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Sunday

So glad to be able to post. I am so happy that I am here, living on this earth, serving God and His people as I serve my husband, family and mother.

Work is such a good thing. There is a sense of accomplishment. There is a sense of worth. There is a sense of satisfaction. When I don't work I feel very dissatisfied with everything. When my home is in disorder, I feel crazy.

It is like God has put this love of orderliness in our innermost being and when we are not we are so dissatisfied.

Of course contentedness is a state of mind. When we struggle and strive to get a break ... it never is satisfying. I am learning new each day that it is not the break I need... but the doing of what is right.

1 Timothy 6:6-8

But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.

For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.

If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.

Lands End - 4th of July

Neat Blog

Found a neat blog when I was looking for Voddie Bauchaum podcasts.

Check it out: http://blackinformant.wordpress.com/

God's Word

Is living and active.

Something made me think today in combination with a challenge I had from a friend a few days ago...

1 Corinthians 2:5

So that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

No book, blog or preacher should form my judgments and my mind... they should provoke me to thought, certainly... but God's Word by the power of His Spirit should form my opinions.....

When I am home.

I see my children the way God does.

I love my husband.. because of who God has made him.. instead of for my expectations of him.

When I am wrong .. I confront myself and welcome and ask God to confront me with my sin. Because the longer I live with myself.. the more I see how I justify myself.

Home is a place of change. When I embrace all that it means to be here.

Thank you Lord.

Quest

In my quest to become organized.. I am making slow and steady progress. Thank you to all who are praying for us as we make this transition.

Bedtime is the hardest time. Mom sleeps well through the night, but getting down to bed is an agitating time for her (and us!). Please pray for the period between 7-9...

I get to go out tonight as Chris watches everyone while I go to dinner with friends.. including an out of town friend, Les. I am excited to be invited and included!

Organization Time

Today is file cabinet day. I am color coding and filing things. Hopefully I will get it done by the end of the day.

Brooke has her two week check up tomorrow from her ears. Everything seems to be going well with them.

I miss my Zachariah. A week is a long time. Anyone else freaked out that he is old enough to go to the FLOW?

Love to all.. char

A good night.

Everything went well last night.

I find that I am more HERE now.

I cannot do more than one thing at a time. I cannot get away with ignoring mom like I can get away with ignoring my kids - you know what I mean.

I do things now that incorporate everyone.

That means much more time with family bible study, reading, playing, park time, sitting down (particularly difficult), listening, cooking and eating meals together.

I am forced to include everyone in every chore and every preparation so that mom (and the children) always have something to do.

I am also forced to be EXTREMELY consistent in my discipline. I see that in order for things to be peaceful enough for mom to be able to function well I must require first time obedience from my children.

I also see that I must die to myself.


I find also that I make time for quiet time.. even if it isn't quiet. I must have it. I find myself praying all day long, asking and begging the Lord for help in many different situations.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the LORD with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.

Psalm 119:24

Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.

Good Weekend

Pray for orientation at night... this is a prime time to want to "go home"

The kids are doing well.

I am doing well.

Do not grow weary while doing good.... love char

Revealed

Isn't funny how our inner selves are revealed in how we relate to others? I am getting to know myself. It isn't pretty, but it is very healthy.

Thank you Lord. Grow me.

Worn out.

Boy I was worn out last night. Thanks for the prayer everyone. This next few days we really are working on the little discipline issues that magnify when other people are living with you.

Lord, I so want to get a handle on myself, my children and my home. Please help us as we work to make this a haven for all who live here. Let it be at peace inside (each of us individually) and physically. Let us love one another and cover each other in love.

char

God is so good.

Thank you everyone for your continued prayer. My mom is safely here and doing very well. We have not had any incidents since Saturday, except for brief disorientation this morning that quickly passed with a short car ride.

I am excited and proud and scared and do desperately covet everyone's prayer as we begin this journey.

1. That we would be able to finish the last details of decluttering and making permanent homes for our displaced things.
2. That I would get all of our books and homeschooling materials organized.
3. That we would be able to resume schooling and that mom would fall into a routine with us.
4. That our eyes would stay on the Lord.
5. Provision for rest, work, play and laughter.

Let him who thinks he stands, take heed lest he fall.

Today

Brooke had her adenoids out and tubes put in her ears today.

I am conscientiously trying to use God's words in every day circumstances... we talked about how the Bible tells us.. "When I am afraid I will trust in You."

Surgery went fine.. and now she is recovering nicely at home.

Live what you believe! char

Scripture in You

Teach them diligently.

What is the diligently? I always thought it was my children. But I was corrected this weekend.

Deut 6:6-7

"These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.

The words are what we should teach diligently. Yes we should teach our children. But it is the words of God. Our very source which we need to have on our hearts.

You and I simply cannot do the things that 2 Timothy 3:16 asks us to do:

Teach
Reprove
Correct and
Train In Righteousness

....if we don't have the source ready. How much more effective it is to correct with the Word on our tongue and filling our mind than running to a book to find the verse to look up in the Bible as the moment passes away.

This is ME too. I am there too. So I have asked God to help me in this area.

My first offensive weapon? Memorize it. Memorize it. Memorize it. Over and Over again... tell your kids the main 3 or 4 verses that you know are going to come up. It you tell them enough... you will know them. Carry them around on an index card.

The verses I currently am carrying around are the following:

Proverbs 29:11

A fool always loses his temper, but a wise man holds it back.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son accepts his father's discipline but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Hebvews 13:16

Do not forget to do good and to share with others for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

Proverbs 13:24

He who withholds his rod hates his son, but he who loves him discipline him diligently.

James 4:1

What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?

Philippians 2:3

Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves.

Proverbs 3:5-7

Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

Busy Couple of Weeks

I feel like I have not been very personal the past few weeks. We have been working on the Conference.. and the addition.. and taking care of mom. I don't know if I often complete a thought.
But when I do, I think how grateful I am that I am a Christian. I am bought by the blood of Jesus, who loved me so much that He died for me. Even me.

I am thankful for the friends who are always encouraging me and supporting me in endeavors that are outlandish. Why do I have to have ideas? I guess that is how God made me.

Pray for us tomorrow and Saturday. love char

Pray, Pray, Pray

Please pray for the Conference!

I am so excited about what God is doing in me as a result of really trying to work through issues biblically. Diagnosing what I am thinking and feeling, based on His Word instead of what I feel and think and my post modern, humanist left over world view is quite refreshing. It is black and white.. it is the sniper rifle (as Lou Priolo told me yesterday) instead of the shotgun. It does surgery in the heart and it changes behavior. The Living Word of God is precious and trustworthy.

I am being transformed by the renewing power of the Word. Wouldn't you like to be?

The law of the Lord is perfect.. restoring the soul.

Kindergarten Graduation

Talley's Kindergarten Graduation was last night. Enjoy!

Military Appreciation Day

We live in a Marine Corps/Navy town. My husband is a former marine. My dad was retired from the Navy. We love the military.

are some pictu MilitaryWe were proud that Port Royal hosted this year's Appreciation Day for the Chamber of Commerce. Hereres.