Disclaimer: Please excuse the misspelled words. I cant get the spell checker to work right and I am tired of trying.... :O)
Last night was sewing class and....... drum roll please..... I finished my pillow. Prince Charming is going to help me post a picture later. Now we are working on a pair of pants. Hopefully it wont take as long as the pillow because there is only one more class. We cut out the pattern and material last night. My mom and I decided to make a pair of matching pants for my little girls. They are cute little flannel bottoms with a white background and blue flowers. Very girly pajama pants.
We have a great prospect on a van. My brother works as a mechanic for a taxi cab company here in town and says he can get us a fairly decent van for about $500. He even said they would paint it so I would not have to drive around town with an orange and white van! :O) He says its an older van and has many miles on it. Thats ok because in two years we will have enough money for my 15 passenger van!
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I got news today that two more friends are expecting. Im so happy for these people. One friend this is her first baby and the other this is her second. So now I have two ladies at church expecting, two online friends expecting, and two other friends expecting. Thats 6 people. I am happy but it is so bittersweet. I wish with everything that I could announce that I am expecting. Im so fearful that I will never get that opportunity. We started going to a fertility doctor in November. It is a long road but we pray daily for the Lord's blessing.
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The other night we were over at my mothers house and her neighbor stopped by. I was in my rare pair of jeans and she commented that she did not think she'd ever seen me in pants before. I jokingly said it was because we were half Amish. The truth is I love wearing dresses and skirts. People treat you different. For the most part it causes men to show respect and women to smile more. I think it reminds me to act more lady like. My daughters (3 and 4) also enjoy dresses. When I go into thier room in the mornings I sometimes give them the choice of dress or pants. I have yet to hear pants. It makes me wonder if most little girls relish femininty until the world snatches it away from them. A few of my friends little girls have been insisting on dresses lately also.
I am trying very hard to be in the world but not of it. I believe as a Christian I need to be different in everything. I started dressing in skirts and dresses after discovering a verse in Dueteronomy.
Dueteronomy 22:5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
I had a discussion with a very close friend one time that argued that men and women in Bible times all wore robes. I read somewhere and cant remember where that men actually wore britches under thier robes hence the reference to, "girding up your loins" seen a few times. Apparently this meant they took the hem of thier robe up and tied it up so they could do a task. I dont know how accurate that is because Im just going from memory of what the article said AND I cant seem to find the article on my computer.
But my side of the argument is, did God not know what our clothing would be like today? Because this passage was written in Bible times it does not pertain to us? Well there go the 10 commandments.
I dont "preach" dresses and skirts only. Occasionally as seen above I wear pants. Its not a salvation issue so if a woman wears pants I dont care. I someone asks me why I wear dresses I usually tell them that I believe God has called me to dress more femininly and the my husband likes it.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Who am I and why do I blog???
Wow what a busy few days I have had. I spent the weekend getting Prince Charming's Valentines day present ready. I put our family vision on a canvas for him. It says "Father grant my request that the number of descendants I have in heaven will equal the number I have on earth." We came up with this vision one night while talking about the verse, Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. I am so excited to be on this journey with that man of mine. By the way this is what I was buying at Joanne's the other day.
Last night was sewing class. We are finishing up our pillows. I started my ruffle. To do the ruffle you have to sew two loose hems and then pull them so that the material gathers. Hmm.... not to sure about this. Today as the girls and I watched Sara: Plain and Tall I tried to work on pulling the hem out and discovered that I missed a WHOLE section sewing the hems. Sigh... so now I have to rip some of the seam out with my handy dandy seam ripper and redo that section. I will conquer this pillow!
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Here is something I noticed since children have come into my life. God is still working on me. Of course He has always been working on me but see since the children have come it seems I notice it a lot more. I think its because I want to badly to raise them for the glory of God that when I mess up or there is an area in my life that is sinful I really really notice it. I seem to be answering to God for more than I used to. Just scroll down through my previous blog posts and you will see what I am talking about. This is me being real. Im trying to share with you all some of the trials I have been or am going through in hope that maybe you can skip that particular trial. I love to read stuff from other Christian women. Do you know what I do with the knowledge I glean from these women? STORE IT! PRACTICE IT! PASS IT ON! Oh how grateful I am for the many internet sights devoted to Christian women. Sometimes I feel like I am just babbling, but believe me when I say Im really trying to make a point. :O)
Titus 2:4-5 says That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. I believe it is speaking to older women physically and spiritually. I am farther along in my spiritual journey than some women (and lagging way behind many many more) so I believe that I need to share some of the wisdom God has given me.
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Here is my testimony. I figure I better give some background on myself. . I was born in December 1978. I am adopted and was taken home to be with my adopted parents when I was 4 days old. The very first Sunday I was alive I was at church. So goes the story of my life. My very loving, devoted parents made sure I spent more time at church than anywhere else. I had two godly set of grandparents to pray, pray, pray over me. My dad's dad was a Southern Baptist preacher from Alabama and my mom's dad was an ordained deacon. I was six years old when I asked Jesus to be the Lord and Savior of my life. I dont remember much of it. Of course for this reason I have always had doubts about my salvation. I cant tell you the number of times I have quoted Romans 10:9 (that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved) to myself.
My husband (who was saved in his early twenties) and I have had many discussions on this and here is the conclusion I came to. Those of us saved at a young age dont really understand what we were saved from, so it makes it harder for us to understand salvation. I have had many friends who were Christians "thier whole lives" (meaning they were saved young and grew up in church) believe me when I tell you this group is the one most guilty of taking our salvation for granted.
You see, I know that I am saved. In my head everything is right, but in my heart sometimes I let the great deciever shed some doubt. My sweet husband does not understand this doubt because he remembers the time right after he was saved. The tears at the awesome love of God, the total saturation of scripture, and finding God in everything. I dont remember anything about right after I got saved. I remember being baptized but I dont remember the "feelings". I work hard NOW at having a close relationship with God.
I know I was saved because I saw God and still see Him doing an awesome work in my life from the tender age of six. I know I am saved because I desire to serve God and to walk with Him.
I would never want to have waited until I was "older" to get saved. I believe that I was saved from many evils of this world because I was God's child. My husband has shared with me his feelings after getting saved. How he felt like he'd missed out on some great stuff. How he felt betrayed and lied to by his "church" because they never told him about this personal relationship he could have with God. I would not want to have missed out on anything God has brought to my life because I am His child. I pray that my own children will recieve salvation at an early age. I also pray that there will be some way for me to teach them about what a wonderful gift salvation truly is and that they have such a strong faith that they dont doubt. But if they do I will listen and know exactly what they are speaking of.
Last night was sewing class. We are finishing up our pillows. I started my ruffle. To do the ruffle you have to sew two loose hems and then pull them so that the material gathers. Hmm.... not to sure about this. Today as the girls and I watched Sara: Plain and Tall I tried to work on pulling the hem out and discovered that I missed a WHOLE section sewing the hems. Sigh... so now I have to rip some of the seam out with my handy dandy seam ripper and redo that section. I will conquer this pillow!
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Here is something I noticed since children have come into my life. God is still working on me. Of course He has always been working on me but see since the children have come it seems I notice it a lot more. I think its because I want to badly to raise them for the glory of God that when I mess up or there is an area in my life that is sinful I really really notice it. I seem to be answering to God for more than I used to. Just scroll down through my previous blog posts and you will see what I am talking about. This is me being real. Im trying to share with you all some of the trials I have been or am going through in hope that maybe you can skip that particular trial. I love to read stuff from other Christian women. Do you know what I do with the knowledge I glean from these women? STORE IT! PRACTICE IT! PASS IT ON! Oh how grateful I am for the many internet sights devoted to Christian women. Sometimes I feel like I am just babbling, but believe me when I say Im really trying to make a point. :O)
Titus 2:4-5 says That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. I believe it is speaking to older women physically and spiritually. I am farther along in my spiritual journey than some women (and lagging way behind many many more) so I believe that I need to share some of the wisdom God has given me.
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Here is my testimony. I figure I better give some background on myself. . I was born in December 1978. I am adopted and was taken home to be with my adopted parents when I was 4 days old. The very first Sunday I was alive I was at church. So goes the story of my life. My very loving, devoted parents made sure I spent more time at church than anywhere else. I had two godly set of grandparents to pray, pray, pray over me. My dad's dad was a Southern Baptist preacher from Alabama and my mom's dad was an ordained deacon. I was six years old when I asked Jesus to be the Lord and Savior of my life. I dont remember much of it. Of course for this reason I have always had doubts about my salvation. I cant tell you the number of times I have quoted Romans 10:9 (that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved) to myself.
My husband (who was saved in his early twenties) and I have had many discussions on this and here is the conclusion I came to. Those of us saved at a young age dont really understand what we were saved from, so it makes it harder for us to understand salvation. I have had many friends who were Christians "thier whole lives" (meaning they were saved young and grew up in church) believe me when I tell you this group is the one most guilty of taking our salvation for granted.
You see, I know that I am saved. In my head everything is right, but in my heart sometimes I let the great deciever shed some doubt. My sweet husband does not understand this doubt because he remembers the time right after he was saved. The tears at the awesome love of God, the total saturation of scripture, and finding God in everything. I dont remember anything about right after I got saved. I remember being baptized but I dont remember the "feelings". I work hard NOW at having a close relationship with God.
I know I was saved because I saw God and still see Him doing an awesome work in my life from the tender age of six. I know I am saved because I desire to serve God and to walk with Him.
I would never want to have waited until I was "older" to get saved. I believe that I was saved from many evils of this world because I was God's child. My husband has shared with me his feelings after getting saved. How he felt like he'd missed out on some great stuff. How he felt betrayed and lied to by his "church" because they never told him about this personal relationship he could have with God. I would not want to have missed out on anything God has brought to my life because I am His child. I pray that my own children will recieve salvation at an early age. I also pray that there will be some way for me to teach them about what a wonderful gift salvation truly is and that they have such a strong faith that they dont doubt. But if they do I will listen and know exactly what they are speaking of.
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Idleness
Last night was my 4th week of sewing class. We are working on pillows. I decided to make a pillow for 4 year old K's birthday bedroom makeover. I got some pink, purple, and green plaid like pattern with the pink being the dominant color. And purple gingham for the ruffle. I think it is going to be really cute and shabby country looking... :) Her comforter is going to be purple gingham and so will her curtains. My mom is making a wall hanging that is actually kinda Eastery but it has all the right colors in it (purple, pink and green). It also has all these praises to the Lord on it. "He is risen", "Lamb of God" and a few others that I cant remember off the top of my head. Im really excited about her room. Of course I have to make three pillows and three comforters and three of all the other stuff I want to make for her bed because she shares/will be sharing the room with both of her sisters.
Have you ever heard of freecycle.org? I love this place! I get tons of emails everyday with people giving away stuff. If I see something I would like to have I email that person and they decide who gets it. Sometimes I get what I ask for sometimes not. I was really disappointed because someone was giving away Disney 5 day parkhopper passes and DH and I have really been wanting to take the children. I even played my fosterparent card which I try not to do, but alas there was a better home for the tickets and I did not get them. BUT I did get a blue and white striped comfy couch! WooHoo! It is dirty and needs a good cleaning but Im excited to have it.
But where will this new couch go? You may wonder. Well since we dont have cable and dont watch a lot of television we have put the TV, VCR, DVD in the closet in our playroom. I can just close the doors and its out of sight but alas Prince Charming and I like to watch some shows and we love movies so its been kind of hard laying on the floor to watch the TV now we have a couch we can relax on! YEAH! Plus it will be fun to go in there with a book and lay on the couch while the kids play. Now I just have to figure out how to get it clean......
I made real mashed potatoes tonight but I did not have any milk... whats a girl to do??? For the liquid I used a little bit of chicken broth and for the creaminess I used about 1tblsp of cream cheese and 1 tblsp of sour cream. I mixed it all together in my wonderful kitchen aid stand mixer and the troops loved it!
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I have been meditating on a verse lately.
Proverbs 31: 27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
I have a serious problem with "idleness". I have asked and am asking the Lord every day to help me break free of this sin.
When I did a word search on our CD Rom of the Bible for Idleness here is another verse I found.
Ecclesiastes 10:18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
My idleness makes my house a disaster. It puts everyone in a bad mood and it is so overwhelming. Hubby comes home and the kitchen table is piled high with junk, the floor is sticky, the living room is cluttered and he cant even get into our bedroom. Then I get mad when he suggests maybe I should find a job. What do I expect? He sure doesnt see that I have accomplished anything at home on days like that.
I believe that women are to be keepers at home as outlined in Titus 2:5, but what my husband sees when he comes home sometimes is a "sleeper at home". The Lord has really dealt with me in this area lately and I am praising Him for it. But, see this week while I was sick I seriously fell off the bandwagon. The kitchen was a mess and the living room looked terrible. I finally sat up today and said enough and began work in the kitchen. I cleaned off all the counters and the stove. Did dishes. Swept and mopped and cooked a very nice dinner. When hubby came home he was thrilled. The rest of the house needs to catch up and thats what I will be doing the next few days but at least I can go to bed tonight with peacefulness because today was not an idle day. And hey Im even starting to feel better!
Thursday, February 3, 2005
Submission....again?
This was supposed to be my Feb 2 blog but I forgot to post... so here it is now! :)
So... last night was my sewing class. We are on week 3 (wow seems like a lot longer!) and we finished up these little stuffed ????? (someone mistakenly called them bears but I dont see it) and started our pillows. Well we started measuring and cutting the fabric for our pillows. I am taking a sewing class with my mom for many reasons. The top one being although I went to a great college preparatory highschool they forgot to teach us how to sew so that our daughters would not look like 4 year old tramps. If you know not what I speak of you obviously have not tried to find your very tall 4 year old clothes. I was embarassed at the selection and dont get me started on the WalMart Mary Kate and Ashley line UNBELIEVABLE! So I am on a journey to learn to sew. I have had my sewing machine for over a year now and I believe that instead of being in the way it should be useful. Im happy to report that after three classes I can SEW A STRAIGHT LINE! WooHoo! I can not however measure and cut fabric..... tonight I was trying to measure and cut a 17" x 17" square and no matter what I did I kept cutting it 17" x 16" or 16" x 16". *Sigh* The instructer ended up measuring my poor little squares before I could run out of fabric. So much for that college prep school!
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I am reading a book right now called Excellent Wife by Martha Peace. I have been really enjoying it but last night I ran across a chapter that disturbs me a little. It is a chapter on submission. I know I know I just gave my soap box speech on submission yesterday BUT I was not expecting this chapter so now I must address it once again. Mrs. Peace says that women are to be submissive in everything as outlined in Eph. 5 BUT she also adds the dreaded clause.... unless he asks you to sin. Im a little torn here but two of the examples that she used I know I dont agree with. One is if your husband tells you not to go to church... well the Bible says, "forsake not the assembling of yourselves with others." (Heb 10:25) Yes dear lady but it also tells us to submit to our husbands in everything and in 1 Peter 3 it tells us if our husband is an unbeliever you should keep silent....... let me touch on the other "sin" I dont agree with. If the husband forbids you to tell your children about God.... she says (and the Bible says) "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. Here, my son, your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching... " (Proverbs 1:7-8) I say again submit in everything and be silent. Now, I just had this argument with my mom so Im ready! Do I think that you should just say, "Well ok I guess thats that. Might as well start living like the world because hubby wants me to have nothing to do with church?" Nooooooooo I do believe however that this may be something you have to concede to if only for a short while. Why do I say a short while? Well my dear sister I believe when your husband tells you not to go to church that you should RESPECTFULLY tell him how much you enjoy church and that you feel it is your duty as a Christian to attend if he still says no then nod your head put on a smile and then HIT YOUR KNEES! Pour your heart out to Father. He will listen and comfort you. I honestly believe that you will be back in church in no time. And because of your obedience to God's word concerning your husband that sweet man you married MAY be sitting right beside you.
Now I must say I dont know what its like to have an unbelieving husband. (Only by the grace of God because I sure dated a number of unbelievers) I have read the scriptures though and think it says clearly that we obey no matter what. I was talking to my husband about this last night though. What if (VERY REMOTE CHANCE OF THIS!) your husband wants you to kill someone? I have really thought about this... (my husband would not ask me to kill anyone so dont worry! :) ) but come on what would I do???? I think that I would begin praying and fasting because my God can do ANYTHING and HE will make it so I dont have to murder anyone. That much I know.
Lastly if you are in an abusive relationship I dont think you should stay there and be abused. But I do think you should seek help for your husband (and yourself).
*Sigh* I pray I have said everything right. It is such a touchy subject but one that God has so clearly laid on my heart. I learn new things every day about Biblical submission to my husband. I just cant wait to share them with everyone!
By the way I really do like the book by Martha Peace just not this chapter. I just cant wrap my mind around..... "obedient in everything BUT....." its just not in the Bible.
So... last night was my sewing class. We are on week 3 (wow seems like a lot longer!) and we finished up these little stuffed ????? (someone mistakenly called them bears but I dont see it) and started our pillows. Well we started measuring and cutting the fabric for our pillows. I am taking a sewing class with my mom for many reasons. The top one being although I went to a great college preparatory highschool they forgot to teach us how to sew so that our daughters would not look like 4 year old tramps. If you know not what I speak of you obviously have not tried to find your very tall 4 year old clothes. I was embarassed at the selection and dont get me started on the WalMart Mary Kate and Ashley line UNBELIEVABLE! So I am on a journey to learn to sew. I have had my sewing machine for over a year now and I believe that instead of being in the way it should be useful. Im happy to report that after three classes I can SEW A STRAIGHT LINE! WooHoo! I can not however measure and cut fabric..... tonight I was trying to measure and cut a 17" x 17" square and no matter what I did I kept cutting it 17" x 16" or 16" x 16". *Sigh* The instructer ended up measuring my poor little squares before I could run out of fabric. So much for that college prep school!
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I am reading a book right now called Excellent Wife by Martha Peace. I have been really enjoying it but last night I ran across a chapter that disturbs me a little. It is a chapter on submission. I know I know I just gave my soap box speech on submission yesterday BUT I was not expecting this chapter so now I must address it once again. Mrs. Peace says that women are to be submissive in everything as outlined in Eph. 5 BUT she also adds the dreaded clause.... unless he asks you to sin. Im a little torn here but two of the examples that she used I know I dont agree with. One is if your husband tells you not to go to church... well the Bible says, "forsake not the assembling of yourselves with others." (Heb 10:25) Yes dear lady but it also tells us to submit to our husbands in everything and in 1 Peter 3 it tells us if our husband is an unbeliever you should keep silent....... let me touch on the other "sin" I dont agree with. If the husband forbids you to tell your children about God.... she says (and the Bible says) "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. Here, my son, your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching... " (Proverbs 1:7-8) I say again submit in everything and be silent. Now, I just had this argument with my mom so Im ready! Do I think that you should just say, "Well ok I guess thats that. Might as well start living like the world because hubby wants me to have nothing to do with church?" Nooooooooo I do believe however that this may be something you have to concede to if only for a short while. Why do I say a short while? Well my dear sister I believe when your husband tells you not to go to church that you should RESPECTFULLY tell him how much you enjoy church and that you feel it is your duty as a Christian to attend if he still says no then nod your head put on a smile and then HIT YOUR KNEES! Pour your heart out to Father. He will listen and comfort you. I honestly believe that you will be back in church in no time. And because of your obedience to God's word concerning your husband that sweet man you married MAY be sitting right beside you.
Now I must say I dont know what its like to have an unbelieving husband. (Only by the grace of God because I sure dated a number of unbelievers) I have read the scriptures though and think it says clearly that we obey no matter what. I was talking to my husband about this last night though. What if (VERY REMOTE CHANCE OF THIS!) your husband wants you to kill someone? I have really thought about this... (my husband would not ask me to kill anyone so dont worry! :) ) but come on what would I do???? I think that I would begin praying and fasting because my God can do ANYTHING and HE will make it so I dont have to murder anyone. That much I know.
Lastly if you are in an abusive relationship I dont think you should stay there and be abused. But I do think you should seek help for your husband (and yourself).
*Sigh* I pray I have said everything right. It is such a touchy subject but one that God has so clearly laid on my heart. I learn new things every day about Biblical submission to my husband. I just cant wait to share them with everyone!
By the way I really do like the book by Martha Peace just not this chapter. I just cant wrap my mind around..... "obedient in everything BUT....." its just not in the Bible.
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