07.12.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 5:30 pm by fosteringhearts
My dh and I have just started attending a CREC church. This has been a real learning experience for us, having come from the pentecostal background. One of the challenges is what to do with our four kiddos…they are used to leaving us and going into “children’s church” for a ton of fun activities having nothing to do with worshipping God.
Well, Sky Cow Books has these cool little moleskin notebooks that are perfect for such a thing. I gave them each a notebook and pencil and told them to draw a picture of the pastor! LOl! Only one was recognizable, but it kept the little hands busy for at least 15 mins and mouths quite too! These notebooks are great to keep in diaper bags and purses. Men can easily keep it in a pocket. We also plan to use them for our nature hikes to journal our findings.
Here is the link to the notebooks:
http://www.skycowbooks.com/c-79-notebooks.aspx
Love these little notebooks…thanks Sky Cow.
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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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