Category Archives: One Year Bible Study Today is the Sabbath! A sweet day of rest to spend with the Savior and family. Today we continue another day growing through lent as we do our Lent/Easter tree. Lent Day 5 – Ornament: Farm Tool – Today we will be sharing the story of Abraham and Sarah from Genesis 12. (Can you guess […] Thoughts on today’s reading… Leviticus 12 – Purification after Childbirth Amazing how this purification actually provided the new mom time away to recoup and rest from her daily housechores. Women were also required to bring a sacrifice to be declared ceremonially clean. This served as a reminder that we are born sinners. There were also […] Andrea-it is so very interesting to me that todays post you talked a lot about baptism, and our church service today will be about baptism. This is a topic I have been digging DEEP in since I was 13 and still don’t feel like I have a clear understanding of! Also interesting that you referred to Martin Luther because the Lutherans practice infant baptism. But, they do something called confirmation in which a teenager(ish) aged child stands in front of the church and tells the church why they believe what they believe in their own words. Oh, and the Lutherans hold fast to infant baptism as being scripturally based because Jesus talks about baptizing whole house holds. And in those times whole households included anyone from infants to grandparents. Lutherans also talk about how infant baptism is like being adopted unto Christ. Just like a baby is adopted into a family and does not choose his or her family, that is the family they will grow up in and when they are older they will still have the name of that family. Now they can choose to go leave the family and change their name but it is like a mark that is on their life. Asher, The baptism in our Roman Catholic faith is an infant baptism usually and yes, Asher, it is just as the Luthern church believes…the family saying that they have commited this child as God’s…we would like to believe ours but, we are all belonging to our Lord. It is our promise to raise that infant in the church to know ,love and serve our Father and the Church body to be apart of that spiritual walk. To know Christ ,to lay our hearts and troubles and joys at the foot of the cross…this is our promise to our children through baptism. It is a sacrament. Holy indeed ! Confirmation is about age 16…Shockley is going through a year preparation to walk on his own from the baptism that was given to him as an infant and announce publicly that he is apart of his inheritance to belong to the royal family of the KING ! Jesus Christ. All things are possible through Jesus ! Some are not ready for this step and postpone this journey. As a Catholic…we accept all faiths and the way they were baptised. As long as they have been baptised at any age. I was at Emory Catholic Church and at Easter Vigil watched a precious graduate student be fully emerged in water for a very special baptism (we do full immersions also)sp? At any rate…it is never too late and so exciting to see the power of the Holy Spirit in the New Life ! My husband and I were both baptised as infants and have a “Profession of Faith” when we were teenagers. After joining our church here, we found out in order to be members we need to be baptized as adults and make the conscious choice. We still haven’t done it yet…need to. For our kid we have made the decision to dedicate them as infants and let them make the choice of baptism. I have some family who strongly disagrees with our decision, so its great to hear everyone’s perspective on it.  The Sound of His Faithfulness… Over and over again in the old testament as we have been reading together, we have seen God’s people build alters…stones of remembrance…that thank Him and honor His faithfulness in their lives. When they would pass it, they would remember how the Lord delivered. They would remember His faithfulness. I […] Andrea! I emailed you back from a long time ago the other day…and then I read your post today and realized that not only do we live close…we are both Auburn girls!! I actually lived on Glen Avenue too!!!! We have to get together some time soon:) My hubby and I both are graduates and met in Auburn…it is one special place! Thrive and a big War Eagle! Andrea, do you realize the power of the wind chimes is from what we can not see….. What a beautiful post 🙂 I seem to be stuck on the same comment, but I speak the truth ~ another amazing post! =) I just love reading and learning from you and your family experiences, and your writings on the Bible readings. Enjoy your day. I thought the same thing! How messy that must have been & how grateful I am that JESUS died on the cross for the ultimate sacrifice! I’m so thankful for His sacrifice! […] who asks–how He was the one who did this and who was faithful. Maybe your memorial will be windchimes in your yard that sing…maybe it’ll be a necklace bound around your neck for others to […] […] been in craft mode lately—but I needed some time out with my girl. Laney passed the windchimes, and she begged to buy one for Isaac. I told her no, that we’d let him pick his out. Really […]  The First Day of Lent…DAY 1 ORNAMENT: THE MUSTARD SEED Ahhhh…Wednesday, February 17th! The day we have looked forward to so we can begin our Lent Tree (GO TO CRAFTS and scroll down to EASTER – LENT TREE to download our guide to do one yourself!) When the children wake up–we’ll begin our first day […] Yum, that ham recipe looks wonderful. May have to add that to our list of things to try. And I’m all for a yummy dish that’s easy too! Thanks for passing it along. And love your weekly dinner with your friends. What a sweet blessing to have friends to live life with! Have a wonderful day! Love your lent tree…… 🙂 Love Matt 17:20 too! You’re killin me with the recipes girl!!! Must…. have…. ham!! lol I’m stock piling recipes for next weeks menu. And where did I miss the Lent tree? I want details! That looks like a great activity for my kids. I still have a mustard seed bracelet that a woman gave me when I was about 8 years old. It’s always been my ‘lucky charm’. 30 years later and it’s still one of my favorite most cherished possessions. Link me up for the tree! Oh…. and I made my very first McKlinky today! And it worked! lol Check it out. The guide to the Lent tree is under CRAFTS…under Easter:). It’s going to be a really meaningful 40 day journey!!!!! “How many of us avoid digging into the world’s issues and problems for fear we might have to do something?” — This statement you made really hit me hard. That used to be me. I didn’t want to know. I didn’t want to cry. I didn’t want to feel guilty. I didn’t want to have to do something. How funny that God turned that person into a mother with a heart for adoption. Now I DO know. Now I DO cry. Now I DO feel guilty. Now I DO want to do something. I don’t know where the verse is found…but goes something like, “once your eyes have seen you can not turn back”. How true it is. Thank you for being a stepping stone for opening my eyes to the truth. Congratulations on your new addition! Adopting is such an awesome way to add to your family! Lindsey Petersen I caught that too this morning about the sin offerings. They had to be burned outside of the camp no where near the Tabernacle. That just reminds me that I need to be pure & holy before God. I need to ask for forgiveness of my sins, even hidden ones, & ask Him to reveal them to me so that I can make my requests known to Him. God can’t be near sin, so we need to purify our hearts before we come before Him. So excited to get started on the tree! Doing it a little different since I slacked on getting all the ornaments. For this year I’m just pulling together some clip art to represent all of the items. Might not be as fun as the actual ornaments but I’m hoping the end result is the same! Megan, I really appreciated your comment! I totally relate…I didn’t want to know, didn’t want to cry or feel the guilt but now I stand asking God to send me. How can I serve them Lord? He is AWESOME! Proverbs 24:12 […] was special and like no other for our family?! Well–guess what day he arrived??? ON THE VERY FIRST DAY OF LENT! Guess what ornament we placed on our Lent Tree on this day? A mountain and a mustard seed! On this […]  If you are a Southern Living magazine subscriber, you have to make the yummy Banana Bread Cobbler in February’s issue. (If you aren’t…I found the recipe and linked it below!) The cobbler after being half devoured… Imagine yummy bananas and pecans all throughout this dish. And of course it’s best served hot with vanilla ice […] Such a sweet picture of Laney! Thank you for breaking these principles and offerings down. This stuff is easy to read over and miss so much of the significance. So many details and instruction! Let my heart be open to the instructions He has for my life! Total yummy!!! I got that issue over a week ago and hadn’t even flipped it open yet! Found the recipe and guess what’s for dessert tonight?! lol Thanks for the heads up! I need to read my magazines more! Bless Frank’s heart. I said a prayer for him. The picture of Laney is just too precious. AMEN! Love these posts….real encouragement for THE REAL SOURCE! Saying a prayer for Frankie. We just got over a stomach virus and ear and eye infections for my lil man. I feel your pain! I pray its short lived! I loved that book! So a cute picture of Laney! Holy WOW! That Banana Bread Cobbler is to die for!!!! I made it tonight for dessert and it’s over half gone! Very inexpensive and delicious! We’ll definitely be having this again….and again….and again. Please don’t be offended when I blog about it tomorrow! lol 🙂 ♥ |
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oh girl you have SUCH A GIFT at photography..thanks for all the little tips!
Lovin’ the black and white and just to warn you, if I lived closer I’d be stealing your little green chair!!! I have chair envy! Mine are all blue, I want a green terribly bad! lol =)
And I need your address! You won my RAK giveaway! xoxox
I can’t thank you enough for all the little photography tips here and there! You know I’m going to have to go back and read through them all once I get my camera! ($250 in the camera account now, yay! Goal is before Africa!) I especially love the pic of Laney in the chair…where do you find locations like that? STUNNING!