child is OK not having a phone to text on. The problem is, there is a failure to project out to where that more 'free' child will be when they are 14. Fourteen is very different from 11. What I'm saying relates to a commercial I heard on the radio today. "It takes 12 years to create a graduate. It takes 12 years to create a drop-out as well." We need to have foresight in parenting, projecting out to the next stage of life.
Worldly kids often, if not always, are allowed a much greater freedom with the Internet for example. They are influenced more by those obsessed with body image and boys. Can we honestly expect our children, who we are hoping will not be that way, to spend hours of time each week with kids permitted to do far more than they are and not want those same things? SIN IS ATTRACTIVE. We can hold our children to age limits on make-up and dress codes they hate (sometimes in a legalistic way that doesn't teach them the 'why' of our standards), but we are at risk of sowing seeds of rebellion if an alternative is continually before them. We've kept them out of public school in large part because of the influences that would draw them away from the truth...is it enough if a home school group is held at a church or considers itself Christian, or do we need to start thinking more toward what kind of women and men we want our kids to grow up to be and what sort of lifelong friendship opportunities we are fostering? I truly believe there comes a time when those who want to raise children who do not love the world or the things in the world need to choose to step out of the culture BEFORE it is necessary. Because by the time it is necessary, our children already have deep connections and they identify with the worldly realm.
If you do not have the gift of discernment, then look carefully around you. Pray to God to give you eyes to see things the way He sees them, and look at those who are raising kids (or who have recently raised children) which you hope for your kids to be like, and see what choices they made or are making.
With all of this, our children's dispositions weigh in to the equation. Some are more readily influenced than others. Even if your child isn't easily influenced, will it be a problem for them to generally be the one 'not allowed' or 'having to defend their position' often? Girls have a much harder time with these scenarios than boys, as the issues often make friendships more difficult. Many teens raised by Christian parents are very in to music just like kids of the world, so if your child isn't being raised to be that way, this creates a difficult dynamic when 'play dates' become 'lets hang out together' events. The type of movies you allow your child to watch, books they can read, if they are on Facebook or Instagram, if they can wear make-up or trendy clothes--this is the stuff 'lets hang out together' can entail. Are you on the same page as the families your children are becoming good friends with? The friendships start when they are young if they are in the same groups together, so at least then you have a good handle of how the parents are so you know what they consider acceptable. When kids are older and in a variety of new situations, you will not be able to get to know the parents nearly as well as your kids form friendships, so do your homework and pray for discernment. Most home school groups are filled with a mixture of Christians--it is a broad spectrum, but some are more worldly than others--and the amount of time your child will be with the group will impact how much these things matter.
As a reminder, the world is a powerful force. It is in the church and in all the groups we'll participate in. The word 'Christian' means very different things to all the people who claim the name. As you plan your child's future in education, please pray about the issue of friendship and the worldview they are developing.
Blessings in Christ,
Ann
We each have a goal for our children wrought with our own varied beliefs and standards. What I'd like to encourage parents to do is pray for wisdom and discernment in this area. If your child is surrounded by worldly people, Christian or not, it has little obvious impact when they are young. Kids play the same for the most part and they just have fun. Realize though that this dynamic does create an expectation in a child's mind of who it is OK to be friends with. The Bible encourages us to have Christ-minded counselors when we are older...so how does this happen?
The 'sort of' immodestly dressed girls who are texting at 10 or 11 years old may not excite you, but you overlook it because your child is OK not having a phone to text on. The problem is, there is a failure to project out to where that more 'free' child will be when they are 14. Fourteen is very different from 11. What I'm saying relates to a commercial I heard on the radio today. "It takes 12 years to create a graduate. It takes 12 years to create a drop-out as well." We need to have foresight in parenting, projecting out to the next stage of life.
Worldly kids often, if not always, are allowed a much greater freedom with the Internet for example. They are influenced more by those obsessed with body image and boys. Can we honestly expect our children, who we are hoping will not be that way, to spend hours of time each week with kids permitted to do far more than they are and not want those same things? SIN IS ATTRACTIVE. We can hold our children to age limits on make-up and dress codes they hate (sometimes in a legalistic way that doesn't teach them the 'why' of our standards), but we are at risk of sowing seeds of rebellion if an alternative is continually before them. We've kept them out of public school in large part because of the influences that would draw them away from the truth...is it enough if a home school group is held at a church or considers itself Christian, or do we need to start thinking more toward what kind of women and men we want our kids to grow up to be and what sort of lifelong friendship opportunities we are fostering? I truly believe there comes a time when those who want to raise children who do not love the world or the things in the world need to choose to step out of the culture BEFORE it is necessary. Because by the time it is necessary, our children already have deep connections and they identify with the worldly realm.
If you do not have the gift of discernment, then look carefully around you. Pray to God to give you eyes to see things the way He sees them, and look at those who are raising kids (or who have recently raised children) which you hope for your kids to be like, and see what choices they made or are making.
With all of this, our children's dispositions weigh in to the equation. Some are more readily influenced than others. Even if your child isn't easily influenced, will it be a problem for them to generally be the one 'not allowed' or 'having to defend their position' often? Girls have a much harder time with these scenarios than boys, as the issues often make friendships more difficult. Many teens raised by Christian parents are very in to music just like kids of the world, so if your child isn't being raised to be that way, this creates a difficult dynamic when 'play dates' become 'lets hang out together' events. The type of movies you allow your child to watch, books they can read, if they are on Facebook or Instagram, if they can wear make-up or trendy clothes--this is the stuff 'lets hang out together' can entail. Are you on the same page as the families your children are becoming good friends with? The friendships start when they are young if they are in the same groups together, so at least then you have a good handle of how the parents are so you know what they consider acceptable. When kids are older and in a variety of new situations, you will not be able to get to know the parents nearly as well as your kids form friendships, so do your homework and pray for discernment. Most home school groups are filled with a mixture of Christians--it is a broad spectrum, but some are more worldly than others--and the amount of time your child will be with the group will impact how much these things matter.
As a reminder, the world is a powerful force. It is in the church and in all the groups we'll participate in. The word 'Christian' means very different things to all the people who claim the name. As you plan your child's future in education, please pray about the issue of friendship and the worldview they are developing.
Blessings in Christ,
Ann
Veritas Press: Curriculum Awards for 2014
Winner of the Practical Home Schooling
2014 Reader Awards in 6 categories:
FIRST PLACE - Kindergarten/Readiness/Preschool
FIRST PLACE - History
FIRST PLACE - Handwriting
FIRST PLACE - Elementary Curriculum
FIRST PLACE - Middle School Curriculum
FIRST PLACE - High School Curriculum
via Veritas Press: Curriculum.
2014 Reader Awards in 6 categories:
FIRST PLACE - Kindergarten/Readiness/Preschool
FIRST PLACE - History
FIRST PLACE - Handwriting
FIRST PLACE - Elementary Curriculum
FIRST PLACE - Middle School Curriculum
FIRST PLACE - High School Curriculum
via Veritas Press: Curriculum.
Only the Lonely
When you are feeling lonely, it helps to remember there are always people more lonely. If you are married and lonely, there are single people who are more lonely. If you are single and lonely, there are elderly people who are lonelier. If you are young and lonely, you have more time to not be lonely than people much older. Find someone who is lonely and be their friend. Remember, God is always there. He understands and sees your needs. If He doesn't answer fast, trust Him. This life is not about us, it is about glorifying God.
Closeness...
Have you ever wanted to be closer to someone you love, and given what is happening or going to happen, you think it is finally the time?
And then the event occurs, and you realize what you'd hoped for and thought would happen, didn't?
In fact, the opposite occurred; the changes only enlarged the differences.
Maybe you even misunderstood comments about wanting things to be different, so you gave advice that would have helped the change, but it turned out to be completely wrong.
Sometimes people say they want something, and we may think that means they WANT it...as in, willing to do anything to make it happen. However, what some people are saying when they say they want something is actually this: "All things remaining as they are, I want 'that'."
Clearly, these ideas of wanting are very different.
Lesson learned: know your audience.
I should have gotten that from my environmental interpretation class years ago.
And then the event occurs, and you realize what you'd hoped for and thought would happen, didn't?
In fact, the opposite occurred; the changes only enlarged the differences.
Maybe you even misunderstood comments about wanting things to be different, so you gave advice that would have helped the change, but it turned out to be completely wrong.
Sometimes people say they want something, and we may think that means they WANT it...as in, willing to do anything to make it happen. However, what some people are saying when they say they want something is actually this: "All things remaining as they are, I want 'that'."
Clearly, these ideas of wanting are very different.
Lesson learned: know your audience.
I should have gotten that from my environmental interpretation class years ago.
The Reformed Gadfly: The Dangers of Contemplative Prayer
The Reformed Gadfly: The Dangers of Contemplative Prayer.
I may have posted this in the past. It is worth reading again.
For Christ,
I may have posted this in the past. It is worth reading again.
For Christ,
Value Adding
One of the best ways to have an effective homeschool is to have the time spent on school be value adding. Make each hour really count. These years are precious, and your student deserves to have their time not wasted. Don't be misled that 'overwhelmingly busy' equals top quality or even, truly beneficial. Be offensive in planning your students educational career. Homeschoolers are too often swept up in what seems popular, or eccentric, or challenging, or with what everyone else near them is doing. Don't be afraid to go against the tide. It can be lonely, but trust me, you and your students will be happier making the decisions thoughtfully. I marvel at the money and time spent, and time lost, with people sticking with programs that they don't actually do. Entire programs suffer when everyone doesn't do the work to make it great.
~Ann
~Ann
The Sabbath, and Why We Worship on Sunday
The Sabbath, and Why We Worship on Sunday.
This is part two of the sermon I posted earlier today. It is from Oct 11, 2009 by Pastor John MacArthur. He always challenges me to think more biblically and I love it. I think this is a worthwhile listen for anyone who thinks we ought to worship a different day or who thinks it must be Sunday...let's see what the Word says. I hope to listen to this tonight; it is icy and I'm not feeling well, so it's a good night for home church.
This is part two of the sermon I posted earlier today. It is from Oct 11, 2009 by Pastor John MacArthur. He always challenges me to think more biblically and I love it. I think this is a worthwhile listen for anyone who thinks we ought to worship a different day or who thinks it must be Sunday...let's see what the Word says. I hope to listen to this tonight; it is icy and I'm not feeling well, so it's a good night for home church.
Understanding the Sabbath (Genesis 2:1-3) John MacArthur - YouTube
Understanding the Sabbath (Genesis 2:1-3) John MacArthur - YouTube.
I've been challenged and blessed by this sermon. I think it easy to misunderstand some of these issues, and that can play in to not really understanding true salvation through Jesus Christ alone.
~Ann
I've been challenged and blessed by this sermon. I think it easy to misunderstand some of these issues, and that can play in to not really understanding true salvation through Jesus Christ alone.
~Ann
I Never Thought of Friendship as a Gift
Knowing Gal 6:7 is true:
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.
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In my younger days
We simply laughed and played
We cut each others hair
You woke me with a rake
And as we grew and changed
Some distance had crept in
But you were still my pal
We stuck through thick and thin
The college years brought trouble
You struggled to survive
I walked my own journey
Leading to the other side
In time you came to see Him
A Savoir pure and clean
Again our paths united
And now how long it's been
Fast forward through adulthood
Many have come and gone
The effort required vanishes
Convenience or duty swarms
I do not blame reality
It's just how life can go
He shows us what we need
Contrary to what we sowed
by J Dub
© A Common Life
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.
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In my younger days
We simply laughed and played
We cut each others hair
You woke me with a rake
And as we grew and changed
Some distance had crept in
But you were still my pal
We stuck through thick and thin
The college years brought trouble
You struggled to survive
I walked my own journey
Leading to the other side
In time you came to see Him
A Savoir pure and clean
Again our paths united
And now how long it's been
Fast forward through adulthood
Many have come and gone
The effort required vanishes
Convenience or duty swarms
I do not blame reality
It's just how life can go
He shows us what we need
Contrary to what we sowed
by J Dub
© A Common Life
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