Do What You LOVE to Do!!

Often I say to my kids "you don't have to if you want to" Think about it for a minute...it is really quite true. I hear friends say things like "I hate to cook" or "I hate to clean" or " I hate doing laundry" or whatever.

I've been noticing signs of this thought pattern around my house lately, coming from my girls, which undeniable must stem from me...(ouch!)  So, I've been thinking...

What if we LOVED to cook, to clean and to do laundry?  You've heard the advice "Do what you love", right?  We can change our minds! God's Word says that we can be transformed by the renewing of our minds.

 "Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect." Romans 12:2 NLT

Who are we working for anyway? It takes more than natural love to face the piles of work that we mothers do. It takes doing it for God and His Glory! After all, Jesus Christ humbled himself and became a SERVANT!!

⁷ But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

⁸ And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

⁹ Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

¹⁰ That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

¹¹ And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹² Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹³ For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

¹⁴ Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

¹⁵ That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

¹⁶ Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. Philippians 2

Change your thinking while you work. Make dinner for your family because you LOVE them and want to serve them. Set the table, make it beautiful, smile! While you clean, thank God for busy people who come and go and track dirt in. Thank Him for the little hands that get the bathroom towel dirty while washing up. Thank Him for providing clothing (galore around here) for all seasons. And for the washer and dryer or clothesline. For the strength to work. Thank Him for everything!

"In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God is Christ Jesus concerning you" 1 Thes.  5:18

^{I Corinthians 10:31} So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

Of Words and Roots

I just love being in the garden and it seemed extra special today. I felt close to God, close to my “roots”. Grabbing handfuls of soil and sifting it over newly planted seeds reminded me of God’s hand taking a handful of soil and making......me!

Let's ever remember the origin of man as stated in God's Word:

 “In the sweat of the face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken:  for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
I also love studying root words and the Word!

This year we learned the root words HUM and HUMAN while studying the excellent book "English from the Roots Up". We really enjoy and highly recommend this book.

We found it interesting to consider all of the following words which include these roots:

Humus:  earth; ground

Humanities:  Studies and interests of a cultural type which enrich the spirit of mankind

Exhume:  Take out of the ground; unearth; disinter

Humble:  Lowly; unpretentious; as, an humble person, meek

Humic;  Derived from the soil; as, Humic acid

Humicubation:  Act of lying on the ground in penitence; self abasement

Humility:  The quality of lowliness; meekness

Humiliate:  To humble; to shame; to abase

Humiliation:  Feeling of shame; degradation

Human:  Belonging or relating to man

Humanify:  Make into a man

Humane:  Marked by sympathy compassion for other human beings and animals

Humanize:  Make human; render humane

Inhuman:  Lacking the qualities of a humane being

Humanity:  The quality of being human

"Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and He will lift you up"

 I find the words and their roots quite interesting! Maybe I'm a "verbophil"! (Yes, I like playing with words too!)

 Verbum (word) + philo (love) = verbophil J

I think it is a good thing to love words! After all...
"The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 
John 1:14

Mother's Days

I heard this song by Steven Curtis Chapman the other day. I'm sharing it for my young mom friends that help me to fondly recall my younger days when life was blessedly full and hard and exhausting and my children were all little; needy and hungry and tired. 


I love to sit and talk with them and hear of their adventures and watch them buckle all of their brood into their car seats and to witness the tireless, selfless, God-given love that they have for their beautiful babies.


They bring back memories of several little ones clamoring for a spot on my lap or begging me watch one of their new abilities. 
They bless my heart!

I love being a mother; a journey with so many pleasant bends in the road! Thank you Lord, for blessing me so!

Happy Mother's Day!

► 4:08► 4:08

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP4nBMLkfko

One Heartbeat at a Time


You're up all night with a screaming baby
You run all day at the speed of life
And every day you feel a little bit less
Like the beautiful woman you are


So you fall into bed when you run out of hours
And you wonder if anything worth doing got done
Oh, maybe you just don't know
Or maybe you've forgotten


You, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time
Making history with every touch and every smile
Oh, you, you may not see it now
But I believe that time will tell
How you, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time


With every "I know you can do it"
Every tear that you kiss away
So many little things that seem to go unnoticed
They're just like the drops of rain over time
They become a river


And you, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time
Making history with every touch and every smile
Oh, you, you may not see it now
But I believe that time will tell
How you, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time


You're beautiful
You're beautiful
How you're changing the world
You're changing the world


You, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time
Making history with every touch and every smile
Oh, you, you may not see it now
But I believe that time will tell
How you, you are changing the world
Oh, I believe that you
You are changing the world
One little heartbeat
At a time


And you're changing the world


here's the link to Steven Curtis Chapman singing his song"