Yesterday I learned that St. Patrick was not Irish, he was only a missionary called to Ireland. He also used the 3 leaf clover to explain the Trinity to the evil people....
Sebastian got a really long kick out of the fact that when I was in 1st grade, we still used film reels in school....
Our efforts to get rid of the ever lovin donkeys has been named "Get the 'Hay' out of here...and the rattlesnakes are going in the freezer tonight...
Next week we are starting back up with school hot and heavy in our new cabin set aside just for school....La Primera Conference Room A is going to be cleaned out this weekend and all of our stuff moved in....
Monday I'm running again...training for a 5K....
and that's all for now....have a blessed week...
Friday, March 18, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
I dreamed a little dream...
So it has been 2 months since my husband has been assaulted by his boss. Paul's boss has been biding his time and attempting to buy our board members. He has actually been somewhat successful at this because our board has agreed to let him live on the property for an additional 2 months and provide other housing for another 4 months. We are going to continue to pay his salary and all of his benefits. Well it has already been a terrible start to his 60 day time period, it has been a time of beligerence and non-compliance.
Last night, I had 3 dreams in a row. I know they were seperate dreams because I woke up and looked at the clock in between each one. In all of the dreams I was pregnant and about to deliver. In the first dream, I didn't have the money to pay the hospital so Michael refused to take me there. The second dream, he just flat out refused and I drove myself to the hospital while in labor. For some reason the details of the third dream have escaped me, but in the third dream, Michael was not hindering me from delivering.
According to some most likely unreliable sources, dreaming of being pregnant means giving birth to a new idea, a new direction or a new goal. And dreaming in 3's symbolizes completion. It also represents a trilogy.
Call me crazy, but I am very convinced that dreams play a major role in our lives. After all, in the Old Testament of the Bible, dreams were a crucial part of some's existence. So I ask myself and my God, How do these dreams play a part in my life. Are me and my family going to have to suffer a great deal of pain (labor pains) before we can give birth to our ministry here? Does dreaming in threes refer to Paul, Mark, and Reagon (the 3 managers)? Or does it refer to the Trinity?? Is money going to be an issue? Am I going to have to go at it alone (well not alone because I have an awesome Savior)?
Ahhh, its so late. I must get to bed now and dream more dreams....I know I won't have all the answers and am probably not supposed to, but if anything, I do have peace......
Last night, I had 3 dreams in a row. I know they were seperate dreams because I woke up and looked at the clock in between each one. In all of the dreams I was pregnant and about to deliver. In the first dream, I didn't have the money to pay the hospital so Michael refused to take me there. The second dream, he just flat out refused and I drove myself to the hospital while in labor. For some reason the details of the third dream have escaped me, but in the third dream, Michael was not hindering me from delivering.
According to some most likely unreliable sources, dreaming of being pregnant means giving birth to a new idea, a new direction or a new goal. And dreaming in 3's symbolizes completion. It also represents a trilogy.
Call me crazy, but I am very convinced that dreams play a major role in our lives. After all, in the Old Testament of the Bible, dreams were a crucial part of some's existence. So I ask myself and my God, How do these dreams play a part in my life. Are me and my family going to have to suffer a great deal of pain (labor pains) before we can give birth to our ministry here? Does dreaming in threes refer to Paul, Mark, and Reagon (the 3 managers)? Or does it refer to the Trinity?? Is money going to be an issue? Am I going to have to go at it alone (well not alone because I have an awesome Savior)?
Ahhh, its so late. I must get to bed now and dream more dreams....I know I won't have all the answers and am probably not supposed to, but if anything, I do have peace......
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
excuses, excuses
So here is a short list of the excuses I have been making lately, and then what I have decided to do about them....
1. I can't start my running program because I don't have a treadmill, and I WANT one...
2. I can't really eat healthy because I am not exercising like I should be in the first place...
3. I can't really enjoy teaching home-school because I don't have a bought curriculum that tells me how to do everything....
This past Sunday I went to Refiners Fire Ministries church and honestly can't recall everything the pastor said or even what scripture he uses. I think it was somewhere in Luke or Acts. He basically talked about doing your best and giving your all. That's all Christ wants from us anyways, He doesn't want us to be perfect, he wants us to be obedient. Being obedient involves doing what we are told to do wholeheartedly. To obey is better than the sacrifice we will have to make if we don't obey and give him our all.
So my solutions are this, short and sweet. I will start running because God has so graciously given us this land of about 300 acres to live on. I am currently trying to do my best with my diet because I know that it is the right and healthy thing to do. After all, we are supposed to eat to live not live to eat. The last of my struggles, well in the area of excuses anyways, is the homeschooling issue. It has been a constant struggle for me but since I so adamantly do not want my children in public schools, I have to give it my all. I just have to do it. No, I am not at the point where I can buy an expensive curriculum but I have been SO blessed by so many people with textbooks, workbooks, and so many other resources. I will do what I know I am supposed to do, because I have spent time in the word and in prayer. I know that there will be days when all of that goes out the window, but it is my daily goal to do my best at everything I was meant to do. I am going to give Christ my all.
1. I can't start my running program because I don't have a treadmill, and I WANT one...
2. I can't really eat healthy because I am not exercising like I should be in the first place...
3. I can't really enjoy teaching home-school because I don't have a bought curriculum that tells me how to do everything....
This past Sunday I went to Refiners Fire Ministries church and honestly can't recall everything the pastor said or even what scripture he uses. I think it was somewhere in Luke or Acts. He basically talked about doing your best and giving your all. That's all Christ wants from us anyways, He doesn't want us to be perfect, he wants us to be obedient. Being obedient involves doing what we are told to do wholeheartedly. To obey is better than the sacrifice we will have to make if we don't obey and give him our all.
So my solutions are this, short and sweet. I will start running because God has so graciously given us this land of about 300 acres to live on. I am currently trying to do my best with my diet because I know that it is the right and healthy thing to do. After all, we are supposed to eat to live not live to eat. The last of my struggles, well in the area of excuses anyways, is the homeschooling issue. It has been a constant struggle for me but since I so adamantly do not want my children in public schools, I have to give it my all. I just have to do it. No, I am not at the point where I can buy an expensive curriculum but I have been SO blessed by so many people with textbooks, workbooks, and so many other resources. I will do what I know I am supposed to do, because I have spent time in the word and in prayer. I know that there will be days when all of that goes out the window, but it is my daily goal to do my best at everything I was meant to do. I am going to give Christ my all.
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