Isn't Life Interesting...

It seems like everyone is on Facebook. So, I decided to see if I could find some friends on there. I found several real life, local friends. Some were set to private and some were not. I was not shocked at anything any of these people had.

Then, I decided to look up people I knew from school. One is now a pediatrician, one is a a surgeon, one is an insurance agent, one is gay, several are married, several have kids. With the exception of one, no one mentioned God on their pages. Several had some pictures that would make me question if they even know Him. It was so sad to see this to me. People who were so popular in school, who I let influence my life and my decisions as a teen, are so lost. All the money in the world can't buy happiness, and certainly can't buy salvation. I am not trying to sound smug, I certainly am so glad for my salvation and so completely undeserving of it.

I was just so saddened to see some of what I saw. I said a prayer to God of thanksgiving. I am so glad He screamed my name loud enough that I heard. I also said a prayer for these people that someone, somewhere would witness to them.

I was unpopular in school, and let that determine so much of my teen years and my confidence. I thought about how God has so changed me to do what He has equipped me to do. I am sure if I made a page, people would be shocked to see who I am some 17 years later as well. Praise God I certainly am!

What is on your mind

Thoughts are so powerful. What you think about, you dwell on. The Bible is full of examples about what you should think on. God lets us know to dwell on him and not the world, for He is in charge not us.

"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith" Hebrews 12:2

The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good. Proverbs 15:3

I have been trying to keep my focus on God. Outside circumstances makes this so hard. It is hard to keep my eyes focused on God when people I know make it so hard.

My crazy extended family is up to no good again. It is so hard to be the Christian example when anger and hurt is at work and has been for years. Two weeks ago the nonsense started again. Drugs, evictions, feel sorry for me sagas, etc. I refuse to be a part of it, it has been a 5 year battle and I refuse to put my family in the direct path of someone who clearly lives and relishes in sin.

I am keeping my focus on God and what he has called and therefore equipped me to do! I will praise God today for saving me from my own sin. Even if my sin was not as bad by the world's standard, it was to God.

I will praise Him today:

for saving me,

for directing my path,

for giving me my husband who I love so much

for my children,

for allowing me to privilege to raise them,

for the awesome country I live in that allows me to homeschool them,

for equpping me to be able to teach them about Him and about the studies we do,

for the wonderful community I live in that is full of homeschoolers,

for my hard-working husband who provides for us so we can enjoy this life,

for my local homeschool co-op whose mission is for all to know & make known our awesome God,

for the lady who started this co-op I so despartly prayed for,

for my friends,

for my neighbors,

for cool nights when we can lay in our grass and watch the stars,

for my great friend who encouraged me to keep homeschooling when I wanted to quit because it seemed like the whole world was against me,

for the decision we made a long time ago to not let our children date,

for the convictions I see in my own children,

for my lovely house that I was forced to move into when I didn't want to,

for my working van,

for books,

for my new roof,

for our animals that bark at strangers and cuddle with my children,

for the cool weather we are having,

for my computer and all the friends I have in blogland,

for dry erase boards,

for window screens that keep bugs out,

for my midwives,

for washable markers,

for johnny jump-ups, and

for the ability to see and read my Bible, the precious words of our Lord!

Wake-up or...

I'm sending your brothers in to tackle you...

My Little Fisherman

Oh how he loves fishing with his daddy!

(ETA: I only cook them if they come home cleaned already - I don't clean fish!)

Clarification

I realize my last post seemed like I agree with the religion of Glenn Beck.

I do not. I apologize if that is what I conveyed on here.

I simply meant that I don't understand why so many in the media are against what he is saying. I like him for political reasons, not religious.

Again, I apologize if that is what was inferred from my last post!!