Read it and weep!
Posted on 2006-Jun-13 at 04:29
"Never doubt in the dark what God has shown you in the light". -Michelle Terrill
Okay, I am kind of weepy now after reading this:
http://www.thehomeschoolmagazine.com/Devotional_Door/Articles/paulamoldenhauer.php
From The Old Schoolhouse Mag website.
Go read it and weep!
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Posing Christ Pristinely
Posted on 2006-Apr-17 at 02:22
"Never doubt in the dark what God has shown you in the light". -Michelle Terrill
This poem was written by a friend of my parents; it is posted on my dad's blog. It is long but so worth it! Happy Easter...Jesus Christ is no longer dead; he has risen!
“Behold, the Lamb!”-
-by Maxine Fream
Artists attempting to illustrate
the agony of Christ in the Garden,
Are more adept at illustrating
the garden than the agony;
Posing Christ pristinely
Kneeling by a convenient ledge,
Robes arranged in careful folds,
Perma-pressed, unmarred
By sweat or soil from washing
Twelve pair of dirty feet.
The Gospels say He fell on His face
Upon the ground. This Son of God
Through whom all things were made,
Humbled to earth as earthly creature,
Flung Himself upon the warm earth
As a child on His mother’s bosom,
On that dark night of His soul,
Mingling His tears
With the night dew, and moaning low,
“Let this cup pass.”
Was He afraid to die? Not God then,
But only man,
Fearful of what lesser men
Have dared to do unflinchingly?
How could it be? He made no moan
When cold iron pierced His flesh.
Not nails, nor wood, nor thorns, nor blood
Could cause His soul to cringe.
What was it then that wrung such cries
From the Savior’s anguished lips?
Ah! There’s the word – the Savior!
He must save the world from its sins.
The travail was not in the fact of His death,
Nor the how of His death, but the why!
The sinless must die for the sinful,
And dying, bear the blame.
“The Lord hath laid upon him the iniquity of us all.”
How in all eternity
Can we ever understand
With our tarnished hands and sooty souls
The horror sin holds for the pure?
Though guilty ourselves
We do not easily bear
Reproach for another’s wrongs.
How then can the One whom seraphim
Perpetually acknowledge as holy
Bear all the sin for all the world?
It is a thing almost impossible
For even God to do;
And even then it is not God as God
But God as Man who dies.
The sins of all the world - - -
What appalling visions pass
Before the mind’s eye of this One
From whom no thoughts are hid;
This One who is at all times present,
And said of Himself, “I AM.”
Lies, lies, from the father of lies,
Antithesis of Truth Incarnate:
Abraham saying to Pharaoh, half-truthfully,
“She is my sister.”
Jacob before Isaac, kneeling,
“I am Esau, your first-born.”
Joseph’s brothers with his bloodied coat
Proclaiming, “This we have found.”
Peter, profane in the courtyard, swearing,
“I never knew Him.”
How many lies have come twisting, tearing
And howling down the ages?
How many times must we square the number
Before we come to mine?
“My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death.”
Those images fade, but others
Viler yet, must come.
Israel’s judge, betraying his weakness,
His head in a harlot’s lap;
Israel’s king seducing a woman,
The only wife of another;
Drunken Lot betrayed by his daughters,
Sodom born and bred;
A wise king become a fool
In lust for a thousand women.
Promiscuous women, forsaking their virtue
To embrace perverted desire:
From Dinah, Tamar, and Rahab
To the woman at Jacob’s well;
The unwelcome harlot at Simon’s feast
And the woman taken in adultery;
Every evil imagination of the heart
Laid upon the one pure Man
Who ever honored womanhood.
“And His sweat became like great drops
Of blood falling down upon the ground.”
Still the horror is not finished;
The violent are yet to come:
Moses, David, Paul – all of them
Bearing blood-stained hands.
Violence, strife, and murder
And the innocent lie dying
Singly or by millions and the blood
Flows through the streets
Sixteen hundred furlongs
Up to the horses’ bridles.
“Behold, the day of the Lord comes cruel,
With wrath and fierce anger,
To make the earth a desolation
And to destroy its sinners from it.”
“I will punish the world for its evil,
And the wicked for their iniquity.”
“Fill the cup with the wrath of God
And let the guilty drink it.”
The prone form stirs, the eyes uplift;
The agony has peaked,
Has worked its awesome worst and failed;
Submission is achieved:
“My Father, if this cup
Cannot pass unless I drink it,
Thy will –Thy will be done.”
“Behold, the Lamb!”
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Maxine Fream Gash
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Sing to the Lord
Posted on 2006-Mar-24 at 09:11
"Never doubt in the dark what God has shown you in the light". -Michelle Terrill
My sweet funny 3 and 5 year old girls are singing "Sing to the Lord" behind me as they march around in circles. They are kind of making up the song as it goes. Actually, Joy is singing the "Sing to the Lord part" and Jewel is singing, "Row, row, row you boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily Life is but a scream..AHHHHH!!!!" The are singing that as kind of a refrain for the first song.
Now they are taking turns singing on the stage (the hearth stone, in front of the wood stove).
This house has a HUGE wood stove, you can almost fit a whole tree in it.
It's beautiful and sunny here. I am going to get dressed and take everyone to my friends house for fun, food, and fellowship heh heh...and maybe some squabbeling.
This afternoon I plan to plant:
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Potatoes
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Sugar Snap Peas
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Snow Peas
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Lettuce
Here is a link to a Seed Company you might want to check out:
http://www.rareseeds.com/
This is a link to some cool information about how this seed company donated seeds to a student to help out AIDS orphans in Africa.
http://www.drury.edu/multinl/story.cfm?ID=16395&NLID=59
Give it a look 
Enjoy your day!
Jenette.
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Expectations and Forgiveness.
Posted on 2006-Feb-14 at 07:46
"Never doubt in the dark what God has shown you in the light". -Michelle Terrill
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgie my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven time?"
Jesus Answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times."
"Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt."
The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me', he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt, and let him go."
"But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded."
His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'
"But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened."
"Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn't yo have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed."
"This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart". Matthew 18:11-35.
Hmm, as a mommy, can you believe how disgruntled I get at my kids for being imperfect, not treating each other right, not listening the first time? "WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT EACH OTHER!!!!  " Oops!  I need to remember that their "stuff" (as important as it is for me to train them to treat each other lovingly, and do what is right) is small potatoes compared to my "stuff". I better not get all high and mighty with them like I did yesterday. Maybe they'll even listen better if my attitude is merciful (and humble) and I truly am "for them" instead of "against them". I might even be more creative in my discipline if I am not having selfish, or self-righteous motives.
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Being the first.
Posted on 2006-Feb-10 at 03:41
"But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first". -Jesus, Matthew 19:30
"Don't I have the right t do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous? So the last will be first and the first will be last". -Jesus, Matthew 20:15,16
"You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servent, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave- just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransome for many." -Jesus, Matthew 20:25-28
What better verse for me to remember to gauge my attitude against in my relationships! Hmm, I wonder if Jesus was contemplating his death and the power struggle going on amongst his followers. I used this verse with two of my kiddos today, but I really am using this verse to examine my heart. Wow, do I admire Jesus' attitude and lack of nonsense. You better believe that this makes sense to me as a mom. Now to apply it to my own heart.
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A non-green thumb who loves plants, and wants to know "why" about everything, likes to eat what is fresh, and is so amazed at the world God has made, and sometimes not so impressed by the things man can make, who wants to learn how to be a good care-taker of all that God has blessed us with, and be thankful and generous with it. Oh yeah, and I homeschool :)