Tuesday, December 24, 2019

You can't please everyone

I made a Facebook post yesterday about grandparents....
I realized after I had done it that it would hit a nerve since my situation is probably a minority situation.
I felt really bad about it but I decided to keep it up because it could provide an outlet for how we really feel.
Facebook can be such a fake world, sometimes real is really good.
anyway,
I've been troubled for my entire life because I thought differently, acted differently, behaved differently. The trouble has always come from outside of myself and often from those closest to me.
Why can't I just be like everyone else?
That would make them feel better about themselves, but would make me feel horrible!
As Popeye says "I ams what I ams"
Sometimes you can hold it together just so long and then you pop! ha! I pop with memes.
Then you have to remember who you are going to be held accountable to in this life (God)
Then you have to remember that you are here to serve and not be served.
Then you have to remember that you want to live your life with no regrets because there are no do overs.
I do not take for granted the blessings I have been given in this life. I know that I have been given a gift in that my family is all here. I know that I have been given a gift in that God has provided a way for me to be here and be dedicated to helping, teaching, loving these children.
And that's exactly what I'm going to continue to do because that is all that I know how to do.
I have had to fight against culture my whole life. I had to fight and dig in my heels to be a stay at home mom. I had to fight and dig in my heels to home school my children. And there have been thousands of little and big fights in between for a thousand other issues. I will not compromise. This is too important.
So you are either with me or against me. Either way I will carry on just as I feel that I am being led. I am only responsible for my own conscience.

Wow, a lot more came out than I intended. But I am being real here.
They say that everyone should just do the best they can.
So everyone should just decided what that is and what that looks like to them in their life.
And they should just live their life according
And so will I.

Monday, December 23, 2019

Happy Holidays!

I looked at the calendar yesterday and realized that this week ALL of the holidays of December are in the same week.
So if I say Happy Holidays don't get upset that I'm "taking the Christ out of Christmas" (I'm still not sure that He would be happy about "Christmas")
I'm looking forward to the Solstice*, not because I'm a pagan, but because my body and mind are screaming for more light (physical, actual light, not spiritual--I've got that covered!)
Hanukkah begins next week also. As Christians we don't celebrate this one but if we say we support Israel we better be respectful of their celebrations and festivals. After all these are the people that worship the one true God (unlike the Muslim who do not)
Boxing day in Canada  is the day after Christmas. I know nothing about this holiday other than it is another non-religious holiday and seems to be harmless.  (see my disclaimer below about Halloween)
And finally, Kwanzaa.  I don't know much about this holiday.  I do know that it is a more modern celebration and that it is a cultural, not religious celebration.  I would assume it is on par with St. Patrick's Day.
So, you see, there are many holidays this week. I do not believe that you are somehow lessening Christ if you wish someone a Happy Holiday!
I think Christians should worry way more about their participation in Halloween than in saying Happy Holidays. Just think about how much Happy Halloween is thrown around by Bible believing Christians! Unreal and truly anti-Christ.
*a disclaimer that I must put on here and let the chips fall where they may: I will not acknowledge or well wish on holidays that have anything to do with satanism/muslim/lgbtxyz or anything in that line of thought. And before you call me names that end in "phobic or ism" just click off my page and go along your merry way.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

**I typed this out before the solstice

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

A Christian Argument for Homeschooling

At church this past Sunday morning the sermon was about Moses coming down off of the mountain after being in God's presence for 40 days and nights.  When he came down carrying the tablets for the second time His face was radiantly shining.  This happened every time he spent time in the presence of God.  He spent time "beholding" God and he was therefore becoming more godly.

Then the pastor said "We become like what we behold"

Well, that got my attention!  I began to take some notes, but gave up in favor of going back and viewing the video later in the day.  The beginning part of his sermon was chock full of reasons why we should home school!  This was, I am sure, not his intention.  But there it was!  There is no denying it!

The following quotes are listed in the order in which they were stated:

"We are influenced by those we spend the most time with"
*Why would we send our children off to a day care or a school building where they are influenced by their teachers and peers for the majority of their productive day?

"It matters who we keep company with"
*Do we really know all of the people that our children come into contact with each day?  Do we trust them?  Do we personally know them?  The children?  Their families?

"We adopt the values, perspectives, and habits from the people we spend the most time with"
*Teachers, aides, students, etc........do we know what the values, perspectives, and habits are of all of these people?  Would we be okay with them if we did?

"Are those people we spend time with good for us?"
*Can you really honestly answer yes to this question? Think about it?

"Do they bring us closer to the Lord or farther away?"
*Public school is never going to bring you closer to God.  It will only drive a wedge of doubt into your child's heart and mind.  It is a place where it is illegal to mention God.

"All our lives we become like what we behold"
*From the cradle to the grave!  We become what we behold.  That is a profound statement in regards to sending your children out of your christian home into a pagan world to learn.

"It benefits us always to make sure that we are gazing upon and investing our time in that which is good and that which is godly"
*I guess you could make a slight argument for some good in public education.  But it does not outweigh the ungodly, not one bit!  And it is progressively getting worse.
A child in public school can easily spend the majority of every school day beholding, investing in, and being influenced by that which is not known for godliness.

As Christians we owe it to our children and our grandchildren to guide them in the way that is right and godly.

A public education, or in my opinion, any education outside of the home, is not in the best interest of Christian children.