" I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth."
3John 4
This should be our greatest desire and focus for our children.
All other things we may want them to learn, do, and achieve in life, completely pales in comparison to this.
And we can't just leave this to chance, we have to have this as our goal, and daily work on; instructing, guiding, and leading our children in God's word and truth.
And we can't leave this to churches and the pastors, this is our role as parents.
" And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
And these words , which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart.
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children , and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thy liest down, and when thou risest up.
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates."
Deuteronomy 6: 5-9
It is our role to teach our children the truth.
May we not shirk that duty, but wholly embrace our great role and responsibility as parents. And may it become our greatest joy and desire in life!!
In Him,
Mae
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
strong in Him
Just wanted to write a quick post to share what the Lord has put on my heart lately.
I have always been so careful not to say or write anything that may offend someone, that I am certain there have been times I could have been a help to someone, but instead I kept quiet.
Recently I have been convicted that I need to be more concerned for those I can be a help to in the things I say, and less concerned over those that I may offend in what I say.
Of course I would never intentionally say anything to hurt or offend another.
But yet my focus needs to be on helping and encouraging. I never know who I may be able to help or encourage by what I say.
If I am always timid in proclaiming the truth how am I to help someone that way?
And through my strength another can be strengthened .
So I writing to say if you have truth to say, say it!
Do not be timid, or shy ,or worry of offending.
Of course say it in the most nicest way you can. But get it it out there. It won't help no one if you have some wonderful truth but it goes no farther than you!!
Let us be bold in the truth and in the Lord!!
And let us share with one another what God puts on our hearts.
For we never know who we can be a blessing to.
In Him,
Mae
I have always been so careful not to say or write anything that may offend someone, that I am certain there have been times I could have been a help to someone, but instead I kept quiet.
Recently I have been convicted that I need to be more concerned for those I can be a help to in the things I say, and less concerned over those that I may offend in what I say.
Of course I would never intentionally say anything to hurt or offend another.
But yet my focus needs to be on helping and encouraging. I never know who I may be able to help or encourage by what I say.
If I am always timid in proclaiming the truth how am I to help someone that way?
And through my strength another can be strengthened .
So I writing to say if you have truth to say, say it!
Do not be timid, or shy ,or worry of offending.
Of course say it in the most nicest way you can. But get it it out there. It won't help no one if you have some wonderful truth but it goes no farther than you!!
Let us be bold in the truth and in the Lord!!
And let us share with one another what God puts on our hearts.
For we never know who we can be a blessing to.
In Him,
Mae
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Pictures
A family pictuer of us in a wheat field in Alberta, in Sept. 2011.
Mae wearing baby! Dec. 2011.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
The power of Satan
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about , seeking whom he may devour." 1 Peter 5:8
Satan has great power, and we need to be aware of it. If we do not acknowledge or make ourselves, and our children aware of Satan's power then we can easily be effected by it. We need to know how and in what ways he works.
He trys to get at us each and every day. And each and every day we need to knock him down!
Here is a few ways Satan uses to get at us....
~~ giving us negative and ungodly thoughts
~~ tormenting our minds with worry and doubt
~~Tellling us God is not big enough to protect us.
~~ wearing down our moral standards and Godly principals via the media
~~ keeping us so busy that we don't have time for family devotion time
~~ bad influence from wrong friends
~~ by lack of communication with our spouse and children
~~ through false prophets
~~ by ruining the home atmosphere with a T.V. going all the time
~~ slipping in some bad things in a " good" movie, or convincing us that bad movies won't hurt us
~~ by appearing like a sheep in stead of that famous picture of this scary red devil with horns and a pointed tail!
(Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Matthew 7:15)
So what can we do to stop Satan's power.
~~ by being aware of Satan's great power and the ways he works
~~By Loving and obeying God with all your heart, mind and soul.
~~Stand strong on the word of God.
~~Never believe anything unless you can back it in the Bible.
~~ Beware of false prophets
~~ Do not neglect Bible reading and prayer time.
~~ keep communication lines flowing all the time between you and your spouse and children
~~ do not let your home be controlled by a T.V.
~~ " Submit yourselves therefore unto God. Resit the devil, and he will flee from you." James 4:7
~~ beware of man's traditions ( if they don't line up with the Bible, then throw them out)
Let us never forget the power of Satan, yet remember God's power is greater, and through God we have the power to destroy all the works of the devil. Satan has no more power or control in our lives than what we allow.
May you live strong for God always!!!
In Him,
Mae
Satan has great power, and we need to be aware of it. If we do not acknowledge or make ourselves, and our children aware of Satan's power then we can easily be effected by it. We need to know how and in what ways he works.
He trys to get at us each and every day. And each and every day we need to knock him down!
Here is a few ways Satan uses to get at us....
~~ giving us negative and ungodly thoughts
~~ tormenting our minds with worry and doubt
~~Tellling us God is not big enough to protect us.
~~ wearing down our moral standards and Godly principals via the media
~~ keeping us so busy that we don't have time for family devotion time
~~ bad influence from wrong friends
~~ by lack of communication with our spouse and children
~~ through false prophets
~~ by ruining the home atmosphere with a T.V. going all the time
~~ slipping in some bad things in a " good" movie, or convincing us that bad movies won't hurt us
~~ by appearing like a sheep in stead of that famous picture of this scary red devil with horns and a pointed tail!
(Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Matthew 7:15)
So what can we do to stop Satan's power.
~~ by being aware of Satan's great power and the ways he works
~~By Loving and obeying God with all your heart, mind and soul.
~~Stand strong on the word of God.
~~Never believe anything unless you can back it in the Bible.
~~ Beware of false prophets
~~ Do not neglect Bible reading and prayer time.
~~ keep communication lines flowing all the time between you and your spouse and children
~~ do not let your home be controlled by a T.V.
~~ " Submit yourselves therefore unto God. Resit the devil, and he will flee from you." James 4:7
~~ beware of man's traditions ( if they don't line up with the Bible, then throw them out)
Let us never forget the power of Satan, yet remember God's power is greater, and through God we have the power to destroy all the works of the devil. Satan has no more power or control in our lives than what we allow.
May you live strong for God always!!!
In Him,
Mae
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
God's promises
I promised a post on God's Promises couple months now.
And it still hasn't happened. This post is to apologize and explain why.
I took notes and looked up verses in my Concordance, and had this post all done on paper. Getting the time to write it here on my blog was another story though. My time was filled with new bay, schooling, and packing. So i decided to wait and write it after arriving back here.
Well wouldn't you know it, we were down the road a day or two, when I realized my big, long notes were back at our house in Canada. So I phoned my mom and told her. She said she could go by my house and pick it up and mail it to me.
Well weeks were going by and I began to wonder if it was lost in the mail or something. So the other day when i was talking to her I mentioned it . As it turns out she forgot and left it in her house in Alberta, and now she is in B.C for the winter!!
So no notes, which means no post on God's Promises.
I am so sorry i have not kept my promise on this yet.
Aren't you glad we serve a GOD that always keeps HIS promises!!!
God has made many promises to those who love and obey Him, and we can rest assured He will keep every last one of them!!
How awesome is that!!
All we have to do is love and obey Him, and embrace and claim them as ours!!
Satan want's to plant in our heads that God can't keep his promises, but that's a lie.
I still have very good intentions of looking up all those verses again and writing this post. I just can't say when i will get it done though.
Well until next time,
In Him,
Mae
And it still hasn't happened. This post is to apologize and explain why.
I took notes and looked up verses in my Concordance, and had this post all done on paper. Getting the time to write it here on my blog was another story though. My time was filled with new bay, schooling, and packing. So i decided to wait and write it after arriving back here.
Well wouldn't you know it, we were down the road a day or two, when I realized my big, long notes were back at our house in Canada. So I phoned my mom and told her. She said she could go by my house and pick it up and mail it to me.
Well weeks were going by and I began to wonder if it was lost in the mail or something. So the other day when i was talking to her I mentioned it . As it turns out she forgot and left it in her house in Alberta, and now she is in B.C for the winter!!
So no notes, which means no post on God's Promises.
I am so sorry i have not kept my promise on this yet.
Aren't you glad we serve a GOD that always keeps HIS promises!!!
God has made many promises to those who love and obey Him, and we can rest assured He will keep every last one of them!!
How awesome is that!!
All we have to do is love and obey Him, and embrace and claim them as ours!!
Satan want's to plant in our heads that God can't keep his promises, but that's a lie.
I still have very good intentions of looking up all those verses again and writing this post. I just can't say when i will get it done though.
Well until next time,
In Him,
Mae
Thursday, November 17, 2011
drawing closer to God
Want to make the devil run for his life?
" Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil , and he will flee from you."
Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands ye sinners ; and purify your heart, ye double minded."
James 4: 7-8
Isn't that awesome!!
The closer we come to God, the farther we get from the devil and the power that he has on us.
That why I love our Bible reading time each day so much for-- because not only are we taking in God's word, but we are also leaving less time for the negative things.
Some times the end of a day will come, and I feel bad that we did not end up reading the Bible that day. And it makes me feel really bad. Then I console my self that it is not really important to read everyday-- It is the life we live, not our daily Bible reading that counts.
True of course.
But the Bible reading time is more valuable than just learning God's word, it is taking time up that may other wise be used negativity.
So it is a totally win win thing!!
And here we come back to that verse again! "When we draw near to God, the devil will flee from us".
When we fill our lives with Bible reading and prayer time, quality family time, pure thoughts, good books, and other good and wholesome things : we leave no space for Satan! He will just have to go knocking on someones eles's door, cause we have no time or space for him!!!
May you have a very close and fullfilling walk with our Lord!!
In Him,
Mae
" Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil , and he will flee from you."
Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands ye sinners ; and purify your heart, ye double minded."
James 4: 7-8
Isn't that awesome!!
The closer we come to God, the farther we get from the devil and the power that he has on us.
That why I love our Bible reading time each day so much for-- because not only are we taking in God's word, but we are also leaving less time for the negative things.
Some times the end of a day will come, and I feel bad that we did not end up reading the Bible that day. And it makes me feel really bad. Then I console my self that it is not really important to read everyday-- It is the life we live, not our daily Bible reading that counts.
True of course.
But the Bible reading time is more valuable than just learning God's word, it is taking time up that may other wise be used negativity.
So it is a totally win win thing!!
And here we come back to that verse again! "When we draw near to God, the devil will flee from us".
When we fill our lives with Bible reading and prayer time, quality family time, pure thoughts, good books, and other good and wholesome things : we leave no space for Satan! He will just have to go knocking on someones eles's door, cause we have no time or space for him!!!
May you have a very close and fullfilling walk with our Lord!!
In Him,
Mae
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
it's the little things
~~ It's the sound of my baby cooing.
~~ It's the words, " I love you mom", printed on my son's school page.
~~ It's Sarah telling me, " your cute mom!"
~~ It's listening to my 6 year old son reading.
~~ It's my sweet Anna's blond wavy hair.
~~ It's seeing Nathan so lovingly help his little sister Anna.
~~ It's seeing the children happily playing or working together.
~~ It's my baby's adorable smiles!
~~ It's hearing each of my children pray at our family prayer time.
~~ It's the heart shaped cut out with the words, "I love you mom," neatly printed on it.
~~ It's the hugs from Sarah.
~~ It's snuggles with my little ones.
~~ It's having all my children sitting around me on the sofa as i read to them.
~~ It's the reaction i get when someone sees all my children for the first time!! ( You know what it's like, " Are they all yours?", with their eyes bulging and thier mouth hanging open!!)
~~ It's my big boys help!
~~It's the cute things Sarah says.
~~ It's Anna's cute little faces she makes!!
It's all these many precious little things that keep me doing what I do, and loving it too!
It's all these little things that make the hard work of being a mom all worth while!!
These are the things that get me up in the mornings and keep me going strong all day long!
It's because of all these and much more: that at the end of a long tiring day ; I can say with a smile, "I love being a MOM!"
In Him,
Mae
~~ It's the words, " I love you mom", printed on my son's school page.
~~ It's Sarah telling me, " your cute mom!"
~~ It's listening to my 6 year old son reading.
~~ It's my sweet Anna's blond wavy hair.
~~ It's seeing Nathan so lovingly help his little sister Anna.
~~ It's seeing the children happily playing or working together.
~~ It's my baby's adorable smiles!
~~ It's hearing each of my children pray at our family prayer time.
~~ It's the heart shaped cut out with the words, "I love you mom," neatly printed on it.
~~ It's the hugs from Sarah.
~~ It's snuggles with my little ones.
~~ It's having all my children sitting around me on the sofa as i read to them.
~~ It's the reaction i get when someone sees all my children for the first time!! ( You know what it's like, " Are they all yours?", with their eyes bulging and thier mouth hanging open!!)
~~ It's my big boys help!
~~It's the cute things Sarah says.
~~ It's Anna's cute little faces she makes!!
It's all these many precious little things that keep me doing what I do, and loving it too!
It's all these little things that make the hard work of being a mom all worth while!!
These are the things that get me up in the mornings and keep me going strong all day long!
It's because of all these and much more: that at the end of a long tiring day ; I can say with a smile, "I love being a MOM!"
In Him,
Mae
Thursday, November 3, 2011
His Love
I absolutely love the chapter of Psalm 139.
It is so comforting. It reassures us that God is always with us, no matter what. Doesn't matter where we are, and where we go, or what happens in our lives; He is always there for us, protecting us, loving us, guiding us, and careing for us.
I encourage you to take a moment and read it now. It will give you acouragement and the a boost for the day!!
I will share a couple of the verses here that we have as our memory verses for the week.
"How, precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them. If I should count them they are more in number than the sand: When i awake , I am still with thee. " Psalm 139: 17-18
How precious is that!!
"Thank you God for your great love and protection over me. I know I have nothing to worry about. You have me covered!!!"
In Him,
Mae
It is so comforting. It reassures us that God is always with us, no matter what. Doesn't matter where we are, and where we go, or what happens in our lives; He is always there for us, protecting us, loving us, guiding us, and careing for us.
I encourage you to take a moment and read it now. It will give you acouragement and the a boost for the day!!
I will share a couple of the verses here that we have as our memory verses for the week.
"How, precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them. If I should count them they are more in number than the sand: When i awake , I am still with thee. " Psalm 139: 17-18
How precious is that!!
"Thank you God for your great love and protection over me. I know I have nothing to worry about. You have me covered!!!"
In Him,
Mae
Saturday, October 29, 2011
home is where the heart is
Here is another one my face book like posts. I like them because they are easy to write, and should be easy to read as well.
Mae:
~ is thankful to God for a good and safe trip back to our home in Texas.
~had fun visiting Yellow Stone National Park, as well as Mt Rushmore and Crazy Horse monuments on our way back down from Canada.
~ was glad that we had the opportunity to go by those places for the kids. They really enjoyed that , and we got lots of pictures.
~ thought is was neat to return to Yellow Stone with our 6 kids: one of the places my hubby and I went on our honeymoon trip over 12 years ago!! ( we didn't get a speeding warning this tme ! :)
~ is missing her home in Alberta already!! And missing my friends to be sure!!
~ is thinking of some great things to share here on my blog. ( hopefully soon )
~ is trying to get back in a good routine again with school and everything else.
~ wishes she had high speed Internet to post pictures here. ( just may have to use my brother's high speed )
~ is so very thankful for a blessed summer in Alberta, and hoping for another one this coming year!!
~ will always refer to our place here in Texas as , "one of our homes" ( you can take the girl out of Canada, but you can't take the Canada out of the girl!)
~ is looking toward our future home in Heaven. We have to remember where our "home" really is. Were only passing through here. Our " home" is Above.
Well until next time,
In Him,
Mae
Mae:
~ is thankful to God for a good and safe trip back to our home in Texas.
~had fun visiting Yellow Stone National Park, as well as Mt Rushmore and Crazy Horse monuments on our way back down from Canada.
~ was glad that we had the opportunity to go by those places for the kids. They really enjoyed that , and we got lots of pictures.
~ thought is was neat to return to Yellow Stone with our 6 kids: one of the places my hubby and I went on our honeymoon trip over 12 years ago!! ( we didn't get a speeding warning this tme ! :)
~ is missing her home in Alberta already!! And missing my friends to be sure!!
~ is thinking of some great things to share here on my blog. ( hopefully soon )
~ is trying to get back in a good routine again with school and everything else.
~ wishes she had high speed Internet to post pictures here. ( just may have to use my brother's high speed )
~ is so very thankful for a blessed summer in Alberta, and hoping for another one this coming year!!
~ will always refer to our place here in Texas as , "one of our homes" ( you can take the girl out of Canada, but you can't take the Canada out of the girl!)
~ is looking toward our future home in Heaven. We have to remember where our "home" really is. Were only passing through here. Our " home" is Above.
Well until next time,
In Him,
Mae
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
fall and me
It is FALL time!! My most favorite season!
It is so pretty with the fall colors: wish you could see what I see. Also wished i could post pictures, but my internet is too slow for that.
Here is some fall happenings here where I am in northern Alberta.
Grain farmers are harvesting their fields. Right by us the wheat fields are done, and now canola is next. It has been a bit rainy here, so has set back farmers for a couple days. I love seeing the swathers and combines in action, and the trucks taking the grain away. I have took pictures and even use my video camera some!!
The leaves are turning colors and falling. I love seeing leaves all over the yard. I don't know, it just looks so pretty to me!! The color around here is just yellow though, no reds like on maple trees.
The weather is cooler, but not cold. Not to me anyway. I am loving it!! Most mornings have been in the 40s F and day time is around 50s and 60s F. Right now it is 52F. This weather makes me want to be out side and run around like a child!! In fact I have been playing games out side with the kids in the evenings. We have the best place for hid-n-seek. Lots of out buildings and bushes and so on.
The gardens are all finished. I just canned the last of the tomatoes i had yesterday. They were picked green and as they ripened here in the house, i canned them. The root vegetables are all dug. Carrots and potatoes go in the root cellar. We have butter cup squash and zucchini squash in our basement. Lots of frozen vegys in the freezer.
Schooling is going full swing. I have Nathan in grade 6, Clayton in grade 3, and Sam in grade 1.
Keeps me very busy with them, and tending the other little ones. But everyone is doing good.
Baby Benjamin is really growing and doing wonderfully!! He wakes only once or twice during the night. I would say my best yet!
I so love this time of year and i have so loved all our time here!! So grateful for that!
At this point we have plans of heading back to Texas for the winter, and then returning again in the spring. I will miss it much.
But will be nice to see everyone in Texas again too.
Until next time,
In Him,
Mae
Right now my e-mail is down, so i have been unable to e-mail anyone.
It is so pretty with the fall colors: wish you could see what I see. Also wished i could post pictures, but my internet is too slow for that.
Here is some fall happenings here where I am in northern Alberta.
Grain farmers are harvesting their fields. Right by us the wheat fields are done, and now canola is next. It has been a bit rainy here, so has set back farmers for a couple days. I love seeing the swathers and combines in action, and the trucks taking the grain away. I have took pictures and even use my video camera some!!
The leaves are turning colors and falling. I love seeing leaves all over the yard. I don't know, it just looks so pretty to me!! The color around here is just yellow though, no reds like on maple trees.
The weather is cooler, but not cold. Not to me anyway. I am loving it!! Most mornings have been in the 40s F and day time is around 50s and 60s F. Right now it is 52F. This weather makes me want to be out side and run around like a child!! In fact I have been playing games out side with the kids in the evenings. We have the best place for hid-n-seek. Lots of out buildings and bushes and so on.
The gardens are all finished. I just canned the last of the tomatoes i had yesterday. They were picked green and as they ripened here in the house, i canned them. The root vegetables are all dug. Carrots and potatoes go in the root cellar. We have butter cup squash and zucchini squash in our basement. Lots of frozen vegys in the freezer.
Schooling is going full swing. I have Nathan in grade 6, Clayton in grade 3, and Sam in grade 1.
Keeps me very busy with them, and tending the other little ones. But everyone is doing good.
Baby Benjamin is really growing and doing wonderfully!! He wakes only once or twice during the night. I would say my best yet!
I so love this time of year and i have so loved all our time here!! So grateful for that!
At this point we have plans of heading back to Texas for the winter, and then returning again in the spring. I will miss it much.
But will be nice to see everyone in Texas again too.
Until next time,
In Him,
Mae
Right now my e-mail is down, so i have been unable to e-mail anyone.
A poem for moms
I just wanted to share this cute poem that is on a hall hanging of mine.
Fingerprints
I know you get discouraged,
Because I am so small
And Always leave my fingerprints
On furniture
But everyday I'm growing,
I'll be all grown up someday,
And all the smudges that I did
Will surely fade away.
So here's another bunch of them
Just so you can recall
Exactly how my fingers looked
When I was very small.
By Wendy Lyn
Fingerprints
I know you get discouraged,
Because I am so small
And Always leave my fingerprints
On furniture
But everyday I'm growing,
I'll be all grown up someday,
And all the smudges that I did
Will surely fade away.
So here's another bunch of them
Just so you can recall
Exactly how my fingers looked
When I was very small.
By Wendy Lyn
Sunday, September 25, 2011
praying for one another
In my searching on verses about prayer i have came across several about praying for others.
Here is a few of those verses.
" Brethren pray for us." 1 Thess. 4:25
"Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling , and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ." 2 Thess. 1:11
"Finally brethren, pray for us, that the word may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you." 2 Thess. 3:1
"I will therefore that men pray every where lifting up holy hands, with out wrath and doubting." 1 Tim. 2:8
"Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly." Heb. 13:18
There really is something in prayer isn't there?!!
Here is some references in the old Testament of verses where God's people prayed for different reasons.
Isaiah 37:15
2 Kings 4:33
2 Kings 6:17
2 Kings 19:15
Numbers 11:2
Numbers 21:7
It seems very obvious that God did want His people and does still want His people today, to pray, even though He knows all things before we even ask.
We know he is in full control of our lives at that nothing can happen that is not apart of His plan, but yet He wants us to pray. We know that he loves and cares for all His children where ever they are in the world, yet he wants us to pray for them and for each other. I know that He loves my husband and protects him where ever he goes, yet I know that God wants me to pray for him.
If you as I had been, curious about prayer and power of prayer, I urge you to do your own study on it. There is lots and lots of verses to look up. You can find them in a Bible concordance. I believe they will strengthen your prayer life, and over-all strengthen your walk in God.
We have a great power in prayer, we just have to embrace it and claim it as ours. We have to believe God loves us and take care of us, and have faith that God will answer our prayers.
Faith is the most important ingredient. We pray and then believe that He will.
I love hearing your thoughts!
In Him,
Mae
Here is a few of those verses.
" Brethren pray for us." 1 Thess. 4:25
"Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling , and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ." 2 Thess. 1:11
"Finally brethren, pray for us, that the word may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you." 2 Thess. 3:1
"I will therefore that men pray every where lifting up holy hands, with out wrath and doubting." 1 Tim. 2:8
"Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly." Heb. 13:18
There really is something in prayer isn't there?!!
Here is some references in the old Testament of verses where God's people prayed for different reasons.
Isaiah 37:15
2 Kings 4:33
2 Kings 6:17
2 Kings 19:15
Numbers 11:2
Numbers 21:7
It seems very obvious that God did want His people and does still want His people today, to pray, even though He knows all things before we even ask.
We know he is in full control of our lives at that nothing can happen that is not apart of His plan, but yet He wants us to pray. We know that he loves and cares for all His children where ever they are in the world, yet he wants us to pray for them and for each other. I know that He loves my husband and protects him where ever he goes, yet I know that God wants me to pray for him.
If you as I had been, curious about prayer and power of prayer, I urge you to do your own study on it. There is lots and lots of verses to look up. You can find them in a Bible concordance. I believe they will strengthen your prayer life, and over-all strengthen your walk in God.
We have a great power in prayer, we just have to embrace it and claim it as ours. We have to believe God loves us and take care of us, and have faith that God will answer our prayers.
Faith is the most important ingredient. We pray and then believe that He will.
I love hearing your thoughts!
In Him,
Mae
Friday, September 9, 2011
Fall happenings in the north
I thought it time for a little up-date from me.
I liked last time how i wrote my post much like a face book status.
so here it is again.
Mae:
is doing so well since baby Benjamin has been born.
is so blessed that baby sleeps so well at night, only waking twice to nurse. I wake so refreshed and well rested.
can not believe that he is already 4 weeks old!!
is enjoying the warm days we have had recently. I had thought fall was already up-on us with the cool days we had been having. But I love fall so really that wasn't that bad at all.
thinks the wheat field across the road, that is golden on to harvest, is such a pretty site. In fact we have borrowed that neighbors field for pictures!!!
loves seeing all the equipment and such go by as grain harvesting is being done all around us. This quiet little gravel road has really came alive!!
is enjoying helping the kids with school once again.
can not believe that it is our 7th year of homeschooling! We have been homeschooling all the way since our oldest was in K. Has been hectic at times, but still loving it!!
has been canning and freezing vegys from the garden.
is so very grateful for all the time we have had here in Alberta.
is thinking about all my friends in Texas, and glad for them that it has cooled down there some. ( at least the last i heard it was a little cooler)
is glad that my comment thing seems to be working again. I love getting your comments, and hearing your thoughts on things i share here.
is looking up more Bible verses on prayer. I will share that as i gather verses.
has not forgot to write the post on, God's Promises to Those Who Love and Obey Him. It is just a very long post and i have a very hard time getting that mount of time to write it. I am sure i am the world's slowest typer!!
will keep sharing more as i have time.
Take care all!!
In Him,
Mae
I liked last time how i wrote my post much like a face book status.
so here it is again.
Mae:
is doing so well since baby Benjamin has been born.
is so blessed that baby sleeps so well at night, only waking twice to nurse. I wake so refreshed and well rested.
can not believe that he is already 4 weeks old!!
is enjoying the warm days we have had recently. I had thought fall was already up-on us with the cool days we had been having. But I love fall so really that wasn't that bad at all.
thinks the wheat field across the road, that is golden on to harvest, is such a pretty site. In fact we have borrowed that neighbors field for pictures!!!
loves seeing all the equipment and such go by as grain harvesting is being done all around us. This quiet little gravel road has really came alive!!
is enjoying helping the kids with school once again.
can not believe that it is our 7th year of homeschooling! We have been homeschooling all the way since our oldest was in K. Has been hectic at times, but still loving it!!
has been canning and freezing vegys from the garden.
is so very grateful for all the time we have had here in Alberta.
is thinking about all my friends in Texas, and glad for them that it has cooled down there some. ( at least the last i heard it was a little cooler)
is glad that my comment thing seems to be working again. I love getting your comments, and hearing your thoughts on things i share here.
is looking up more Bible verses on prayer. I will share that as i gather verses.
has not forgot to write the post on, God's Promises to Those Who Love and Obey Him. It is just a very long post and i have a very hard time getting that mount of time to write it. I am sure i am the world's slowest typer!!
will keep sharing more as i have time.
Take care all!!
In Him,
Mae
Sunday, August 28, 2011
verses on prayer
I have been looking up some verses on prayer.
Here is a few i really like.
"Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalms."
"Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church: and let them pray over him,, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;"
" And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall rise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."
"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed . The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
James 5: 13- 16
"Pray with out ceasing."
In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17
"Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints."
Ephesians 6:18
By just those few verses it is easy to tell that prayer is very important, and is very powerful!!
Isn't that so awesome!!! The power God has gaven us through prayer!
Well until next time,
In Him,
Mae
Here is a few i really like.
"Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalms."
"Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church: and let them pray over him,, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;"
" And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall rise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."
"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed . The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
James 5: 13- 16
"Pray with out ceasing."
In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17
"Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints."
Ephesians 6:18
By just those few verses it is easy to tell that prayer is very important, and is very powerful!!
Isn't that so awesome!!! The power God has gaven us through prayer!
Well until next time,
In Him,
Mae
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
My thoughts on Prayer
Prayer as been on my mind a lot lately.
I haven't always know what to think of prayer, or I should say the power of prayer.
I have just always felt that God knows everything anyway before we even speak, and that He works everything out in our lives the way He wants, so why pray for specific things?
If He wanted that in our lives, it would just happen, with out us praying for it.
That is the way i have felt, but is that right?
So it has been something i have been thinking a lot about, and looking into scripture on it.
But don't get me wrong, i am and have been really into praying. We say a blessing at each meal, I pray with each of the children as I tuck them in bed at night, and we usually almost always pray together as a family each morning after Bible reading.
It is prayer for specific things I have wondered about. Like for instance while my husband was truck driving, I would pray for him when left on a trip. I would pray for him to be protected out on the road, and that he would stay awake and alert while night driving. I would pray for the others that were driving near him.
It would make me feel good to pray for him like that, yet I wondered if it was really necessary? Wouldn't God take of him just the same rather i prayed or not? Did it really make a difference?
Sometimes I would pray before the kids and I would go into town to go shopping ,that He would protect and keep us safe. Yet, I felt confident that nothing could happen that wasn't apart of His plan anyway. So then why bother praying?
But now i feel God convicting me on prayer. I feel that is why He has put it so heavily on mind and heart. And even recent books i have read has had things on prayer in them, and when i read it I was thinking , God knew I needed to hear this.
My very latest thoughts on prayer, is that is important, and God wants us to, no matter if He already knows our thoughts.
So as I search in the Scriptures on prayer, and as God reveals things to me, I will share it here.
In the maen time I would love to hear other's thoughts on this.
In Him,
Mae
I haven't always know what to think of prayer, or I should say the power of prayer.
I have just always felt that God knows everything anyway before we even speak, and that He works everything out in our lives the way He wants, so why pray for specific things?
If He wanted that in our lives, it would just happen, with out us praying for it.
That is the way i have felt, but is that right?
So it has been something i have been thinking a lot about, and looking into scripture on it.
But don't get me wrong, i am and have been really into praying. We say a blessing at each meal, I pray with each of the children as I tuck them in bed at night, and we usually almost always pray together as a family each morning after Bible reading.
It is prayer for specific things I have wondered about. Like for instance while my husband was truck driving, I would pray for him when left on a trip. I would pray for him to be protected out on the road, and that he would stay awake and alert while night driving. I would pray for the others that were driving near him.
It would make me feel good to pray for him like that, yet I wondered if it was really necessary? Wouldn't God take of him just the same rather i prayed or not? Did it really make a difference?
Sometimes I would pray before the kids and I would go into town to go shopping ,that He would protect and keep us safe. Yet, I felt confident that nothing could happen that wasn't apart of His plan anyway. So then why bother praying?
But now i feel God convicting me on prayer. I feel that is why He has put it so heavily on mind and heart. And even recent books i have read has had things on prayer in them, and when i read it I was thinking , God knew I needed to hear this.
My very latest thoughts on prayer, is that is important, and God wants us to, no matter if He already knows our thoughts.
So as I search in the Scriptures on prayer, and as God reveals things to me, I will share it here.
In the maen time I would love to hear other's thoughts on this.
In Him,
Mae
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Bengamin's birth story
Ok, so I said i might share the birth story.
So here it is, but i am not the best writer on making something like this really interesting, though i will try.
On Wednesday of 10th of August ( my due date ), we had been out at my Dad and Mom's place all day. It was about 4:00 and we were going to head home, but i thought we should help pick the raspberries before we go. So we do that and in the mean time i keep having these tightenings like i had been having earlier in the day as well. I wouldn't call them contractions, though i could tell they were leading up to that soon.
That took us about an hour.
Then we head out to our place ( it is 12 miles from my parents), but we decided to check out a blueberry patch first that is just a few miles from their place. Lots of blueberries, so we begin picking berries.
I am squatting down picking berries, and keep having tightenings. I am thinking this must be contractions, but they sure are not hard or hurt at all. So i ignore them and keep on. We are there about 45 min. The kids are complaining they are hungry. I know we need to get on home and make supper and get prepared for what make be coming on yet this evening, but these blueberries sure look good. My desire for blueberry pie win out, and i keep on picking for awhile more.
Then i tell hubby, " i know we hate to stop picking when there is so many berries yet, but i think we should use best wisdom here and get on home." I had been telling him how had been feeling.
So he agrees and get everyone in van and head on home.
Soon as i get home i hurry and warm up left overs for supper and we eat, and then clean up the kitchen. By this time i am calling it contractions and they are more regular now and more intense though not nothing to breath through or painful or anything.
I call mom and tell her, and that to expect a call from me in the night to come be with the kids. Then i talk to a friend and tell her. She tells me, " your an hour from the hospital, you better not leave it to the last minute, because you really don't want to deliver on the road." I tell her, " oh with my record i hardly need to worry of that. Mine have been so drug out!"
Still though what she said made be a bit concerned. I phone mom back and tell her what my friend said, and also asks if she thinks i should call the hospital and tell them what's up and see what they suggest since i am an hour away and this is my 6th. She thinks i should call.
So i phone the hospital, and of course they want me to come right in and be check out.
So i phone mom back and tell her, " i knew i shouldn't of phoned the hospital! They want me to come in and be checked out. I don't want to go all that way for nothing." She says, " yes, i thought they would want you to, and yes, it is a good idea."
So i finish packing my bag, and check to see if everything i need for baby is in the diaper bag, get my camera, slippers , ect. I tell the kids what's going on. And let them know Grandma is coming to be with. It is going on 9:00 so time to tuck the kids in bed. Prayers and songs and good nights are said.
Then i sit and wait for mom to arrive. Contractions are very regular, about 5 min. apart though still nothing hard at all.
She arrives about 9:30, and we head off to the hospital .
Arrive and check in at about 10:40 p.m.
They put me in a room and hook me up to monitors for 20 min. They check that and say all is well with baby, and that i have had some good contractions. I hope that means we are really progressing though, it is still totally unpainful. The Doctor checks me out at this point. He tells me i am not dilated at all, though he said i am progressing to that.
I am not happy at all to hear that.
He said we can either go home, though he does not thinks that is just the best because of our distance from the hospital, or we can get a room in town, but they would not keep me in the hospital since i have not even started dilating. Because it could still be many hours yet or could go quickly.
So we decide on a room. It is only a few minutes away from the hospital. We get settled in the room about 11:30. It is a room with a hot tub. I am like , "wow, this is nice, but it is a little late to enjoy this." I am tired and feel like i need rest bad. But the hot tub is so inviting that i get in for 15 min. It feels so good. The contractions are feeling a bit more intense now. I get out and go t bed.
I am able to rest in between contractions. By 1:00, the contractions become very intense, and i am now having to breath through these. Hubby is sleeping contently and i know he will need his sleep, so i do not bother him. Though i am surprised that he is able to sleep through my tossing and turning and Lamaze breathing.
By 2:00 i am like, " ok, when should i wake up hubby." This is betting bad."
By 2:30 i wake him, and say, "i think we had better get back to the hospital".
We sees me breath through a contraction and he says, " so this is the real thing now, huh?"
He phones the hospital to tell them we are headed back over.
At 2:40 we are checked back in. They give me gown this time, and as soon as i dress and get on the bed, the Doctor is there to check me out. This time he says exactly what i want to hear. "You are fully dilated now , and you can push at any time and have this baby here soon!"
I am thrilled though i try not to get to excited, because i know my record that it could be awhile yet. ( i usually take quite awhile after this point before i feel any push pains.)
At this point like always i begin to loose it. I start to holler instead of my breathing. They encourage me to start to push as soon as the next contraction comes on. So i try that, and do ok for a few, then loose it again.
I find it more comforting to holler, " I can't do this, i can't do this!", instead of the breathing.
They continue to coach me with the pushing, and i am beginning to make progress. The head is descending. Then, i again, complain, " i can't do this!" But it is almost there now. A final good long push, and i hear the them say, " he is here, you did it!!" It was 3:52 a.m.
Time to rjoice!! It is all over and the Good Lord has blessed us with another son!! I had hoped on a girl, but am happy for this healthy sweet little boy anyway!!
You may be thinking, " that nice room with the hot tub didn't even hardly get used, what a shame!" I though that too, and was thinking , " gosh we could have planned ahead on this, and really made an eveing of it!!" But after baby was born, and i was put in my room, Pual went back there to sleep some more, and make phones calls, and use the high speed intenet service!
So it got some use.
Well untill next time,
In Him,
Mae
So here it is, but i am not the best writer on making something like this really interesting, though i will try.
On Wednesday of 10th of August ( my due date ), we had been out at my Dad and Mom's place all day. It was about 4:00 and we were going to head home, but i thought we should help pick the raspberries before we go. So we do that and in the mean time i keep having these tightenings like i had been having earlier in the day as well. I wouldn't call them contractions, though i could tell they were leading up to that soon.
That took us about an hour.
Then we head out to our place ( it is 12 miles from my parents), but we decided to check out a blueberry patch first that is just a few miles from their place. Lots of blueberries, so we begin picking berries.
I am squatting down picking berries, and keep having tightenings. I am thinking this must be contractions, but they sure are not hard or hurt at all. So i ignore them and keep on. We are there about 45 min. The kids are complaining they are hungry. I know we need to get on home and make supper and get prepared for what make be coming on yet this evening, but these blueberries sure look good. My desire for blueberry pie win out, and i keep on picking for awhile more.
Then i tell hubby, " i know we hate to stop picking when there is so many berries yet, but i think we should use best wisdom here and get on home." I had been telling him how had been feeling.
So he agrees and get everyone in van and head on home.
Soon as i get home i hurry and warm up left overs for supper and we eat, and then clean up the kitchen. By this time i am calling it contractions and they are more regular now and more intense though not nothing to breath through or painful or anything.
I call mom and tell her, and that to expect a call from me in the night to come be with the kids. Then i talk to a friend and tell her. She tells me, " your an hour from the hospital, you better not leave it to the last minute, because you really don't want to deliver on the road." I tell her, " oh with my record i hardly need to worry of that. Mine have been so drug out!"
Still though what she said made be a bit concerned. I phone mom back and tell her what my friend said, and also asks if she thinks i should call the hospital and tell them what's up and see what they suggest since i am an hour away and this is my 6th. She thinks i should call.
So i phone the hospital, and of course they want me to come right in and be check out.
So i phone mom back and tell her, " i knew i shouldn't of phoned the hospital! They want me to come in and be checked out. I don't want to go all that way for nothing." She says, " yes, i thought they would want you to, and yes, it is a good idea."
So i finish packing my bag, and check to see if everything i need for baby is in the diaper bag, get my camera, slippers , ect. I tell the kids what's going on. And let them know Grandma is coming to be with. It is going on 9:00 so time to tuck the kids in bed. Prayers and songs and good nights are said.
Then i sit and wait for mom to arrive. Contractions are very regular, about 5 min. apart though still nothing hard at all.
She arrives about 9:30, and we head off to the hospital .
Arrive and check in at about 10:40 p.m.
They put me in a room and hook me up to monitors for 20 min. They check that and say all is well with baby, and that i have had some good contractions. I hope that means we are really progressing though, it is still totally unpainful. The Doctor checks me out at this point. He tells me i am not dilated at all, though he said i am progressing to that.
I am not happy at all to hear that.
He said we can either go home, though he does not thinks that is just the best because of our distance from the hospital, or we can get a room in town, but they would not keep me in the hospital since i have not even started dilating. Because it could still be many hours yet or could go quickly.
So we decide on a room. It is only a few minutes away from the hospital. We get settled in the room about 11:30. It is a room with a hot tub. I am like , "wow, this is nice, but it is a little late to enjoy this." I am tired and feel like i need rest bad. But the hot tub is so inviting that i get in for 15 min. It feels so good. The contractions are feeling a bit more intense now. I get out and go t bed.
I am able to rest in between contractions. By 1:00, the contractions become very intense, and i am now having to breath through these. Hubby is sleeping contently and i know he will need his sleep, so i do not bother him. Though i am surprised that he is able to sleep through my tossing and turning and Lamaze breathing.
By 2:00 i am like, " ok, when should i wake up hubby." This is betting bad."
By 2:30 i wake him, and say, "i think we had better get back to the hospital".
We sees me breath through a contraction and he says, " so this is the real thing now, huh?"
He phones the hospital to tell them we are headed back over.
At 2:40 we are checked back in. They give me gown this time, and as soon as i dress and get on the bed, the Doctor is there to check me out. This time he says exactly what i want to hear. "You are fully dilated now , and you can push at any time and have this baby here soon!"
I am thrilled though i try not to get to excited, because i know my record that it could be awhile yet. ( i usually take quite awhile after this point before i feel any push pains.)
At this point like always i begin to loose it. I start to holler instead of my breathing. They encourage me to start to push as soon as the next contraction comes on. So i try that, and do ok for a few, then loose it again.
I find it more comforting to holler, " I can't do this, i can't do this!", instead of the breathing.
They continue to coach me with the pushing, and i am beginning to make progress. The head is descending. Then, i again, complain, " i can't do this!" But it is almost there now. A final good long push, and i hear the them say, " he is here, you did it!!" It was 3:52 a.m.
Time to rjoice!! It is all over and the Good Lord has blessed us with another son!! I had hoped on a girl, but am happy for this healthy sweet little boy anyway!!
You may be thinking, " that nice room with the hot tub didn't even hardly get used, what a shame!" I though that too, and was thinking , " gosh we could have planned ahead on this, and really made an eveing of it!!" But after baby was born, and i was put in my room, Pual went back there to sleep some more, and make phones calls, and use the high speed intenet service!
So it got some use.
Well untill next time,
In Him,
Mae
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Grateful and Thankful!!
This post is on mostly on things that i am grateful or thankful for at the moment, and just other things that is happening in my life at this time.
I have decided to write this post much the same as you would write a status on face book. So very informal, yet quite formative and and newsy. And hopefully very easy to read.
Mae:
~is thankful for our newest blessing! ( our baby boy ) And that he is perfectly well and healthy!!
~is grateful for the relatively short and easy labour!
~is very thankful that i had a most lovely pregnancy with no complications of any kind. Though i did have to wear long support socks for varicose veins. And glad i was not in the heat ( Texas )wearing those!!
~ has had the most lovely summer up here in the North!! Totally loving everyday of it!!
~ is so very happy for the all the rain we've gotten over the summer.
~ thinks these cooler summer days here in the north beat the Texas hot ones 10 to 1!!!
~ feels so very blessed to have found this house that we are renting.
~ is so happy to be in our own house finally! ( there was a lot of cleaning up and repairing to do)
~ likes her house so much!! It may be older, it may look very rough on the out side with the white and pink paint peeling, but it is the inside that counts!! I love the design in the inside. I love the 4 bedrooms, the 2 stories, the basement for storage, the big laundry room, and big living room. Yes, I LIKE MY HOUSE!!!
~ loves the farm setting we are on. The 10 acers, the shops, the out buildings, chicken pens, and so on! The fields that surround us!!
~loves being in the country. Where it is peaceful and quite. Where deer go through your yard. Where you see tractors and farm equipment at work.
~thinks it is so wonderful we have been able to travel around like this, and that the kids have been able to experience different things and places. Thankful to God making it all possible for us!
~ is thankful for home school!! With out that ,there is no way we could be this free and mobile.
~ loves the fact that lost of different wild berries grow around here. You just have to pick them and put them in your freezer!!
~ is so very grateful and thankful for my wonderful neighbors and friends i have met around here!!
~is thankful for the blessing of good health! I have not been bothered at all here by allergies, as in Texas where i have been bothered bad by something most year around.
~is so looking forward to settling in here for the winter!!
~ is so very grateful for all the berries, and veges i have put up in our wonderful big ole freezer!!
~ is so blessed to have 6 wonderful, beautiful, and healthy children!! Blessings straight from Heaven!!
~ is so thankful for her wonderful husband of almost 12 years!!! He is the BEST!!!
~ is so happy that wonderful hubby is willing to live where he thinks it is cold all summer just for me! How special is that!!
~ is thankful for this blog, to share my thoughts, my believes, and heart ramblings, and so on.
~ loves the things God has put on my heart to share here with others.
~ has been reading books of true stories of lives of those in other countries that are so much less fortunate than us, yet are so happy and thankful for the things they do have, and the ways God has blessed them, and how by their lives they have been a blessing to others. So special to see. Helps us to be more appreciative and thankful for what we have. And helps us to see how spoiled we are here in America.
~ has lots of thoughts on my mind that i am eager to share here as i have time.
Here is a few things that i am planing for up coming posts.
My thoughts on prayer.
God's wonderful promises to those who love and obey Him.
My thoughts on the term Christian.
Will post again as this busy mommy has time!!!
In Him, Mae
P.S. It has been brought to my attention that there has been a problem with leaving comments on my blog. That really upsets me since i love hearing your thoughts and comments of what i write here on my blog. But i have tyred checking in to what is the matter and see no reason why your comments are not coming on. So there seems nothing i can do about it. I apologize for the problem. All i can say is try again and maybe this time you will be lucky. Thanks for reading!!
I have decided to write this post much the same as you would write a status on face book. So very informal, yet quite formative and and newsy. And hopefully very easy to read.
Mae:
~is thankful for our newest blessing! ( our baby boy ) And that he is perfectly well and healthy!!
~is grateful for the relatively short and easy labour!
~is very thankful that i had a most lovely pregnancy with no complications of any kind. Though i did have to wear long support socks for varicose veins. And glad i was not in the heat ( Texas )wearing those!!
~ has had the most lovely summer up here in the North!! Totally loving everyday of it!!
~ is so very happy for the all the rain we've gotten over the summer.
~ thinks these cooler summer days here in the north beat the Texas hot ones 10 to 1!!!
~ feels so very blessed to have found this house that we are renting.
~ is so happy to be in our own house finally! ( there was a lot of cleaning up and repairing to do)
~ likes her house so much!! It may be older, it may look very rough on the out side with the white and pink paint peeling, but it is the inside that counts!! I love the design in the inside. I love the 4 bedrooms, the 2 stories, the basement for storage, the big laundry room, and big living room. Yes, I LIKE MY HOUSE!!!
~ loves the farm setting we are on. The 10 acers, the shops, the out buildings, chicken pens, and so on! The fields that surround us!!
~loves being in the country. Where it is peaceful and quite. Where deer go through your yard. Where you see tractors and farm equipment at work.
~thinks it is so wonderful we have been able to travel around like this, and that the kids have been able to experience different things and places. Thankful to God making it all possible for us!
~ is thankful for home school!! With out that ,there is no way we could be this free and mobile.
~ loves the fact that lost of different wild berries grow around here. You just have to pick them and put them in your freezer!!
~ is so very grateful and thankful for my wonderful neighbors and friends i have met around here!!
~is thankful for the blessing of good health! I have not been bothered at all here by allergies, as in Texas where i have been bothered bad by something most year around.
~is so looking forward to settling in here for the winter!!
~ is so very grateful for all the berries, and veges i have put up in our wonderful big ole freezer!!
~ is so blessed to have 6 wonderful, beautiful, and healthy children!! Blessings straight from Heaven!!
~ is so thankful for her wonderful husband of almost 12 years!!! He is the BEST!!!
~ is so happy that wonderful hubby is willing to live where he thinks it is cold all summer just for me! How special is that!!
~ is thankful for this blog, to share my thoughts, my believes, and heart ramblings, and so on.
~ loves the things God has put on my heart to share here with others.
~ has been reading books of true stories of lives of those in other countries that are so much less fortunate than us, yet are so happy and thankful for the things they do have, and the ways God has blessed them, and how by their lives they have been a blessing to others. So special to see. Helps us to be more appreciative and thankful for what we have. And helps us to see how spoiled we are here in America.
~ has lots of thoughts on my mind that i am eager to share here as i have time.
Here is a few things that i am planing for up coming posts.
My thoughts on prayer.
God's wonderful promises to those who love and obey Him.
My thoughts on the term Christian.
Will post again as this busy mommy has time!!!
In Him, Mae
P.S. It has been brought to my attention that there has been a problem with leaving comments on my blog. That really upsets me since i love hearing your thoughts and comments of what i write here on my blog. But i have tyred checking in to what is the matter and see no reason why your comments are not coming on. So there seems nothing i can do about it. I apologize for the problem. All i can say is try again and maybe this time you will be lucky. Thanks for reading!!
Our new baby!!
Here is to annouce our newest blessing! A gift from our God above!!!
Bengamin Michael
born: August 11, 2011
3:52 a.m.
weight: 7lb. 7oz.s, 20 in.
happy siblings: Nathan 11, Clayton 9, Samuel 6, Sarah 4, and Anna 18 mon.s
Mommy and baby are doing very good. Brothers and sisters are oh so happy and thrilled with the new brother. We are all so greatful for this newest healthy blessing.
Labour was farily short at about 3 to 4 hours hard labour and a few hours prelabour. I will plan on sharing the birth story at a later time.
In Him, Mae
Bengamin Michael
born: August 11, 2011
3:52 a.m.
weight: 7lb. 7oz.s, 20 in.
happy siblings: Nathan 11, Clayton 9, Samuel 6, Sarah 4, and Anna 18 mon.s
Mommy and baby are doing very good. Brothers and sisters are oh so happy and thrilled with the new brother. We are all so greatful for this newest healthy blessing.
Labour was farily short at about 3 to 4 hours hard labour and a few hours prelabour. I will plan on sharing the birth story at a later time.
In Him, Mae
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Taking a break
Just had to get on here a made a quick post, saying that i am taking a break for awhile. So not to expect anything form me for a time. I hope not to long though.
I so wanted to make that post about God's Promises and have been looking up verses on it. But i just do not have the time to get it altogether, and make the post at this moment. I am excited about getting it together and sharing it here.
Why?, because i totally love God's promises to us. I am in complete awe of what all HE has promised to his children!! To those who love and obey him.
And i love talking about it!!!
So when life slows down here, I will have time to post that and much more as God puts great thing on my mind and heart!
Right now we are busy cleaning and fixing up a house we are getting to rent. So right now each day find us running the 12 miles from my parents place to that house, and spending the whole day there. Then coming home and quickly get the kids ready to bed, stories, and prayers. And then next day to it all over again!!
So life is very hectic to say the least at the moment. Basically we are living between 2 houses right now. Be glad when we have it ready to move in, and life slows down and gets back to normal. Course then soon will come sweet babe. But that's ok.
ok, well that is it for now. We are all doing very good and life is great in our neck of the woods!! I think it is amazing how at this time of year here it is light till after 12:00 p.m, and then getting light agian by around 3:00 a.m. By 4:30 a.m it is light enough to be out side doing somthing!!
Will write again when i can.
In Him, Mae
I so wanted to make that post about God's Promises and have been looking up verses on it. But i just do not have the time to get it altogether, and make the post at this moment. I am excited about getting it together and sharing it here.
Why?, because i totally love God's promises to us. I am in complete awe of what all HE has promised to his children!! To those who love and obey him.
And i love talking about it!!!
So when life slows down here, I will have time to post that and much more as God puts great thing on my mind and heart!
Right now we are busy cleaning and fixing up a house we are getting to rent. So right now each day find us running the 12 miles from my parents place to that house, and spending the whole day there. Then coming home and quickly get the kids ready to bed, stories, and prayers. And then next day to it all over again!!
So life is very hectic to say the least at the moment. Basically we are living between 2 houses right now. Be glad when we have it ready to move in, and life slows down and gets back to normal. Course then soon will come sweet babe. But that's ok.
ok, well that is it for now. We are all doing very good and life is great in our neck of the woods!! I think it is amazing how at this time of year here it is light till after 12:00 p.m, and then getting light agian by around 3:00 a.m. By 4:30 a.m it is light enough to be out side doing somthing!!
Will write again when i can.
In Him, Mae
Thursday, June 23, 2011
long time no post
I know it has been awhile since i made a post on here. And i regret that, but life has been busy.
And basically just taking a break from this.
Life is going good for us here in Alberta. Everything is much the same here as my last post.
Only difference is we have finally gotten a lot of rain after being so dry for a long time. So has been a really blessing to the gardens.
Now the gardens are really flourishing. We have been eating swish chard, spinach, radishes, beet greens, and some broccoli om the garden already. The peas are setting on already as well.
It has been nice and cool in the mornings but really warms up in the afternoons and feels hot to me, though i know it is still cooler than Texas. The afternoon temps have been between the 70 and 80sF.
The kids are doing great and really enjoy helping their grandpa and grandma in the gardens. I am so glad they have lots to do like that.
Well in my next post i plan to write about God's promises. Well at least some of them, i know there is many, many promises from God to us.
I have recently gave a wall hanging to my mom that has several of God's promises written on it. I just love it. That is what gave me the inspiration for the post.
But i don't plan to just copy those down here like that, i want to find the scripture reverence where they are found. So that will take me awhile to look them up in the concordance and see where they are found. I will be working on that in the near future and then post when i can.
So look for the coming post titled God's Promises.
Till next time,
In HIm, Mae
And basically just taking a break from this.
Life is going good for us here in Alberta. Everything is much the same here as my last post.
Only difference is we have finally gotten a lot of rain after being so dry for a long time. So has been a really blessing to the gardens.
Now the gardens are really flourishing. We have been eating swish chard, spinach, radishes, beet greens, and some broccoli om the garden already. The peas are setting on already as well.
It has been nice and cool in the mornings but really warms up in the afternoons and feels hot to me, though i know it is still cooler than Texas. The afternoon temps have been between the 70 and 80sF.
The kids are doing great and really enjoy helping their grandpa and grandma in the gardens. I am so glad they have lots to do like that.
Well in my next post i plan to write about God's promises. Well at least some of them, i know there is many, many promises from God to us.
I have recently gave a wall hanging to my mom that has several of God's promises written on it. I just love it. That is what gave me the inspiration for the post.
But i don't plan to just copy those down here like that, i want to find the scripture reverence where they are found. So that will take me awhile to look them up in the concordance and see where they are found. I will be working on that in the near future and then post when i can.
So look for the coming post titled God's Promises.
Till next time,
In HIm, Mae
Monday, June 6, 2011
little more news from the north
I just posted basic news on me fam. yesterday, but since thought of a few things i forgot then.
One thing is the mosquitoes are usually really bad this time of year or can be, but as of late we have hardly even noticed them. Atleast not just around our yard. Also the no-see-omes ( little nat like things you can harly see ), have also been anyoing for awhile. They haven't been so bad either last few days. Usually the season for those don't seem to last to long, atleast not all summer long. So that is good!
We have been meeting other families in the area, so that has been excting. Great for the kids and for mom ( me ).
Deers come up close to the yard and garden once in awhile. So that has been entresting. We also have seen wolves on 2 occasions. They were out in a field here a long ways from the house. We have not seen any bears around here yet. Hoping they will not be any, casue they can really do a toll on the wild berries . And i am really looking forward to the berries.
The kinds of berries that grow around here are blueberries, saskatoons, chocherries, pin-cherries, high bush cranberries, and low bush crannberies. My Dad and Mom grow thier own rasberries, strawberries, black currents, and red currents.
That is my most favorite thing i like about here is the berries.
Well the berries, and the fact the summer weather is cooler than Texas!!
We are still waiting on my husband's papper work to go through. Hoping and hoping it will go through soon. So at this point it is a little hard on us not knowing if we will be heading back to Texas come this fall or tucking in here for the winter. I am so hoping to be here this winter. It will certainly be a neat experice for us all! And i should have lots to post!
Ok, i think thats it for now.
I will post along as there is news to share about us. And will certainly be sharing things that come on my heart and mind as God gives me.
I love your comments as always!
In Him,
Mae
One thing is the mosquitoes are usually really bad this time of year or can be, but as of late we have hardly even noticed them. Atleast not just around our yard. Also the no-see-omes ( little nat like things you can harly see ), have also been anyoing for awhile. They haven't been so bad either last few days. Usually the season for those don't seem to last to long, atleast not all summer long. So that is good!
We have been meeting other families in the area, so that has been excting. Great for the kids and for mom ( me ).
Deers come up close to the yard and garden once in awhile. So that has been entresting. We also have seen wolves on 2 occasions. They were out in a field here a long ways from the house. We have not seen any bears around here yet. Hoping they will not be any, casue they can really do a toll on the wild berries . And i am really looking forward to the berries.
The kinds of berries that grow around here are blueberries, saskatoons, chocherries, pin-cherries, high bush cranberries, and low bush crannberies. My Dad and Mom grow thier own rasberries, strawberries, black currents, and red currents.
That is my most favorite thing i like about here is the berries.
Well the berries, and the fact the summer weather is cooler than Texas!!
We are still waiting on my husband's papper work to go through. Hoping and hoping it will go through soon. So at this point it is a little hard on us not knowing if we will be heading back to Texas come this fall or tucking in here for the winter. I am so hoping to be here this winter. It will certainly be a neat experice for us all! And i should have lots to post!
Ok, i think thats it for now.
I will post along as there is news to share about us. And will certainly be sharing things that come on my heart and mind as God gives me.
I love your comments as always!
In Him,
Mae
Sunday, June 5, 2011
snow in June!
Here it is a very beautiful sunny day at about 72F! Very lovely weather!
But only a couple days ago on June 3rd we woke to a scattering of snow. And continued to snow for a couple hours. The kids were excited hoping for snow to play in. But by the time it stopped snow it was all melted away.
The garden was not bother through that, not even the tomatoes! That night though we heard it was to frost hard so we went out and gathered up as many buckets and plastic we could find and covered several tomato plants. It did not freeze though. We were glad even though we did all that covering for nothing. Because there was many more things that would have been damaged by the frost if had.
Now that we are past that I don't think we will have to worry of a frost again till fall.
We are very much hoping for rain now for the gardens , for they are getting very dry and my parents have had to start watering by sprinkler. That is good for sure to have that back up, but is nothing like a good ole rain!
Everything else is going great.
The kids are still having a blast here with lots to do. Though they do miss things about Texas. The miss our wonderful little place there, their uncle and aunt that lived right there by us, their grandma, and their friends at the park were we met with our home school group. They really do miss that alot. But other wise they are content and happy here and very much flourishing in this wonderful environment. I just am so grateful my parents do not have a T.V.
I am doing very good, pregnancy coming along just fine and dandy!! Next check-up is on the 15th, then i will have less than 2 months to go!! I can not believe how fast the time seems to be flying by. I just love pregnancy so much that i don't like to see it go by so quickly. But of course as it nears to the end i am always very anxious to have that sweet baby here and to get it all over with! lol! I don't like labour, not one bit! I guess that is why i wish the peragnacy part would last so long! Put off labour as long as i can!
Well i guess that is all for now.
I will keep updating on us along through out the summer.
In HIm Mae
But only a couple days ago on June 3rd we woke to a scattering of snow. And continued to snow for a couple hours. The kids were excited hoping for snow to play in. But by the time it stopped snow it was all melted away.
The garden was not bother through that, not even the tomatoes! That night though we heard it was to frost hard so we went out and gathered up as many buckets and plastic we could find and covered several tomato plants. It did not freeze though. We were glad even though we did all that covering for nothing. Because there was many more things that would have been damaged by the frost if had.
Now that we are past that I don't think we will have to worry of a frost again till fall.
We are very much hoping for rain now for the gardens , for they are getting very dry and my parents have had to start watering by sprinkler. That is good for sure to have that back up, but is nothing like a good ole rain!
Everything else is going great.
The kids are still having a blast here with lots to do. Though they do miss things about Texas. The miss our wonderful little place there, their uncle and aunt that lived right there by us, their grandma, and their friends at the park were we met with our home school group. They really do miss that alot. But other wise they are content and happy here and very much flourishing in this wonderful environment. I just am so grateful my parents do not have a T.V.
I am doing very good, pregnancy coming along just fine and dandy!! Next check-up is on the 15th, then i will have less than 2 months to go!! I can not believe how fast the time seems to be flying by. I just love pregnancy so much that i don't like to see it go by so quickly. But of course as it nears to the end i am always very anxious to have that sweet baby here and to get it all over with! lol! I don't like labour, not one bit! I guess that is why i wish the peragnacy part would last so long! Put off labour as long as i can!
Well i guess that is all for now.
I will keep updating on us along through out the summer.
In HIm Mae
Monday, May 30, 2011
God's Way or the highway
I have no clue how many different churches and denominations there is out there. But i know it is a great many. And i presume they all claim they have the truth and they have way to heaven. And everyone is called Christians that go to all these many different kinds of churches.
So it would seem then that it would not matter at all which church you went to, they all lead to heaven anyway. So just choose the one that best suites your fancy or live style. Right?
Wrong!
That isn't what we read in the Bible.
" There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling.
One Lord, one Faith, one baptism.
One God and Farther of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all."
Ephesians 4: 4-6
There's only one faith and one true way. Not many ways. But only God's way.
And we can all be led into God's truth and that true way by His Spirit.
" Howbeit when he, the spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak, and he will show you things to come." John 16:13
" But the anointing which ye have received of him abide in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things , and is truth, and is no lie, and even at it as taught you, ye shall abide in Him.
And now, little children, abide in Him: that , when he shall appear, we may have confidence , and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 1 John 2: 27-28
That is why I am so into the husband and the Dad in home to teach the family and not a church. All you need is God's word and his spirit of truth in you, and he will lead you into all truth.
That is it, that very simple.
So there may be many denominations, doctrines, and claims of many ways out there, but it ain't got nothing on us. We know there is only one true way, God's Way.
And His way is available for all.
So go God's way, not the highway that leads to destruction! ( Matt. 7: 13-14 )
In Him, Mae
So it would seem then that it would not matter at all which church you went to, they all lead to heaven anyway. So just choose the one that best suites your fancy or live style. Right?
Wrong!
That isn't what we read in the Bible.
" There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling.
One Lord, one Faith, one baptism.
One God and Farther of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all."
Ephesians 4: 4-6
There's only one faith and one true way. Not many ways. But only God's way.
And we can all be led into God's truth and that true way by His Spirit.
" Howbeit when he, the spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak, and he will show you things to come." John 16:13
" But the anointing which ye have received of him abide in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things , and is truth, and is no lie, and even at it as taught you, ye shall abide in Him.
And now, little children, abide in Him: that , when he shall appear, we may have confidence , and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 1 John 2: 27-28
That is why I am so into the husband and the Dad in home to teach the family and not a church. All you need is God's word and his spirit of truth in you, and he will lead you into all truth.
That is it, that very simple.
So there may be many denominations, doctrines, and claims of many ways out there, but it ain't got nothing on us. We know there is only one true way, God's Way.
And His way is available for all.
So go God's way, not the highway that leads to destruction! ( Matt. 7: 13-14 )
In Him, Mae
Sunday, May 22, 2011
the balancing act
This post is on balancing.
Balancing all the many things in our lives.
Everything takes time. Everything should have it's own time. And we all have many, many things going on.
If things get out of balance, then something can get neglected or deleted completely from our daily schedule, which can mean a great disaster depending on what it is.
Every home and family is special and unique. Each one of us has something different going on from the next, either different needs, or different interests and so on. Some of us live in in the country with animals and gardens, some on big farms and ranches with lots of work to do, and others in town with only a tiny yard to tend. Some of us have large families, and some only a couple children. Some of us have just little children, some have teens only, and others have both teens and littles.
So that means every home has it's own set of things to balance. Their own set of priorities.
Some things of course will take longer than others. But just the same I feel everything needs a right balance.
This is our basic balance of things at our house.
School of course takes the most time in a day, at least 4 to 6 hr.s ( less for only a preschooler or K student)
Music practice takes from 15 to 30 min.
Family devotions take 15 to 30 min. or longer either once or twice a day.
Night time stories and bed time prayers, 15 to 25 min.
Dishes and after meal clean up probably 25 to 20 min.
Meal preparation, 30 min. to and hr. or more, each meal.
Extra reading practice , about 15 min.
Laundry, though it is not always done daily can take an hour or more.
A craft, maybe 30min. to an hr.
Odd chores around the house ( sweeping, vacuuming, picking-up, ect..), anywhere from 5 to 25 min.
Sports and other outside-the-home activities-- at this point we don't do any thing at all in that area.
Of course there is free time, fun reading time, game time, time for writing letters, and so on.
My kids are not using the computer for anything yet so there is no time slot for them for that. As for my self i try to keep it to a very moderate time for my blogging, e-mailing, and face book. ( blogging is done about weekly)
Time for animal chores -- though all my parents have is chickens, so that only takes a few mintues.
Summer time of course brings a whole new schedule, no school. But then comes gardening, and out door work . And various other out- door activities. Around here at my Dad and Moms there is great abundance for the kids to do.
Everything has it's right balance of time in our home, and our days run smoothly. Not to hectic, yet full , well rounded, and interesting. What we don't get done one day, we make up for the next.
The things that i make sure is concrete in every day is devotion time, and night time stories & prayers for my kids. NOTHING gets in the way of that!!
Something i would never care to balance into my day is a 1 or 2 hr. movie. Hardly nothing else takes that long in my day ( expect for school of course) ,so why should something useless like that take up so much time.
If a movie would only take 15 to say 30 min. max, as long as most of the other things in our day, then i may not mind so much. We maybe would even fit that in to our week at least once. ( providing it was good and wholesome)
Dear moms i urge you not to try to cram to much in your days and lives. Life can just get way too hectic and out of of balance if we try to do to much. And you know what, God does not expect that of us. In fact if you analyze most of things we try to do, i bet most of them will fall under the list of things that God does not expect of us, require of us, nor even want us to do.
And another thing God wants us to have our rest. I don't believe he wants or expects us to stay up way late at night trying to cram in more things in a day, or to have to rise ridiculously early to get a jump on the day.
Also He has blessed us with a weekly rest day. The day he created at the beginning of time, the Sabbath day. A day to put all work and other actives aside. A day to just rest and worship. He knew we needed this one day of rest each week, so He made it just for us. How very special is that! So take advantage of it, and use it just for that: rest, relaxation, enjoying your family, worshiping together. You will be blessed for it!
Well i will bring this to a close. I feel somehow that it is a bit jumbled and maybe even a bit incomplete, and am sorry if it is. I had great things on my mind i wanted to share, but then when it comes to writing it down, i fear i do not do to well.
But i hope you have found it a blessing and encouragement just the same.
Remember i love your comments!
Until next time,
In Him, Mae
Balancing all the many things in our lives.
Everything takes time. Everything should have it's own time. And we all have many, many things going on.
If things get out of balance, then something can get neglected or deleted completely from our daily schedule, which can mean a great disaster depending on what it is.
Every home and family is special and unique. Each one of us has something different going on from the next, either different needs, or different interests and so on. Some of us live in in the country with animals and gardens, some on big farms and ranches with lots of work to do, and others in town with only a tiny yard to tend. Some of us have large families, and some only a couple children. Some of us have just little children, some have teens only, and others have both teens and littles.
So that means every home has it's own set of things to balance. Their own set of priorities.
Some things of course will take longer than others. But just the same I feel everything needs a right balance.
This is our basic balance of things at our house.
School of course takes the most time in a day, at least 4 to 6 hr.s ( less for only a preschooler or K student)
Music practice takes from 15 to 30 min.
Family devotions take 15 to 30 min. or longer either once or twice a day.
Night time stories and bed time prayers, 15 to 25 min.
Dishes and after meal clean up probably 25 to 20 min.
Meal preparation, 30 min. to and hr. or more, each meal.
Extra reading practice , about 15 min.
Laundry, though it is not always done daily can take an hour or more.
A craft, maybe 30min. to an hr.
Odd chores around the house ( sweeping, vacuuming, picking-up, ect..), anywhere from 5 to 25 min.
Sports and other outside-the-home activities-- at this point we don't do any thing at all in that area.
Of course there is free time, fun reading time, game time, time for writing letters, and so on.
My kids are not using the computer for anything yet so there is no time slot for them for that. As for my self i try to keep it to a very moderate time for my blogging, e-mailing, and face book. ( blogging is done about weekly)
Time for animal chores -- though all my parents have is chickens, so that only takes a few mintues.
Summer time of course brings a whole new schedule, no school. But then comes gardening, and out door work . And various other out- door activities. Around here at my Dad and Moms there is great abundance for the kids to do.
Everything has it's right balance of time in our home, and our days run smoothly. Not to hectic, yet full , well rounded, and interesting. What we don't get done one day, we make up for the next.
The things that i make sure is concrete in every day is devotion time, and night time stories & prayers for my kids. NOTHING gets in the way of that!!
Something i would never care to balance into my day is a 1 or 2 hr. movie. Hardly nothing else takes that long in my day ( expect for school of course) ,so why should something useless like that take up so much time.
If a movie would only take 15 to say 30 min. max, as long as most of the other things in our day, then i may not mind so much. We maybe would even fit that in to our week at least once. ( providing it was good and wholesome)
Dear moms i urge you not to try to cram to much in your days and lives. Life can just get way too hectic and out of of balance if we try to do to much. And you know what, God does not expect that of us. In fact if you analyze most of things we try to do, i bet most of them will fall under the list of things that God does not expect of us, require of us, nor even want us to do.
And another thing God wants us to have our rest. I don't believe he wants or expects us to stay up way late at night trying to cram in more things in a day, or to have to rise ridiculously early to get a jump on the day.
Also He has blessed us with a weekly rest day. The day he created at the beginning of time, the Sabbath day. A day to put all work and other actives aside. A day to just rest and worship. He knew we needed this one day of rest each week, so He made it just for us. How very special is that! So take advantage of it, and use it just for that: rest, relaxation, enjoying your family, worshiping together. You will be blessed for it!
Well i will bring this to a close. I feel somehow that it is a bit jumbled and maybe even a bit incomplete, and am sorry if it is. I had great things on my mind i wanted to share, but then when it comes to writing it down, i fear i do not do to well.
But i hope you have found it a blessing and encouragement just the same.
Remember i love your comments!
Until next time,
In Him, Mae
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
happings here in the North
There has been heaps on mind to share. Lots of good things.
But this time just thought i would post about happenings around here ( way up North near Manning, Alberta, where the days are long, and wildlife roam) . Knew that would be of interest to my friends who want to keep up with how we are doing and what all is going on in our lives.
( I can really bet my Texas Friends are just dying to hear some news from me!! Missing you all!!:)
So here goes.
First I will talk about me.
Some friends of my mom's recommended a women doctor to me. So i had my first appointment with her yesterday. She is such a nice and sweet doctor. I am so thankful she was recommended to me. She reminds me of my previous sweet mid-wives i have had! ( mid-wives were not an option for me here because there was none around for a many, many miles) This doctor is only about an hour away. My pregnancy is going very good. I have felt so great the whole time so far! I am at about 27 weeks, with only about 12 more to go!! Due date is August 12th.
The kids are doing great!
They are loving it here at Dad and Mom's. So much for them to do. They have helped in the planting of Grandpa and Grandma's gardens as much as they could. Plus they got their own garden spots they have planted. They are so happy about that, and anxiously waiting for the plants to grow!! Will be good for them to be in charge of their own hoeing too! For as the plants grow, so will the weeds!!
I am so happy for all there is to do for the kids, in both work and play. They have not once ask to play a computer game or watch a DVD since they have been here!! ( Though it is not even an option, but i don't think they know that) My dad and mom do not have a T.V. We did bring our big DVD player, but have not planed for them to watch any DVDs through the summer, only in the winter when daylight hours are short and it is to miserable to be out side anyway ( but then only rarely, and has to be 100 percent good and wholesome). I feel so blessed to be here for the kids sake. And ever so thankful that my Dad and mom have no T.V, or don't do movies either. I just praise the Lord for that!
The weather has been very pleasant here.
The last couple days it has even been warmer here than at our home in Texas! There was a couple really windy days a few days ago, which is unusual for here in the valley. But now it isn't windy and is very nice, though a little cooler so far this morning. It is about 55 F right now. When we arrived there was lots of ice along both sides of the Peace River that runs near by, though the middle had been melted already awhile. But now all that ice is gone too. Sometimes it can last several weeks. I think it is a warmer spring this year than most.
The gardens are planted!
My Dad and Mom grow a couple big gardens every year, for their own use and to carry out to town to sell. So they have just finished all the planting for that. Some things are up already and doing good. There is a chance it could freeze again yet, but it something you just have to take a chance on! lol!! Of course most things can easily with stand a frost. The tomatoes though would be the things that would get damaged. Usually if you know it is going to frost the night before you can cover them, and protect them that way.
There has been a lot of fires around here in Alberta, though nothing very close to where we are. There is one community that has been burned bad by fires. That is so sad. With hard winds the fires can be so hard to contain, and especially in towns the fires easily jump from house to house.
Well i guess that's about all the happenings around here.
The next post i want to do is about balance: balancing the things in our life.
I feel everything needs to have a right balance. There is things that i wouldn't even be against if it had a right balance. Like for instance movies: if they only took 15 to 30 min. like our daily Bible reading time, or the kids daily music playing time, then i wouldn't i mind if they were a part of our weekly schedule , or even acouple times a week, ( but only if it was good). ( i personaly don't think a movie needs to be a part of our daily lives by no means, even if it was 15- 30 min. ) But anyway this is for the next post.
So keep reading and watching for great up coming posts!!
In Him, Mae
But this time just thought i would post about happenings around here ( way up North near Manning, Alberta, where the days are long, and wildlife roam) . Knew that would be of interest to my friends who want to keep up with how we are doing and what all is going on in our lives.
( I can really bet my Texas Friends are just dying to hear some news from me!! Missing you all!!:)
So here goes.
First I will talk about me.
Some friends of my mom's recommended a women doctor to me. So i had my first appointment with her yesterday. She is such a nice and sweet doctor. I am so thankful she was recommended to me. She reminds me of my previous sweet mid-wives i have had! ( mid-wives were not an option for me here because there was none around for a many, many miles) This doctor is only about an hour away. My pregnancy is going very good. I have felt so great the whole time so far! I am at about 27 weeks, with only about 12 more to go!! Due date is August 12th.
The kids are doing great!
They are loving it here at Dad and Mom's. So much for them to do. They have helped in the planting of Grandpa and Grandma's gardens as much as they could. Plus they got their own garden spots they have planted. They are so happy about that, and anxiously waiting for the plants to grow!! Will be good for them to be in charge of their own hoeing too! For as the plants grow, so will the weeds!!
I am so happy for all there is to do for the kids, in both work and play. They have not once ask to play a computer game or watch a DVD since they have been here!! ( Though it is not even an option, but i don't think they know that) My dad and mom do not have a T.V. We did bring our big DVD player, but have not planed for them to watch any DVDs through the summer, only in the winter when daylight hours are short and it is to miserable to be out side anyway ( but then only rarely, and has to be 100 percent good and wholesome). I feel so blessed to be here for the kids sake. And ever so thankful that my Dad and mom have no T.V, or don't do movies either. I just praise the Lord for that!
The weather has been very pleasant here.
The last couple days it has even been warmer here than at our home in Texas! There was a couple really windy days a few days ago, which is unusual for here in the valley. But now it isn't windy and is very nice, though a little cooler so far this morning. It is about 55 F right now. When we arrived there was lots of ice along both sides of the Peace River that runs near by, though the middle had been melted already awhile. But now all that ice is gone too. Sometimes it can last several weeks. I think it is a warmer spring this year than most.
The gardens are planted!
My Dad and Mom grow a couple big gardens every year, for their own use and to carry out to town to sell. So they have just finished all the planting for that. Some things are up already and doing good. There is a chance it could freeze again yet, but it something you just have to take a chance on! lol!! Of course most things can easily with stand a frost. The tomatoes though would be the things that would get damaged. Usually if you know it is going to frost the night before you can cover them, and protect them that way.
There has been a lot of fires around here in Alberta, though nothing very close to where we are. There is one community that has been burned bad by fires. That is so sad. With hard winds the fires can be so hard to contain, and especially in towns the fires easily jump from house to house.
Well i guess that's about all the happenings around here.
The next post i want to do is about balance: balancing the things in our life.
I feel everything needs to have a right balance. There is things that i wouldn't even be against if it had a right balance. Like for instance movies: if they only took 15 to 30 min. like our daily Bible reading time, or the kids daily music playing time, then i wouldn't i mind if they were a part of our weekly schedule , or even acouple times a week, ( but only if it was good). ( i personaly don't think a movie needs to be a part of our daily lives by no means, even if it was 15- 30 min. ) But anyway this is for the next post.
So keep reading and watching for great up coming posts!!
In Him, Mae
Monday, May 2, 2011
We are in Alberta, Canada
Hey , have posted in awhile. But for good reason, we have been in transit from our home in Texas to Northern Alberta.
We were about a week on the road and stop by family to visit along the way.
But are now at final destination which is at my parents place in a little community near Manning, Alberta. Way out in the sticks, but the most beautiful place ever!! ( my opinion only of course)
So we are a long way from Texas, the nice and beautiful warm State! It is cooler here for sure, but really feels nice. Nothing a light coat or jacket can't take care of!
All the snow is gone in this area. The Peace River that runs not to far from here is thawed out, but with lots of ice yet on both sides of the river. That will be like that for a few weeks yet.
The kids did great traveling. And are having a blast so far here!! So much to see and do at Grand parents place!!
We went through lots of snow going through the mountains in different of the states. Was so neat. It was even snowing in some areas.
Well now that we are here in the sticks where wildlife abounds, and it is day light till way late at night, I will have lots of interesting things to share about. Wished though that i had a fast way to post pic.s. I may start a new blog to share about our Alberta happenings. And just keep this one for my mothering and ministry spot. I will post a link for the new blog if i do start one. But that would be much more to keep up with. so we will see. I will think on that one for awhile. :)
So to close this post I will say my family are doing super great! We are so thankful to God to have made it possible for us to come here. We want our lives to be glory to Him, and to be a blessing to others no matter where he leads us.
I will keep posting as i have time and God puts wonderful things on my heart and mind.
Take care all, and remmber i love your comments!! I reply to comments, though it make take me awhile.
In Him, Mae
We were about a week on the road and stop by family to visit along the way.
But are now at final destination which is at my parents place in a little community near Manning, Alberta. Way out in the sticks, but the most beautiful place ever!! ( my opinion only of course)
So we are a long way from Texas, the nice and beautiful warm State! It is cooler here for sure, but really feels nice. Nothing a light coat or jacket can't take care of!
All the snow is gone in this area. The Peace River that runs not to far from here is thawed out, but with lots of ice yet on both sides of the river. That will be like that for a few weeks yet.
The kids did great traveling. And are having a blast so far here!! So much to see and do at Grand parents place!!
We went through lots of snow going through the mountains in different of the states. Was so neat. It was even snowing in some areas.
Well now that we are here in the sticks where wildlife abounds, and it is day light till way late at night, I will have lots of interesting things to share about. Wished though that i had a fast way to post pic.s. I may start a new blog to share about our Alberta happenings. And just keep this one for my mothering and ministry spot. I will post a link for the new blog if i do start one. But that would be much more to keep up with. so we will see. I will think on that one for awhile. :)
So to close this post I will say my family are doing super great! We are so thankful to God to have made it possible for us to come here. We want our lives to be glory to Him, and to be a blessing to others no matter where he leads us.
I will keep posting as i have time and God puts wonderful things on my heart and mind.
Take care all, and remmber i love your comments!! I reply to comments, though it make take me awhile.
In Him, Mae
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Humbly yours ~ Jesus
I don't really know what made me think of it. But i was thinking about all the pretty Easter dresses and suites and stuff that is on sale at stores right now.
And i was thinking about all the men, and women, and children dressed in their Easter finery and going off to church this Easter Sunday.
And i was thinking about all that glamor, and all that expence some put out to look that way.
Then i thought of who they are dressing up to worship.
They are dressing all up to the tilt to worship the most humblest being there ever was - Jesus.
Something doesn't seem right there does it?
Let's look at what the Bible says about Jesus being humble.
Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high. Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and earth! Psalm 113: 5-6
.....He was led as a sheep to the slaughter ; and like a lamb dumb before His shearer, so he opened not his mouth:
In His humiliation his judgment was taken away; and who shall declare his generation? For His life was taken from the earth. Acts 8 :32-33
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Wherefore God also exalted him and gave him a name above every name. Philippians 2:8-9
Here is also a few things that we read about Jesus that we can easily see He was a humble man.
Jesus was born in a manger. _ Luke 2:7
Jesus was not good looking. _ Isaiah 52:14, Isaiah 53: 2-3
Jesus said, "Why call ye me good? There is none good except for the Farther. _ Matthew 19:17
Jesus said, " foxes have holes, but the son of man has no place to lay his head. _ Math. 8:20, Luke 9:58.
Now i am not saying that pretty dresses, and handsome suites is wrong, or dressing up in general .
But this Easter picture doesn't look quite right to me. Does it to you?
Well once again sharing my thoughts that God puts on my heart.
Love to hear what you think.
In Him, Mae
And i was thinking about all the men, and women, and children dressed in their Easter finery and going off to church this Easter Sunday.
And i was thinking about all that glamor, and all that expence some put out to look that way.
Then i thought of who they are dressing up to worship.
They are dressing all up to the tilt to worship the most humblest being there ever was - Jesus.
Something doesn't seem right there does it?
Let's look at what the Bible says about Jesus being humble.
Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high. Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and earth! Psalm 113: 5-6
.....He was led as a sheep to the slaughter ; and like a lamb dumb before His shearer, so he opened not his mouth:
In His humiliation his judgment was taken away; and who shall declare his generation? For His life was taken from the earth. Acts 8 :32-33
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Wherefore God also exalted him and gave him a name above every name. Philippians 2:8-9
Here is also a few things that we read about Jesus that we can easily see He was a humble man.
Jesus was born in a manger. _ Luke 2:7
Jesus was not good looking. _ Isaiah 52:14, Isaiah 53: 2-3
Jesus said, "Why call ye me good? There is none good except for the Farther. _ Matthew 19:17
Jesus said, " foxes have holes, but the son of man has no place to lay his head. _ Math. 8:20, Luke 9:58.
Now i am not saying that pretty dresses, and handsome suites is wrong, or dressing up in general .
But this Easter picture doesn't look quite right to me. Does it to you?
Well once again sharing my thoughts that God puts on my heart.
Love to hear what you think.
In Him, Mae
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Jesus taught the peole saying.......
( While looking up verses for my last post, I got insight for this one! ) I just love the words and teachings of Jesus. Here is just a few of the things he taught the people while he was yet with them on earth.
- to love your enemies ( Matthew 5:44 )
- bless those who curse you and do good those who hate you ( Math. 5:44 , Luke 6:28)
- give to them that ask ( Math. 5:42 )
- pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you ( Math. 5:44)
- to love you neighbor as your self ( Math19:19, Math. 22:39, Mark 12:31 )
- resist not evil ( Math. 5:39 )
- not to swear ( Math. 5:34 )
- judge not ( Math. 7: 1-2 )
- to forgive one another ( Math. 6: 14-15, Luke 6:37 )
- to be perfect ( Math 5: 48 )
- beware of false prophets ( Math 7: 15-21 )
- not to break any of the commandments ( Math. 5:18-19 )
- fear not what man can do to you ( Luke 12: 4 )
- but to fear God ( Luke 12:5 )
- visit those in prison ( Math. 25:36 )
- feed the hungry and entertain strangers ( Math. 25: 35 )
- go and teach all nations ( Math. 28:19 )
- have faith in God ( Mark 11: 22 )
What wonderful words of life they are!
In Him, Mae
Friday, April 8, 2011
JESUS -- Our excample
In 1 John 2:6 we read.... "He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk, even as he walked." Jesus gave us a very example to live by. If we take a good look at how He walked, we will see clearly how He wants and expects us to walk.
- Jesus was perfect ( Matthew 5: 48 )
- Jesus was humble ( Philippians 2:8, Acts 8:32-33, Psalm 113:6 )
- Jesus kept His Father's commandments ( Matthew 15: 10 )
- In Him was no sin or guile ( 1 John 3:5, 1Peter 2:22 )
- Jesus was a servant ( Matthew 12:18, Philippians 2:7 )
- Jesus was Holy ( 1 Peter 1:16 )
- Jesus had no respect of persons ( Romans 2:11, 1 Peter 1:17, Colossians 3: 25 )
- Jesus was just ( Isaiah 45:21, Acts 3:14, Acts 7:52, Romans 7:12 )
- Jesus was meek and lowly (1 Peter 2:19-21 & 23, Matthew 11:29 )
- Jesus did not fight back at His accusers ( 1 Peter 2: 19-21& 23, John 18: 10-11)
- Jesus did not do His own thing here on Earth, but the work of His Farther who sent Him ( John 4:34, John 9:4, John 17: 4 )
- Jesus loved the little children ( Matthew 18:1-6 )
- Jesus had a heart for the maimed, the lame, the blind, the lost, the sick, the leppers, the poor, and the desolate ( Matthew 15:24, Luke 19:10, Matthew 11:5, Matthew 15:30-31, Luke 14:13-14, Luke 14:21, Mark 7: 32-33, Matthew 21:14, Luke 7:22 )
Jesus is our most perfect example.
So may all of us that say, "we abide in Him", may we also, " walk even as He walked."
In Him, Mae
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
I believe....
Just a few things i believe.
- I believe the Bible is the true inspired word of God. ( 2 Timothy 3:16 )
- I believe if we truly Love God we will keep His commandments, and will not find them grievous. ( 1 John 5:3 , 1 John 2: 3-5 )
- I believe God sent His only begotten son , and that whosoever believeth on him, shall not perish, but have ever lasting life. (John 3:16 )
- I believe children are gift and a blessing from God. ( Psalms 127:3-5 )
- I believe each day that God gives us on earth is a blessing, and that we should use that time wisely, and only for His glory. ( James 4:14 )
- I believe the husband is to be the head of the home. ( Ephesians 5:23 )
- I believe that whosoever saith that he abideth in God ought to walk even as He walked. (1 John 2:6 )
- I believe our role here on earth is to be servants of God. Period.
- I believe God protects His people, and that we have absolutely nothing to fear if we walk in Him. ( Psalms 46:1-2, 2 Samuel 22: 2-4, Psalm 9:9-10, Psalm 91: 2-12, 1 Peter 3:12-13, Proverbs 16:7, Psalm 34:7 )
- I believe nothing happens that is not apart of God's plan, and that all things are in His control.
- I believe our spiritual food is just as important as our physical food.
- I believe God chastises those He loves. ( Hebrews 12:6-7, Deut. 8:5-6, Psalms 94:12 )
- I believe the closer we are to God the happier and blessed we will be.
- I believe the more we die to flesh, the more abundantly we can live for God ,and God will live more abundantly in us.
- I believe salvation is a gift from God.
- I believe Jesus died on the cross for our sins, and in Him alone we have forgiveness for our sins.
- I believe we should start and end each day with a prayer of thanksgiving to God.
- I believe God alone is the giver of life.
- I believe if we truly are living for God, then it should be no longer us that liveth, but Christ that live in us. ( Galatians 2: 20 )
In Him,
Mae
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Ugh!
I have just noticed that my last 2 posts have not turned out good. I put a lot of good spacing between my sentences, and had it really easy to read. Now i see that it is all jammed together. I do not know why that happened. I have try editing those post, and spacing every thing out again, but seen they are still just the same. So i give up. I am so sorry. I do hope even though it is hard to read, that you will take the time to read it anyway. It is a good read! Mae
when mommy says....mommy means this.....
Just recently it has came to my attention that i seriously need to sit down with all my dear children and have a little talk with them. Some how they have not learned yet just through it experiences, some of Mommy's way of saying what she means. I am gonna have to explain to them that when mommy says a certain thing, she actually means something else. I know that may seem kind of confusing , but really it's not, once you learn the language! ( my oldest son has pretty much got it down pat now, it's just my younger ones) Here's what i am going to tell them at our little meeting. When mommy walks out the door and sees the bucket of cat food spilled on it's side, and says, " oh man, who spilled the cat food?" _ she means if you did it or not, it needs cleaned up now! When mommy ask, " you haven't done your dishes yet, Clayton?" _ she means it is high time they are done!" When mommy says, " on no, Anna is eating a crayon!" _ she mean someone hurry and get that crayon out of her mouth. When mommy walks in to the bathroom and exclaims in a loud and not so happy tone, "what are all these muddy foot prints on the floor?" _ she means clean up these foot prints right now, regardless of who did it. When mommy walks in the kids room and says, "oh man, what a mess in here!" _ it means you had better start cleaning up. When mommy asks, "who all hasn't brushed their teeth yet?" _She means those who haven't need to do it now. When mommy says, "I am sooo thirsty." _ Some one better get her some water and in a hurry to boot! When mommy gets in the van to go somewhere ( and in a rush like usually) and announces, "oh, i have no more water bottles in here!" _ She means some better run get a bottle of water. Or when mommy jumps in the van and says, "oh no we don't have Anna's pacifier or blanket!" _ She means, "some one, run get it, and hurry, we are late!!" When mommy finally gets the meal done and finally gets to sit down at the table, and looks around to see that no one has any cups. And she says, "wheres every one's cup?" _ that means she is asking for a volunteer to get up and get them. When mommy says, "oh no, look at Anna's dirty face!" _ she expects some one to get a rag and wipe her face. When mommy announces, "Gosh is it ever hot in here." _ it means someone needs to open some windows. ( that's in the winter time when the wood heater is working a little to good!:) When mommy says, " look at all these toys all over the floor!" _ she means it is time they were picked up. When Clayton gets out of bed,( when the rest of us are already sitting down eating), and goes to stand by the wood heater, and mommy says, "The food is over here." _ that means it is time to come sit at the table and and eat, your running late. Maybe it is to much to expect them to learn the secret code. But i think they could with some good training and my little meeting! :) They all know the 2 really good when mommy is getting in the van. Now we just got to work on the rest!! Let me know if you use this kind of code at your home too. Surely i am not the only one! In Him, Mae
Monday, March 28, 2011
Let's try that again
You know what i love about a new day? I love that we get a new chance, a new opportunity to start afresh. Sure i may have made mistake the other day __corrected my children too harshly, or let something slide that i shouldn't of, said something unthoughtful to my husband, got impatient with the kids ;but now that it is a brand new day- i get a whole new shot at it. I maybe can't undo what i did yesterday, but i can try it all over again. I can learn from my mistakes. Maybe I can not un-do what i did or said, but by golly i can make right my wrong, i can fix my mistakes, I can say i am sorry, i can forgive and forget. I can be forgivien. I can talk to my children and say, " you know what mommy lost it yesterday, mommy ran out of patience and said something she shouldn't of, or corrected in a way mommy shouldn't of". Or , "Mommy was busy and let something slide that she shouldn't of, but that's not going to happen again." And explain how that situation should have been handled. I get another try! Because it's a new day! Yesterday is long gone!! God has given me more time. He has blessed me with another day. Wow, another day to serve my God, another day to tend to and instruct my children, another day to be a blessing to my husband!! May i use this day wisely and only for His glory. May i be a blessing to others that i may be in the presence of today. It is your new day too! If you made mistakes yesterday like me, don't worry: because if your up and breathing that means God blessed you with more time, a fresh start! So come on let's try that again!!! In Him, Mae
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
lust of the eyes
Warning!!
This post is t.v. bashing. Yep, once again!
I am so sorry! Please forgive me.
I think I finally figured out why t.v. and movies are so appealing.
It's because it gives a person "something" to do with out doing "nothing"!
Times when you just want to sit, rest, and relax, and yet not just exactly sit there and stare at four walls!
And it has a lot to do with our eyes too.
Here is a couple verses I have found interesting. We were just reading along one day and came a cross them, we were not purposely looking up verses on this or anything.
After we read them, I was like, "So that's why the t.v. and movie industry is doing so well"!
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Proverbs 27:20
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 1:8
Could this be why the t.v. is so very addictive to our human nature?
It seems it must be.
We just have to control what our eyes see, and what our children's eye's see, I guess.
Well just found this interesting and had to pass it on.
Sorry once again for the t.v. bashing though.
Really I mean it.
As always I love hearing from my readers!!
In Him,
Mae
This post is t.v. bashing. Yep, once again!
I am so sorry! Please forgive me.
I think I finally figured out why t.v. and movies are so appealing.
It's because it gives a person "something" to do with out doing "nothing"!
Times when you just want to sit, rest, and relax, and yet not just exactly sit there and stare at four walls!
And it has a lot to do with our eyes too.
Here is a couple verses I have found interesting. We were just reading along one day and came a cross them, we were not purposely looking up verses on this or anything.
After we read them, I was like, "So that's why the t.v. and movie industry is doing so well"!
Hell and destruction are never full; so t
he eyes of man are never satisfied.Proverbs 27:20
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 1:8
Could this be why the t.v. is so very addictive to our human nature?
It seems it must be.
We just have to control what our eyes see, and what our children's eye's see, I guess.
Well just found this interesting and had to pass it on.
Sorry once again for the t.v. bashing though.
Really I mean it.
As always I love hearing from my readers!!
In Him,
Mae
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
valuing our time ( part 3 )
Here I come again for part 3!
Before I start though I think I should say that I know T.V watching is certainly not the only thing that can be poor use of our time. I am sure there is many, many other things as well.
I am so sorry if it seems i am really picking on that. The T.V is very addictive though I know.
Over all i have come to the conclusion or conviction that we should really think on how we use our time. I mean it is just like our money, we know that it is a blessing from God. And that we should be good stewards of what God has given us. We should use all our money as God would want us too, and give to the use of God's work.
I feel our time is also a blessing from God. We do not know how much time we have left here on earth before Jesus comes to take us home. Shouldn't He return to see us using our last bit of time here wisely? Also we do not when He may require our life. Even though His coming may not be for awhile, our time could be up tomorrow, or the next hour. The Bible said our life is like a vapor, here today and gone tomorrow.
If we all acted that we only had a very short time to live, I bet we would be doing things in our last few days very differently than what we are doing now.
I can imagine if I knew I had only, say, 5 days left I would be busy writing letters to my kids instructing then in God's word, and so much more. I would be phoning and talking to my family more, talking to my husband and sharing with him all my hopes and dreams and desires for our kids, telling my family how much I love them, praying for my family, and the list would go on.
It is just something I feel that God has been really laying on my heart lately.
And something I feel is very important to teach our children while there are young.
I want them to be creative, have fun and work hard, use their time to bless others, and just learn to think of others over their own personal pleasures or desires.
I want them to know that our time here on earth truly is a gift and blessing from God.
I want them to always be mindful of how God would want them to use their time, and what he wants for them to do with their lives.
I want them to always put God first, others next, and then their personal wants, and desires and so on comes after that.
And of course I have to be that example for them.
To close, I must say I certainly do not have all the answers ( though i wish i did), and that i am learning and growing all the time. ( I hope I am anyway!!)
In Him,
Mae
Before I start though I think I should say that I know T.V watching is certainly not the only thing that can be poor use of our time. I am sure there is many, many other things as well.
I am so sorry if it seems i am really picking on that. The T.V is very addictive though I know.
Over all i have come to the conclusion or conviction that we should really think on how we use our time. I mean it is just like our money, we know that it is a blessing from God. And that we should be good stewards of what God has given us. We should use all our money as God would want us too, and give to the use of God's work.
I feel our time is also a blessing from God. We do not know how much time we have left here on earth before Jesus comes to take us home. Shouldn't He return to see us using our last bit of time here wisely? Also we do not when He may require our life. Even though His coming may not be for awhile, our time could be up tomorrow, or the next hour. The Bible said our life is like a vapor, here today and gone tomorrow.
If we all acted that we only had a very short time to live, I bet we would be doing things in our last few days very differently than what we are doing now.
I can imagine if I knew I had only, say, 5 days left I would be busy writing letters to my kids instructing then in God's word, and so much more. I would be phoning and talking to my family more, talking to my husband and sharing with him all my hopes and dreams and desires for our kids, telling my family how much I love them, praying for my family, and the list would go on.
It is just something I feel that God has been really laying on my heart lately.
And something I feel is very important to teach our children while there are young.
I want them to be creative, have fun and work hard, use their time to bless others, and just learn to think of others over their own personal pleasures or desires.
I want them to know that our time here on earth truly is a gift and blessing from God.
I want them to always be mindful of how God would want them to use their time, and what he wants for them to do with their lives.
I want them to always put God first, others next, and then their personal wants, and desires and so on comes after that.
And of course I have to be that example for them.
To close, I must say I certainly do not have all the answers ( though i wish i did), and that i am learning and growing all the time. ( I hope I am anyway!!)
In Him,
Mae
Thursday, March 17, 2011
valuing our time ( part 2 )
How's this for valuing time?
Below I have made up a little story to show how some people may value their time.
He is at work and he makes every minute count. He is diligent in what he does. His boss likes him because he of his hard work ethic and that he doesn't waste time.
He expects to be payed of course for every minute he is on the job. If he is short changed even 30 minutes by accident he goes to the Secretary and gets it straitened out, there's no way he wants to do any thing for free. He boast that time is money.
He doesn't want to do anything with out being paid.
He complains of wasting his time in the long line at Star Bucks and in traffic lights on his way home from work.
Then he gets home.
You know the first thing he does after greeting his wife and kids ?
Yep you got it, he plops down in front of the T.V, completely unconcerned of valuing his time anymore.
Not only is he not valuing his time, but he is in fact paying to waste his time. He pays for cable, net-flix, and computer game rentals.
SO he sits there wasting time and paying to do it!!
( so much for complaining about wasting time at the traffic lights and Star Bucks.)
Now I know this is not a true story, but I think unfortunately it is true way more than we realize.
To add to this fictional story......
As he sits wasting his time ( and paying to do so), his dear wife and children yearn for his attention.
His wife would like the family to eat dinner together at the table but that's next to impossible with Dad in front of the t.v, the kids want to do the same.
His kids would rather have him play ball or read a story to them though.
His wife would like him to read the Bible to the family.
He may be thinking, " this is my time, I can use it how I want."
But while he sits and wastes time, his family suffers for it.
His whole home suffers.
Does he really have the right to use his time like this?
What a sad story that is. But thankful it is just all made up, or is it?
Is this not true in many a home?
But I must say I am not picking on the men or husbands at all, only seemed convenient to use the man in this made up story.
But i know full well the women and moms can be just as guilty of this.
Oh, but you say, " that's not so in Christian homes". Well i sure hope that is true.
I would hope this is not the way christian homes run.
How sad that would be.
Well i guess that brings us to the end of part 2 on valuing our time.
It looks like we will have a part 3 as well!
I hope you are enjoying this topic.
I would love to hear from you on what you think on this.
In Him,
Mae
Below I have made up a little story to show how some people may value their time.
He is at work and he makes every minute count. He is diligent in what he does. His boss likes him because he of his hard work ethic and that he doesn't waste time.
He expects to be payed of course for every minute he is on the job. If he is short changed even 30 minutes by accident he goes to the Secretary and gets it straitened out, there's no way he wants to do any thing for free. He boast that time is money.
He doesn't want to do anything with out being paid.
He complains of wasting his time in the long line at Star Bucks and in traffic lights on his way home from work.
Then he gets home.
You know the first thing he does after greeting his wife and kids ?
Yep you got it, he plops down in front of the T.V, completely unconcerned of valuing his time anymore.
Not only is he not valuing his time, but he is in fact paying to waste his time. He pays for cable, net-flix, and computer game rentals.
SO he sits there wasting time and paying to do it!!
( so much for complaining about wasting time at the traffic lights and Star Bucks.)
Now I know this is not a true story, but I think unfortunately it is true way more than we realize.
To add to this fictional story......
As he sits wasting his time ( and paying to do so), his dear wife and children yearn for his attention.
His wife would like the family to eat dinner together at the table but that's next to impossible with Dad in front of the t.v, the kids want to do the same.
His kids would rather have him play ball or read a story to them though.
His wife would like him to read the Bible to the family.
He may be thinking, " this is my time, I can use it how I want."
But while he sits and wastes time, his family suffers for it.
His whole home suffers.
Does he really have the right to use his time like this?
What a sad story that is. But thankful it is just all made up, or is it?
Is this not true in many a home?
But I must say I am not picking on the men or husbands at all, only seemed convenient to use the man in this made up story.
But i know full well the women and moms can be just as guilty of this.
Oh, but you say, " that's not so in Christian homes". Well i sure hope that is true.
I would hope this is not the way christian homes run.
How sad that would be.
Well i guess that brings us to the end of part 2 on valuing our time.
It looks like we will have a part 3 as well!
I hope you are enjoying this topic.
I would love to hear from you on what you think on this.
In Him,
Mae
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
valuing our time ( part 1 )
I have been thinking a lot lately of time. And valuing time.
It has always been a big deal to me to make the most of my time, or using it wisely.
Might have something to do with my upbringing or just my characteristic
But i have never liked to just sit around, i have always felt there has to be something that needs doing, and most of the time as a mom there certainly is. But i also feel there is a time for a rest or a break too. That is vital to keep us moms going. I nap daily
But i have never liked to feel that I was wasting my time, like watching a movie, playing computer games or the like.
It may be because I grew up with out a T.V, and computer. SO there was no sitting around watching something and no computer or video games at all.
When i was really little ( under 8 ) my parents ran a market garden in the summer, plus we had our own house garden, did ranching, and lots of animals. So there was lots to keep us busy at. Both work and fun.
For evening activities when it was dark and work was done, or in the winter time, we played board games, card games, reading books, and such.
When i was 8 and we moved from there, we still had a big garden to tend, lots of animals, and lots of fun and work to do. Never was a dull momnet!
So what I am getting at is that since i was not use to sitting and do nothing but watching something, I still to this day do not feel right just sitting and wasting time like that. It has to be to be in the evening when there is absolutely nothing else better to do, and then only once a month, if even that. It wasn't always this way though.
There was a time after i got married and we got a T.V. for watching movies ( it even got 3 channels, though a little blurry), that i did enjoy watching. And quite often too, though not in the day time,( i just could not stand that at all).
At the time we had that T.V. we only had 2 little ones and we did not have to worry so much about what we watched. We had that one about a year and a half. Then got rid of it.
A couple years later we got a D.V.D player, and started getting D.V.Ds from the Library or rental store to watch and did that quite often.
By this time though our kids were older and we really had to make sure they were family friendly, but often during the movie we would find, "oops it was not."
That's when i started to get sick of movies. The lack of good and wholesome ones out there.
We did buy the whole complete season set of Little House On The Prairie. And loved watching that together as a family.
But from then on I gradually got sick of movie watching all together. We went from watching a few a week to only Friday nights. Then i was like, "Why don't replace our movie night with a game night instead." So that's what we did. ( but soon our game night wore off, but we did not go back to to movie night to my great delight.
Now we almost never watch any movies at all. It has been a long time.
Also the kids would play computer games at a lot. I could not stand them sitting there during the day doing that, so i really limited them, or said only in the evening. ( though that has been our reading time as well)
Now i am happy to say they don't play computer games any more!! YEA!!
I just feel they have much better things to do with their time.
They have school of course and chores, but after that is done, they can play outside in the woods, ride bikes, build things with wood, ride their scooter, skate board, read books, write letters to their many cousins, color and draw pictures, and so much more.
I want them to be creative. I don't want them to feel that the only thing there is to do for fun or entertainment is to sit and watch something. And i don't even want them to feel that all spare time should necessarily be fun or entertaining.
And that is how it is with me too, i feel I have way better things to do than sit and waste it watching something, i don't care if it's good, it is still wasting my very valuable time.
Like i said i do need need breaks in my busy day as mom.
And of course more than just a nap.
But my breaks can still be very useful. I can sit and write letters, read my Bible, read other good books ( like i have done this winter), phone my many family members, write on my blog, send e-mails, go for walks, chat with hubby. All that to me is taking a break, yet accomplishing so much. I could not bare to sit and do nothing.
But maybe that's just me.
Maybe the Lord is just convicting me of this.
Maybe this is just for me and my family and no else.
But i have been wondering as a whole, should God's people be valuing their time more?
I have been wondering does God care at all what we do with our spare time?
Does it matter to Him if we just sit wasting our time away by watching something?
What does He think of all this?
Some how i feel that just as we should value our money (which God has blessed us with), and use it wisely for God and not just on our selves; that we should also value our time that God has gave us here on earth and also use it wisely for Him.
We do not know how much time we have left here on earth. I really feel we need to make the most of it.
I have been so convicted of this lately.
SO how do we spend our evenings then?
Well we don't have much of an evening during the week in school season since supper is at 6:00 and bed time is at 8:00. Between those hours the table is cleaned from supper and dishes are done, a little play time either in doors or out, then wash up time, then comes reading time. I read to the children form a children's Bible, and other good Godly character building books. Some where in there may be time for a quick snack. Then after reading time is brush teeth time, then off to bed at 8:00.
No school nights( which is Thursday and Friday nights in our home), and summer evenings are different only in that bed time is later. Other wise we do the same things. They just have more free time between when supper dishes are done and reading time. Summer evenings though find us a lot of times out in the garden after supper. We all work together to keep it weeded and watered and so on.
I find i have much more to share on this topic than i first thought, so I am planing a part 2 on this.
To close up part 1 this, I would just say it is something each family has to be convicted on. Something to to think on, pray about and discuss with hubby.
I personal took awhile coming to this conviction, was not something that happened over night for me, so i would not expect that of any one else either.
Well until next time,
God Bless and Take care!!
In Him,
Mae
It has always been a big deal to me to make the most of my time, or using it wisely.
Might have something to do with my upbringing or just my characteristic
But i have never liked to just sit around, i have always felt there has to be something that needs doing, and most of the time as a mom there certainly is. But i also feel there is a time for a rest or a break too. That is vital to keep us moms going. I nap daily
But i have never liked to feel that I was wasting my time, like watching a movie, playing computer games or the like.
It may be because I grew up with out a T.V, and computer. SO there was no sitting around watching something and no computer or video games at all.
When i was really little ( under 8 ) my parents ran a market garden in the summer, plus we had our own house garden, did ranching, and lots of animals. So there was lots to keep us busy at. Both work and fun.
For evening activities when it was dark and work was done, or in the winter time, we played board games, card games, reading books, and such.
When i was 8 and we moved from there, we still had a big garden to tend, lots of animals, and lots of fun and work to do. Never was a dull momnet!
So what I am getting at is that since i was not use to sitting and do nothing but watching something, I still to this day do not feel right just sitting and wasting time like that. It has to be to be in the evening when there is absolutely nothing else better to do, and then only once a month, if even that. It wasn't always this way though.
There was a time after i got married and we got a T.V. for watching movies ( it even got 3 channels, though a little blurry), that i did enjoy watching. And quite often too, though not in the day time,( i just could not stand that at all).
At the time we had that T.V. we only had 2 little ones and we did not have to worry so much about what we watched. We had that one about a year and a half. Then got rid of it.
A couple years later we got a D.V.D player, and started getting D.V.Ds from the Library or rental store to watch and did that quite often.
By this time though our kids were older and we really had to make sure they were family friendly, but often during the movie we would find, "oops it was not."
That's when i started to get sick of movies. The lack of good and wholesome ones out there.
We did buy the whole complete season set of Little House On The Prairie. And loved watching that together as a family.
But from then on I gradually got sick of movie watching all together. We went from watching a few a week to only Friday nights. Then i was like, "Why don't replace our movie night with a game night instead." So that's what we did. ( but soon our game night wore off, but we did not go back to to movie night to my great delight.
Now we almost never watch any movies at all. It has been a long time.
Also the kids would play computer games at a lot. I could not stand them sitting there during the day doing that, so i really limited them, or said only in the evening. ( though that has been our reading time as well)
Now i am happy to say they don't play computer games any more!! YEA!!
I just feel they have much better things to do with their time.
They have school of course and chores, but after that is done, they can play outside in the woods, ride bikes, build things with wood, ride their scooter, skate board, read books, write letters to their many cousins, color and draw pictures, and so much more.
I want them to be creative. I don't want them to feel that the only thing there is to do for fun or entertainment is to sit and watch something. And i don't even want them to feel that all spare time should necessarily be fun or entertaining.
And that is how it is with me too, i feel I have way better things to do than sit and waste it watching something, i don't care if it's good, it is still wasting my very valuable time.
Like i said i do need need breaks in my busy day as mom.
And of course more than just a nap.
But my breaks can still be very useful. I can sit and write letters, read my Bible, read other good books ( like i have done this winter), phone my many family members, write on my blog, send e-mails, go for walks, chat with hubby. All that to me is taking a break, yet accomplishing so much. I could not bare to sit and do nothing.
But maybe that's just me.
Maybe the Lord is just convicting me of this.
Maybe this is just for me and my family and no else.
But i have been wondering as a whole, should God's people be valuing their time more?
I have been wondering does God care at all what we do with our spare time?
Does it matter to Him if we just sit wasting our time away by watching something?
What does He think of all this?
Some how i feel that just as we should value our money (which God has blessed us with), and use it wisely for God and not just on our selves; that we should also value our time that God has gave us here on earth and also use it wisely for Him.
We do not know how much time we have left here on earth. I really feel we need to make the most of it.
I have been so convicted of this lately.
SO how do we spend our evenings then?
Well we don't have much of an evening during the week in school season since supper is at 6:00 and bed time is at 8:00. Between those hours the table is cleaned from supper and dishes are done, a little play time either in doors or out, then wash up time, then comes reading time. I read to the children form a children's Bible, and other good Godly character building books. Some where in there may be time for a quick snack. Then after reading time is brush teeth time, then off to bed at 8:00.
No school nights( which is Thursday and Friday nights in our home), and summer evenings are different only in that bed time is later. Other wise we do the same things. They just have more free time between when supper dishes are done and reading time. Summer evenings though find us a lot of times out in the garden after supper. We all work together to keep it weeded and watered and so on.
I find i have much more to share on this topic than i first thought, so I am planing a part 2 on this.
To close up part 1 this, I would just say it is something each family has to be convicted on. Something to to think on, pray about and discuss with hubby.
I personal took awhile coming to this conviction, was not something that happened over night for me, so i would not expect that of any one else either.
Well until next time,
God Bless and Take care!!
In Him,
Mae
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
do we have what it takes?
Since I have been reading in the book, The Hole in The Gospel.
I have been thinking more and more about the life styles of the regular average Americans.
How we live compared to those others in poor countries.
Many of us may be barly making ends meet or just making it from pay check to pay check.
And we wonder how could we possible give to poor in another country.
Well that may very well be true, because of the life style that we are trying to live, and all the many things we "have to have", and what we call "needs''.
But most of us live way beyond basic needs don't you think?
Here i have put together a list of things that if we can afford, then we surly can afford to give to the needy in the poor countries i think. ( my opinion only though)
If you have enough money for:
I have been thinking more and more about the life styles of the regular average Americans.
How we live compared to those others in poor countries.
Many of us may be barly making ends meet or just making it from pay check to pay check.
And we wonder how could we possible give to poor in another country.
Well that may very well be true, because of the life style that we are trying to live, and all the many things we "have to have", and what we call "needs''.
But most of us live way beyond basic needs don't you think?
Here i have put together a list of things that if we can afford, then we surly can afford to give to the needy in the poor countries i think. ( my opinion only though)
If you have enough money for:
- dinner out a couple times a month or even only once a month
- cable television
- netflix
- a vacation
- birthday or Christmas gifts
- manicures
- pedicures
- brand new clothes instead of second hand ones
- getting your hair done
- jewelry
- your kids to be in sports
- bringing your family to the Rodeo or Fair
- your kids music lessons
- dance and krate lessons
- gambling addictions
- a smoking habit
- all those yummy already prepared store bought foods we could live with out
- gas to run the roads for this activity or that one
If we have money for those things, then surly we have money to give to the needy and poor, to support orphanages, sponsor a child, and so on.
Sure it takes sacrificing of our wants and pleasures a bit, but we are talking about starving and hurting people here. Children with out moms and dads who need good clean orphanages to love and care for them. Orphanages that need you and me to keep them going. But ultimately they need adoption though. There is a HUGE NEED for this in worn torn Liberia.
SO i am thinking do we have what it takes?Well just something to think about. Somthing that has been on my mind.
In Him, Mae
Monday, March 14, 2011
Tears of The Rain
Here is another book I am reading that I just love! ( I have finished the book The Hole in The Gospel )
I just had to share about it here.
It is called Tears of The Rain, by Ruth Ann Stelfox.
I got mine where I order my kids school. Christian Light Publications. http://www.cpl.org/ I make my orders over the phone at 1-800-776-0478.
Anyway this book is about a family who spent 2 years serving in Monrovia, Liberia with the Christian Aid Ministries. It is like a diary of their time there.
It is easy to read and so very interesting.
Through this book you can gain a great knowledge of the work and need there in that area, plus you get to see what all is being done there by the Christian Aid Ministries and others like it.
The need over there is so VERY GREAT, but it is so wonderful to see what these Ministries are doing for the people.
They have many, many orphanages that they support. Plus many other forms of help the poor.
It also gives us knowledge of places that need our financial support and prayers.
I am so enjoying the book. Even my 10yr. son is reading it too, and really enjoys it. I think it will be great for him to see the needs of that area, and to gain a heart for people like that.
I am hoping some of my children will be led to serve in mission field.
It is so important now at this early age for them to get a knowledge of the need and a heart for the people.
Other great reads of mine this winter have been ,
A Change of Allegiance by Dean Taylor
Over Coming Evil God's Way by Stephen Russell
The Hole in The Gospel by Richard Stearns ( World Vision President)
I have found the Christian Light Publications to be a very great place to order good books for the whole family. Character building books for children, Mission stories, books for Christan living and so much more. I love their catalog that is just for books. You can order one for free at 1-800-776-0478.
Well I guess that's it for now.
A good night to all!!
In Him,
Mae
I just had to share about it here.
It is called Tears of The Rain, by Ruth Ann Stelfox.
I got mine where I order my kids school. Christian Light Publications. http://www.cpl.org/ I make my orders over the phone at 1-800-776-0478.
Anyway this book is about a family who spent 2 years serving in Monrovia, Liberia with the Christian Aid Ministries. It is like a diary of their time there.
It is easy to read and so very interesting.
Through this book you can gain a great knowledge of the work and need there in that area, plus you get to see what all is being done there by the Christian Aid Ministries and others like it.
The need over there is so VERY GREAT, but it is so wonderful to see what these Ministries are doing for the people.
They have many, many orphanages that they support. Plus many other forms of help the poor.
It also gives us knowledge of places that need our financial support and prayers.
I am so enjoying the book. Even my 10yr. son is reading it too, and really enjoys it. I think it will be great for him to see the needs of that area, and to gain a heart for people like that.
I am hoping some of my children will be led to serve in mission field.
It is so important now at this early age for them to get a knowledge of the need and a heart for the people.
Other great reads of mine this winter have been ,
A Change of Allegiance by Dean Taylor
Over Coming Evil God's Way by Stephen Russell
The Hole in The Gospel by Richard Stearns ( World Vision President)
I have found the Christian Light Publications to be a very great place to order good books for the whole family. Character building books for children, Mission stories, books for Christan living and so much more. I love their catalog that is just for books. You can order one for free at 1-800-776-0478.
Well I guess that's it for now.
A good night to all!!
In Him,
Mae
Back with wind!!
Hi all!!
I am back with some more wind!!
I did not take notes on paper though like i had planed, it's just all in my head.
But i think it it will all come together when i go to post.
My cough still hasn't gone away. But at least I got some antibiotics this morning from wonderful mid-wife at my monthly check-up. So i will be glad for that to do the trick and knock my cough out for good!! My baby check-up went fine. I am at 18 1/2 weeks along now. Every thing is going good, and was wonderful to hear the baby heart beat again!!
With the all the bad news on the earth quake in Japan i have just been thinking about how so very blessed we are here! Or good and spoiled may be more like! We need to be so ever grateful for our things, food , and water. I know it is easy to take all that for granted, but in a blink of an eye, like in a earth quake, that all can be wiped out.
The people there have been in my thoughts and prayers.
Well look for super duper coming posts!!
In Him,
Mae
I am back with some more wind!!
Oh course I still do not know how often I will post though. I just do not get alot of time.
But at least I have had a break, and i have had a lot of fresh thoughts and such on mind that i am eager to share.I did not take notes on paper though like i had planed, it's just all in my head.
But i think it it will all come together when i go to post.
My cough still hasn't gone away. But at least I got some antibiotics this morning from wonderful mid-wife at my monthly check-up. So i will be glad for that to do the trick and knock my cough out for good!! My baby check-up went fine. I am at 18 1/2 weeks along now. Every thing is going good, and was wonderful to hear the baby heart beat again!!
With the all the bad news on the earth quake in Japan i have just been thinking about how so very blessed we are here! Or good and spoiled may be more like! We need to be so ever grateful for our things, food , and water. I know it is easy to take all that for granted, but in a blink of an eye, like in a earth quake, that all can be wiped out.
The people there have been in my thoughts and prayers.
Well look for super duper coming posts!!
In Him,
Mae
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