I Need To Get Over Myself

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God of Wonders

God you are a God of wonders.  You are a sovereign God with a great and glorious plan. You breathed life into me and set a path before me.  When I ponder your massive creation and even think for one second that I have the right to stress or fear anything I realize I have made you smaller than my puny brain.  Forgive me for my wondering thoughts.  I pray that I would take every opportunity to look around me and appreciate your mighty hand and trust you daily with YOUR creation.  You are Holy and I say that with great respect because I can't even begin to understand your holiness!  I am humbled you would call me your own.  Today tomorrow and forever is yours and I fear not. 

Special Treat For Mother's Day

It was a special treat for Mothers Day to dedicate our sweet baby Madi to the Lord in front of witnesses. 
Madi: A High Tower
Elizabeth:  Oath of God 
Her scripture verse:  The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God.  Psalm 18:2

Here is the Video..We were asked to prepare prayers for our children so that is what you are seeing......Skip to 3:24.

A Real Princess!!!!! And Baby Bunnies.....

How flipping cool is this!!!!  For school/ Co-Op today the girls got to meet a real Princess from Nigeria.  Thanks Cate for introducing us.  What an honor and pleasure to have met her!!!!  I was so giddy inside!  I think it was the little girl inside of me, soooooo excited to meet a REAL Princess WOW!!  Seriously we have the best Co-Op ever.

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Remember the other field trip we took...... all the bunnies, chickens and so forth?  Well a bunny had babies.  So thank you Mrs. Harris for sharing the mom and baby bunnies with us.  Madi got to be apart of Co-op today.  SHE LOVED IT!!!  And she loved Mrs. Harris!!

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Someone at my husbands work gave this movie to us.  He said "You've got to watch this movie, it is soooooo good".  Of course it peaked my husbands interest and too, we have heard from a lot of people, even believers that the movie was really great.  Soooo we watched it last night.  I knew I was going to struggle throughout the movie cause I am such a realist and Fiction movies are not my thing.  Boy did I ever struggle!!!!  In so many ways.  Everything about this movie is wrong.  I am not a film critic and I never could be, but you don't need to be a film critic for this one, being a Christian with bit of discernment will do.


People in this lost world want to believe in something so bad........ just not Jesus.  We have friends that believe in aliens, not Jesus.  We also have friends who are so earthy, don't kill a tree/ save the animals.... extremist (don't hear me wrong on this, I believe we are to steward the earth God gave us) but this movie will only encourage that type of extreme thinking. 


Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. Colossians 3:2


As heaven and earth are contrary one to the other, both cannot be followed together; and affection to the one will weaken and abate affection to the other.  ~Matthew Henery


To say the least this movie is from the pit of hell.  I know I am going to ruffle some feathers out there with this one but this movie has the potential to draw people further from the truth and that to me is demonic.  I know these statements are strong but what else would you call it?  This movie deals with false worship/ idols, becoming one with the earth and animals.  I know some believers will say, "but it's James Cameron and he is not a believer" and "it is just suppose to be a fun movie with great affects."  If you are a believer saying that, please do not say that to the unbelieving world.  Let the unbelieving world know why this movie is fiction and not just because it has blue people in it.


What also bothered me about the movie....... it makes the Govt. look like the bad guys.  Do I agree with the Govt. we have right now.....no, but we as believers are called to honor and pray for our Govt....... not rebel. 


A lot of believers have seen this movie and I have not heard bad things about it, which is sad.  Good comments have cycled all over Facebook, believers and non believers.  I am not seeing the difference between the believing world and the non-believing world.  These are great opportunities we need to take hold of!!!!!


I do believe God can use anything to bring Glory to Himself...ANYTHING!  This movie is a good example.  I just hope the Christian will be ready to explain why this movie does not sit well with him.


I don't agree with everything Marc Driscoll has to say but this one we are in agreement.......




Tolerance is the virtue of a man with out conviction.  ~G.K. Chesterton

Nothing like a litlle hands on learning, purell, and some very brave kiddos!

One of the gals in our home school co-op has, well you name it, she's got it!  Horses, spiders, snakes, goats, mice (in her freezer for the snakes to eat haha) and more desert creatures.  And if she doesn't have the particular creature you are looking for then there is always the other gal in our co-op who has the bunnies, guinea pigs, chickens, and a lovely garden.

Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Gethsemane

In golden youth when seems the earth
A Summer-land of singing mirth,
When souls are glad and hearts are light,
And not a shadow lurks in sight,
We do not know it, but there lies
Somewhere veiled under evening skies
A garden which we all must see --
The garden of Gethsemane.

With joyous steps we go our ways,
Love lends a halo to our days;
Light sorrows sail like clouds afar,
We laugh and say how strong we are.
We hurry on; and hurrying, go
Close to the border-land of woe,
That waits for you, and waits for me --
For ever waits Gethsemane.

Down shadowy lanes, across strange streams,
Bridged over by our broken dreams;
Behind the misty caps of years,
Beyond the great salt fount of tears,
The garden lies. Strive as you may,
You cannot miss it in your way.
All paths that have been, or shall be,
Pass somewhere through Gethsemane.

All those who journey, soon or late,
Must pass within the garden's gate;
Must kneel alone in darkness there,
And battle with some fierce despair.
God pity those who cannot say,
Not mine but thine, who only pray,
Let this cup pass, and cannot see
The purpose in Gethsemane.