Christmas and Easter....they Do go together.

My favorite thing to say right now. Without Christmas there would be no Easter. Without Easter there would be no need for Christmas.

Just think about that for a minute. What would this world be like if there was no need for Christmas? The TRUE meaning of Christmas, not the way it has been hijacked by people just wanting to make money. 

It is true that no one knows when Jesus was born. It is also true that the Catholic Church set the date for the celebration of His birth. It true again that the Winter Solstice was celebrated at this time. This is the main reason that the "church" chose that day to celebrate Jesus' birth.

The truth is, no matter when Jesus was born, His birth was foretold by Micah and Isaiah. His birth was exactly how it was supposed to be. Is it to hard to believe that God can and DID move things in His timing for the Messiah to come as a babe? Not really. Nothing is impossible for Jehovah.

Fast forward to Passover. A sinless man who is the Son of God, who is God himself, let Himself be beaten and killed. Just the thought of the agony of those 6 hours on the cross is hard to even contemplate. Yet He stayed there for me. He was placed in a tomb and a guard was set over Him. HE went to Hell and took back the keys of hell and the grave. 

Christmas is when a BABY came to earth. Passover is when a Fully grown man was killed. Resurrection Morning also known as Easter was when the SAVIOR of the world walked out of the tomb Victorious! 

      

Sisters Always

Sisters. There really isn't anything like being a sister. I love my sisters Melissa, Michele, (shown below) Becky and Sarah.  Growing up as the oldest sister, not to mention the oldest child in the family, I pulled my weight in getting things done my way....or so I'm told.

We girls met at Silver Dollar City for a "Sister's Day". We are all in the same decade for a couple of months still. To spend time with your sisters is something every woman should do. You have the same needs, mostly the same wants, and you have the same upbringing.

My husband said to me before I left to go spend the day with the girls..."Don't get into any trouble." Well...you can see that we went to jail. :)



To commemorate the day, I got a Christmas Ornament with our names on it. I had so much fun with my sisters. It was a long time in coming and I can't wait to spend another "Sister's Day" with them.

My favorite time of year is here!

Fall. Autumn. Whatever you call it in your part of the world. I call it Autumn and in Hebrew it is "Stav".  I love hearing the acorns fall from the trees and hit my roof and the tin roof of my husbands garage. When the wind blows it is like hearing hail rain down. The weather this past spring gave the oak trees a lot of acorns this year., Not only a lot of them, but BIG ones too.

It is the time when  the temperatures drop along with the leaves. It is also the time when I can't breathe right. Ragweed, goldenrod, and all sorts of stuff is blooming. Wrecks havoc on  my alergies. But even with all that, I love fall.

Hot chocolate. Bond fires. Apple pie. An extra hour of sleep when we have to set our clocks back an hour.....btw....why can't we just move it back 30 minutes, never touch it again and call it good?

Just a few of the things I have been thinking of.

There are some lessons only Dad can teach

Good morning! God is so good! It has been a while since I have blogged. A lot has been happening in my little world.

School is going very smoothly. I do believe we have found our groove. Math first thing, then Science, Grammar, Lit, break for lunch, Bible, Art, P.E. and Music. He has a FFA/Ag class also.

Dad is his Ag teacher. It is so important for a boy to have his father teach him also. Dads can teach things that Moms cannot. Moms cannot teach a boy how to be a man. Moms cannot lead a boy and teach him how to be a godly man. Only a godly father can do that. There are life lessons that only can be learned from  another man.

I'm not sure what all they talk about when they are in class. But I know that my son is sitting at the feet of the best man for the job.

5 Weeks Down.....

Well...we have finished 5 weeks of homeschool. This week was by far the hardest one. Monday and Tuesday was horrible. Took Wednesday off, then Thursday was soooo much better and yesterday was even better.

I am so thankful that the Lord helped me get through it. I know this is something He wanted me to do for my youngest child. You see, God has a plan for everyone. He knows what we need above what we want. He is concerned about every aspect of our lives. When we get in to deep, if we call upon His name He will reach down and lift us up. How do we know this?

One night a group of men were in a ship in the middle of the sea. A storm suddenly came up and tossed that ship around like it was a toy boat in a bathtub with a child who is making waves large enough to sink the toy boat. Well, this boat was being tossed like that. The men became fearful and tried their best to hold on. One of them spotted a man walking on the water, coming toward them. They were even more scared, thinking they were seeing a ghost...then they heard those loving words..... "It is I, fear not." One of the men looked and then said.... "If that is You Lord, Let me come to you." Then that one man stepped out of the boat and started taking steps on the water. It is still storming. Waves rolled over each other, the wind whipped the hair, beards and clothing on the man, yet he took steps toward the one who came walking on the water. The waves crashed around him, he kept his eyes on the One, then. Then. This man, who dared to leave the safety of the ship took his eyes off the One who was walking toward him. He started sinking into the rolling, turbulent water. He cried out for help, then a strong hand came reaching for him, helping him up and then into the boat. Then the stormed stopped, the boat stopped taking on water and all was well.

No matter your storm, Jesus is with you, IF you belong to Him. The only prayer that God is obligated to answer from a non-believer, is the cry for salvation. After that He listens and is there to answer you. Whatever your need is, He is there.

My need this week has been patience, and understanding. He delivers.

The Priests of the Home

I'm so thankful for the life I have. My husband is a Godly man. He is the head of my home. He is the PRIEST of our home. This is what I want to talk about today from the woman's prospective.

1 Peter 3:1 says.....Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives.

Be in subjection....What does this mean? It means that we are to give our husbands the respect he is due, this is not a subjection of being beaten under him. No! It is a subjection of loving submission. Not all men are monsters. We do not loose our power if we are in subjection to our husbands. In fact it grants us MORE power. How? Well...if we put the desires of our husbands before our own desires he will be more willing to listen to our desires.He will be more inclined to try to move the world to make us happy. BUT that won't happen if we first don't submit to him as the SPIRITUAL head of the home.

Women DO NOT need to be in charge of everything. IF we are truly Godly women we will lift our husbands up above ourselves and let him make the family decisions. I know this is hard in today's society as we are told that we are the same as men and we have the right to take over the reigns of the home.We have to break this mold that has been made in the past 35 years. It is not BIBLICAL.

Women can live Godly lives and in doing so can lead their husbands to the Lord, if they are not Christians. You can also submit to your husband if they are not Christians. That happens to be the hardest thing to do. 

Homeschooling

When the Lord tells you to homeschool your youngest child, what is the first thing you say?  I said, "I'm not smart enough to home school my child." The Lord said to me, "Yes you are. You thought I couldn't use you as a minister of My Word, but you stepped out into the calling I gave. You can do this too."

And since I am going to be teaching my son, I'm changing the name of my blog. It will be called... Can't Believe I'm Homeschooling. Or maybe..... Am I going to do my son justice? Well,,

I know that since God said I can do this, I will do this with everything I have in me and give Him all the glory for leading both Luke and I in this adventure.