Posted by mom2mom on September 22, 2009
David and I have been going to a particular church since May. I have never felt more at home or felt the sweet presence of the Holy Spirit like I have at this church. The preaching and teaching there is straight from the Bible, and it’s not milk, it’s all meat. We partnered with the church a couple of Sundays ago (similar to joining, but not quite as formal). The thing is though, David has told me more than one time that he’s not into the church membership thing, and getting wrapped up in a bunch of church activities. But he’d never been to a church before where the preaching is so solid, the presence of God is so regularly evident in the worship, and the people there are so genuine and caring, and he’s been to so-called Bible-believing, full-gospel, charismatic/Pentecostal churches before. I’ve certainly been to my share of them, and most of them I left feeling something was missing, I’m sad to say. There’s no doubt in my mind we were led to become a part of this church.
Now let’s get to the part where God really showed up in a big way. (more…)
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Posted by mom2mom on September 20, 2009
I realized this weekend, again, that my children are growing too fast. My oldest, Melissa, is 6, and yesterday my husband took the training wheels off her bike. I know age 6 is not prodigious for going 2-wheels only, but I still feel so proud of her. She took to balancing on her bike so quickly, and I’ve watched her this afternoon riding in the driveway like she’s been doing it all along. I didn’t take to balancing on 2 wheels so well when I was a kid. I asked my son, Joshua, who’s 4 now, if he’s ready to ride without the training wheels and he said no. I’m pretty sure it won’t take long for him to change his mind though. Now if I can get the twins potty trained, that’s one milestone I’ll be SOOOO glad to get through. I will NOT miss the days of diapers. I DO miss when they were cuddly little bundles small enough to rest in each of my husband’s hands (except Joshua, he wasn’t quite that tiny), and they would coo and grunt and nuzzle our necks. I miss when they would nurse their fill and look punch drunk. I miss the days when there were no socks and shoes small enough to stay on their feet. I miss Melissa vocalizing “eeeeeee,” “eeeeeee” trying to talk to us when she was only a few months old. I miss feeling them move in my belly when I was carrying each of them. I miss experiencing the moments right after each of them was born.
But I have many more milestones to look forward to. The twins sleeping in big girl beds, then going to the potty on their own. My son and the twins riding their bikes without training wheels. Each of them reading to me instead of me reading to them. More days of no front teeth. Watching them become their own persons. Teaching them about Jesus and the ways of the Lord, then watching them grow in faith. Then PUBERTY and the TEENAGE years (well, I’m not sure I look forward to that period, but I’m hopeful that time in their upbringing will ultimately prove to be very rewarding and we’ll all look back on those years with fondness).
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Posted by mom2mom on August 8, 2009
Yesterday I went to my class reunion cookout. I’m a proud member of the Hampton High School Class of 1989. It was great seeing folks there I hadn’t seen in at least 10 years (from our last reunion) and some I hadn’t seen for 20 years. Sadly I missed seeing some people I wanted to say hi to, because some weren’t able to attend, or we somehow passed each other by. I hope we all don’t wait another 10 years to catch up with each other again.
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Posted by mom2mom on July 25, 2009
This quote is misattributed to Abraham Lincoln, but it’s actually by Presbyterian minister and conservative thinker William J. H. Boetcker. It was published in 1916 in a pamphlet titled “The Ten Cannots.”
You cannot bring prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
You cannot further brotherhood of men by inciting class hatred.
You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
-William J. H. Boetcker
What happens when government does these 10 things? Socialism.
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Posted by mom2mom on July 13, 2009
Obviously I’ve gone a loooong time again without a new post. There’s been plenty to blog about, but actually, that’s part of the problem. Most everything I felt like carping on has been hashed and rehashed over so many times on other blogs that I really have nothing new to add. And yes most of it involves politics, especially Obama and both liberal-majority houses of Congress. I’ve been really busy lately with the kids and working from home without a babysitter or mother’s helper again and I honestly feel rehashing the news is a waste of time. I’ve even thought about taking this blog down rather than letting it languish but I’m not ready to do that yet. I still have things I want to say. And most of what I want to say now is mostly about my faith and my walk with the Lord. My About Me page says my blog will include discussion of the Christian faith, but there hasn’t been a whole lot of spiritual discussion on here for the nearly two years my blog has been up. There’s no way I can tell you in one post what’s transpired that is causing me to change direction, but I’ll let my story out in bits and pieces.
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When God shows up and my Christian walk Part 2
