From Blog to Book!

   About a year ago I had written a post about using our time and talents for God, and of my desire to write a couple of books. Well I have those mentioned books finished and successfully self published, and all ready for purchase. My book on Psalms called Beautiful Psalms I have already talked about it here earlier this summer.

    But now I am very happy to announce my second book here!! The title is, As For Me and My House. It is written from all my years of posts here on my blog, well about half of the years anyway, the other half will come out in Volume Two which I am in the process of working on now. Yes, I am supper excited about this book written form my blog. If you have been enjoying and following my blog over the years, or even just recently came across it, I am sure will enjoy the book form of the blog. All the posts are right there conveniently in a book to read when ever and how ever you want, as often as you want! You can read one post a day more like a devotional, or several a day!! It is up to you.

   Note though that I did not include every post. Like for instance the ones that were just about family news and happenings, or gardening and such. And I didn't include any of the pictures from the blog either. But I do have an up to date family photo of us in the back of the book on the page about the Author. So you will be able to enjoy that. Also in the back I included my favorite resources that have been a help and blessing to me as a wife and mother over the years.

   Also I did some revising and editing of certain posts as needed to work better and sound better in the book. So if you read a post in the book, and then look for it here on the blog it may be worded some different. Also I have omitted certain posts that didn't seem as edifying as I thought they were when I first wrote them.

I chose the title for the book, As For Me and MY House, to better represent the book for what it is, because that is really what all these blog posts are about. It is about my journey as a wife and mother, and how we serve the Lord in our home. As for me and my house we will serve the Lord, and we will share that great news, our believes, and our faith and joy we have from that walk with the Lord with others!! But the title didn't really come from me, there is no way I could not have thought of that on my own. I had been praying about the title, and that is when that verse came to mind. And I was like, "Wow, what a wonderful title that will make!" God gets the glory for that!

  As For Me and MY House, covers many topics such as: mothering and homeschooling issues, my thoughts and believes on many different things, verses that I love on different topics, things we have been dealing with as a family, praise poems I have written to God, and much more. Fellow wives and mothers should find it encouraging, inspiring, and challenging as you too walk with God!! And if you like this book, then be and sure to keep an out look for the up-coming volume two! Volume two will contain some of the very latest blog posts with new ones coming, as well as the older ones from this blog as well. It will contain a new and up-dated list of my favorite and helpful resources, as well as an up-dated family picture of us which should contain our newest baby. I hope to have this book completed and ready to release shortly after the new year, Lord Willing.

  Well I hope you check out these books, purchase, and enjoy them! And please tell all your friends all about them as well!
http://ncrministries.weebly.com/nathaniel-christian-book-store.html
Blessings, In Him Mae

  P.S. Also in my near future writing projects I have a strong desire to write a Christian fiction. It will be a few short stories in one book. And the sole purpose of those stories will be to encourage, inspire, and challenge one in their walk with God. It will be geared to youth and young adult. I want it to be entertaining to read as well of course, or how else is one to be keep reading at the book and not tossing it out!! Anyway, Lord Willing I plan to get writing on this soon.

Prayer-- Our First Line of Defence

  God loves blessing and helping His people, and He just longs for us to bring our request and needs to Him.

The problem with us though is that all to often we try to figure things out on our own, or do things our own way. ( Which then can sadly cause another host of problems.)

  And only when and after we have exhausted all other avenues and options, do we then finally turn to prayer.

Of if we would only learn to use prayer as our first line of defence, instead of our very last resort!

  "Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because you ask not.

" Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lust.'' James 5:2-3

 " If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." John 15:7

  "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7 NIV

 

  ~ Remember, there is nothing to great that God can not handle, or too small that he does not care! He truly cares about every little detail about our lives. Believe me, I have seen it in my own life

embracing the power of God ( repost )

( This was previously written and posted over 4 years ago. But I felt it was worth sharing again.)

I have been awed by the power of God again!! I don't know why i would have ever doubted it anyway.

I know His greatness and power and what He is capable of doing. Yet it is so easy to doubt sometimes, and to loose faith. And then when you see Him work, your like, "WOW! Look what God can do!"

But of course He can. He rolled back the mighty red sea, He shut the lions mouths, He protected Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace, He made the barren woman fertile.

He did it then and He can do it know.

And priase God He can.

And we have to let go and God have control in our lives!!

So anyway in coming up to Canada we had trouble crossing at the border ( though i will not go into details here). We were flat turned down at the first crossing we went to by a very unreasonable and uncaring officer.

We did not feel right to to just except that and head back to Texas. We felt led to try at another crossing, and then if we were turned down, we would take that as an answer from God that it was not His will that we come up to Canada.

So just before the second attempt to cross we stopped the van, and all bowed our heads and held hands together and prayed to God that He would allow us to cross if it was His will. Each one us diligently prayed and embraced God's power in this. We said, "we know how very dim and bleak this looks, but if it is Your will then you can make it possible, with You we know there is nothing impossible. So let your will be done, Lord"

Then we headed to the border crossing for the second time.

It started out very dim again. We let them know we had just been turned down at an earlier crossing, plus they seen on the computer what the first officer had documented. This officer my husband was talking to said that since the first one had already made a decision there wasn't much he could do. But he was being very reasonable.

He kept checking into what could be done and discussing things.

In the mean time I was sitting with the kids and constantly praying. And I was thinking of Moses and about him going to the Pharaoh to plead to let the people go, and how he did not give up, but returned to the Pharaoh 7 times. Finally the heart of Pharaoh was softened, and he permitted the people to go. ( though he did peruse after them, but with a failed attempt.)

So my pray was, " soften Pharaoh's heart, let my people go."

My husband and the officer kept talking, and I kept praying, "soften Pharaoh's heart, let my people go."

Finally the officer says, " I usually never over-ride another officer's decision, but I have just for you all." He stamped the pass ports and issued my husband a 6 months visitor's visa.

We were ecstatic!!

And we knew it was all GOD!!

We were all in awe of God's great power, and how He literal moved mountains on our part.

 But then just about as fast, I was plagued with thoughts of of other doubt again. What if his application for permanent residence doesn't go through, what if when it does he is not able to find work, what if this, what if that?



 Then I thought of the Israelites again. God was upset at them for their faithlessness in Him. Here he had just set them free from Egypt, and delivered them from their enemies by rolling back the mighty red sea. And yet they doubted His ability to keep them fed and keep them safe in the desert, and started complaining. What a lack of faith on their part.

And I was doing the exact same thing. I just seen the mighty hand of God work on our behalf, yet doubted He could just as miraculously work everything else out.

So then I apologized to God, and admitted that, "Yes God was more than able to work everything else out, and that all I had to to do is sit back and rest"!!

Sit back and watch Him work!!

 An example of God working things out : I have already found me a doctor! Highly recommended, and a women doctor at that! ( I have had mid-wives previously for my others, so this is like an answered prayer) I am at over 6 months pregnant, so this is a major relieve to me to already have that issue tooken care of! Ain't God good!!!

So I know now that with out a doubt God can do the impossible!! YES HE CAN!!

And I will just sit back and wait on Him!!

Come on and join me, the ride is awesome!!

In Him, Mae

My Book ( Beautiful Psalms )

So happy to announce my first book is now finished, and ready for sale! YAY!!
 The title is, Beautiful Psalms.  You can find it on Amazon and Barns & Noble.
Off to the side here I have put a preview box for the book. Feel free to view.
 I am diligently working on my second book now as well.
 I am praising the Lord that He has made it possible for me to do this project and book. It is something I have been wanting to do for a year.
 He gets all the glory!  I am praying it will be a blessing and encouragement to many.

~ In Him, Mae

God's Word ( a poem )

Here is a poem I have just recently written about God's Word. Enjoy!

     God's Word
The precious Word of God,
How I love with all my heart.
It's always true,
And always right!

It stands the test of time,
And never fades with the years.
His truth never changes,
It's the same today, yesterday, and forever.

Every time you open the 'Good Book',
Something new you'll be sure to learn
Doesn't matter how often you've read it,
It's always exciting, it's always new!

So dig into God's Word today,
And see what wonders you'll find!
Oh, the precious Word of God,
It holds untold treasures just for you!

God has spoken to us,
"Come unto me, and I will answer thee,
And show thee great and mighty things,
Which though knowest not."

So come into His Word today,
"Seek and ye shall find.
Knock and it shall be opened unto you,
Ask and you shall receive".

Isn't it just amazing what He has given,
With love for me and for you
His Word and Truth ,
Which will endure for ever for ever!

Oh, how I love God's Word! And may you too!

In Him,
Mae

Praying for each of the children - one a day

  I've just started a new thing concerning praying for our children.

I almost always included praying for the children in my daily prayers, yet I was not completely satisfied with the way I was praying for them.
 "I'd heard of many moms who would pray for each individual child in a quite a detailed prayer every day in their prayers.
 But for me more often than not I found my self only praying for the one that day that caused me the most grief, or all of them in one big lump sum. Which I am sure is very good too. But as we know each child is different with different personalities, and each entail their own list of prayers.

 So while I was thinking and praying on my dilemma one morning while in bed, this thought came to me, "Why not pray for one child each day of the week." And since I have 7 children it would work perfect. So I decided to start with my oldest one on the first day of the week, and work my way down ending with our last child on Sabbath ( the 7th day of the week). And then start all over with my oldest again on Sunday.
  This is going on the third week now. And I'd say it is going very great, though sometimes when I start praying after getting into bed at night I do have to think a bit whose day it is and who I am to pray for that day. Then I start praying for that child along with my other prayer concerns. I pray on many pacific things for that child, things they are going through, any misbehavior, as well as their ambitions and interests, and that they grow in wisdom, and in love with God and His Word and truth.
  I have never prayed with this much detail for each of the children before. So I am loving this knew arrangement! Note that this is not replacing the prayers I say with the children when I tuck them at night, this is just my personal prayer time for them.

Remember the fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much! (James 5:10)
So keep up those prayers! It is worth all your time and effort!

In Him,
Mae

My son's book!

M                                                                    My oldest son just recently self published a book. So wanted to share                                                      share here with you all. We are very happy for him!!
    It is available on .....
                                                                                         Amazon
                                                                                            or
                                                                                              Barnes & Noble