Yummies!

I'm sitting here feeling a little under the weather.

You can call it a cold and so can I,

because that's what it is.

So while I've been sitting here,

I've been doing a little blog-surfing

on foodie blogs.

Here's some posts you might like!

BBQ Chicken Enchiladas @ Feels Like Home

Mexican Ground Turkey Quinoa Skillet @ Debbie Does Dinner Healthy

Hearty Whole Grain Waffles @ Hallee the Homemaker

Stay healthy!

Homeschool Musings

My two oldest and I have been busy

with our 50 states unit study for several months now.

I don't know if this is a problem or not

(at least not yet),

but it is feeling a bit dry.

I can't think of another word to describe the feeling.

And the thought of enduring many, many more months

of this dryness is a little concerning to me.

I want to give my kids the best

home educated experience that I can,

and somehow I feel like I'm missing the mark with this study.

But then on the other hand, the thought

of abandoning the study when we've come so far

(about 1/3 of the way)

is hard for me to justify,

especially when I want to teach my kids

good character qualities like

persevering and not giving up!

What to do?

While we leave me, myself, and I to ponder that question,

here is a great link that I found today:

http://www.homeschoolshare.com/

And no, this did not help me at all with

being content with what I teaching at the moment.

Look at all these topics and such creative ways of teaching!

I'm drooling... in a way that only a teacher can.

(Teachers out there, you know what I'm talking about).

Sitting here, contemplating the matter at hand,

God's Will & Testament

I have never read the Bible all the way through!

There... I said it.

You would think that since this book

is at the very core of my faith,

I would have bothered to have read it

all the way through at least once.

I guess I didn't really think it was

I M P O R T A N T.

I mean, that is the most logical

conclusion to come to, right?

R I G H T.

And that is the truth,

because if it wasn't the truth,

than I would have read it through in its entirety already,

and many more times over.

I have gone so many years not knowing what

the Bible says.

And that is really sad,

because it is the testament and will

of my Father, God Almighty.

This book tells me what is mine.

It tells me what He has left for me.

It tells me the truth about my Father,

about His Son, His Spirit, about life, about death,

about what really matters.

If you had a really rich father,

would you think that his last will and testament

wasn't important enough to read?

Would you rely on other people

to tell you once a week what the will says

without checking it out for yourself?

(All the while living in a one-room shack

with a leaky roof, infested with cockroaches and mice...

Starving, with nothing, being a slave to a master

who abuses you, I might add.)

What?! That's crazy talk!!

I know, and yet, that is how I've treated God's Word to me.

A few years ago, I began to really read

my Father's will and testimony.

Not to be religious

(who else is tired of doing that?),

but because I wanted to really know

W H A T  I T  S A I D.

I have found out some things that no one...

NO ONE,

told me in church all those years I went on Sunday.

Things that I should have known.

Things that would have helped me.

Things that have changed my life.

Who should I blame?

Who should I blame for cheating

me out of years of enjoying the riches of Christ?

Who should I blame for unnecessary

spiritual poverty?

Who should I blame for the counterfeit faith

that I was satisfied with?

Who should I blame?

M  Y  S  E  L  F.

M  Y  S  E  L  F.

M  Y  S  E  L  F.

Truly, I was a fool.

So how do I end this reflection?

Find out for yourself what God's will is!

Read the testament that He left for you.

There is an inheritance beyond imagination

for anyone who has become a son of God.

How do you become a son of God?

Email me... I'd love to chat with you about it.

Thanks for letting me share my thoughts.

Have a blessed day!