Manna Milling Moms

Jesus, the True Shepherd! His WORD!

We have a wonderful promise that should be at the top of our pile of promises that we stand on. 

Jesus said that He would lead and guide us into all Truth.  It is something only He can do. 

My husband and I have learned that we cannot drop everything and follow or learn everything from a man, an author, a speaker,  or even a sister or brother.  We acknowledge that God may in fact use these kinds of people throughout our lives to pastor or instruct, but ultimately, it is He, the Spirit of Truth, that is leading our families.

So many folks, and ourselves in the past, get so hungry for truth to counter the spiritual compromise and/or confusion we pick up along the way, that when we hear truth, our human nature wants to drop everything, and follow the human being that the Holy Spirit used to share it, thinking they are somehow more enlightened then anyone else.  This proves time and again to be a big mistake.  There is not one human being, enlightened as the may seem, that has all truth.  There is somewhere that they too are wrong,  somewhere that God still has to fix deep within them and lead them as well, because they, like us, are human.  And, if we are always looking horizontally, we will not only believe and accept the truth that they have, but the error or misconceptions they have as well.  We must be able to discern and acknowledge error, even in those we respect  and even love greatly.  Dont worry, though, much to contrary teachings that I have heard, discerning is not judging or condemning.  Discerning- and following that still small voice, is the method God has chosen to protect us from following anothers errors or misinterpretations.

Whenever God uses someone or something to bring a precious truth into our lives, we thank Him, and keep our eyes off of the person whom He used, and continue looking towards our True Shepherd.  In our NT salvation, He never said there would be one human person who was supposed to influence us constantly, rather, He said it was the Spirit of Truth, from above, that would lead us.  In this day and age, with the many slants, flavors, and winds of doctrine mingled throughout denominations and christianity as a whole, it is not only wise, but imperative, that we look UP, to our only True Shepherd.

Kim, the little sister

Home Church Group, My House! "God is in Control!"

Well, tonight is home church night at my house.  We alternate you see, about 6 houses, sometimes more, and we all take turns. 

Tonight is sandwich night, so easy as far as the dinner meal is concerned.  We always do extra cleaning when its our turn of course, so my house is looking marvelous.  You should see my kitchen now!  Dont get me wrong, we are not slobs, but as most homeschooling families know, we all really live in our house, so it more or less looks "lived in" most of the time.

This week, the thing that God has impressed upon me so much is, "I cannot be god for God!"  As women, I think we all have that emotional tendency to worry and fret over things that are completely out of our control.  Take homeschooling for example.  I often feel that I come so short, especially when I compare myself to other mothers who are so organized, meticulous, intellectual, ambitious ect....

I am more relaxed and MUST lean on God for my childrens education and for their futures, its just TOO BIG A JOB FOR ME alone in my own abilities!!  I often find my self waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat panicing: "I am not doing enough, I am not doing it well enough, I ruining my kids!!"

And the other issues in life, like the past!  None of us can go and fix the past or the remove the pain of the past.  We can only place it under the precious blood of our Savior whose loving Grace is sufficient!  He is ultimatly in charge, and ultimatly able to do exceeding above what we can ever hope for or even think about.  I often worry myself into a pit of hopeless despair.  But He knows our frame, that we are but dust!  I am not the healer: Jesus is.  I am not the provider: Jesus is.  I am not the comforter: Jesus is.  All I can do each and every day is throw myself at HIS feet and ask for His Grace and Mercy to take me and help me to be what He has ordained I should be.  It is not by might, nor by power, but by HIS Spirit!  Its all in HIM.  I cast my cares and my anxieties upon His strong and loving shoulders, and in return, I take His peace and wait for His hand to move in my life.

Blessings to all!!

Kim (the little sister)

Home-Church Meeting

Just waiting on all to arrive.  It is my turn to host our weekly Home-Church meeting.  Mexican food is on the menu.  Not sure what everyone is bringing.  I made homemade tortillas...some wrapped with a mixture of cream cheese and salsa, some are plain to be filled with something???  We'll have to see what comes thru the door.       My daughter helped me make chocolate chip cookies.  We also have a fruit salad and some homemade banana bread.  Mind you, all this in addition to what the others bring.  It's like a FEAST!!!  Always so delicious.

Well, the first car has arrived.  More later.

In Him,  Jill