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

Busy but fun summer !!

It has has been a very busy summer thus far. I have descided summers here are very fast and furious!! The summers are short, and so much to be done in that short period.
Gardens to plant and tend and harvest. Wild berries to pick and freezze and so on. Community day camps , VBS,and Bible camps for the kids.
Long daylight hours, and one can find enough to do the whole day long, as I do everyday and I am up till 11 every night ( but that is mostly because my 11 month old has offically made that his bed time now). I for one am getting alittle wore out already and we still have some summer left.

This week has found me picking saskatoon berries and  rassberrries two differnt times, getting my kids down to my parents place to help pick and prepare vegtables to sell from thier market garden, a grocery shopping trip to Peace River, then a doctor trip for a our sick youngest gal, ( just a stomach virus, alll is fine now) of course house work and laundry in there too, and now this morning I need to go to my parents place again ( 12 miles from here) and pick rassberries and peas, and get some ruhbarb to prepare for the freezzer, and 3 loads of laundry need to happpen to day, plus house cleaning for our Sabbath. Yippie for my Sabbath rest!!!!

 So another cracy busy summer week here. But I love it none the less. And I know summer will soon before over and fall and then winter will be here and a wonderful break!! Our first winter here in the north, I am very exctied!!! Of course then we will be busy homeschoolin again, but still that is fairly relazed.
  Next week our Nathan and Clyaton go to a summer Bible Camp here. They are so looking forward to that. Of course will be long week here for me with out my bigest helpers!! But I am happy for them.
 Also next week Sam and Sarah will be going to VBS all week with some friends down the road. They are so excited. So it will certainly be a differnt week for me here. I have a feeling there will be a loney little sister and brother at the house all week that will need more of momma's attention and time. ( my 2 year old & 11 month old )
But maybe, just  maybe it will be a bit more relaxed next week. Alhtough I will have to take my kids place in helping in my parents market garden.

So this is why I have not been posting on here as I would like too. But God keeps putting great things are my heart and mind to share. As time allows I will share here with you.
              I am very thankful for this little spot here to share wonderful things with other moms. I am very blessed.  Well untill next time.

In him, Mae

You Are a Watch Dog ( by Nancy Campbell )

THis is post by Nancy Cmapbell from Above Rubies Ministeries.  You can visit the Above Rubies web site to learn more about Nancy and her ministiers.  http://www.aboverubies.org/ 

I  I loved this post of hers that she had on thier facbook page, and so I am sharing here for all my readers to enjoy as well!!

 

YOU ARE A WATCH DOG

A mother asks, “Can anyone tell me where in Scripture it says we are to be watch dogs or protectors of our children’s souls?” The following are a few Scriptures for you to meditate upon.

1. Hebrews 13:17 says, “Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.”

This Scripture is speaking to the elders of the church who have the responsibility to watch over the souls of their flock. However, before the church was ever instituted, God designed the family. The family is the first institution that God ordained and the church is only a reflection of the extended family. It is primarily the responsibility of parents to watch over the souls of their little flock. This is the principle task of parenting. And God holds us responsible.

2. Titus 2:5 exhorts the older women to teach the younger women to be “keepers at home.”

This phrase is translated differently according to which manuscript from which the version was translated. One Greek word is “oikourogo” meaning “to work at home.” The other is “oikouros” meaning “to guard and watch over the home.” This not only means to guard the physical home, but more importantly, the children in the home. Our greatest task as mothers is to guard our children’s lives, and that means watching over their souls. You are a WATCH DOG! And a watch dog has to be on the job! We have to be constantly watching and praying to detect any intrusion of the enemy into our home or our children’s hearts. This is a full time job.

3. 1 Thessalonians 5:23, “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

This was Paul’s prayer for the new believers at Thessalonica. This was my prayer and vision for my children as I raised them in our home. Our ultimate aim and prayer is for our children’s souls to be preserved from evil and the contamination of this world. This doesn’t mean that we separate them from the world. Jesus prayed in John 17:15 that we would not be taken out of the world, but that we would be kept from evil as we live in this dark world. We are not raising children for hibernation, but for the revelation of God’s character to the world.

The word “preserved” in this Scripture is “tereo” and means “to watch over, to keep watch, to guard from loss or injury by keeping the eye upon.”

This doesn’t happen by hoping it will happen. This only happens by much prayer. It only happens by zealously watching over their spirit, soul and body! And notice that the spirit comes first! Make this Scripture your prayer for your children, too.

4. Proverbs 31:27, “She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.”

The Hebrew word for “looks well” is “tsaphah.” It means “to observe, to lean forward, to peer into the distance, to watch with a purpose, to spy.” It is exactly the same word that is used to describe “watchman” who watch over the city (1 Samuel 18:24; Ezekiel 3:17; 33:7). God told the watchmen to listen to the words of His mouth and to declare them to the people. As watchwomen mothers, we are to always be listening to the voice of the Holy Spirit. He will show us areas in our children’s lives that we need to attend to. He will fill us with His Word so we can impart it to them.

Be a great WATCH DOG today.

Love from Nancy