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.
Showing posts with label biblical worldview. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biblical worldview. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Friday, November 4, 2016
what's going on?
i have come to the conclusion that if i'm going to make my blogs like others i read then i need to take more pictures.
and since all of the pictures i take are of my grandbabies, then my blog would only be about them!
so here is what's going on
home organizing and cleaning: my winter clothes are in and summer ones are out! some went to the rag bag! i tend to wear the same things over and over and over again. went through my bookshelf and weeded out a small stack for goodwill. i need to get on a cleaning schedule now that i am home every day. it would make it so i didn't have to think.
crafting: i made a no sew fleece blanket for sophie in purple camo!
and since all of the pictures i take are of my grandbabies, then my blog would only be about them!
so here is what's going on
home organizing and cleaning: my winter clothes are in and summer ones are out! some went to the rag bag! i tend to wear the same things over and over and over again. went through my bookshelf and weeded out a small stack for goodwill. i need to get on a cleaning schedule now that i am home every day. it would make it so i didn't have to think.
crafting: i made a no sew fleece blanket for sophie in purple camo!
cooking: apples, apples, apples!!! i went apple picking 3 times and i think i picked about 100 lbs!
so far i've made a ton of applesauce, six pie fillings, and a few apple cakes. i'm going to make a couple dozen jumbo apple muffins and a few more apple desserts to keep in the deep freeze.
outside: cutting down trees, raking leaves, cleaning the garage, and winterizing the coop. the garden cleaned up so easily this year with having the chickens right there to feed the spent plants to! i've also been working on a new garden area.
we cut our own wood
charlie keeping warm first thing in the morning. we have yet to turn on the furnace this season
family: lots of birthday celebrations lately and family visits. these boys all love getting together. their favorite thing to do now is to play hide and seek (charlie calls it hide and sneak)
the television goes on when the grown ups need a break!
school: cruising right along with prepping lesson plans for sarah to teach ethan. I hear that calvin is paying lots of attention and learning lots too. maybe they can be in the same grade at some point since they are only 18 months apart in age? i've also started to put together a learning packet for charlie at his mom's request. with winter on our doorstep it will be perfect learning time!
faith: every morning i do bible writing. i'm in isaiah 24 right now and its very interesting. learning a lot. also attend a bible study with a couple friends and we are studying Girls Gone Wise. AND, i also do a bible study on facebook for me and the girls, right now its Conversation Peace.
well, that's it from the wink!
Friday, September 23, 2016
civil unrest
I am pretty far removed from the civil unrest that seems to be plaguing the more populated areas of this country. The state of Maine has a low minority population. That is not why I moved here. I moved here because it has a low population, white or otherwise!
I don't have any answers to the problems in this country, other than looking to God in prayer to guide us and help us. Without the Holy Spirit guiding us in love we will be lost. We will be guided by our own human thoughts and desires.
My thoughts on the whole police vs. black citizens issues are this:
we are seeing the results of a society that has turned its back on God. Descriptions of such a society are in scripture. We know it, we are seeing it. If the majority of young people are educated in a public system that denies God, then we are going to reap the rotten fruit of a spiritless society. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that every child that attends public schools will grow up to deny God. But they will not have a strong enough faith to withstand the onslaught of false teachings and thoughts that exist in this world. They will not be strong enough to not want to be like everyone else. That is what we are seeing. Its sheep mentality. Take one away and you can teach them. When they are in a herd, they want to think like the herd. This is truth.
Protesting? I approve of peaceful protests that don't infringe on anyone else's right to peace.
Rioting, Looting, Destroying is not protesting. It is anarchy.
It does nothing to further your cause. It puts everyone else on edge and then it's inevitable that more lives will be lost. Because of fear. I can't say I can understand the fear a black person has. I can't say I can understand the fear a police officer has. They both have fear. Both of their fears are justifiable.
I am your average "white" wife, mother, grandmother. I home schooled. I taught my children to respect authority. I taught my children to work hard. There are no really easy, good jobs here in our neck of the woods, but I taught them to work for what they wanted. Do whatever it takes. Any job. Just do it. We could have given them anything they wanted. But we didn't. They had to earn it. Their love and fear of God factors into everything they do. They were never young people who ran amok. I've never been inner city dirt poor so i don't have that perspective. I've never been upper class white suburban either. Those seem to be the two classes of people that are out there causing the violence. The rest are just trying to keep on going, working and praying, black and white. Just trying to protect their families.
If you want your "world" to be a certain way then you have to go out and "create" it. If you create it by violence then it will be a violent world. If you create it by serving God through loving your family and loving others and working hard to provide what is needed, then your world will be peaceful and orderly.
The choice is yours.
I don't have any answers to the problems in this country, other than looking to God in prayer to guide us and help us. Without the Holy Spirit guiding us in love we will be lost. We will be guided by our own human thoughts and desires.
My thoughts on the whole police vs. black citizens issues are this:
we are seeing the results of a society that has turned its back on God. Descriptions of such a society are in scripture. We know it, we are seeing it. If the majority of young people are educated in a public system that denies God, then we are going to reap the rotten fruit of a spiritless society. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that every child that attends public schools will grow up to deny God. But they will not have a strong enough faith to withstand the onslaught of false teachings and thoughts that exist in this world. They will not be strong enough to not want to be like everyone else. That is what we are seeing. Its sheep mentality. Take one away and you can teach them. When they are in a herd, they want to think like the herd. This is truth.
Protesting? I approve of peaceful protests that don't infringe on anyone else's right to peace.
Rioting, Looting, Destroying is not protesting. It is anarchy.
It does nothing to further your cause. It puts everyone else on edge and then it's inevitable that more lives will be lost. Because of fear. I can't say I can understand the fear a black person has. I can't say I can understand the fear a police officer has. They both have fear. Both of their fears are justifiable.
I am your average "white" wife, mother, grandmother. I home schooled. I taught my children to respect authority. I taught my children to work hard. There are no really easy, good jobs here in our neck of the woods, but I taught them to work for what they wanted. Do whatever it takes. Any job. Just do it. We could have given them anything they wanted. But we didn't. They had to earn it. Their love and fear of God factors into everything they do. They were never young people who ran amok. I've never been inner city dirt poor so i don't have that perspective. I've never been upper class white suburban either. Those seem to be the two classes of people that are out there causing the violence. The rest are just trying to keep on going, working and praying, black and white. Just trying to protect their families.
If you want your "world" to be a certain way then you have to go out and "create" it. If you create it by violence then it will be a violent world. If you create it by serving God through loving your family and loving others and working hard to provide what is needed, then your world will be peaceful and orderly.
The choice is yours.
Friday, September 2, 2016
pig's snout
Proverbs 11:22
A beautiful woman who lacks discretion
is like a gold ring
in a pig's snout.
I came across this description a few days ago in my bible study as I was looking something else up.
Something in my jumbled head said "write about this"
so here I go:
discretion: the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information.
I'm going to talk about having discretion in the way a woman dresses. Dressing in such a way that you keep what should be private, private.
This summer I've been nursing a sore heel. Since I think doctors are a waste of time and money (for the most part) I diagnosed myself as having achilles tendinitis and prescribed stretching and resting. I did this using Google, of course.
Anyway.............
I have spent a lot of time out in public......sitting and waiting for my client rather than walking, walking, walking. Some call it "people watching" Mostly at Walmart.
I have seen more skin, tattoos, and piercings this summer than I care to tell you. I am disgusted.
And before you think that its a worldly problem, I gotta say it happens at church also. I now have a new rule for church, if someone is dressed inappropriately (in my opinion) I leave.
Now, here is an admission: I wore some short shorts back in the day. And out in public at times. But, here is the point. I was never taught any better and when I learned how a woman should dress I changed and taught my daughter the right way.
So, I can't "make" woman dress modestly. I can't make them wear shorts and skirts and shirts of a longer length I can't make them cover up their cleavage and their crack. I can't make them act like a lady. If they want to be like a pig with a gold ring in their nose with which they are led around by the whims of the world, then so be it.
The funny thing about the inappropriate attire is that women say its unfair to put restrictions on how they dress. You know what is unfair? Women think they are being treated "equal" when they are really being exploited in the name of fairness.
A beautiful woman who lacks discretion
is like a gold ring
in a pig's snout.
I came across this description a few days ago in my bible study as I was looking something else up.
Something in my jumbled head said "write about this"
so here I go:
discretion: the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information.
I'm going to talk about having discretion in the way a woman dresses. Dressing in such a way that you keep what should be private, private.
This summer I've been nursing a sore heel. Since I think doctors are a waste of time and money (for the most part) I diagnosed myself as having achilles tendinitis and prescribed stretching and resting. I did this using Google, of course.
Anyway.............
I have spent a lot of time out in public......sitting and waiting for my client rather than walking, walking, walking. Some call it "people watching" Mostly at Walmart.
I have seen more skin, tattoos, and piercings this summer than I care to tell you. I am disgusted.
And before you think that its a worldly problem, I gotta say it happens at church also. I now have a new rule for church, if someone is dressed inappropriately (in my opinion) I leave.
Now, here is an admission: I wore some short shorts back in the day. And out in public at times. But, here is the point. I was never taught any better and when I learned how a woman should dress I changed and taught my daughter the right way.
So, I can't "make" woman dress modestly. I can't make them wear shorts and skirts and shirts of a longer length I can't make them cover up their cleavage and their crack. I can't make them act like a lady. If they want to be like a pig with a gold ring in their nose with which they are led around by the whims of the world, then so be it.
The funny thing about the inappropriate attire is that women say its unfair to put restrictions on how they dress. You know what is unfair? Women think they are being treated "equal" when they are really being exploited in the name of fairness.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
social media = a distracted life
I signed out of facebook a week ago. (deactivated)
I signed back in last night, looked around for about two minutes, and promptly signed back out. (deactivated)
Now, to be fair, I have another facebook account that only has three friends on it. My daughter and two daughter in laws. We use it to do bible study. So, I can peek at pics of my grandchildren (which I don't really need to because they live right here) but not click like, not comment. The downside to this is that the sidebar of trending topics is still there screaming a few lines of wordly filth at me.
What I've noticed this past week is that I'm praying more. Now that's a biggie!!!!
My thoughts are clearer and I feel a lot calmer. Reading all of that stuff on facebook world was causing me to have a jumbled head and an anxious heart.
I've already begun to fill up a notebook with future blogging posts and topics for posts to ponder.
I had accomplished a ton of stuff in the past week as far as my crafting, home organizing, gardening, and chickening go.
To sum it all up: I feel soooooo much better!!!!
Am I abandoning facebook? No.
Am I going to stay away longer? Yes
Am I going to unfollow everything? Yes
Will I clean up my friends list? it's already in pretty tight shape, so I don't know.
I've been listening to Rich Mullins on Pandora Radio.
I wrote this line from a song down in my bible study notebook:
Save me from those things that might distract me
the song goes on to say, I think:
take them away and purify my heart
this is the goal.
I signed back in last night, looked around for about two minutes, and promptly signed back out. (deactivated)
Now, to be fair, I have another facebook account that only has three friends on it. My daughter and two daughter in laws. We use it to do bible study. So, I can peek at pics of my grandchildren (which I don't really need to because they live right here) but not click like, not comment. The downside to this is that the sidebar of trending topics is still there screaming a few lines of wordly filth at me.
What I've noticed this past week is that I'm praying more. Now that's a biggie!!!!
My thoughts are clearer and I feel a lot calmer. Reading all of that stuff on facebook world was causing me to have a jumbled head and an anxious heart.
I've already begun to fill up a notebook with future blogging posts and topics for posts to ponder.
I had accomplished a ton of stuff in the past week as far as my crafting, home organizing, gardening, and chickening go.
To sum it all up: I feel soooooo much better!!!!
Am I abandoning facebook? No.
Am I going to stay away longer? Yes
Am I going to unfollow everything? Yes
Will I clean up my friends list? it's already in pretty tight shape, so I don't know.
I've been listening to Rich Mullins on Pandora Radio.
I wrote this line from a song down in my bible study notebook:
Save me from those things that might distract me
the song goes on to say, I think:
take them away and purify my heart
this is the goal.
Sunday, November 22, 2015
how feminism destroyed America
The United States of America
it truly had the potential to be the greatest nation on earth.
under God.
indivisible.
but then something happened. history repeated itself as it has from the very beginning.
in the beginning, God gave us a perfect paradise to live in with Him.
but He gave us a line that we were not to cross. we were warned.
don't. eat. the. apple.
you will surely die.
the woman was deceived. she disobeyed. the man did not lead. he went along.
eden was no longer possible. our relationship with our God was changed.
fast forward to america. struggling nation. God fearing, God loving, the majority identifying
as christians--followers of Christ.
then we do it again.
the woman is deceived all over again. she believes the lie that she can do whatever she pleases in this life...........
even kill her own offspring.
and the man doesn't lead. doesn't protect. he goes along. encourages.
why not? sex with no strings attached!!!! woohoo!
this way of life
this fornicating and killing.
it leads people further and further away from their God.
to this time.
now.
when the majority of americans still identify as christians---but they do not follow Christ.
God will not be mocked.
because of our collective evil ways He will not protect us. we will be exiled from His goodness in this world. we will be taken captive.
all because the woman believed the lie.
here lies the United States of America: killed by feminism
what is the truth?
men and women are equal in God's eyes. but the world's eyes are different
the world's eyes are full of lust and lies.
women are now used and abused more than ever before in history, and they are deceived. they don't even realize this freedom they have is the real bondage.
they have believed the lie that motherhood, home keeping, and marriage are just meant to enslave them.
women are left unprotected because they have stepped out from under the God designed model of accountability and protection.
they give it all away so they can be "equal"
they kill their offspring and think they have gotten away with murder.
but they haven't. they will suffer in anguish forever.
and because of the horrific practice of abortion; state sanctioned murder of our most innocent and vulnerable citizens, we have all stepped out from under the protection of our God.
their silent screams are heard
their mothers killed them. their father's did not save them.
and their lives did matter.
more than all others.
it truly had the potential to be the greatest nation on earth.
under God.
indivisible.
but then something happened. history repeated itself as it has from the very beginning.
in the beginning, God gave us a perfect paradise to live in with Him.
but He gave us a line that we were not to cross. we were warned.
don't. eat. the. apple.
you will surely die.
the woman was deceived. she disobeyed. the man did not lead. he went along.
eden was no longer possible. our relationship with our God was changed.
fast forward to america. struggling nation. God fearing, God loving, the majority identifying
as christians--followers of Christ.
then we do it again.
the woman is deceived all over again. she believes the lie that she can do whatever she pleases in this life...........
even kill her own offspring.
and the man doesn't lead. doesn't protect. he goes along. encourages.
why not? sex with no strings attached!!!! woohoo!
this way of life
this fornicating and killing.
it leads people further and further away from their God.
to this time.
now.
when the majority of americans still identify as christians---but they do not follow Christ.
God will not be mocked.
because of our collective evil ways He will not protect us. we will be exiled from His goodness in this world. we will be taken captive.
all because the woman believed the lie.
here lies the United States of America: killed by feminism
what is the truth?
men and women are equal in God's eyes. but the world's eyes are different
the world's eyes are full of lust and lies.
women are now used and abused more than ever before in history, and they are deceived. they don't even realize this freedom they have is the real bondage.
they have believed the lie that motherhood, home keeping, and marriage are just meant to enslave them.
women are left unprotected because they have stepped out from under the God designed model of accountability and protection.
they give it all away so they can be "equal"
they kill their offspring and think they have gotten away with murder.
but they haven't. they will suffer in anguish forever.
and because of the horrific practice of abortion; state sanctioned murder of our most innocent and vulnerable citizens, we have all stepped out from under the protection of our God.
their silent screams are heard
their mothers killed them. their father's did not save them.
and their lives did matter.
more than all others.
Saturday, August 22, 2015
no exceptions
all of the hoopla surrounding abortion is about the selling of the baby parts and pieces.
i know it is a foot in the door for the pro-life movement because now the attention is really on this horror that seems to have become our national past time. well, second national past time with sex obviously being the first. the third probably has something to do with sports.
but i digress......
whether the murdered babies are being sold, donated, buried or burned really makes no difference in light of the fact that THEY ARE BEING KILLED----THEIR BEATING HEARTS ARE BEING FORCEFULLY STOPPED!!!
let the lawyers wrangle and argue over the "legalities" i don't care about what the government or suzy q on the street corner thinks. wrong is wrong is wrong.
and abortion is WRONG.
i am pro-life in all instances concerning abortion. concerning the taking of innocent life.
NO EXCEPTIONS
in the case of rape or incest, which by the way it amuses me the way its always mentioned separately, pretty much incest is rape. anyway.....healing will never take place by committing murder. the baby that is sometimes produced in such cases DID NOTHING WRONG and does not deserve to die.
i've heard talk of late term abortion (shudder) being okay in instances of the life of the mother being at stake. we are talking about very rare cases indeed, maybe toxemia being one of the most common. i had toxemia. DELIVER THE FREAKING BABY!!!! that is a bogus arguement. DELIVER THE FREAKING BABY!! LET IT HAVE A CHANCE AT LIFE.
the truth here is that it is really just about getting rid of the inconvenience of a baby. a life.
another popular arguement is to abort, ahem! MURDER your child in the case of deformity or possible intellectual and physical disabilities. this is always promoted as being in the best interest of the child. really? kill me now. i have no potential. i'm not perfect like my mother.
i know that there are many christians who say they are pro-life but condone murdering innocent babies in these cases i've mentioned.
YOU ARE WRONG. and God is watching.
i know it is a foot in the door for the pro-life movement because now the attention is really on this horror that seems to have become our national past time. well, second national past time with sex obviously being the first. the third probably has something to do with sports.
but i digress......
whether the murdered babies are being sold, donated, buried or burned really makes no difference in light of the fact that THEY ARE BEING KILLED----THEIR BEATING HEARTS ARE BEING FORCEFULLY STOPPED!!!
let the lawyers wrangle and argue over the "legalities" i don't care about what the government or suzy q on the street corner thinks. wrong is wrong is wrong.
and abortion is WRONG.
i am pro-life in all instances concerning abortion. concerning the taking of innocent life.
NO EXCEPTIONS
in the case of rape or incest, which by the way it amuses me the way its always mentioned separately, pretty much incest is rape. anyway.....healing will never take place by committing murder. the baby that is sometimes produced in such cases DID NOTHING WRONG and does not deserve to die.
i've heard talk of late term abortion (shudder) being okay in instances of the life of the mother being at stake. we are talking about very rare cases indeed, maybe toxemia being one of the most common. i had toxemia. DELIVER THE FREAKING BABY!!!! that is a bogus arguement. DELIVER THE FREAKING BABY!! LET IT HAVE A CHANCE AT LIFE.
the truth here is that it is really just about getting rid of the inconvenience of a baby. a life.
another popular arguement is to abort, ahem! MURDER your child in the case of deformity or possible intellectual and physical disabilities. this is always promoted as being in the best interest of the child. really? kill me now. i have no potential. i'm not perfect like my mother.
i know that there are many christians who say they are pro-life but condone murdering innocent babies in these cases i've mentioned.
YOU ARE WRONG. and God is watching.
Monday, July 20, 2015
ignorant bliss
i'm a thinker. i think too much.
things have to make sense to me.
i try to think about things until i can figure out how they make sense.....in some way....in any way....
sometimes it's such a stretch.
to try to figure out how someone else could possible even think that something makes sense.
are you still following me?
all of this thinking is getting to be too much for my brain.
the world has truly gone mad.....or has it?
.....maybe i'm the one who has gone mad? some days.....
it feels that way.
at this point in time i feel overwhelmed by the world.
the entire freaking world that sits right there.....at the end of my driveway.
sometimes i feel like i want to just stockpile food and quit my job, cancel the tv and internet and just...........live in ignorant bliss for a while.
i really, really, really could do this!!!
but! is that being realistic? no....probably not.
could i just pick one or two of those things off of that list and do those???
the fact of the matter is this: would burying my head in the sand save just ONE baby from being violently ripped from its mothers womb? would it convince just ONE person to seek Jesus and not be a slave to sin? would it do anyone any good? including myself?
there are too many voices out there leading people astray. there are too many Christians out there who are silent on the topics of sin and repentance. they want to just say "my job is to love and God's job is to judge"................
......................really?
do we really want to just love people all the way to HELL???????
no one wants to offend. no one wants to "judge" no one wants to be that lone voice.
but i do. i don't know why, but i do.
you see, there are these boys. and i hate the world they must grow up in. this world is dangerous, deceitful, and sinful. the weight of feeling responsible for passing on God's word, teaching them to have a biblical worldview, and showing them how to live a godly life, well, it weighs heavy on me.
extremely heavy. it seems to be so daunting of a task. my heart aches to think of any of them being led astray because we dropped the ball. because we didn't want to offend. because we didn't want to be different.
because we wanted an easier life lived in ignorant bliss.........................
things have to make sense to me.
i try to think about things until i can figure out how they make sense.....in some way....in any way....
sometimes it's such a stretch.
to try to figure out how someone else could possible even think that something makes sense.
are you still following me?
all of this thinking is getting to be too much for my brain.
the world has truly gone mad.....or has it?
.....maybe i'm the one who has gone mad? some days.....
it feels that way.
at this point in time i feel overwhelmed by the world.
the entire freaking world that sits right there.....at the end of my driveway.
sometimes i feel like i want to just stockpile food and quit my job, cancel the tv and internet and just...........live in ignorant bliss for a while.
i really, really, really could do this!!!
but! is that being realistic? no....probably not.
could i just pick one or two of those things off of that list and do those???
the fact of the matter is this: would burying my head in the sand save just ONE baby from being violently ripped from its mothers womb? would it convince just ONE person to seek Jesus and not be a slave to sin? would it do anyone any good? including myself?
there are too many voices out there leading people astray. there are too many Christians out there who are silent on the topics of sin and repentance. they want to just say "my job is to love and God's job is to judge"................
......................really?
do we really want to just love people all the way to HELL???????
no one wants to offend. no one wants to "judge" no one wants to be that lone voice.
but i do. i don't know why, but i do.
you see, there are these boys. and i hate the world they must grow up in. this world is dangerous, deceitful, and sinful. the weight of feeling responsible for passing on God's word, teaching them to have a biblical worldview, and showing them how to live a godly life, well, it weighs heavy on me.
extremely heavy. it seems to be so daunting of a task. my heart aches to think of any of them being led astray because we dropped the ball. because we didn't want to offend. because we didn't want to be different.
because we wanted an easier life lived in ignorant bliss.........................
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