Recipe For Preserving Children

RECIPE FOR PRESERVING CHILDREN

Ingredients:
1 grass-grown field
several dogs and puppies (if available)
pebbles and sand
½ dozen children of more
1 brook

Method:
Into field, pour children and dogs, allowing to mix well.
Pour brook over pebbles until slightly frothy.
When children are nicely brown, cool in warm bath.
When dry, serve with milk and freshly baked gingerbread.
~Old family recipe~


I just love this little 'recipe'. It is something I keep on my desktop and read often. Although this is a wonderful way to 'preserve' our children, the ultimate way and the ultimate guide is found in the Bible. We are such a blessed people to have a 'handbook' for raising godly children.
Joel 1:3 says "Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their chidren another generation." 'To teach our children is a personal duty; we cannot delegate it to Sunday school teachers, or other friendly aids.'(C.S.)
How blessed we are to have such a wonderful book as the Bible to be our parenting handbook, yet it holds so much more. It is an ever-flowing fountain of knowledge, not just for us as parents, but for us as believers, for all of man-kind, for all that have an interest and want to know of God and His great love.

Just a Little Update

Oh my goodness! It has been so long since I have posted on here. I truly don't even know where to start. We are already nearing the 4th month of 2007, wow.
In December Jim and I took over the junior high Sunday school class at our church. That has been a lot of fun. The first few weeks were rough as we all tried to get to know one another, but now we are having so much fun with this group of teens. We are planning on doing something special with them as the school year ends, but I can't tell anyone what it is, as we want it to be a surprise for the students. They are all excited about next week, Spring Break!
Soon my brother Michael will be up here for the summer before he heads off to the mission field. We are all looking forward to having him up here for a few months, and we are also looking forward to getting to visit him while he is overseas. It is kind of bittersweet, ya know. We are so happy that he is going and that he will be doing God's work and fulfilling the Great Commission, but on the other hand we will miss him so much. Even though we don't see him very often, with him in Florida and us in Michigan, it is still nice to know that he is just a phone call away. While we are on the subject, my parents will be heading back onto the mission field this fall as well. It's hard, because I don't want them to leave yet I understand God is calling them and they must follow. Please be with me as I pray for them as they reach out to the unsaved.

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" John 14:6
~ To be one of God's people, the essential thing is a simple dependence upon Jesus Christ~