The Homeschool Corner: If You Serve a Child...

The Homeschool Corner: If You Serve a Child...: "If you serve a child a rotten hamburger in America, federal, state, and local agencies will investigate you, summon you, close you down, ..."

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DON'T QUIT

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,

When the funds are low, and the debts are high,

   And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

         When care is pressing you down a bit-

           Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

           Success is failure turned inside out,

          The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

    And you never can tell how clse you are,

           It may be near when it seems afar.

 So, stick to the fight when you're hardest hit-

It's when things go wrong that you mustn't quit.

~Author Unknown~

Doug's Blog: Who Was the Greatest American President?

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A Wise Woman Builds Her Home: Charming and Simple Lilla Rose Giveaway!

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Sweetness...

Oh, Mothers of young children, I bow before you in reverence. Your work is most holy. You are fashioning the destinies of immortal souls. The powers folded up in the little ones that you hushed to sleep in your bosoms last night, are powers that shall exist forever. You are preparing them for their immortal destiny and influence. Be faithful. Take up your sacred burden reverently. Be sure that your life is sweet and clean.--JR Miller

Beautiful Quotes

A true mother is one of the holiest secrets of home happiness. God sends many beautiful things to this world, many noble gifts; but no blessing is richer than that which HE bestows in a mother who has learned loves lessons well, and has realized something of the meaning of her sacred calling. ~J.R. Miller

BOOK REVIEW- BOOKSNEEZE

Venom and Song is the second book in The Berinfell Prophecies Series, coauthored by Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper. I received a review copy from publisher Thomas Nelson as part of their BookSneeze blogger review program.

The series is a work of fantasy fiction, featuring elves, spiders, gwars, orcs and many other staples of this genre. The central characters are elven lords who had been secreted away on Earth but have since been brought back to Allyron, the Elven land. Each of these teenagers has an English name and an elven name and to honest, with the amount of characters around this gets horrendously confusing at times.

The book begins with a series of action sequences and connects the dots with backstory, shadows of future events and some attempts at character development. But I found it hard to really engage with the characters in a way that would draw me back to the story consistently.

Honestly, at around 400 pages long, the writing just isn’t compelling enough for me and I wonder how teenagers would fair, being as they are the intended audience? Frankly, this book would be nothing that I would recommend to a teenager for anything considered spiritual. I found this book hard to get through and would not even consider letting my children read this under any circumstance.
Not recommended.

The Incomparible Christ

     But HE was wounded for our transgressions; HE was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon HIM; and with HIS stripes we are healed - Isaiah 53:5

     HE came from the bosom of the FATHER to the bosom of a woman. HE put on humanity that we might put on divinity. HE became son of man that we might become SON of GOD.

     HE was born in a supernatural way, lived in poverty, reared in obscurity. Only once crossed the boundary of the land, in childhood. HE had no wealth, nor influence, and no college education; yet the profoundest wisdom of men has never equalled HIS last discourses in John 13 to 17, and the sermon on the mount."Never man spake like this man."

     HIS relatives were in conspicuous and uninfluential. In infancy HE startled a king; in boyhood HE puzzled the doctors; even at twelve years of age proving HE was far in advance of the theologians, for HE was taught of GOD; in manhood HE ruled the elements, so that HE could defy the laws of gravitation by walking on the water, and quiet the raging sea. HE healed the multitudes without medicine and made no charge for HIS services.

     HE never wrote a book, yet not all the libraries of the country could hold the books that have been written about HIM. HE never wrote a song, yet HE has furnished the theme of more songs than all song writers combined. HE never founded a college, yet all the schools together cannot boast of as many students as HE has.

     HE never marshaled an army, drafted a soldier, nor fired a gun, yet no leader ever made more volunteers, who have under HIS orders made rebels stack arms or surrender without a shot being fired.

     Great men have come and gone, yet HE lives on. Herod could not kill HIM, satan could not seduce HIM, death could not destroy HIM, the grave could not hold HIM, and even demons obeyed HIM. HE fed the hungry multitudes with a boys little lunch, broke up funerals, and gave back life to those that were dead.

     HE laid aside his purple robe for a pheasants gown. HE was rich, yet for our sakes HE became poor. As to how poor? Ask Mary, ask the wise men. HE slept in anothers manger; HE cruised the lake in anothers boat. HE rode on a borrowed beast. HE was buried in a rich mans tomb.

     HE conquered death, rose on the third day as HE said HE would, ascended into heaven, is now at the right hand of the throne of GOD, and will one day come in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory for HIS own born again, blood bought ones to be forever with HIM according to promise after which HE will judge the world in righteousness, when every knee shall bow to HIM and every tongue shall confess HIM as LORD - HIS friends gladly, but HIS enemies seeking for a place to hide from HIS face. Revelations 6:15

     The ever perfect one - HE is the chief among ten thousand, the only one who can satisfy the soul and give everlasting LIFE to those who have it not.

     HE is altogether lovely, and HE is my SAVIOUR!!!!

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A Wise Woman Builds Her Home: The Beauty of Self Control

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Blogger Blues

     Well, here goes nothing. I have no excuse as to why I have not blogged in a LONG time. Just too much going on in life to even open my laptop.  Any social updating I do, I usually do through my cell phone. I find that the more I accomplish in a day, the more that I find I need to do in a day. So, having said all that to say this, I am going to try my hand at blogging once again.

     Spring is nigh unto us and I am super excited to start my planting. I have tons of herbs on my list of things to plant as well as tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, zucchini and as many other vegetables as I can put into the ground. I LOVE growing food for my family to dine on. I am going to try my hand at canning again this year. I will let you know how that goes. But, for now I must be about prepping my dirt for planting. This planting season I will be using cow manure. I have been instructed by a wise lady that this is the best method for our specific type of dirt. We have lots of sand in our dirt and have to nuture it with some good fertilizer. I look forward to planting and seeing the LORD give the increase...

     A lot of things have come to pass in the Goins household. Mostly for me trying to nuture my relationship with my Savior. Making sure I have plenty of time to read the Word of God. I have made sure that I make NO time for any other reading until I have read my bible each and EVERY day.  I can only know more about my LORD if I read HIS word and pray.  I have a husband and five wonderful children that I must encourage in the Lord. Before I can ever go out into the world and be a testimony, I must be a testimony in my own home to my husband and babies.  I do love them so, and I am so thankful to God that He has blessed me so.  So, most of my time has been about my Lord and family.  Have to have my priorities in order so that I can be a blessing to others. My hearts desire is to be a help to someone else.

     My family and I are also making some health changes. We are trying to eat different and take much better care of ourselves. This should be interesting as we have always enjoyed our food as a family and enjoyed going out to eat and snacking as pass times. So, now we figure out ways to enjoy our "HEALTHY" food and snacks as a family and get more active. Please pray for us as we go through physical changes in our life as well. I certainly can say, "I ain't gettin no younger!!!" LOL.. You get the picture. I am beginning to pay for the things I done during my school years. Joints are not as young either..I guess the phrase, I'm no spring chicken comes to mind!!!! 

     Well, I have rambled on quite a bit, but its seems I still have so much to say, so for the sake of not boring you to death I am going to close tonight. Look for more blogging soon. 

By HIS grace,
Tanya