Disappointed

I was very disappointed to see that Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) had posed for a racy picture in Vanity Fair Magazine. My girls love to watch the show and I have always thought it was a pretty good show. I am mostly sad because the says she is a Christian which Abby thinks is so cool. I guess this is just another teachable moment with my kids. You can't put anybody on a pedestal, because people will let you down. I do hope this is an isolated instance and she will not continue down that path. I also hope her parents will take more responsibility for her. She is only fifteen.

Thoughts on a Monday

This is the last week for our Spring Home Bible Fellowship. We have done the Tim Keller study "Gospel Christianity". It has been good and I have learned alot. This past week we really dug into why we believe the Bible. One of the biggest things I realized is how I knew the Bible stories I learned as a child and even as an adult but how sometimes I miss the Story of the Bible. You know the thread (Jesus) that runs from Genesis to Revelation. Those are not isolated incidents: Noah, Daniel in the lions den, Moses etc. You see Jesus in it all! I have realized lately how to have to see God in every situation. Yesterday I cooked this huge ham that my friend Sue gave me for Easter. Thank you Sue for thinking about our needs and being such a good example to us of giving. Today we went to Chuckie Cheese in Birmingham with our Girl Scout Troop. This is what they chose to do with their cookie money. We went I 59 instead if I 20 to avoid Talladega race traffic. So it seemed to take forever to get there. Samuel had 2 meltdowns on the way. One because he was "starving to death" and the other meltdown came when he had to go to the bathroom. We finally made it there and they had a great time playing.

Lisa

Late night ramblings

I really need to go to bed, but I need to ask this question first. What do we need to do about a dog that chews everything up? This has become a really big problem. He has chewed 2 of Dave's shoes and countless numbers of the kids shoes. He chews on baby dolls, action figures, clothes, dishes........you get the idea. EVERYTHING is in danger of being chewed up by Charlie. We really love this dog but he is eating everything. So is it too late to train him? If you have any answers I would appreciate your input. Thanks and good night!

Thursday....warm and sunny

I am officially half way though the book I am reading. Yay! I may actually finish it this week. My friend Kim mentioned a book yesterday that I am really wanting to read, but I will not start a new one until I finish this one and a few others.....maybe. The outdoors seem to call our names to come out and play. Its hard to stay focused on school work when its sooooo pretty outside. Dave has been working at the church a good bit this week. I wonder if its because we distract him......surely not. As he left this morning Samuel gave him the guilt trip of how he never spends time with him. That little boy can't get enough of his Daddy these days. We are working hard on memory verses and other things for our school open house in May. Abby is memorizing Psalm 8 and Erin is working on completing Psalm 1. Samuel learns by osmosis. He simply hears us talking and then one day out of the blue he will just recite the entire thing. They have all learned the Fifty States Song and the Books of the New Testament. We can learn it if you give it to us in a song! Our terrariums seem to be doing OK but we will see how they do in the days to come. Abby and I are reading Pilgrims Progress. We are up to Chapter 7 and she loves it. I was surprised that she liked it so much. It is really good. I would encourage you to read it if you haven't. OK so if you are reading this and have never said Hello to me please do. Just click on the comments button and tell me who you are. If not I might think you are a stalker!! :)
Have a great day.
Lisa

Terrariums

These are the terrariums the kids made today. They are filled with rocks, soil and a plant(weed) we dug up out of our yard. They are supposed to be self watering. Lets hope they live long enough for our open house in May. If not we will make another one.

Discipline

Today as I was gathering all those books I need to finish, I actually discovered three more books that I didn't finish. This is getting embarrassing! Here are the other books.......

• Love to Eat Hate to Eat by Elyse Fitzpatrick
• Lies Women Believe And The Truth That Sets Them Free by Nancy Lee DeMoss
• Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster

You know, when and if I finish all these books I should be really smart:) I am currently working on Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. Hopefully I will finish this soon.

Apply your heart to discipline and you ears to words of knowledge. Proverbs 23:12

Lord please help me apply these disciplines in my life.

Lisa

To finish this book, or to start a new one

Today as I was beginning to read this new book Dave bought me at Together for the Gospel, I got to thinking about how many books I have started but never finished.

• Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan
• Don't' Waist Your Life by John Piper
• The Search for Significance
• The Life You've Always Wanted by John Ortberg
• What does God Know and When Does He Know It by Millard J. Erickson
• Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp ( I started this today!)
• The Shaping of a Christian Family by Elisabeth Elliott ( I think that's the name)
• A Chance to Die (about Amy Carmichael)
• Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald Whitney (My dear husband was nice enough to remind me of this one! :)

That is all I can think of now. I think there are more, those are just the ones I started this year. That makes me sad that I started so many books and never finished them. I am going to try to complete all those books before the end of the year! Maybe I should start with the Spiritual Disciplines book:) On a positive note, I have actually finished a few books this year. They are.......

• Family Driven Faith by Voddie Baucham (Loved it!)
• A biography on Martin Luther (can't remember the exact name)
• Lots of Junie B. Jones and Fairy Tales (do those count?)

OK. So tomorrow is a new day and I am going to finish some books soon. Its not that I don't want to read.... its just I always seem to find a book I want to read more than the one I'm reading (hence all the unfinished books). So feel free to keep me accountable to reading , especially to reading my Bible .....I've never even finished it..... that's another goal to aim for!

Have a good Sunday!

Lisa