by Jean Sibelius O give us homes built firm upon the Savior; Where Christ is head and counselor and guide; Where every child is taught His love and favor And gives his heart to Christ, the crucified; How sweet to know that tho his footsteps waver His faithful Lord is walking by his side! O…
What Think Ye Of Christ?
by John Newton “What think ye of Christ?” is the test To try both your state and your scheme; You cannot be right in the rest Unless you think rightly of Him. As Jesus appears in your view- As He is beloved or not- So God is disposed to you, And mercy or wrath is…
New Year’s Resolutions
Why do we make New Year’s resolutions? I wonder where the tradition comes from? The perfectionist in me really loves the New Year. It’s like a completely clean slate. A fresh start. A brand new year that I haven’t messed up yet. Wow. Maybe this year I’ll be able to do everything perfectly. Nope. I…
Paper Nativity
Here is a cute project that my older son (10 yo) made for our bookclub. The assignment was to read a Christmas book and report on it. In addition, they were to make a Christmas craft that related to the book, if possible. He read The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and chose to make a…
How Stupid Do They Think We Are?
I like to make a lot of things from scratch. I think it’s both healthier and more economical to cook that way. (Not to mention it usually tastes better). I definitely don’t make everything from scratch though. For instance, I do buy bread from the bakery thrift store. I bake bread for dinner, but I…
Christmas Tree
We put up our Christmas tree this week! Now it really feels like December. Here is the corner where we set up our tree. It’s nice and cleaned out of the usual pile of toddler toys and books. Older son holding the door open waiting for my husband to bring the tree up from having…
Late Birthday Present
Last night after dinner, my sweet husband surprised me with a late birthday present. He got me a new camera! Here it is on amazon.com ! It was one of those things that I wanted, but maybe not really needed. The on/off switch fell off my old camera this summer. I went for a while…
How Firm a Foundation
I was in tears last night as we sang this song in church. I have been going through some time of sorrow that is continuing. It is very likely that I will lose my grandmother within the next couple of weeks. I thought I would share because I know that there are a lot of…
Busyness and Baby’s Birthday
It seems that suddenly I have gotten very busy. I have to watch my level of activity to make sure that the things that I’m doing are really worth the time and energy spent doing them. I think that I am doing good things right now and this feeling of extra busyness will soon pass. …
Fair
This week is our local fair. For the first time ever, we entered some of our projects. My older son entered a drawing and poem, my older daughter entered a drawing and peanut butter cookies. I even joined in and entered 2 photographs and fudge. My daughter’s cookies won 3rd place! My fudge won 1st…