06.23.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 7:37 pm by fosteringhearts
Tonight was our first Sabbath and I was left with the thought that we should definitely add wine next time!!! LOL!
Picture four kiddos(all under 7), great grandma’s hand embroidered table cloth(big mistake), cups full of sparkling red grape juice(mistake #2), and two adults who are flying by the seat of their pants.
You get the picture?
Of course great grandma’s table cloth is soaking in bleach water, spankings flowed like milk and honey, we ate, laughed, and some of us cried. It was terrible and wonderful at the same time.
The highlight is when my dh said it was time to toast…the 7 yr old said, while raising his glass, “Oh, I’ve got it… To God’s Kingdom!” We all heartily agreed and cheered,”To God’s Kingdom.” My little knight had a better perspective on Sabbath than any of us! Either that or he has listened to Narnia one to many times. He he! :}
I look forward to raising my little knights and princesses around our table and seeing the Lord bless our humble attempts to honor him.
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06.22.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:51 am by fosteringhearts
I grew up with the idea that salvation was conditional on sin…if you sin, you go to hell. There was always that “if you died in a car wreck” fear lingering. Black and white…sin equals death. But now I am starting to think, to search. Are we always to fear our salvation? Is there assurance without required holiness?
Question….elementary I am sure….
So if I sin, then I wasn’t truely born again? But we all sin and fall short, so it can’t be conditional in that sense. I need some explanation here…is it conditional at all?
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06.21.07
Posted in Reforming at 9:27 pm by fosteringhearts
Our sweet black lab is close to having her puppies. Her stomach is huge. We are not proficient in dogie lingo, but the boy that she…”married” is said to have many titles with the AKC. This makes her puppies of great worth because of their father’s lineage. We are on the east coast and one of the pups will be flying all the way to CA to meet it’s new owner. Who knew?
So all of this covenant thinking has made me think of Abby and her pups. Because of her “husband,” she and the pups have a covering per say. They are special now, part of a lineage that is unique and brings much honor. With this honor comes requirements.
I know this is a very poor illustration, but we are trying to make connections here. You know, how does this covenant thinking work at home, in our marriage, in our family. Little by little we are connecting the dots…we don’t have the entire picture, but we are headed in the right direction.
Oh, and we will have about 10 pups btw July1-4. Let me know if you are interested. 
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06.20.07
Posted in Reforming, Blogroll at 3:03 pm by fosteringhearts
Wow, this is an exciting way to learn and communicate with fellow believers. How did I get here…on a narrow path?
Here’s the story.
I have a pentecostal heritage. My father was saved at a revival after watching his disabled leg grow and become whole. My mother followed in conversion shortly there after. They exemplified Christ to us day and out. I grew up in an Assemblies of God church.(AOG)
My husband has a holiness heritage. His mother was raised in a holiness church and turned away from that when he was a child. He came to know Christ after visiting a AOG church and decided to become a minister.
We met at a AOG college, married, and became youth pastors. After many discouraging experiences in ministry, we were left wondering if this is what God had in mind for pastors and churches. We left our position and moved to be closer to family and sort out some of our questions. We bought our first home started raising our two boys and I began to long for more children. This was physically impossible, so I put it aside until one day I heard of the great need for Christian foster parents.
My husband and I signed up for classes and began fostering orphans. After the first girl came to our door, broken and hurting…we knew, this is ministry. I held her tiny frame, and rocked her sobbing body to sleep, as we both sat silently with tears rolling down our faces. That was four years ago and now we have two beautiful daughters that we have adopted through fostering.
I began homeschooling with Veritas Press and found books by the Wilsons. We started listening to them on-line. We have learned more in the last few months concerning biblical living and doctrine than all of our years of church, Sunday school, and college combined. Sad but true. We only blame ourselves, but see a deficiency with in our previous fellowship in the areas of education and family.
We attended a conference on the family last weekend and were blown away by the teaching and fellowship. We felt challenged and encouraged, rather than guilt and loneliness. We felt at home for the first time in a long time.
So that’s where we are…still seeking.
There aren’t any CRE churches close by, there is a Reformed Presb. church in our city, but we are unsure about the differences btw the two.
Any advice?
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