Faith and Family Blog

This is a great clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpQOCvthw-o

Our family listened to a good sermon yesterday having been home from church with some sick children. He shared some good insights. Just follow the link.

http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Sermons/ByDate/2009/3566_What_Is_the_Recession_For/

John Piper on the Economic Downturn:

http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1588_John_Piper_on_the_Economic_Downturn/

Please Note: The link is edited to reflect yesterday’s devotional on RBC’s website. I was up late and the devotional changed to today’s. Oops! Off to care for home and children who have the chicken pox….anyone need their children to get the chicken pox? Katie? Megan? Opportunity is here and it is only contagious for a few days. Just let me know.

Today’s midweek meditation is something that I am meditating on in the late quiet night of our home. A friend shared an Oswald Chamber’s devotional so I went on to check out the website and found this one

http://www.rbc.org/bible-study/strength-for-the-journey/2009/03/04/daily-message.aspx

Seems appropriate in these economically troubled times. It touched me personally, perhaps it will you too.

Alyssa Welch shared this on her blog and I thought I would pass it along for those of you who may not read hers:

“The most miserable person on earth is the man or woman who does not know how to turn to God—or how to draw from God all that the soul needs to live. They are easily disturbed, easily driven to fear and anxiety, easily driven to self-pity and dissatisfaction.
Why are these people so easily troubled? It is because they cannot control circumstances or get life to turn out exactly the way they want it to. Also, because they cannot have exactly what they want.”
Thomas ‘a Kempis
Come, Lord Jesus
Edited by David Hazard, p. 67
~~~
I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.
Philippians 4:11 (ESV)
~~~

There is about two more paragraphs referring to the above. To read the rest follow this link. It is to a blog called A Disciple’s Notebook. First time for me to visit it, but I enjoyed this post.

I am new to the websites below (so I don’t necessarily endorse all their views), but thought I would pass them along as resources to check out for those of you in the Chicago area.

http://www.mummydeals.org

http://chicago.momslikeme.com

Just read this little article this morning and thought I would share:

http://www.teachmagazine.net/index.php?mact=Blog,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=224&cntnt01returnid=56

Click on image to make it bigger.

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I think I will take a blogging vacation for the rest of December. Those of you who I have addresses for may just receive a Christmas letter this year; otherwise, don’t expect to hear from us until the new year.

Lots of activity going on around here. We have approximately 7-11 weeks to make some headway in our earning capabilities, plus there is the remodeling and getting our house interior back together. Thankfully a friend called this week to say they have been thinking about us and possibly coming (an hour and a half away) to help us. There also might be a possibility that we might move out of the house for a month so Robert can get some much needed work done around here. Robert hasn’t decided yet on that, though.

In the meantime, our family wishes you a wonderfully blessed Christmas and and equally blessed 2009! From our family to yours….

Jesus reigns. Nothing is outside of His power or knowledge, so we have nothing to fear come what may.

‘Tis the season for whatever goes around comes around.

Last week, Noah started the week with a fever that held out for pretty much 24 hours. We thought it was his teeth, since he has a few more trying to pop through to add to his collection of four. Then two days later he broke out in a rash, which was on his face, belly and back. A friend mentioned roseola and from what I read, I came to the same conclusion. Thankfully, my sister-in-law did not mind us still coming for Thanksgiving dinner and possibly exposing our three year old niece to it.

Now this week, Noah has had a cold, but thankfully due to all his nursing sprees, seems to be getting over it quickly. Since none of the children can stop giving the little guy kisses, the cold has started to make its rounds to some of the other children. Here’s to hoping it doesn’t go much farther; however, based on past experience, I am sure most of them will get a touch of it at least.

A couple weeks ago our middle son contracted a tummy bug, which only he seemed to contract?! Go figure? I am very thankful that bug only affected one child!

It snowed here this week. There is something special about the first snow, isn’t there? One of those seasonal delights that many can enjoy. It seems more like Christmas with snow on the ground. The children had fun playing in it yesterday. We are due for some more overnight and that should give the man-made sledding hill in town enough to make it worth going. The children are hoping, anyway.

One thing I do not appreciate about playing outside in the winter is the mess it brings and the amount of time it takes to gear everyone up to get outside and then back in the house. I need to work on finding things to be thankful for in the midst of it all…such as the fact that if the children get outside to play, they burn off all their energy out there and not inside.

You can just call this week a chatty, up-close and personal week of blogging. I do have several book reviews the girls have piled on our desk waiting to be typed up and posted….I just haven’t done it yet. Soon.