talking about lying

In the next few post I will be talking about lying.
I know, not such a nice topic. But an important one just the same.

The titles of the post will be....

When children lie
When parents lie
Joking/lying

Lying is wrong no matter who does it or for what reason it is done. Sadly it is something that seems to come natural to children ; they will lie to get out of trouble, or lie to get what they want and so on. But they have to be caught in the act of lying and trained not to lie.

Even sadder is when adults lie to each other, and parents lie to their children. It seems when children are not cured of their lying when they are young, when they are adults they can become seasoned liars. Lying can become second nature to them. And when they profess to love and obey God and still do this; well it is right out sicking.

What i don't like is that joking and lying can go hand in hand sometimes. And i am left wondering, "Ok, was that a joke or a lie?" Sometimes lying has been excused because the person would say, "oh, i was just joking." Hmm? Something is wrong here. No wonder the Bible has warned against joking or jesting.

So anyway i will be talking about that and more in coming posts.

I would love to hear your comments on this.

In Him,
Mae

somebody is one!!

I can not believe a whole year has passed since our last sweet baby girl entered this world and in to our arms!!
But it has been.
And our sweet Anna is now one year old!
She has been walking since 11 months old.
So she is all over the place and in to every thing!!
I have always liked that mine have walked early because then they can entertain them selves better, though it can mean for more trouble!!
Now here comes training.
Just because she can get it doesn't mean she can have it. ( oh the fun part begins!)
I have never been good in the early training, but i know how so very important it is.
I tend to let mine getting bigger and out of control and then try to suddenly make them good, or wonder why they are not good!!
So my goal for this dear one is that i start early and do it right!
She already knows what "no" means.
You tell her "no" when she is about to grab something, and she pulls back her hand and looks around. But if she can tell nothing will happen she will proceed to grab that item.
So this is the crucial time.
We need to make the most of it!!
I have learned if you let little things slide that they soon turn in to BIG things.

So Happy One Anna!!
We love you more than anything!!

In Him,
Mae


P.S Don't froget i love your comments!

snow in Texas again and gardening

Yep, we got snow here again.
We woke on the 4th to a beautiful blanket of snow on the ground, and it was still snowing.
In all we got about 5 inches.
The kids had so much fun.
Their Daddy even constructed a makeshift sled to pull them on with the 3-wheeler. Boy they thought that was the greatest!!
Yesterday it started to warm up and started melting the snow. Now it's all gone except for a little in the shady areas. It didn't last long, but the kids had a good time any way.
I know i so need to post pictures. I will put it on my to do list for this week or weekend.

So how is gardening going here with our last cold snap and snow?
Well i think i may have been a little to quick to say it was time to plant here.
Yes we did plant some things, and yes we always do at this time of year.
Except this year seems to be different.
I just walked over to the garden to see how the things fared through the snow.
The onions look ok, little droopy, but should pull through fine.
The little broccoli, and cabbage plants though look like they were froze!
The greens we had in from fall time also looks like they may have been froze this time.
Though the collard greens may pull through.
We will have to replant the broccoli and cabbage plants.
Looks like this year planting may have to be a little later.
Seems like every year can be different that way.
I know last Feb. we had snow on the 12th, so we had to wait for that to melt and our garden to dry a little before planting the potatoes which usually is done on Feb. 14th.

So that's how our gardening looks for now. Got to take one day at a time. Never know what one day from the next will be like here in Texas!!

Where else in January can you?

Where else can you in January play in snow with temperatures in the 20sF.
Then in the same month plant in your garden.
Play at the park.
Enjoy 75F temperatures and sunny days.
And your children wear summer clothing.
Have pick-nicks.
Even have your kids complain of being too hot!

Today with the temp over 75F and it feeling like summer time, it makes me think of these things.
Not many places that i know of that you can enjoy all of this in one month.
I understand it's to get cold again, and maybe even snow in this coming week.
Where in the world is the weather so diverse?
It's pretty neat I think!
But don't get me wrong, i am not a Texas lover at all!!
There's a lot of places i would rather be, but yet what can I say of enjoying all these many things all in the Month of Jan. and staying right in one place to do it!

Hoping your day was wonderful where ever you are, though you most likly did not have over 75F temp!! :)

In Him,
mae

Time to plant!?

It all depends on where you live of course.
If you live here in East Texas then it is time to plant, just certain things that is. Vegges that do well in cool weather, or even a freeze can be planted now.
Yesterday my Dad and the boys set out onion plants. We also just bought cabbage and broccoli plants yesterday, but i am not sure if they ended up getting those planted in or not yet.
But if they didn't get those in yet they will soon.
Another good thing to plant now would be cauliflower plants, and radishes would do fine.

We planted our garlic bulbs back in October and they are growing now and doing good. When the spring weather hits they will really take off.

Also we have in turnips, collard greens, and mustard greens that we planted in the fall time ( i think it was Sept.) They have done well and we have got lots of greens to eat off of them. Now the turnips bottoms are getting big and we are eating them. Very yummy. Not every one is use to eating the turnip greens ( i believe that's a real East Texas thing), but we eat the greens early on when they are young and tender, and then when the turnip it self gets big we start eating them. To pick the turnip greens with out setting back the plant, you just randomly pick the bigger leaves. ( not cut the whole top off as you would for the spinach or swish chard plants.

A couple other things that could be planted very soon would be beets and carrots.

Here in our neck of the woods I do not get that long of break from gardening as my Northern counter parts do. But whats nice about this is that we have fresh garden vegges all the more. There really is not much time at all that you could not have something in the garden here. But i usually am so tried of gardening by the time summer is over, that the last thing i want to think about is fall gardening. So we do not always put something in in the fall time, and if we do it is just a few rows. I did it this year because i really wanted something in the garden while my Dad and Mom were here from the frozen North. ( sorry all you fellow Albertans! :)
One thing nice about fall and winter gardening is that it takes much less up keep. You don't have to worry about watering ( i only did to get the plants started because it was dry when we planted), and no weeding hardly at all.

Thanks again for listening to me ramble!! Maybe you can use this gardening bits of info if you live around here or with like weather. But if not hope you enjoyed any way!!

In Him,
Mae

some body is walking!!

Yep, are dear little girl is walking!!
And she has been for the last couple of weeks. She started right at 11 months, and now she is walking sooo good!
So cute to see, and she absolutely loves it!
I have waited to post this because i had really good intentions of getting a picture of her and posting that at the same time. But i would have to burrow my brother's computer for that, and i am too lazy right now. I know, i know, that's bad.
Anyway later on ( maybe next couple weeks) i do plan to pots pictures, and i will post one of her walking as well.
I am eager to share this winter's snow pictures. Not nearly has much snow as our 7 in. of last year. But still it was snow and the kids still had fun!! The snow last a few days too!

Our weather has been going up and down so much lately. We will have cold mornings at 30F or colder and then warm up to 50F or more. But this January is colder than last January. I believe it was last January that we had some days in to the high 70sF. But not this year.

Well i guess that is it for this post!

In Him,
Mae

"Remmber the Sabbath Day to keep it Holy"

Here is an excerpt from a story book i am reading to the children. I totally love the book except i was disappointed when i read this.

Sunday is the Lord's day. The Bible says to 'Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it Holy.'

I am like what?
What in the world does Sunday have to do with that verse from the 10 commandments?

If that verse was written in it's completion then it would be very easy to see that one can not use that verse to support the keeping of Sunday.

8) Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it Holy.
9) six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work.
10) But the Seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.
11) For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it. Exodus 20:8-11


There is nothing in those above verses that links Sunday to the Sabbath that God was speaking of.
Some where through the years the Church has changed the sabbath from the seventh day to Sunday.
But God's commandment on that has never changed, not even in the New Testament, and never will.
Using that verse alone (Exodus 20:8) and using it as the churches do to justify Sunday, well you could justify any day then. That means if I decided to call Monday my sabbath, and kept it holy i would be fulfilling that 10 commandment just like all the Sunday churches are.
Sunday is not anymore the sabbath day or Lord's day than Monday or Tuesday is.
We are not to simply put any day in there that we want and call it Sabbath.
God clearly gave us a day for rest and worship, which is the seventh day.

I have seen so many times the 10 commandments posted in different places and every time i have seen it it, it is with the 10 commandment of the seventh day uncompleted.
It makes me hurt in side every time i see that. By writing the 10 commandments and leaving out such a vital part, is doing a terrible thing to this nation and to the people. It is so very, very sad.
It has to be breaking God's heart.

It is time the 10 commandments are written right.
It is time that parents teach them to their children. ( Deut. 6: 7-9)
And it is time they are taught to the people in the Churches.

I know some may wonder why does it matter which day we use to rest and worship and to keep holy, as long as we do keep a day.
Why does it matter?
Because God said so.
When God says something and gives a command on something, then that's the way it is to be, regardless if we understand why or not, or regardless if we think another way may be better or just as good.
You can see that time and time again in the Old Testament when God dealt with His people.


It is time for a great awaking to God's word and truth.
It is time to turn back to Him.

In Him,
Mae