Beautiful fall colors

Wow we have a lot of leaves

I think he had to empty the tractor with every pass across the lawn.

Sunday morning miracle

I awoke in the night and could not fall back to sleep. Ever have that? I was tired b/c I just worked a 11 hour day. My eyes are bad so I couldn't read the clock. I had no idea what time it was but I knew I needed to pray. I have come to realize sometimes the Lord gives me a quiet chance to pray wither it is conveinient or not. Problem was I had no idea what I needed to pray about. I thought I had been through it all before I went to bed. So I went back to my prayer model. PRAY Praise, repent, ask and yield. (Not Yell). Ok... I may have yelled a little.... I wanted to go back to sleep. I loved the speaker I heard on this. She said, "When you awake in the night and the Lord wants you to pray and the devil wants you to worry and drift. Start preaching at the devil. He hates to be preached at." Anyway, I was tired in the morning I did not feel well rested. I felt as though instead I had wrestled and had no idea why. To be honest my spirit was grumbling about my physical tiredness and my busy day.
So we made it to church. I sat down thankful to be in service. I do children's ministry most weeks so I am delighted to join the adults for service whenever I get the chance. I looked about the auditorium and noticed a new family sitting with one of our friends. I didn't dawn on my until the second song who it was. It was an old friend I had prayed for, for 15 years. It was one of those "hopeless cases." There they were in church a row over...... right then I knew why I needed to spend some night in prayer.....

I encourage you today to read the parable of the persistant widow in Luke 18. " Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up."

Philippians Test

I have been asked so often, "Why don't you just transfer your children to the public school. It's cheeper and most of the kids turn out just fine?"
There are a million reasons....... but here is my reason today....

Allison, my fourth grader, brought home her test paper on Philippians and this is what they learned:
1. Real joy comes from knowing Christ Jesus.
2. We can be joyful in every Situation
3. We can keep our joy by Prayer, Fellowship, and Thanksgiving.
(These were fill in the blanks)


The rest of the test was essay:
Name the purposes of the book of Philippians?
Answer: To teach joy and preach joy. To help the people resist false teaching that would discourage them in their walk with Christ. (this is her written answer)

Name two good characteristics of the Philippians?
Answer: The people in Plilipi (mispelled oops) were good because they were joyful and generous.
**** Traits I would like to see my children immulate

According to Philippians 4:4-7 how can we experience God's peace?
Answer: By prayer and pititian, to a God that will listen and answer in his time. (a few mispellings but she's got it.)

Hope this encourages your heart and explains some of why we send our children to a school, which I've been told is silly.
God Bless all the parents today, as we train our children, in the way they should go.