School vidoes by INGNITE LEARNING on youtube...They have lots of different ones...so far I like them. Of course watch out for a secular view...brings good discussion!!!
THY WILL BE DONE!!!+JMJ+
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
IMITATION OF CHRIST: Meditation of the day...
The Thirty-Fourth Chapter
God is Sweet Above All Things and in All Things to Those Who Love Him (part one)
The Disciple
BEHOLD, my God and my all! What more do I wish for; what greater happiness can I desire? O sweet and delicious word! But sweet only to him who loves it, and not to the world or the things that are in the world.
My God and my all! These words are enough for him who understands, and for him who loves it is a joy to repeat them often. For when You are present, all things are delightful; when You are absent, all things become loathsome. It is You Who give a heart tranquillity, great peace and festive joy. It is You Who make us think well of all things, and praise You in all things. Without You nothing can give pleasure for very long, for if it is to be pleasing and tasteful, Your grace and the seasoning of Your wisdom must be in it. What is there that can displease him whose happiness is in You? And, on the contrary, what can satisfy him whose delight is not in You?
O dearest Lord, I am not ashamed to praise You. My God and my all!!! We all want to be all things to all people; but we can't without YOU!!! Please help me to rise to be the person you want me to be!!!
This is part one...to read more click here...or come back tomorrow for the rest!!! +++
THY WILL BE DONE!!! +JMJ+
God is Sweet Above All Things and in All Things to Those Who Love Him (part one)
The Disciple
BEHOLD, my God and my all! What more do I wish for; what greater happiness can I desire? O sweet and delicious word! But sweet only to him who loves it, and not to the world or the things that are in the world.
My God and my all! These words are enough for him who understands, and for him who loves it is a joy to repeat them often. For when You are present, all things are delightful; when You are absent, all things become loathsome. It is You Who give a heart tranquillity, great peace and festive joy. It is You Who make us think well of all things, and praise You in all things. Without You nothing can give pleasure for very long, for if it is to be pleasing and tasteful, Your grace and the seasoning of Your wisdom must be in it. What is there that can displease him whose happiness is in You? And, on the contrary, what can satisfy him whose delight is not in You?
O dearest Lord, I am not ashamed to praise You. My God and my all!!! We all want to be all things to all people; but we can't without YOU!!! Please help me to rise to be the person you want me to be!!!
This is part one...to read more click here...or come back tomorrow for the rest!!! +++
THY WILL BE DONE!!! +JMJ+
Monday, February 2, 2009
Sponsoring a child...
Sponsor a child today!!! We did this years ago and the kids really enjoyed knowing they were helping a child and hearing how they were doing...time to do it again!!!
It's a good day when...
In case you haven't heard...I hate Mondays!!! They are even worse when I am pregnant and have had kids with colds all weekend!!! So by the grace of God...I actually cleaned up the foyer, kitchen, and playroom this morning!!! and...won't you know...I got a call from a neighbor (the cleanest one in the neighborhood) who wanted to bring two designers over to see our addition...in FIVE minutes!!!
After I dragged myself off the couch...I was thrilled that it wasn't too bad...(for us!!!)
I also appreciate a day when I can look around my house and see children reading in every corner and three little guys sleeping!!!
THY WILL BE DONE!!! +JMJ+
After I dragged myself off the couch...I was thrilled that it wasn't too bad...(for us!!!)
I also appreciate a day when I can look around my house and see children reading in every corner and three little guys sleeping!!!
THY WILL BE DONE!!! +JMJ+
IMITATION OF CHRIST: Meditation of the day...
The Thirty-Third Chapter
Restlessness of Soul—Directing Our Final Intention Toward God
The Voice of Christ
MY CHILD, do not trust in your present feeling, for it will soon give way to another. As long as you live you will be subject to changeableness in spite of yourself. You will become merry at one time and sad at another, now peaceful but again disturbed, at one moment devout and the next indevout, sometimes diligent while at other times lazy, now grave and again flippant.
But the man who is wise and whose spirit is well instructed stands superior to these changes. He pays no attention to what he feels in himself or from what quarter the wind of fickleness blows, so long as the whole intention of his mind is conducive to his proper and desired end. For thus he can stand undivided, unchanged, and unshaken, with the singleness of his intention directed unwaveringly toward Me, even in the midst of so many changing events. And the purer this singleness of intention is, with so much the more constancy does he pass through many storms.
But in many ways the eye of pure intention grows dim, because it is attracted to any delightful thing that it meets. Indeed, it is rare to find one who is entirely free from all taint of self-seeking. The Jews of old, for example, came to Bethany to Martha and Mary, not for Jesus’ sake alone, but in order to see Lazarus.
The eye of your intention, therefore, must be cleansed so that it is single and right. It must be directed toward Me, despite all the objects which may interfere.
As usual...I need to work on my purity of intention!!! Of course my typical nature and pregnancy have caused my house to start to slip away...so, here I go again...start with the basics and clean away!!!
THY WILL BE DONE!!! +JMJ+
Restlessness of Soul—Directing Our Final Intention Toward God
The Voice of Christ
MY CHILD, do not trust in your present feeling, for it will soon give way to another. As long as you live you will be subject to changeableness in spite of yourself. You will become merry at one time and sad at another, now peaceful but again disturbed, at one moment devout and the next indevout, sometimes diligent while at other times lazy, now grave and again flippant.
But the man who is wise and whose spirit is well instructed stands superior to these changes. He pays no attention to what he feels in himself or from what quarter the wind of fickleness blows, so long as the whole intention of his mind is conducive to his proper and desired end. For thus he can stand undivided, unchanged, and unshaken, with the singleness of his intention directed unwaveringly toward Me, even in the midst of so many changing events. And the purer this singleness of intention is, with so much the more constancy does he pass through many storms.
But in many ways the eye of pure intention grows dim, because it is attracted to any delightful thing that it meets. Indeed, it is rare to find one who is entirely free from all taint of self-seeking. The Jews of old, for example, came to Bethany to Martha and Mary, not for Jesus’ sake alone, but in order to see Lazarus.
The eye of your intention, therefore, must be cleansed so that it is single and right. It must be directed toward Me, despite all the objects which may interfere.
As usual...I need to work on my purity of intention!!! Of course my typical nature and pregnancy have caused my house to start to slip away...so, here I go again...start with the basics and clean away!!!
THY WILL BE DONE!!! +JMJ+
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