Sunday Afternoon of Imagination

Imagination=Childhood

How Should a King Come? (Merry Christmas!)

Honesty

At dinner the other night I said to the kids "Tell Daddy what you learned from Proverbs causes contention." Gabriel quickly and correctly said "pride" and then I heard Ross say quietly "me". Ross does have an issue with stirring up contention but he is refreshing because a lot of of people hide or ignore their wrong and Ross is able to see it for what it is and admit it.

Hebrews 9:11-14a

Hebrews 9:11-14a

¹¹But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

¹²Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

¹³For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

¹⁴How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God . . .

Most of all I am thankful for what verse 14 says . . . "the blood of Christ . . . that offered himself without spot to God". He did it for me and for my family and for the world. I can't imagine life without the hope that His shed blood gives us. Amazing Love from an Amazing God. I am so grateful.

Ladies Tea

Annalina and I had an absolute BLAST at the Homeschooling Ladies Tea. The food was beautifully spectacular, the fellowship a blessing, and the speakers encouraging. Annalina had never been to anything like that and thoroughly enjoyed herself and learned about tea manners. We worked on refining the manners some. So funny at one point she whispered to me where to put trash. I said that she could just put it on the table (thinking it was a tea wrapper or chocolate wrapper). I said what is that on your finger? Her answer "A booger". Ok, it is good we had this tea to practice!!:-)

The fellowship with the other ladies was such a blessing to me. The women that came to this tea and spoke were so humble I was so blessed by their Christian spirit. I sat next to a lady whose husband has a very important job for a nationally recognized and respected organization. She was so kind and normal. The speakers encouraged me in what I was doing right and I was challenged in areas I saw myself failing or falling short. I was challenged both as a wife and mother. I needed that spiritual lift so much. It gave me a huge boost focusing me in on where I needed hand things over to my Saviour and things I need to be actively working on with the kids.

I waited to check my messages during the day for awhile and by the time I checked them. I found out that Brian had ended up at the ER with a broken ankle. He broke it while elk hunting with Gabriel. That is another story! It has been weeks and the ankle still has not been repaired because he has been to swollen for them to fix it. Now we are waiting to find out if it will need to be rebroken or have surgery. We'll soon see.

Gross

I was down stairs the other night to make the top bunk of a bed when I heard Ross calling for me upstairs. Annalina came down and said that Ross wanted to show me he had corn in his poop. I was busy and wanted to complete my task without getting side tracked so I told Annalina to tell him that was ok and completely normal. I wanted him to be sure he understood it was nothing to worry about. I finished my task and came upstairs to find that Ross had waited me out and was VERY SERIOUS about me making sure I saw what happened. He picked the piece of corn out of his poop and put it on a towel on the bathroom counter!!!! Yep, I was pretty grossed out.

Sweet

I've written before how Carson's speech has been slow to come but we continue to see progress.
Tonight at dinner I just melted when he looked at me and with a smile said "This is good kool-aid Mommy." Ahh, my heart. What a sweetie!!!!