Observer Or Activie Paticipant?

In today's quiet time reading for me this was the verse I read,

Romans 3:20
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.

That is when I realized that 1. God wants to be a part of my life (after all He did create me!) and 2 He wants me to be an active participant in His. Not an observer! There are to many people watching and waiting and not many actively participating. So we have to make up our minds; are we going to sit at the edge of the pool dipping our feet in the water, maybe thinking about how much fun all the other  people are having? Or are we going to jump in and actively join in? We don't have to be loud and obnoxious. I am a more quite person myself. So how do I join in? I teach Sunday School and volunteer to help, there never seems to be enough volunteers. Help out a neighbor and something you can do in your own home or anywhere really, PRAY!

Galatians 6:9
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Homeschool Books that have helped me along the way

My List of Homeschooling books

1. So You're Thinking About Homeschooling , By Lisa Whelchel
This book was great because it showed me how different families homeschool. It also showed me that there was lots of ways to homeschool.


2. The Homeschooling Handbook, By Mary Griffith
This was a good book for me, it showed different ways to homeschool, legal stuff, it answers questions you may have.

These two were great beginning Homeschool books.

3. The Spiritual Power of A Mother, By Michael P. Farris 
I loved this book. It really build up my confidence and reaffirmed that I am doing what is right for my children and how important my role in their life is.

4. A Biblical Home Education, By Ruth Beechick
This helped so much, especially this year. It showed me how important it is to implement the bible in our homeschool and how important it is to watch what we are teaching our children.

5.A Charlotte Mason Education , By Catherine Levison  
I love Charlotte Mason's Methods, we use some of them. This is a great overview of her methods and how the author uses them.

6.  101 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum, Cathy Duffy
Gives you lots of information on lots of different curriculum. A good starter book on homeschool curriculum.

I also love the books the Duggar family has put out. I use them as inspiration, I figure if a mom of 19 can do this mom of 3 can :)

I am not getting paid by any of these authors or anyone associated with them. I simply found these books helpful and enjoyed reading them.

Today's tip: Reading and researching are important and helpful, but prayer is vital in your journey.

I will add to this list as I go, and if you have some suggestions please leave them in the comments. I am working on a list of websites I have found helpful so stay tuned! 

Just A Little Life Interruption

Ok I was trying to post pretty regular, but 2 thing have happened to take up my time and attention.

1. My middle son Jag, has came home on leave from the Army. We have been trying to spend time with him before he goes back.

 2. My little guy Gamer broke is leg this past weekend on July 5th trying to rollerblade, and this has taken up all of my time.

Right now I have him resting in his bed and am taking a little "rest" myself. He is doing well just trying to control his pain and keep him comfy at the same time making him do his physical therapy and being the mean mommy. I never realized how hard it is to do thing with something broken. This is our first experience with any kind of a broken bone. Yes I am the mom of three boys an this is our first real injury. Anyway seeing my poor guy in so much pain has been awful! Helping him do everything has been hard but of course I wouldn't have it any other way. This is after all my normal crazy life!

We will see the Ortho Doctor next week to get more X-rays and rewrap the cast. They had to make a slit in it because of the swelling. But so far everything has went well and he is doing good :) Thank You sweet Jesus!

My little guy in his full leg cast.

 

 

Tip for today: Breathe momma just breathe!

 

Today I am thankful that it was not worse then what it was, because it sure could have been! Today I thank the Lord for his sweet presence in all of this. And I want to thank Him because I know he will continue to be with us.