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It AIN'T holy!

I join with many other Americans in expressing my absolute outrage at President B. Hussein Obama traveling the globe, re-writing history, courting Islamic infidels, insulting the nation of Israel, and apologizing for our sovereign nation having the nerve to defend itself. The link I've provided is the full text of his Cairo speech....the speech in which he claims to be a Christian, and calls the Koran the "Holy Koran" is the same paragraph. No blood-bought child of God would call a book "holy" which denies the deity of Christ. "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is anti-christ, that denieth the Father and the Son." I John 2:22 And for all you people out there (i.e., Rick Warren, etc.) who are praying blessings on B.O. and his administration, Holy Scripture (the King James Bible, not the Koran) tells us this, "If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine [that is, the deity of Christ], receive him not in your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds." II John 10,11 I join with World Net Daily's Joseph Farah (incidently, a born-again Christian of Arab descent) who is praying that Obama fails! We can only cry "God have mercy" if and when he succeeds!

B.O. is claiming to be a student of history, and claiming that we as a civilized world owe a debt to Islam. Now I'm really struggling to figure out how a nation that sends more aid and missionaries out than any other nation, gave the world the car, the airplane, the telegraph, the telephone, the light bulb, vaccinations, advanced medicine, and the example of a functioning 222 year old Constitutional Republic....owes anything to a culture that has only conquered through the sword and the machete, straps bombs to women and arms 10-year-olds with machine guns, destroys every nation it conquers, and still lives by an overwhelming majority in squalor and filth, and has yet to discover the glorious invention of deodorant! You can go back to Indonesia; I'm staying here with my baseball and apple pie, and my God of the Bible that has inspired and blessed this great nation.

Incidently, for the price of a Venti Frappucino, you can (and should!), go to Wallbuilders and download the excellent presentation by historian David Barton about the truth of Islam and America. It also tells the complete story of Thomas Jefferson and his copy of the Koran. Much hype has been made, by B.O. and many others, over this Koran on which Rep. Keith Ellison took his oath of office. I'm sure you'll be shocked to discover, however, that the whole story is NOT being told. "A Spiritual and Historical Perspective on America's War on Terror" is the best $5.95 you'll spend today, and every American should hear this!

ACLU threatens, students still recite prayer (OneNewsNow.com)

This brings to mind the scripture: "I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts." Psalm 119:99,100

Praise God for these brave young people!
ACLU threatens, students still recite prayer (OneNewsNow.com)

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New Hairdo

See Rosebud's new "do"....

...and the morning after!

Summer Evenings

Can you guess what Bub has been doing?

No joke, his feet look like this at the end of every day

They're soaked from Dad spraying them with the water hose

Jason stringing up the beans

He has worked so hard in this garden

The Bubbas love pushing Rosebud

BTW, here's the finished product on the roof (Didn't Jason do a great job?)

And, always, chickens roaming the yard

Our first apple on our baby Pink Lady apple tree!

Goliath on patrol (playing with my camera...)

Shhhh! Don't tell anyone,

but the little fellas are having a tea party.

Seth is asking me if I'm going to show anyone this picture. (I didn't exactly answer him.) He's a little concerned about his girlfriends from church seeing this picture. Bubbie is a little concerned about "Brudder Damie" seeing this, although he's convinced that if Brother Jamie had a chance to eat "peamuts" and chocolate chips, that he would - even if it was from a pink cup!

Quite an Industrious Bunch!

Okay, so I haven't exactly been very industrious with my blog lately, but I have been busy doing a lot of other things! These past two weeks, we've re-arranged the homeschool room with a new bookshelf, moved the boys in a new set of bunk beds, cleaned out closets, and now finally, removing the old "girlie" border from the room that the boys now occupy. Add that to making some changes and additions into our homeschool curriculum, and we really have been busy. Here's what we're doing today:

KK

Sis

Bubbie picking up wallpaper border out of the floor

Seth making tea

Summer Rose helping put the DVDs away (sort of)

Squeezing 7 people into a 3 br house is a task that I have to constantly stay on top of, being the neat freak that I am. I can't stand clutter, and I must have a place for everything (and everything in its place!) Homeschooling, of course, adds greatly to our volume of "stuff" to maintain. Sometimes I feel like I spend as much time organizing and planning school as I do teaching it! As for the kids' bedrooms, Caleb had asked me about putting up a new border to replace this one. I explained that when I put up the bedroom borders, it was just him and Sis living with us, and that borders were kind of a luxury when you knew you were going to stay put for a while. In our family, we occasionaly have to make changes to accomodate babies and brothers and sisters, etc. He decided that wasn't so bad, since you can't play with or talk to a border. I thought that was a pretty amazing perspective for an 11-year-old boy.

Gotta go, there's work to be done!

Dr. Tiller Meets His Maker

Here is the eulogy on an abortion directory website:

Today we mourn one of the nation's most visible and strident advocates for abortion rights. Tragically, Dr. George Tiller's life was taken as he served as an usher during morning services at his church by a cowardly assassin.He dedicated his life to providing women with high-quality heathcare despite frequent threats and violent attacks on him and his clinic.Dr. Tiller will forever be remembered for his valiant efforts in women's reproductive rights for over 2 decades. And, for all those who had the good fortune to meet him, will always remember him as a kind-hearted, soft spoken gentle man with a heart full of compassion and bravery.Our thoughts and prayers go out to his loving wife, children and grandchildren.George you will forever remain in our hearts!

Compassion? Inserting scissors into a live baby's neck and suctioning out her brains until she stops moving?

Bravery? Assaulting the smallest and most defenseless among us?

I wish I could provide you with the link to Dr. Tiller's website, but it has been shut down since his shooting. I have been following this monster for years, and it was his brutality that really got me charged up and anxious to actually do something instead of just complain about abortion. Abortion itself, in any form or any gestational stage, is vicious enough, but Dr. Tiller brought it to new heights (talk about someone who "deviseth wicked imaginations" Prov. 6:16-19)! I'm sure you've read in the news how he performed only late term abortions, past 26 weeks gestation. Dr. Tiller pursued after those who'd been given a adverse diagnosis for their babies, for example, a diagnosis of down syndrome. (Which, by the way, is why I don't support the March of Dimes...killing the patient isn't exactly the same as curing the disease! More than research, they advocate prenatal screening, and more than 90% of couples who receive a possible down syndrome diagnosis for their child, will abort. Not exactly the ethical way to wipe out down syndrome!) As a part of the abortion process, Dr. Tiller had an apostate "minister" to actually come in and baptize the dead infants, give them a certificate of baptism, and even photograph the infants in pink or blue if the parents so desired. I've seen some of these pictures, and it is one of the most wicked and bizarre sights you could ever see. Dr. Tiller is in hell now, and one has to wonder if he still considers himself a champion of women's healthcare.

There will be, and already has been, much negative publicity for the pro-life movement because of the shooting of Dr. Tiller. I have been involved in pro-life work for many years now, and I have never associated with or personally come in contact with anyone who would even remotely approve of or promote killing an abortion provider. The shooter is in no way representative of those who fight against abortion; however, we all no doubt will be blamed and labeled as fanatics, thanks to this one man's crime. Scott Roeder (the suspect in custody), if he in fact is the shooter, has done nothing but harm pro-life America. Breaking God's laws is never the answer.

When you have time, please click on the link below and read this wonderful article by Doug Phillips of Vision Forum. It is a distinctly Biblical perspective on the entire spectrum of issues that surround this event.

George Tiller is Dead: For Whom Shall We Mourn? by Doug Phillips

Also, for another bone-chilling reminder of how God can and will judge whom He will, you MUST read this link! God does not need his created beings to become murderers to carry out justice.

Almost a year old!

No critter is safe....

when Seth Christian Stringer is around!

It's the soldier...

It's the soldier, not the reporter who has given us Freedom of the Press.

It's the soldier, not the poet, who has given us Freedom of Speech.

It's the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the Freedom to Demonstrate.

It's the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the Right to a Fair Trial.

It's the soldier who salutes the flag,

serves under the flag

and whose coffin is draped by the flag,

Who gives the protester the right to burn the flag.

~~Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC

A.W. Tozer

How different our nation might be if modern day pastors (or should I say "life coaches") would lay aside their psychology and esteem God's Word this highly!

"Some of my friends good-humoredly – and some a little bit severely – have called me a 'mystic.' Well I'd like to say this about any mysticism I may suppose to have. If an archangel from heaven were to come, and were to start giving me, telling me, teaching me, and giving me instruction, I'd ask him for the text. I'd say, 'Where's it say that in the Bible? I want to know.' And I would insist that it was according to the scriptures, because I do not believe in any extra-scriptural teachings, nor any anti-scriptural teachings, or any sub-scriptural teachings. I think we ought to put the emphasis where God puts it, and continue to put it there, and to expound the scriptures, and stay by the scriptures. I wouldn't – no matter if I saw a light above the light of the sun, I'd keep my mouth shut about it 'til I'd checked with Daniel and Revelation and the rest of the scriptures to see if it had any basis in truth. And if it didn't, I'd think I'd just eaten something I shouldn't, and I wouldn't say anything about it. Because I don't believe in anything that is unscriptural or that is anti-scripture."

— A. W. Tozer, What Difference Does the Holy Spirit Make?

Mischief

Well, Rosebud has discovered the boys' stamp kit..........

We may never know...

How


many


shots


does it


take

to get a

decent

picture

of the granddaughters?

WE MAY NEVER KNOW!

(This is Summer and Madelyn with my precious nieces, Maggie and Audrey)

Now this is just too cool.....

More than 200 dancers were performing their version of "Do Re Mi", in the Central Station of Antwerp. with just 2 rehearsals they created this amazing stunt! Those 4 fantastic minutes started the 23 of march 2009, 08:00 AM. It is a promotion stunt for a Belgian television program, where they are looking for someone to play the leading role, in the musical of "The Sound of Music".

Mom's Version of William Tell

Okay, I don't think this sounds like me, but Caleb says "Yes!" and to post this on my blog.

Hmmm.

Teeth and Curls!

Are You Really a Person?

Below is a reprint of the article I wrote for the latest edition of our Life Matters Outreach newsletter, to be mailed out this week. If you'd like to be on the mailing list, you can e-mail me at LMOutreach at bellsouth dot net.


When you woke up this morning, you probably took a look at yourself in the mirror. While this could be a ghastly experience for some of us, I dare say that you did not peer at your reflection and ponder whether or not you are truly a "person". Some things we just take for granted as true. What makes you a person?

When Justice Harry Blackmun wrote the majority opinion for the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision, he left an interesting loophole that is still being debated today. He stated that "(If the) suggestion of personhood [of the preborn] is established, the [abortion rights] case, of course, collapses, for the fetus' right to life is then guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment." You see, it was very challenging for all pro-abortion parties involved to invent some sort of Constitutional right to abortion. Their strategy was to claim that prosecuting someone for having or performing an abortion was a violation of that person's right of due process as preserved in the 14th amendment. A "right to privacy" was newly established. Now, we could discuss all day the fallacies of such an argument; namely that there are thousands of laws restricting private acts already on the books. For example, some men like to privately prey on women or privately produce child pornography, but this is restricted by law. Is abortion merely nothing more than a private decision with which the government should not interfere?

I'm a libertarian at heart. I passionately believe in personal liberty and limited government, but as someone once said, "Your right to swing your fist ends at the tip of my nose!" Reason just screams out that ending the life of a child does not fall under the category of a lawfully protected privacy. The 1973 Supreme Court knew this, so their only way to manipulate the law was to declare the fetus a non-person. One has to wonder what could motivate a grown-up to declare war on an innocent baby. Though Justice Blackmun spent his remaining court tenure and retirement defending his position, his wording in the written opinion reveals something about the moral dilemma he and the other 6 majority justices had to face.....IF personhood is ever established, then clearly abortion IS murder.

There is a movement now, which I wholeheartedly support, to add Human Life Amendments to state constitutions, as well as one to our U.S. Consitution. These amendments would officially establish "personhood" for the unborn. Then, according to Justice Blackmun's own words, the case for legal abortion would immediately collapse.

I pray this comes to pass, and I praise God for the people who are behind it. I myself have signed petitions, written lawmakers, distributed information, and done all I can to see this happen. What upsets me, is the mere fact that this is even an issue. There was abundant evidence presented at the Roe trial that clearly showed fetal development and personhood. We positively know that a baby, though snuggled away (safely?) in his mother's womb, has his own DNA and blood type. He has a heartbeat and brain waves. Unlike a tumor or piece of tissue, the unborn child responds to stimulation, kicks and squirms, hiccups, and even sucks his thumb! Unborn babies can be diagnosed, treated, and operated on while still in the womb. We have a federal law which recognizes a "child in utero" as a legal victim (Laci and Connor's Law).

Legally, scientifically, medically, and can I say, obviously....every single shred of evidence points to personhood! There is no debate. It's almost as ridiculous as having to pass a law stating that the sky is blue or the grass is green. It reminds me of the 13th elevator floor. Superstitious people don't want to live on it, so hotel owners just call it "14", even though it rises 13 floors from the basement. Is reality changed by the new name? Certainly not, and neither does the unborn child become a non-person because the Supreme Court stated so in an opinion.

If judges, or "the elite", or society in general won't be convinced that a baby is a person using the truth of science, medicine, law, and common sense, then by what new standard are 'they" judging personhood? The answer is scary. Human life, so precious in the sight of our Creator God, is now disposable simply if it isn't wanted. Wantedness. What a cruel judge of life.



Applying the fickle standard of "wantedness" to life may have begun with abortion, but as many predicted, it hasn't stopped there. What about the aged, the incurably ill, the insane? What seemed unthinkable only a few decades ago, is now happening. The simple Christian virtue of caring for the fatherless and the weak, has changed into nursing homes and forced starvation of the infirmed such as Terri Schiavo. What began with the likes of Dr. Jack Kevorkian as the "right to die", is now morphing into the "duty to die" for those who are old, sick, or unproductive. As Dr. Leon Kass said, "We are already witnessing the erosion of our idea of man as something splendid or divine, as a creature with freedom and dignity. And clearly, if we come to see ourselves as meat, then meat we shall become."

Life as a piece of meat means that we are nothing more than a clump of cells on an evolutionary journey, competing for survival with cruel forces of nature. This is exact opposite of being a created, human, divine image-bearer. When we begin to cull our unborn humans because they are inconvenient or too expensive, then naturally the next step will be to cull out already born humans for the same reasons. And the obvious question is, "Who decides who gets culled?" You might think you're pretty clever and handy, but what does your neighbor think about you? And what does your government think about you? Do you cause a kink in the chain of society?

In this brave new world, the definition of wantedness will change from judge to judge as it is deemed to benefit the overall good of society. So what can we do? Well, my adivce is simple. Stop aging. Stay healthy. Act smart. Be productive. Look attractive. Avoid accidents and illnesses. Don't think too hard.

The situation might look grim, but I am reminded of the words of a great Christian heroine, Corrie ten Boom, a true defender of life:

"If you look at the world, you'll be distressed.If you look within, you'll be depressed.But if you look at Christ, you'll be at rest."

These are challenging times for all Christians, and certainly for us at the pregnancy care center. Please lift us up in prayer, as we minister to young women and do our part to spare the lives of little unborn persons. We are so thankful for your support.

For the babies,Tara Stringer and the LMO Staff

For my young ladies...

This post is dedicated especially to my young readers. Set your standards high for your future mate, and don't lower them for any reason!


by Mary T. Lathrap (sometimes credited as Lena Lathrap) (1838-1895)

A WOMAN'S ANSWER TO A MAN'S QUESTION

[Written in reply to a man's poetic unfolding of what he conceived to be a woman's duty.]

Do you know you have asked for the costliest thing
Ever made by the hand above—
A woman's heart, and a woman's life
And a woman's wonderful love?

Do you know you have asked for this priceless thing
As a child might ask for a toy,
Demanding what others have died to win,
With the reckless dash of a boy?

You have written my lesson of duty out,
Man-like you have questioned me;
Now stand at the bar of my woman's soul
Until I shall question thee.

You require your mutton shall always be hot,
Your socks and your shirt be whole;
I require your heart to be true as God's stars,
And as pure as heaven your soul.

You require a cook for your mutton and beef;
I require a far better thing.
A seamstress you're wanting for socks and shirts;
I look for a man and a king.

A king for the beautiful realm called home,
And a man that the maker, God,
Shall look upon as he did the first
And say, "It is very good."

I am fair and young, but the rose will fade
From my soft, young cheek one day,
Will you love me then 'mid the falling leaves,
As you did 'mid the bloom of May?

Is your heart an ocean so strong and deep,
I may launch my all on its tide?
A loving woman finds heaven or hell
On the day she is made a bride.

I require all things that are grand and true,
All things that a man should be;
If you give all this, I would stake my life
To be all you demand of me.

If you cannot do this — a laundress and cook
You can hire, with little to pay,
But a woman's heart and a woman's life
Are not to be won that way.