Would You Like To Meet My Friend?

Every day, I sit and ponder about what in the heck am I going to type about tonight. Then I sit in front of the computer and look at the screen and type different titles. I have even gotten half way throught a paragraph and end up erasing the whole thing. So, tonight as I am sitting in front of the computer I started the same old rift. I realized that I love my son and daughter and they make my heart leap with joy. So, I can share about them. But they are not the ones who got me to this point of my life, God has. He has pulled me from lowest of pits and set me on solid ground. I can remember so many years ago, of thinking about walking away from my husband and children, feeling like I was trapped and I had no escape. I wanted to run for ever and not look back. But I walked into this church and my whold life flooded and flopped upside down and this way and that. I could not get enough of this God. He was showing me things that I thought I would never see or even want to change. Like being a mother, I was not a good one. I did not have a good one, I deceided that I was going to be a good one for my kids and love them more than I had felt loved. I was even asked by my husband to Homeschool, why do that I replied. I could not believe it. But the Lord changed my heart and I did it. I would not have it any other way. I love my kids and I love my husband. I do know that I still struggle through things and I need God more than ever. He has given me a changed and repented heart. I want you to know about my friend. Once you meet Him, he will change your life! Are you ready?

My Children

Today we had another fun filled day with homeschool. My daughter and I did home education, we made cinnamon rolls. I really believe God has changed my heart. A couple of months ago, I tried to show my daughter how to make something and all I did was get so frusterated with her. But today was different. I had so much fun with her, she was patient and she listened to every direction. She had fun, and so did I. And the cinnamon rolls were wonderful. Both my children have in the past been slow learners. This year they both are working very hard and they have brought themselves up. I do believe this change has also helped because I have changed the way that I have been talking to both of them. Over the summer, I tried to uplift them, telling them both that I have been proud of both of them, that God has a wonderful ministry for them. That they are handsome or beautiful. They have both shown some wonderful growth. I am so excited to see what this year produces in both of them. My son is even mentioned college a few times, this is news to me. I am so proud of both of them and I am so blessed to see their fruit bloom. It is an experience that I am so thankful that God laid on my husband's heart. If God is laying homeschool on your heart, heed the direction. You will be blessed.

Slowdown

I was watching Sunday night television, when Extreme Makeover: Home Edition came on. I always like to watch the show. This episode involved a mother's plea to finish a home that her sixteen year old son started building. Her son was also head of the family, he tragically was killed in a car accident. I was really moved, this young boy did not just take care of the family or started building the family home, but he donated his organs to others. I was so moved by this young boys life. At sixteen he touched a whole community, four other people who needed organs and left such a print on his mother and sisters hearts. I started thinking about the day and what I wanted to share tonight on my blog. It made me zone in on the discussion in my women's sunday school class this morning. Malachi 3:10 " Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings." This discussion this morning was on tithing and offerings. That as christians we have an obligation to God to offer tithes to our church or other placed that we feel God is directing us. But above our tithes we need to be helping others or giving offerings to the Lords creation. This show tonight and the discussion this morning really have made a heavy impact on my heart. It is not about reconition or being better than anyone else. It is about doing the work of the Lord. I do not care who know what I am doing with the money or blessings that God has blessed us with. But, I do care what the bible says and the obediance that the Lord expects of me. If a sixteen year old teenager shows that much love toward others, where is my heart at? What am I doing to further God's Kingdom?

A long Road To Peace and Joy

Well, it has been a long road, but I am back. It is funny how you go through a trial and everything else gets put on the back burner. This summer has been a long one. Our teenager went to Oklahoma for a week and my baby went to camp for the first time. Talk about struggles, I really had a hard time letter her go. Do not get me wrong, if she was going with family, I would of been okay with it. But she went to another state. I really pulled in God for this trial. But, she made it through. In fact, when I asked her how camp was, her reply to me was, "I cried at least three nights and I got sick. So this is where I make my move, "So are you saying that you did not have fun and you do not want to go back?" " No I did not mean that, I want to go back." she replied. I had really hoped that she would not want to go back. But, life goes on and so does your children. My teenager will be 16 this year, I can remember when he was a tiny baby. Which has been making me think how short of a time I will have him at home. But anyways, this summer has been really a trial for me. A good friend moved away and there was a lot of surgeries in our family. I have also realized that I need to be a structured person. If I do not have a structure I wander around aimlessly. So, I was glad to start home school again. I am so amazed with my children, I thought that we would have to do a lot of review, but they picked up where they left off. I feel so blessed by my children and my husband. I am really seeing God's work in my heart, I have done a lot of praying and spending time in the word. Through it all I see my place as my husband's wife. I am the keeper of the home. I will do this ministry with a grateful heart and have joy. So, through this trial came peace and joy. And that is what a christians life is all about.