Thursday, March 3, 2011

Our Solar System


This past week Billy and I greatly enjoyed exploring space with our little ones. We began by reading about the solar system in our children's excyclopedia. Daddy built us a model solar system and we watched Magic Schoolbus gets lost in space.


Friday night each child went out with dad to look at a star through the telescope and then went on a constellation hunt with mom. Finally we narrated our experience.

Narrating their space experience!



More Science on a Shoestring to come!!
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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Honour Him, Both to Great and Small


When Ahasuerus, King of Persia, banished Queen Vashti from her position as Queen, he sent out a decree that all wives should honour their husbands both to great and to small. I knew when I read this verse this morning that it was meant for me.


I love my husband. I tell him I love him and I tell him I appreciate how hard he works for our family. But, do I honour him in the small things?


There are things that I know are important to him that are not important to me. Shouldn't those small tasks be at the top of my to-do list?


He prefers his scrubs folded but I insist on hanging them so there are less wrinkles. Am I serving him in the way he has asked? or am I doing what I feel is BEST for him?


Who am I to truly tell him what is best for him. I am his helpmeet. I am here to fullfill his vision for our family.


Our house can be a mess but if a few little areas are clean then the whole house seems clean to him. Should not those areas be my priority? Every day?


A few years ago God brought my to my attention, the order of a home. Man is the head of the home. Since that time I have sincerely tried to humble myself totally and allow him to make all major decisions. For a while I was also honouring him in the small. These past 6 months I have not been so attentive. I have used my pregnancy as an excuse to my moodiness and lack of consideration. From this day on I want to die out to the moody pregnant me and allow God to love my husband through me again. I am so thankful that my husband is a man that loves to have children! What a rare trait in this day and time. I best not forget that!


Today I am going to fold his scrubs and prepare my home for his arrival this evening.


With love in Jesus Name,


Ashley