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I was going along and got tripped in the school yard and the contents of my knapsack was strewn all over… but I’ll gather things up and attempt to get my papers in order and have something to share in the morning. I was going to write a bit more about the blessing of children and the brevity of seasons… time doesn’t allow for that right now. I spent it in reply to comments on friday’s blog. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious [...] …and there is really so much to say on this matter. As I was sharing yesterday and the day before on some pretty sensitive matters, I recognize that the matter of marriage, family size, the sovereignty of God and Lordship of the womb is probably one of the most volatile topics concerning marriage and family… and, sadly, is not embraced and promoted by the mainstream Christian writers/teachers/preachers in the church today and is seldom embraced by Christians in general — what a [...] I’m steeped in thought about this matter this morning – not just bcz of celebrating another birthday in our home and not just bcz I wrote about some non-optionals yesterday… but bcz another day passes that reminds me that the season of childbearing has passed on by and I’m beginning to walk through the leaves and am no longer sitting under the shade trees of summer. So, I think further on non-optionals – and today: the non-option of the lordship of the [...] Time’s a strange thing… it has a wonderful and peculiar way of sort of settling things. Sort of like a river finds that level ground or a lake is formed with the pooling of water… people’s ideas or methods seem to me to tend to be like that. I think of the people who used to think like me and no longer do and people who never thought like me and do so now. People who, through a [...] I’m sick. No, really I am… You thought I just might be launching into a rant about some political matter or societal issue or something, no? OR that I stepped off the face of the earth… I have a number of significant stones in my garden—stones that represent milestones, significant dates, achievements, answers to prayer, the names and birthdates of each of our children and grandchildren. There are stones that reflect ways the LORD has worked a special situation and there are a few larger stones—rocks, really, that represent some of the more difficult times or seasons. So, in addition to all the roses and some smaller flowering plants and bulbs, the garden is a [...] and we are so grateful to the LORD for His wonderful provision, protection and care for her over the last several months she’s been gone working at an orphanage in Jinja, Uganda. I had intended to write about this last week when she first arrived home, but time didn’t permit much computer use and I was actually so wonderfully overwhelmed with her being home that I didn’t take the time to write about it. I can now look at her homecoming a [...] Andrew… “Mama, I know how to make people’s heads go away from me [lean back]!” He then licks his finger and directs it toward my face… and I lean my head back. He nearly falls down laughing. I laugh too. Then I watch him go into the other room and proceed to tell the others the same thing. They all lean back, too. He laughs, they laugh. Naomi attempts the same trick. Licks her finger, points it toward Andrew’s face, he unconsciously leans back. [...] Yesterday the new seat belt regulations went into effect for Washington State. The laws for use of Blackberry and other handheld’s takes effect in 6 months and cellphone use restrictions, in 1 year. I share all this bcz I’m sort of generally a generation or two behind in understanding/acknowledging/complying with state laws. Well, or so it seems. Yesterday I had the children bring me the scale… (No! not for *me!*) bcz I wasn’t exactly sure who was in compliance and who [...] Significant to me are the milestones in my life that were either turning points or celebrations or decisions. Some of the turning points were simply changes in a direction of thought or action—simple things like: from this day forward, I will________. I have marked many of the “I will’s” in my Bible and/or on stones in my garden outside or in journals I’ve kept over the years. Sometimes I didn’t realize that specific decisions would have such [...] |
 
 End the shame. Protect against childhood sexualabuse. The shame comes from keeping quiet about CSA. Jesus loves us, Jesus heals us.
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