Our Bible Reading...

Today somethings happened toward the end of the day that almost caused me to melt down, but I kept the faith and moved on....a couple children ask me occasionally why I am mad at them, and I have decided that I will tell them calmly, with great length on occasion and with truthfulness while I am at it, so that they will see the reason for their actions...and I can let it out. And we can practice do overs, or the discipline planned of for that offense. Anyway, we managed.

We are reading through the Bible in 2 years and are doing this before bedtime, and God's word is so much richer with our children of all backgrounds with us. Knowing some withstood serious abuse makes the Psalms and Gospels richer, and knowing God's heart towards all of us, and His need for obedience, has made reading the Old Testament that much richer. Here are a couple excerpts...

Saul just disobeyed God and kept some sheep to "offer to the Lord" when he was supposed to have destroyed all of the enemy and their spoils..........1Sam 22: So Samuel said "Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord. Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He also has rejected you from being King."

Psalm 72: 14 He will redeem their life from oppression and violence, and PRECIOUS shall be their blood in His sight. Some of our children have shed blood at the expense of other's oppression and their blood is precious to HIM (and us too!).

We had Chris' sister and her family over last night and that is always a treat for our children. They play ball with the boys, hang out with the girls, visit constantly, and are a delight to have. We hope they can come often, and it was nice to have visitors.

We had one attempt at a very short start to school, and it gave me some hope (despite the constant interruptions!). Kids did math and writing, and some better than others, but it was still a great start compared to organizing, moving, cleaning, etc. I was not excited to start, but was much more hopeful afterward. We'll be trying more days like this next week, so will try to share how it goes.

Three hockey games tomorrow, 4 on Sat I think, and Sunday is TBD. Last hockey hurrah until October...yeah!

Love from Alesia & Chris