No Longer Wishy-Washy ( by Nancy from Above Rubies)

I loved this post by Nancy on her Above Rubies encouragment blog for women. So of course I had to share here for my readers.    Visit www.aboverubies.org to learn more of her ministry.

NO LONGER WISHY-WASHY!

What a privilege we have as mothers to create a home that is a sanctuary for God. God loves to dwell in our homes and walk in the midst of everything we are doing (Leviticus 26:11-12 and 2 Corinthians 16-18).

Psalm 96:6 says, “Honor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.”

Strength is one of the characteristics of God’s sanctuary. Therefore, as we prepare our home to be a sanctuary for God, we need to build strength into our home. I believe the greatest way we do this is to fill our hearts, and the hearts of our children, with God’s truth. Unless we, and our children, know the truth, are convinced of the truth, and are prepared to contend for the truth, we are wishy-washy and have no strength. We are a home that has no strength and can be battered by the storms of life.

I am amazed, or I should say, very burdened, at the state of Christianity today. Many do not have strong convictions of God’s principles. They are tolerant of what God says is an abomination. They are raising children who are more familiar with the entertainment of this world than they of God’s Word.
Let’s build strength into our home. Let’s become mothers of strong convictions. Let’s raise children who will not fear to stand strong for truth, and who will “be able to withstand (stand against, oppose, resist) in the evil day, and having done all, to stand” (Ephesians 6:13.


Love from Nancy


I feel like she really hit the nail on the head there.  That is excaatly what is happening in many homes today. It is so sad.  We need to stand for the TRUTH!
We need to become strong in our morals, standards and convictions, and stand strong against wrong and evil.

In Him,
Mae

Our family picture

 Our wonderful family!! Don't we make a good pictuer!? Will be fun when we even have more children for a pictuer down the road on day, the Lord willing. If He so blesses us we long to have more!! :)

Just mommy and the kids here in this pictuer. Oh what fun they are!! So nice when one is not so busy that you can truely enjoy and have fun with them!  Most certainly they are the best blessings ever!!


Well life has been so busy here of late.  At the moment finds me in the middel of making dill pickels,( which are packed in the jars and waiting on the vineger mix to come to a boil ) then it is on to corn. Bunches of corn to husk, and then boil in a large pot, and cut off cob to bag and freezze. It is alot of doings, but once it is all said and done, and snuggely in my freeezzer how wonderful it will be!! So thankful to God for abundance of vegtables to be able to put up for my family.  We need to be ever so thankful for all that God provides, and do our part to preserve and put it up for families.

So since live is extra busy at the moment I do not have much time for blogging. But this busy time will be over before we know it, and we will be back to school once again, and time for posting here as well too I hope!! :)
 But until then,
In Him,
Mae

Why is Truth Failing? ( post by Nancy from Above Rubies)

I am sharing this post here from the Above Rubies face book page.  I thought this post by Nancy to be very good. I hope you enjoy it as well.

 To learn more of the Above Rubies ministries go to, www.aboverubies.org 

WHY IS TRUTH FAILING?

Why is justice perverted? Why is truth fallen in the streets? (Isaiah 59:14-15). Do you think it is because it is failing in the homes?

I believe the answer to truth reigning in the streets and the market places of this nation again is by it coming back to the family. The family was the first institution God ordained (before the church and before government) and it is where He wants things to happen first.

I hear of families who once were shining brightly who are now backslidden. Unless we are “rooted and built up in Him, and established in the faith” (Colossians 2:7-8) we can easily be uprooted.

Become a truth-seeking family. Become a Word loving-family. Become a praying family. You can be an excellent homeschooling mother, but if your children graduate without being RICHLY FILLED WITH THE WORD OF GOD, they will not be ready to resist the adversary in the evil day (Colossians 3:16).

It’s interesting that after this lament of truth falling in the streets, this chapter ends with God’s plan for His families, “My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, SHALL NOT DEPART OUT OF THY MOUTH, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and forever” (Isaiah 59:21).

That’s our answer.

Love from Nancy

May we  all  desrie the truth, and stand for the truth And teach our children the TRUTH!

In Him,

Mae

Gardening pic.s in Alberta

 These pictures were took of us picking vegetables in my mom and dad's market garden.  Above is a pic. of Sarah and I picking cucumbers. Well she is eating and I am picking!

 Nathan looking to see how far he has already picked in the cucumber patch. ( and Sarah eating her cucumber! )

 Hanging out by the corn and cucumber patch. ( Sam, Anna, & Benjamin )

 My this is a heavy bucket of cucumbers!!  But you can do it Sam!!

 Sitting out side by the clothes line shelling peas.

 Grandpa washing and sorting cucumbers.

 Preparing the cucumbers for sale. It is quite the process for sure.

 Sam being silly with a cucumber by the corn patch.

My big boys shelling peas and eating pop-corn! I guess this is what you call a pea-shelling party!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures of our Alberta garden pic.s. The growing season is short here, but the days are very long so everything seems to fairly boom here.  Which makes summer time  a very busy time!

Until next time,
In Him,
Mae

Pictuers of us in Alberta

 Here is some fun photos of us in the wheat field by our place. A very pretty view for pictuers.

 My sweet hubby  & i with our sweet baby Benjamin! Benjamin just truned a year old the other day.

 Our darling girls in the wheat field.

 Three of our boys!  Sam has his arms full!!!!!

Walking back from pictuer taking past our  chicken pens.

 Benjamin lovin' on our cat!

Just a pretty shot of some farmer's horses.

   Well hope you enjoy these lastest pic.s from my house here in Alberta.

In Him,
Mae