TOO BUSY TO BLOG
Hello to anyone who still checks this blog! Ha, ha. I'm still alive; just too busy to write anything or go blog hopping. So to those faithful blog sisters out there (Roberta, Karen, Lis, etc.) please forgive me for not visiting you. Humor me by considering a few things I've been pondering.
#1 A question.
Do you homeschoolers out there go through periodic fits of feeling like a failure (whether that be in sticking to a schedule or consistently carving out time for the little ones) or being afraid that your 3rd grader will never write neatly? I just need some confirmation out there that most homeschools are not perfect. OK?
#2 Acceptance
Getting to a place of perfect contentment in God's acceptance of me in Christ without being ruffled by other people's opinions of me or treatment of me is something God's been working in me.
#3 Beautiful Idaho
Most of our time this past week has been spent in studying Idaho. Our homeschool group put on a National Fair where each family chose a state to showcase. Roberta, please feel free to invite us anytime! *big grin* I made a cake called Wet Chocolate L'Orange Pound Cake. Strange name, delicious cake. And of course it has mashed potatoes in it!
#4 Another recipe to share
This one has potatoes in it too. I got it out of this great cookbook for very beginner cooks. It's called Learning to Cook with Marion Cunningham . The recipe is for Leek and Potato Soup. It's so easy and very comforting. All you need to do is put some butter in a stockpot and then add 5-6 chopped baking potatoes and 2-3 chopped leeks. Stir that around for five minutes and then add 6 cups of chicken broth. If you don't have enough broth you can use water to make up the difference. Simmer this until the potatoes are tender and then use a stick blender to puree it to the desired consistency. Make sure you add salt and pepper to taste and then enjoy. I just enjoyed some leftovers on this chilly Georgia Sunday afternoon. Chilly means 50 degrees or so. I know, I'm a wimp.
Blessings to all. Pray for me as I finish this busy weekend with a Cobb Symphony concert tonight.
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Friday, March 03, 2006
SOME MORE SOUL EXCAVATION
This week I've been hearing a question. It has been tugging gently at my soul every time I ponder a decision. The decisions aren't anything monumental but my motivation behind those decisions is being revealed. It's not pretty. Here's the question ~ "Do I care more about my reputation than about pleasing God?" The Lord has unearthed this idol that I wasn't aware of. The idol of reputation. When I sin, am I more concerned about what people will think of me than about offending my Lord?
This week it has been very easy for me to slide into a melancholy funk about this whole thing. But wait? The Lord has done this soul excavation. Why? Because He wants all of me. It is God who is at work in me both to will and to do according to His good pleasure. (Philippians 2) What is His good pleasure? That I may be conformed to His Son. Praise Him that He doesn't use a wrecking ball or a backhoe. It's kind of like an expert archaeologist who carefully unearths things by using different tools. Sometimes a brush, sometimes a pick. His motive is always love. And when He unearths the sin He doesn't keep it around and store it in His museum to remind Him of my offenses. No. That is not His nature.
"He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. Just as a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him. For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust." Psalm 103:10-14
"And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying, 'This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws upon their heart, and upon their mind I will write them,' He then says, 'And their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.'" Hebrews 10:15-17
This week I've been hearing a question. It has been tugging gently at my soul every time I ponder a decision. The decisions aren't anything monumental but my motivation behind those decisions is being revealed. It's not pretty. Here's the question ~ "Do I care more about my reputation than about pleasing God?" The Lord has unearthed this idol that I wasn't aware of. The idol of reputation. When I sin, am I more concerned about what people will think of me than about offending my Lord?
This week it has been very easy for me to slide into a melancholy funk about this whole thing. But wait? The Lord has done this soul excavation. Why? Because He wants all of me. It is God who is at work in me both to will and to do according to His good pleasure. (Philippians 2) What is His good pleasure? That I may be conformed to His Son. Praise Him that He doesn't use a wrecking ball or a backhoe. It's kind of like an expert archaeologist who carefully unearths things by using different tools. Sometimes a brush, sometimes a pick. His motive is always love. And when He unearths the sin He doesn't keep it around and store it in His museum to remind Him of my offenses. No. That is not His nature.
"He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. Just as a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him. For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust." Psalm 103:10-14
"And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying, 'This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws upon their heart, and upon their mind I will write them,' He then says, 'And their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.'" Hebrews 10:15-17
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