HOMEMAKER MOMENTS!

It's Friday...time for the homemaker moments. Ladies don't forget to share your moments with others. I find it very encouraging to read how the Lord is working in your life to build your home. Lots of ideas come from these moments. You can click on title to go to Angie's blog the originator of Homemaker Moments!

Here are my moments...
This week was rough because I had to work through some really hard things with my children. Okay moms let be honest. You know how, we understand that our children are foolish, sinful, and will do things wrong in our mind. But in our heart we feel they can do no wrong? There was a situation an old one but I just found out about it. My kid was the rotten child. And I found out in front of another adult. Oh, how my heart sank to the ground! My child foolish...couldn't be...but it was! I was thankful that my child told the truth even with the knowlegde of consiquences. We have taught our children that we don't expect them to be perfect and we know from the starting block they will get it wrong. That is fine, but we encourage them to run to Jesus! Repent, Believe, and turn from sin then fall at the feet of Jesus. So here it was...the rubber hitting the road. Can I in this frustrating and disappointing moment display what we have taught?

Praise God! He gave me the strength to be firm, discipline, instruct, forgive, and love. I took that child to Christ. It was awesome at the end. Note, I said at the end, because getting to the end was really rough. My child said to me Christ is the only thing good in me. I thought okay you are on to something! Then I went on to share that you are correct. At the same time those who the Holy Spirit of God dwells in are made righteous and good. Child, you will error and fall short of God's glory daily. He knows that and choose you anyway. It is He who is perfect and He dwells in you, so rejoice and receive the forgiveness of God. Don't bind yourself with a bondage that was not given to you by God. This is how I talk to my kids. If they don't understand they will tell me but more often then not they get it. So the short version is that there was peace and restoration. My pride was crushed and that was a good thing.

On another note...
My daughters started a business with a friend. The daughter of Angie (homemaker chronicle lady). They are so excited and I am too. We have talked about all kinds of wonderful things. This was an awesome intro to home school for me. With this one concept we are able to cover math, economics, design, writing, advertising...the list goes on. We will showcase their work on the blog soon. They have decided to give 5% of their profit to help child in need of educational supplies. They came up with their own percentages and organization to give to. I thought it was wonderful. They are being responsible with finances. They report to one another their income and calculate the % and proper distribution. We have really spent quality time getting this off the ground. So get ready to order from Glamour Glare Jewels by NRN Jewelers. There work is awesome!

Finally...
My husband I are working on hard core open honest communication. Oh buddy! It is hard but we have greatly benefited from it. You know when you and your husband are discussing an issue and you both conclude the conversation but it isn't truly finished. We are going beyond that point. I mean really seeing the heart of matters..whether it be pride, selfishness, or misunderstnading. God is loving us through this process and again we are better for it!

Praise the Lord for His work in my home this week!

YOU DON'T GET TO CHOOSE TO MURDER AN EMBRYO OR FETUS!

Hey people! I needed to come back and make a statement. Mainly because my blog goes out on FB too. I don't want people to see my note title and believe it is okay to abort babies at any stage of life. I am ABSOLUTELY for LIFE! My pro choice point was that individuals would think before they lay down with someone. After visiting with that young lady I was really fired up! Present in my life I am ministering to a young woman 18 pregnant with her third child out of wedlock, two young ladies 19 and 20 out of wedlock pregnant for the first time. One pregnant by a boyfriend and the other by a homey lover friend. Finally, a young woman who thinks she is pregnant with a fourth and wants to abort the child.

So I am frustrated! People think sex is fun, wonderful, and okay whenever, however, and with who ever! I am going to tell you it is not! Sex is a gift from God for one man and one woman who have committed themselves to one another in Holy Matrimony. Sex is HOLY! I don't know it people realize that because of all the distortions in our society. The fruit of sex (children) are a blessing! So my heart is broken by the way our society views sex, relationships, parenting, birth, and children. They are gifts from the GOD and we treat them like nothing! So there is my heart about pro choice, pro life issues.

WHY I AM PRO CHOICE!

Does that shock you? Well if you know me it should. I am so pro choice it is ridiculous. I spent time today with a young lady who thinks she is pregnant. She has given birth to three children, is living with the boyfriend, is not married and has no plan to get married, struggles everyday to keep her children (open CPS case) the children recently returned to her custody....she thinks she is pregnant. The boyfriend's advice was to have an abortion. She even quoted that President Obama says it is okay. Okay, so at this point I am losing it.

I shared with her that I am pro choice, but here is the catch. "You know the point when you were kissin' and huggin' and thought "I want to go all the way?"" BINGO! Your choice! I am for you making a choice at that moment! Anything that comes from two people choosing to wear married people clothes, (I would normally say big girl drawls or big boy drawls) like children is a not a choice! If you are blessed enough to be one who is with child and really did not want to be, then you should consider not opening your legs or putting your hose down the drain. Zip it, Lock it, tuck it...CHOOSE!

But don't MURDER WHAT GOD CREATED inside of you!

THE BOOK OF RUTH: Redemption through the scriptures 2

Ruth 2
Ruth Meets Boaz
1Now Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. 2And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor." And she said to her, "Go, my daughter." 3So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech. 4And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem. And he said to the reapers, "The LORD be with you!" And they answered, "The LORD bless you." 5Then Boaz said to his young man who was in charge of the reapers, "Whose young woman is this?" 6And the servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, "She is the young Moabite woman, who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab. 7She said, 'Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers.' So she came, and she has continued from early morning until now, except for a short rest."
8Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Now, listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women. 9Let your eyes be on the field that they are reaping, and go after them. Have I not charged the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn." 10Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?" 11But Boaz answered her, "All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before. 12 The LORD repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!" 13Then she said, "I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not one of your servants."