Counting My Blessings!!

I have been thinking latly about all the things I have to be thankful and greatful for. So I want to share my list of things here.




Concerning God

I am so thankful that God Loved me before I even knew Him, and that His son died on the cross for my sins that I may have eternal life.


Thankful to God that he has my whole life in His hands and in his control, and that I have absolutly nothing to worry about!!


So thankful that God has great plans for my life, and that I can be used as an insturment for Him.


I am so thankful to God for all the many wonderful blessings in lfe.





Concering my husband and children



I am so greatful for such a wonderful husband that loves me so much ,and loves our children.





So thankful my husband loves God with all his heart and that he wants only God's will in his life.





So thankful he's a hard working husband who provides for his family so greatly!


I am thankful that God first, and then my husband is the head of our home



I am so blessed to be the mother of our four wonderful children. They are true blessings from God!!


I am so blessed to beable to stay at home with my children and to homeschool them. ( I realize not every mom has this oppurtunity or choice . Even at times when the children drive me so cracy I wnat to scream, I still am thankful!!)


I am thankful to God for all the oppurtunties I have with my children daily to teach them and instruct them in the way of the Lord! ( that is a true blessing, that we should not take for granted)


So thankful and greatful that we have bible time together as a family daily .






Concerning our home


So greatful this is a God fearing home.


So thankful this is T.V free home.


So greatful God is the center of our home


I am so blessed to have this home my husband and family built.


So greatful for our 10 acres with lots of trees that our children can run and play in, and being able to have a big garden spot to grow our own vegys! ( we may not always see the hard work of a garden a blessing, but it is!)





Concerning pregnancy and birth


I have been so blessed to have healthy pregnancies and uneventful births.


So thankful I was able to have a home birth for my last baby, and that all went well.


So thankful and greatful I have been able to nurse all my babies, thats a wonderful thing!! ( is so healthy for both mom and baby)


I am ever so thankful for this new baby growing in my womb. ( I have had 2 misscarges and know that life is a true miracle and a blessing that only God can give.)


I am so blessed that Lord willing I get to have my second home birth for this baby. ( I realize that home births are not always an option for all moms for various reasons, so I really need to be thankful for this.)





Concerning the people in my life


I am so greatful for my wonderful parents, and thankful that they raised me the way they did. ( homechooled, no T.V, fairly strict)

So greatful for thier strong faith and walk in the Lord, that has been such a good excample to me, and has been such a great help in my life ,and has made me who I am today.

I am thankful to God for putting other great people in life through the years that has been such a blessing an an encouragment to me in my mothering and in my walk with God.

So thankful for the homeschool group we are in and for the great encouragment and support they all are in my homeschooling journey. ( God knows what we need!)

I am so blessed in so many ways!!

With all these many many things in my life to be thankful for ,I don't have much to complain or grumble about do I? But our fleshly nature always finds somthing to be discontent with doesn't it? Like for instant our wonderful 10 acres is not along side the Peace River in Alberta!! ( thats my dream place by the way)

The next time you get down about somthing, or if somthing is just not going right, start counting your blessings! And think about all those goods things in your life and of all the things you have to be greatful and thankful for!! You will soon be feeling good again!!

"But Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And haing food and raiment let us therewith be content." 1 Timothy 6: 6-8

"Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am , therewith to be content." Philippians 4:11

Contentment is a very wonderful thing indeed. Well I have ran out of words to write on this, so I better close for now.

I hope your life is full of God's wonderful blessings!!

Mae

School Days and Busy Days

Its been fairly busy at our house here the last while. So have not been able to post anything like I have wanted to.

We have been at school again for about 4 weeks now. Its going good, just was a little slow at first. Takes awhile to get a good routine going again. I have Clayton in first grade that requires my assistance with pretty much everything he does. Then Nathan is in fourth grade this year and he is doing nealy all of his on his own now. I just have to assit him with certain things and correct his work. I am so thankful that I get to stay home and school them rather than them going off to public school everyday, and not getting to spend the good quality time with them that I do. I am truly thankful to God for this!!

Life is busy alright! The little ones, Samuel, 4, and Sarah, 2, keep busy making noise and getting into mischief while I am busy helping their older brothers with school! Its a riot somthimes! I had considered putting them in a mothers-day-out program acuople days a week, but then for cost reasons decided against that, and I am glad I did. I truly do love to have them here with me everyday, but somtimes it does get hectic. Thats when they need a little more structure and discipline though.

Our newest blessing is due Jan. 28 ,2009. I have about 21 more weeks!! Everything is going good. I am so thankful for that! We do not find out what our little ones are ahead of time. So the birth is a great suprise! I do not even have a feeling of what this one may be. For my first 2 I just knew they were going to be boys, and they were! Then for Samuel I was so confident that he was a girl and had really got my hopes up, then at his birth I was very dissapointed!! So for Sarah I tryed not to think about it at all. Will be very happy with what ever God chooses to bless us with this time!! We are planing on a home birth again. Sarah was our first home birth, and it was such a wonderful experience! Looking forward to that agian!!

Our garden is nearly over for the summer now. Always glad when its over, though I do enjoy it! We did plant a few things for a fall garden though, spinach, swishchard, collard greens and turnips, which have yet to come up. Left from the summer garden we have orka, and peppers. I just harvested the rest of our corn yesterday, and got it put away in the freezzer today. All the children helped me, and we had lots of fun doing it. Got some great pictuers too!!

I had better not make this too long this time. I will try to post again soon.

Blessings in Chirst, Mae