Small Sucesses

1. Today, my children made themselves breakfast without any complaints. Morning prayers went on so nicely with everyone paying attention.

2. We started homeschooling on time. No tragedies occurred during all this. I found my daughter green glasses for her dyslexia.

3. I am actually beginning to feel better. I was actually able to get a shower without anyone fooling around while I was in it.

Small miracles in my house are awesome!

Small Successes

Blessings and Growing up Homeschooling

Well it has been 3 years since I started homeschooling. I sat in bed at 4 am because I was awoken by the skunk that nicely sprayed outside my bedroom window. The quiet, stillness and was just really with God. And for once I was in tuned to Him and where my life was going. I realized I needed to change the way I home schooled and possibly offer classes to other homeschoolers. So I am going to pray on it. Finally realized a lot of the gifts I have I can offer to the homeschooling community and through prayer I will one at a time.
Being an introverted person writing has come so much easier to me than dialogue. Writing has always been my forte and decided, with my teaching background to sit down and write a book at my pace with my busy schedule. Developing an academic co-op is going to be a bit more complicated, but I feel called to both so I will pray and do it for the Glory of God, who prompted this.
I feel like college was a million years ago, when I decided to make a difference in this world to kids. I am making a difference to a small audience, but big enough to make a great difference in their lives.

A Great Loss

All our prayers and love are going out to the Gent family, with their recent loss of Stephen Gent, who 2 years old. God Bless their family. May your light shine upon them. Please pour the Holy Spirit upon them through this time of Great Loss. We love you all.

Praising Him Joyfully,
Noelle

Faith and Hope

I read Elizabeth Foss's blog on how looking at her letters monthly on the mantle keeps her focused on her theme for the month. So I got Faith and Hope. Greg loosing his job, homeschooling through adversity of this year,me getting sick, and looking for a part-time job has put all my faith and hope in My Lord. He has brought us this far, he will bring us through it all again. Having faith and hope is easy when you life is going as planned. When the speed bumps come having faith becomes harder, but God draws you closer to Him. During those times are the times he carries us as I paraphrase from Footprints in the Sand. I realized this past year in 2008 was a time for change to come about. Change is on the horizon and I don't know we it is going to lead us. I have no doubt God has something in store for us. I finally realized it is time for me to freelance again. I stopped because life happened--getting married, having kids, homeschooling. Maybe now is the time to start again. Change always makes us grow closer to God. Change we are taking baby steps all over again. We will preserver wherever we are lead. God wants us to be evangelist and go out and spread the word of God. Maybe the change is occurring to be an evangelist for God. Whatever it is, it will be in the footsteps of God through Faith and Hope.

Simplicity

Today, I have been meditating and thinking about simplicity in life and faith thanks to Elizabeth Foss. My life has never been simple, but I wonder if it is because that is the road I chose. I have really chose lately to start focusing my life on my relationship with My Lord and simply homeschooling. The journey is never easy but the reward is great. This is the year of simplicity and hope for us as a family. Our life may be going through changes with Greg's job and where God needs us to be. I will forever be steadfast in my faith and obedience to Jesus. He has always walked along with us through the darkest times. Life needs to be simpler and I started de-cluttering my life emotionally and physically. Last year was the year of waiting. My daughter termed this year---the year of Great Expectations. We shall see. With my birthday tomorrow and a new outlook for life, happiness and great faith is on the horizon of things to come. We all should as a good friend said Count our Blessings and pray.