Gimme a Redneck Girl

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40 Days of Prayer to Molech

Planned Parenthood just recently (April 27) completed a "40 Days of Prayer Supporting Women Everywhere".  The audacity, irreverence, and rebellion of these abortion providers is just overwhelming to me.  My only commentary would be to read Romans 1:18-32 from the Authorized King James Bible.

Here's a brochure where you can view the 40 prayers, one for each day:

Planned Parenthood 40 Days of Prayer for Abortion

Here are just a few of their disturbing prayers:

• “we give thanks for the doctors who provide quality abortion care.”
• “we pray for elected officials, that they may always support a woman’s right to make her own medical decisions [i.e. abortion].”
• “we pray for women who have been made afraid of their own power [of choice, i.e. abortion] by their religion. May they learn to reject fear and live bravely.”
• “we give thanks for abortion escorts who guide women safely through the hostile gauntlets of protesters.”
• “we pray for a cloud of gentleness to surround every abortion facility.”
• “we give thanks and celebrate that abortion is still safe and legal.”

The ACLJ had an informative article about the campaign that you might like to read:

Planned Parenthood's Prayer of "Thanks for Abortion Providers" and Their "Sacred Care"

You Want a Knuckle Sandwich?

I love these girls!

Sis and some friends



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The only thing better than a Ron Paul speech....

is a Rand Paul speech.

Black and White Fun with My Sweet Girl

SAT Math

I wanted to share this status update from Teaching Textbooks about advice on taking the Math portion of the SAT test.  I thought it was very insightful whether or not you use Teaching Textbooks (which we do).



As a TT user, how do I make sure that my students get a good score on the math portion of the SAT or ACT?

The first thing to be aware of is the SAT and ACT are pretty basic tests. There’s actually a lot of arithmetic of them—things like percents, decimals, unit conversions. But then they also have a lot of Algebra 1, basic Geometry, and a little Algebra 2. That’s about it. There is no Trigonometry on the SAT or ACT (other than a few simple ratios that are included in Geometry). And there’s no other advanced Pre-Calculus or Calculus. The geometry sections are basic because they don’t even include proofs. Proofs are the toughest part of a high school geometry course, but they aren’t on the SAT or ACT. That means the key to doing well on the SAT or ACT test is not to rush through a lot of courses. Sometimes people will say “I want my son to make sure he gets through Calculus as a senior so he can ace the SAT.” The problem is there isn’t any Calculus on the SAT. The key to doing well is to know basic arithmetic, of course. But in addition to that, you need to have a solid conceptual understanding of Algebra and Geometry. Conceptual understanding really matters because you can’t fake your way an SAT exam. There aren’t any example problems for you to look at and mimic. All the problems are different and mixed together, and you have to really know what you’re doing.

The TT courses will provide your students with the instruction they need to do well on these tests. The courses were written with the SAT and ACT tests in mind. In fact, there are a lot of problems in our courses that were modeled after actual SAT and ACT test problems. The Geometry course has 4 of 5 problems like that in every lesson. 

Now, does that mean your students don’t need to do any other preparation for the SAT or ACT besides their TT courses? No. If you want to get a top score on any standardized exam, it’s smart to do some test prep work. Almost all serious high school students spend time prepping for these tests, so your students should too. We recommend getting one or two test prep booklets. You can buy them at any bookstore or check out copies at a public library. (Some well-known test prep publishers include Kaplan, Princeton Review, and Barron’s.) Get a book that was published recently, since the tests are sometimes revised in minor ways. You want the most current test information. If your student is taking the SAT, get an SAT book. If they’re taking the ACT, get an ACT book. The basic SAT test that everybody takes is actually called the SAT I. There are also SAT II tests. There are a bunch of SAT IIs. They cover all sorts of different subjects like Science, History, Literature. There’s also an SAT II math test. (The SAT II math test is a more advanced test. It’s basically a Pre-Calc. test. ) And most highschoolers don’t take it. So don’t get an SAT II book. Make sure it’s the SAT I. 

Whether they’re preparing for the SAT or the ACT, have your student go through the entire test prep book. Have them do every exercise and all the practice tests. Make sure that they simulate realistic test conditions when doing the practice tests. Time them and everything. Make sure they use a calculator. You’re allowed to have a calculator on the SAT and ACT. The test prep book will familiarize your student with the format of the test. That’s very important for performance. They’ll learn what kinds of problems are usually on the test. And they’ll learn strategies for answering multiple choice problems quickly. We don’t teach those in the TT courses, because we don’t want students to take shortcuts. We want them to work out the problem completely and get the answer on their own—even if there are choices given. But on a standardized exam, speed is important. So your student needs to learn some of those strategies. If there are things in the book that they are confused about, have them go back to their TT book and look the concept up. They may need to rewatch some TT lessons to refresh their memory. It may even be necessary to go back to Pre-Algebra because a lot of highschoolers get rusty on basic arithmetic. Remember, there’s a lot of that on the SAT and ACT. So have them do a thorough job going through the test prep book and that, combined with all the work they have done in their TT courses, should ensure that they do well.

Google Fun

Google the word "askew".  It will drive you crazy if you're a neat freak like me, but it's fun!

More fun:  Enter "google gravity" and then hit "I'm Feeling Lucky" and watch your world fall!

2 Sets of Dog Ears

I don't know how many Yankee readers my blog has, but where I come from, we call this hair style "dog ears".

2012

1978

See any resemblance?

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What's green on the outside, but red on the inside?

Well, yes, a watermelon, but the answer is:

Earth Day!  or Vladmir Lenin's birthday honorarium day.

To read more about the agenda behind the environmental movement, I encourage you to visit Cal  Beisner's website, The Cornwall Alliance.  Dr. Beisner is a Christian who strongly believes in caring for God's creation, but he has spent years exposing the ultimate goal of leftist environmentalists.  This agenda, at its root, has nothing to do with caring for the earth; instead, it is about the transfer of wealth through taxes, restrictions, carbon credits, etc.  The ultimate goal of communism is the complete elimination of private property, and the environmentalists/communists are after your property!  Instead of seizing it at the end of a gun, which was Lenin's messy way, they will tax it, regulate it, and control what you can do on it.

I thought this was a great article on American Thinker about 5 ways to celebrate Earth Day:

Five Ways to Save the Earth (and Expose Leftist Hypocrisy)

The ways are:
1. Homeschool
2. Preserve families
3. Support small businesses
4. Encourage sportmen (hunting)
5. Shrink government

(You must read this article!)  If the leftists really cared about preserving the earth, they would be supportive of all the above ideas!  Hypocrites!

I am NOT a tree hugger, but I do marvel at this wonderful earth our Lord has given us.  Creation is one of two ways God gives general revelation of Himself to every man, no matter where he may be born (the other being conscience).

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. 

Psalm 19:1

Having a Burden

"If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms around their knees, imploring them to stay. If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go there unwarned and unprayed for."

-Charles Spurgeon

The Many Talents of Sis

Here are a few of the shots Madelyn got at Jacob's birthday party a couple of weeks ago:

Portraying Christ in film?

Here's a wonderful, principled, Scripture-based response by Dave Hunt as to whether or not Christians should see films, such as The Passion of the Christ, that portray our Lord.

Question: I heard you recently express concern that an actor played the part of Jesus in the Mel Gibson movie....What about the Jesus film that has been the means of millions coming to Christ around the world? Why are you just now becoming concerned? | thebereancall.org

Answer:  I have consistently opposed attempts to portray Christ in film and other visual media. My reasons are rather simple. If you carried in your wallet a picture that you took out several times a day to look at in order to remember and honor your wife or husband—but it wasn’t a picture of that person at all, but of someone else—wouldn’t your spouse be justifiably be upset?

Literally hundreds of pictures of “Jesus” exist by different artists, famous and otherwise: “Christ Crowned with Thorns,” by Dutch painter Jan Mostaert, c. 1510, in the London National Gallery; “Crown of Thorns,” done about the same time by Italian painter Correggio; “Christ Carrying His Cross,” by Italian and Spanish painter El Greco, 1580, in New York’s Metropoli-tan Museum of Art; “Head of Christ,” by Rembrandt, 1655, held in the Picture Gallery, Berlin; “White Crucifixion,” by Russian painter Marc Chagall, 1938, Art Institute of Chicago; “Head of Christ,” by Warner Sallman, 1940, copyrighted by Warner Press, Inc.; the pitiful, any-person androgynous “Jesus of the People” that won the National Catholic Reporter contest against about 1,700 other entrants in 1999, etc., etc.

These alleged “portraits” are all different. Which one is the true Christ? Not one! Then what is the point for an artist to paint or for you to honor an image of “Christ” that is not what He really looked like—and certainly is not as He appears now in glory?! To whatever extent any depiction (portrait or by actor on stage or film) isn’t accurate but influences your thinking, you have been led astray.

What must Jesus think of these misrepresentations! If your wife or husband would not be pleased with your carrying the picture of another to remind you of him or her, is Christ pleased by those who claim to love Him honoring so many phony representations?!

Moreover, is not Jesus God himself? Tell me why pictures pretending to represent Jesus are not a violation of the commandment not to make an image of God, even in our minds. Is this any better than the Israelites embracing idols as representations of Yahweh? You say you don’t bow before pictures of Jesus. But you do look upon them as representing Jesus, do you not? If not, why have them?

The error is even worse when someone dares to portray Christ on the screen. Of himself, Jesus said, “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father” (Jn:14:9)! What actor playing “Jesus” would dare to say that? Yet they are attempting to portray in their flesh what Paul described as “without controversy, great is the mystery...God was manifest in the flesh...” (1 Tm 3:16). What audacity! And what of those who watch with approval and are influenced by such portrayals?

Jim Caviezel felt that in order to accurately portray Christ in The Passion he had to ingest the wafer turned into “Christ” in the Mass each day. Would that help?

After viewing movies, many sincere people see in their minds the actor who played “Christ” every time they think of Jesus. Does that please our Lord? I will leave that to your conscience.



And, may I add just one comment?  The Bible says, "Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?" (I Cor. 11:14).  It's ironic that so many who attempt to paint or portray our Lord, or have a vision of Him, always reveal Him as having long hair.  Our Lord was perfect, and though He bore our shame on the cross, He never committed sin Himself.  "Let God be true, but every man a liar" (Rom. 3:4), OUR LORD WAS NOT A LONG HAIRED HIPPIE!

On which list is YOUR name?

I've read many interesting articles today about the RMS Carpathia, and its arrival in New York 100 years ago today, carrying just over 700 Titanic survivors. The Carpathia became known as the Ship of Widows because of the disproportionate number of men who gave their lives so that women and children could live. Here's one article:

Titanic Survivors: Their Enduring Stories

and another:

RMS Titanic: Aftermath

It was so sad to me to see how the women still held out hope that their husbands had been picked up and rescued. Hope was held out in spite of the frigid waters and the fact that they knew the Carpathia was the first rescue ship, meaning that their husbands would had to have survived in the sea for several hours (which was impossible).

Still, when they arrived, they wanted to see the list of survivors. It's interesting that, at the beginning of the voyage, all that mattered was whether or not you were a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd class passenger. And afterward, all that mattered was whether you were on the "saved" list or the "lost" list.

In life, we dwell so much on things that don't matter; yet in the end, it only matters if you're saved or lost.

Is your name in the Lamb's Book of Life?

Mud Mischief

Well, all I can say, is that we thought they were coloring in the living room like nice little girls....

(last 2 photos courtesy of my friend Melanie!)
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9 iPhone Apps for Surviving the Breakdown of Society

Of course things could change at any moment at any point in history. Pompei wasn't expecting the volcano. The South Pacific wasn't expecting the tsunami. Hiroshima wasn't expecting the bomb. Pearl Harbor wasn't expecting the air raid. But now, with the political and social unrest everywhere, a Marxist in office, and Biblical prophecy quickly unfolding, it only makes sense to prepare our families

9 iPhone Apps for Surviving the Breakdown of Society

This is assuming, of course, that we have electricity, but these apps do not run off internet connectivity, so they might be useful in the event of something that brings down the phone towers.

A Tale of Two Voyages

In memory of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic yesterday, I want to share this message by Dr. John Whitcomb. In it, he brings in interesting thoughts on both the Titanic and also Noah and the Ark. There is commentary by Doug Phillips, Dr. John Morris, and Ray Comfort. It's being offered as a free download on Sermon Audio. I'm going to embed my free download so you can listen here, but if you download it, I encourage you to do so directly from Dr. Whitcomb's sermon audio page so they can count the downloads.

Stringer Farm

Here's the latest news from the Stringer Farm

My smart and creative, obsessed husband is still on a quest to design and build the perfect chicken incubator. He's pretty sure this is it:



That's an 8 x 10 picture frame in the door of the refrigerator.



The only thing he purchased new was a thermostat wafer, everything else was used or discarded "junk". To a redneck, everything is usable! One man's junk is another man's incubator.

I'm forever impressed with Jason's ingenuity. He can build or fix anything to which he sets his mind!

Our garden is planted. I would post a picture, but I don't know how to use the panorama setting on my Canon, and I don't have a helicopter to get an aerial view. It's B I G.

And our newest addition, RABBITS!

Our first babies have been born (from Sis's rabbit). We have been fascinated to learn all about rabbits! I had them as a child, but only as pets, not to breed. Before they have their little babies, "kits", they pull their hair and make a nice warm nest for the litter. It's so amazing! When they're born, all you see is the "fur" bed moving around with little kits tucked warmly underneath. The mama doe only nurses them once each day for about 5 minutes. They are born blind and deaf and without fur. They wean at around 4-6 weeks, and mama doe is ready to breed again in a few weeks. Here's a video of the fur nest:

Is that not just cool?

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At the End of the Day

"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt."
~Margaret Atwood

This is AFTER his bath!




His brother cleaned up a little better!



Love my smelly boys!

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Biker Bug

The kids and I got such a kick out of this awesome photo! Read more about it here.

The spoke-tacular image of the praying-mantis was captured on camera by amateur photographer Eco Suparman from Borne

Today

"So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." Psalm 90:12

Procrastination Friday.

That's what today is.

I am a busy person (contrary to what Hillary Rosen might think) . It will exhaust me just to type this, but let me name just a few hats that I wear:

wife, pastor's wife, mother to 5, home education instructor to pre-k thru high school, sunday school teacher, executive director of a crisis pregnancy center, webmaster for church and cpc, co-founder and co-director of a homeschool fellowship (oh, and blogger!)

Obviously, my plate is full. Now please understand, I wouldn't have it any other way! I love my family, my church, my pro-life work, and my friends. I consider myself abundantly blessed.

Even so, I find time management to be my greatest challenge in life. I have so much on my heart to do, but I just physically don't have enough time to get it all done. To be perfectly honest, if I can just keep my kids fed and clean and happy and educated, that takes the bulk of my day! When you mix in piano lessons, orthodontic appointments, food allergies, speaking engagements, etc., etc., it can be overwhelming.

To try and manage life and not miss any major deadlines, I live by a "to do" list. Every single day starts out with prayer and a pen and paper. While this is good (I guess), I find that when I don't get certain things marked off my list from day to day, that those things begin to feel like an albatross around my neck! It just bogs me down to have certain tasks hanging over my head week after week.

So, the past few Fridays, I have been setting aside time to mark some of those tedious things off my list. I've been calling it "Procrastination Friday". I try to manage my schedule to where we have a very short school day on Friday, and Jason is usually home, so the kids like to go out and work with him and the house is almost quiet!

Wish me luck, and if I've been promising to do something for you for several weeks...I might just follow through on that today! By the way, here's some of the fruit of my recent labors:

Life Matters Outreach

Bible Baptist Church

Have a productive day!

Mommy's Little Shadow

This girl has been attached to my side from Day 1! (and I love it) Every evening when I tuck her in, she says, "I'll see you in the morning, and we can get Daddy ready for work, and you can drink coffee and I'll drink chocolate milk! That's right!" And sure enough, as soon as I walk down the hall, there are little footsteps behind me.

She helps pack his lunch while I fix breakfast. "I'll do it! Let me!"

So precious!What a wonderful way to send Dad off to work each day!

Are you this cheerful at 4:45 a.m.?

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19 Things That The Talking Heads On Television Are Being Strangely Silent About

Interesting article from a blog that I check often:

"19 Things That the Talking Heads on Television Are Being Strangely Silent About"

I know...it ends with a preposition. It drives me crazy too, but try to get past it and read this great article.

There are only 2 Bibles

Doodle Love

Doodle is still with us, though she looks rough for the journey! Click on the "Doodle" label at the right of my blog to see what she originally looked like.

Kitchen Cupboard Medicine

I wanted to share this great resource for natural treatments of many common ailments.

Kitchen Cupboard Medicine

Sigh.....

There's nothing like cooking a delicious chicken pot pie that you can't even eat. It's a good thing my family appreciates my good cooking (and they really do).


Have I ever mentioned that food allergies stink?

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Happy Resurrection Day!

It's that awkward time of year again, where Christian parents (reportedly 88% of them) are placed in the impossible position of trying to reconcile the Easter Bunny with the Resurrection of Christ. Most will take the path of "these are 2 separate things," as in, "Easter is really about the resurrection of Christ, but at the same time we dye and hunt eggs and await the arrival of a benevolent, gift-bearing rabbit". (I'm trying to keep a straight face.) However absurd that is, if it were true, there would be nothing inherently immoral about that. But the truth is, the Bible has a lot to say about the origin of the Easter Bunny, and all the pagan rituals that accompany the arrival of spring.
Below is a link to an excellent article that provides a history (from Biblical and secular sources) of the beginnings of the Mother-Son cult that began at Nimrod's tower in Babel.
"Where Did Easter Get Its Name? Where Did the Concept of an Easter Egg and Bunny Originate?"
This article does an excellent job of laying its history. After reading it carefully, consider these scriptures that deal with the Mother-Son Cult:

Jeremiah 44:15-19 (The Queen of Heaven, also cakes)

Jeremiah 7:18-19 (cakes, now known as Hot Cross Buns)

Ezekiel 8:13-14 (weeping for Tammuz, now known as Lent)

Ezekiel 8:15-16 (sunrise service)*

(*I do realize that Christians, completely apart from pagan practice, might legitimately have a sunrise service to commemorate the Resurrection, "early in the morning the first day of the week"; however, the pagans did it first for different reasons)

These Scriptures are startling when you further study the history of Constantine and his "conversion"; in which all the Mother-Son Cult practices were conveniently switched over to a Christianized version. Thus, Semiramis became Mary; and Tammuz became Jesus. Of course, this eventually morphed into the Mother-Son Cult of the Catholic Church, with Mary as the Queen of Heaven.

The true Mary would be appalled at such worship, although even before the Crucifixion, Satan had inspired one woman to worship Mary (his lies never change, they're just re-packaged with every generation and culture). Note:

"And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it." Luke 11:27-28

Other names for the Mother-Son cult in scripture to run references on are Baal, Ashtoreth, Ashtaroth, Chemosh, and Molech.

It's a lot to soak in, and if you'd like to research it more, I can recommend 3 books:

The Genesis Record by Dr. Henry Morris

The Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop

Babylon Religion by David W. Daniels

Do I think that people are going to hell if they dye and hunt Easter eggs? Of course not! But the false religion of Babylon has sent billions to hell through the ages, and I don't want to be a part of it! In fact, the Bible calls the Babylonian religion "The Great Whore".

"And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the women drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus" Rev. 17:5, 6 (think: inquisition!)

We are also admonished to "come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." Rev. 18:4, 5
I will be remembering Christ's resurrection with my family and my church tomorrow. The Bible actually gives the church 2 ordinances by which to remember Christ's death and His resurrection, and that is through The Lord's Supper (His death) and Believer's Baptism (His resurrection). [Incidentally, we are not commanded to mark His birth, although we're not told NOT to.]

I hope all my friends have a wonderful Resurrection Day tomorrow! I rejoice and look forward to our own bodily resurrection one day. For "if in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable." (I Cor. 15:19) But praise God, He is the firstfruits! And because He defeated death...

"Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."

I Cor. 15:51, 52

Christ the Lord is risen today! Hallelujah!

Garden Time!

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In Honor of the Brownies We Had for Breakfast

Class Dismissed

Here's a trailer for a movie that will be released soon called "Class Dismissed". It looks very interesting, and it says something that I admit even I have a hard time just coming right out and saying to others. The message is that a homeschool education is superior to a classroom experience.

It's true that I'm a Christian, and I don't want to turn my children over to a secular, atheist government to indoctrinate them with humanism and evolution. It's also true that I'm a mother hen, and I don't want to send my kids off to be violated by perverts (men and women these days), and having them WITH ME is my ONLY guarantee against this. The prevailing notion has been that homeschool parents are willing to sacrifice a quality education to guard against these evils; therefore, those who don't see a true threat in these areas just consider homeschoolers irresponsible and negligent toward their children. However, the wonderful truth is that while homeschool parents are protecting their children, they are are also able to provide them with a well-rounded, tailored education that prepares them for a life of success.

God's way is always the best way! In addition to providing a superior education, homeschooling allows me to:

• shelter my children from evil and guard their innocence (Rom. 16:19; I Cor. 14:20)
• pass along my faith (I Tim. 1:5 and 3:15) in a walk-along, talk-along manner (Deut. 6:6-9)
• customize socialization (Prov. 13:20; I Cor. 15:33)
• avoid ungodly teachers that will undermine their faith (Psalm 1:1; Jer. 10:2; I Tim. 6:20, 21)
• cultivate a perfect heart and a willing mind (I Chron. 28:9)
• order their education priorities: faith THEN virtue THEN knowledge (2 Pet. 1:5-8)
• not give to Caesar that which belongs to the Lord (Ezekiel 16:20-21; Matt. 22:21)

Hooray for home education! I hope this film will open the hearts and minds of many parents.

A good time was had by all!

This past weekend we gathered with friends for a "Titanic 100" party. Although we had lots of fun with our theme, we did take a moment to solemnly remember that, although the Lord is pleased when man takes dominion and explores his creation through science and technology, He is not to be mocked by foolish declarations like "The Titanic is a ship that God couldn't sink".

We let the women and children eat first (naturally...and this was NOT popular with the guys LOL). We played a rousing game of "lifesavers" (a.k.a. "washers"), had a shipmates dash (a.k.a. "3 legged race"), and had iceberg floats for dessert. I'm so thankful that the Lord has allowed our family to be surrounded by such wonderful friends.

Needless to say, everyone slept well Saturday night!

When you pray, pray for this woman.

Below is a heartbreaking article from the daughter of Alice Walker, the author of the morally destitute, lesbian love story "The Color Purple".

"How My Mother's Fanatical Views Tore Us Apart" by Rebecca Walker

Here's how it begins:

The other day I was vacuuming when my son came bounding into the room. 'Mummy, Mummy, let me help,' he cried. His little hands were grabbing me around the knees and his huge brown eyes were looking up at me. I was overwhelmed by a huge surge of happiness.

I love the way his head nestles in the crook of my neck. I love the way his face falls into a mask of eager concentration when I help him learn the alphabet. But most of all, I simply love hearing his little voice calling: 'Mummy, Mummy.'

It reminds me of just how blessed I am. The truth is that I very nearly missed out on becoming a mother - thanks to being brought up by a rabid feminist who thought motherhood was about the worst thing that could happen to a woman.

You see, my mum taught me that children enslave women. I grew up believing that children are millstones around your neck, and the idea that motherhood can make you blissfully happy is a complete fairytale.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1021293/How-mothers-fanatical-feminist-views-tore-apart-daughter-The-Color-Purple-author.html#ixzz1qzGQWM92

I pray that at the end of this woman's journey for truth, she finds the ultimate love that only Christ offers. Pray for her!

Overpopulation? Here we go again...

What a graceful answer to such a rude question!

Monumentally Disappointed

Let me just say at the beginning of this post, that I HAVE NOT SEEN KIRK CAMERON'S NEW MOVIE MONUMENTAL. My personal conviction is that a movie theater where my Lord's name is cursed and mocked hundreds of times each day (along with glorifying all other manner of sin and debauchery) is no place for a child of God, even for a "good" movie. Even so, I have heard and read much about the movie.

I don't mean to beat up on a fellow believer, but I was quite alarmed to hear that Kirk Cameron arranged to have Mormon Glenn Beck piped in live at the beginning of the film. Reading the transcripts, it was so disheartening to see that he allowed Beck to speak of God and counsel the audience on spiritual matters. Having learned so much from Kirk's ministry (Way of the Master) about Mormonism, I was utterly shocked at the complete failure of discernment on Kirk Cameron's part to give accreditation to Beck's cult.

Most Christians today have little or no discernment. Their commitment to theology and doctrine is an inch deep and a mile wide. They are impressed with Beck's talk of God and Jesus and even salvation, but the reality is that his God and Jesus are not the God and Jesus of the Bible!

I guess what has shocked me the most about Kirk Cameron's inclusion of Glenn Beck in this spiritual enterprise, and thus his endorsement of Beck's theology, is that Kirk Cameron was one of the VERY FEW who declined involvement is Beck's pseudo-revival 8/28 Restoring Honor rally, an ecumenical hodgepodge.

Wow, how far he's come...now that he has a new line of products to sell.

I have been blessed by the ministry and integrity of Kirk Cameron through the years, but I do believe he has fallen into the same ecumenical ditch about which he has spent the last 10+ years warning others. He is in my prayers.

See also:

"Concerns About Kirk Cameron's Movie Monumental" by Christine Pack

Can She Cook?

My family and I have laughed at this all weekend.

For your viewing pleasure...the Duck Commander:

I dedicate this post to my own personal redneck, whom I have loved (and cooked for) for 18 years!