Strong Foundations

Beach House Update:

Today we spent some time at our (not soon enough to be) new home.  While we were there we decided to write some scriptures on the walls of our home.  I want us to always remember that life is about keeping our eyes on Jesus and not about material things.  Don't get me wrong, this will be our most beautiful home to date and we are grateful we're able to afford it, but having a beautiful home isn't what's most important in life.  This was a family activity today.  The kids helped write the scriptures in their rooms.  They were so excited to take part in it!  They are supposed to start insulating and dry walling this week so it was important that we got this done today.

Here's a recent picture...Still about 7 months out.  

For our kitchen:

 In our office:

 A family favorite - in the hallway by the front door:

 By the front door:

In our family room:

In our dining room:

 On an exterior wall between the kitchen and the family room:

 Perfect for the laundry room, huh?

In our closet:

In our bedroom: 

Another bedroom verse: 

Little Man's room:

Another good one for him:

He wanted to write 1 Corinthians 13:1-7 in his room.  He wrote it all from memory.  He learned this at school this year. 

 In Sissy's room:

She and Daddy wrote this in her bathroom:

 This one is hard to read, but I wrote Deuteronomy 28:6 by our side door which we will use daily - You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

The kids had a great time helping us with this activity.  I can't believe that this is our 4th build and we only now thought to do this!!!  I'm so glad that we did - a lesson for the kids to always thank God for everything we have and to (literally) build our home on the word of God.

Quiet For Too Long

What a sad state of affairs we are facing as a country these days...So many political issues that just frustrate me to no end.  I think I may spend some of my "free time" getting involved instead of just reading things and spouting off about them to my family.

Here are some of my many concerns:

IRS vs Conservative Groups - Do we really trust this same group to run our health care?  It's scary when I hear about what Obamacare plans to do...

Obamacare Will Question Your Sex Life - Like it's anyone's business

Obamacare Forced Home Visits - Now we are allowing the government into our homes to question our ability to raise our kids based on "high risk" categories?  Doesn't anyone else see this as an opportunity for abuse...Kind of like the IRS vs. Conservative Groups???  Remember these are the same group - government employees, not doctors.

Teacher Tells Student She Can't Use God As Her Idol - Would the teacher told her the same thing if she had chosen Jesus instead of God?  

Conservative Prof. Response To Being Called "Biggest Embarrassment To Higher Education In America" - I am horrified to see how these public institutions (not Duke) are using NC tax dollars.  Wonder if my parents know how their money is being spent?

Jax 4th Grader Forced To Write Willing To Give Up Constitutional Rights - Seriously?  So glad my kids are in a private Christian school.  Just pray we don't lose the right to choose to send our kids to a school of our choice.

Iowa Dems Pray For Abortion Rights - Really?  Speechless.  These folks need to come to a service at Eleven22 to find out who God really is!

Schools Sending Fat Letters To Parents Of Overweight Kids - Like schools don't have enough to do?  Maybe schools need to take a look in the mirror and evaluate their unhealthy school lunch options before telling parents that their kids are fat.  Isn't that an issue for the doc to discuss with the parents?













Stepping off my soapbox for now....