It's "just" science, Spiderwoman!

Growing up, I never really like the topic of science in school. I am a relational type of person and building a relationship with an insect just didn't appeal to me...hmmm wonder why? (ewwww)

(This is an image of protein)

Yesterday I was reading proverbs 30 and read verse 18 and 19 "There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid."

If you watch the discovery channel at all, I haven't in a while, you will notice that these things are all being studied these days. We have Science TV that teaches us the ways of these things. Further is verse 28 saying, "The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces."

The Lord stopped me and had me reread this verse. There was something I needed to learn about the similarities between me, as a mother and wife; a homemaker and the spider.

We don't allow our kids to watch spiderman, although the boys did while not in our supervision. Funny how God wanted me to compare myself to a spider...Spiderwoman.

I will be sharing every once and a while as I learn what God wants to show me.

First, is the web, which is made of silk but specifically, proteinaceous spider silk.

Women are made of 75% protein. It is in every part of our body; our muscles, bones, skin and hair. As we get older, our hormones change therefore, our bones and muscle masses change. Getting more protein in our diet allows us to be healthier and stronger since this helps to build our muscles and bones etc.

The spider needs a lot of protein too, so she can spin her web. When the silk of her web becomes less sticky, therefore inefficient, she eats her web to ingest the protein and be able to make more silk for webbing.

Isn't that interesting?!

I guess this is lesson to be attentive to our bodies and keep them healthy. We sometimes neglect our bodies; eating standing up, while we do our housewhole duties, not eat breakfast, don't do exercise, eat processed foods and fast food. When we are tired, if you are like me, you keep pushing until the job is done and sometimes you find something else to do. When we have body aches and our health is lacking, we ignore it. If it were our children who did all these things, we would rebuke them, yet why do we do this to ourselves? Our families need us, yes, but they need us strong and healthy that we can continue the work God has laid before us.

Today, here is my challenge to us, let's have planned out meals for the weekend. Let's choose meals that are high in protein, complete protein which is found in animal meat, eggs and peanut butter. Let's take time to enjoy the things God has given us, like our homes, our family, our friends... time. Let's breathe in and decide that today we are spiderwoman and we are going to take care of ourselves so that we can provide the homes our family needs and shelter from the evil of this world.

Keep a watch.

It is hot out there!

The weather network says that it's 30 degrees Celsius and feels like 38 with the humidity. Needless to say, it was expensive putting in the force air heating system but it sure is worth it right now. In the house, it's 21 degrees Celsius.

Today, I couldn't let my youngest son help his older brother mow the lawn in this heat. It was cooler this morning but he has an artificial leg and it was just too hard for him. The grass was thick and wet on the bottom so I did his portion and decided it was time to un bury flower garden. Tomorrow, it's suppose to rain but maybe I'll be able to weed it a bit.

It's hard to see them because everything is green. lol After I have a chance to weed it a bit you'll better be able to see the shape. You can't really see the lilac tree just at the edge of the mowed line. It also is recuperating from it's transplanting "moment".

I appreciate weeds or what we call perennials because they are so hardy. I'm a matter of fact gardener. (I like that tree but I want it in the center of my flower garden. Yank, pull, dig, chop the roots with the shovel and pull with all your might. Then put it on my shoulder then bring it were I want it.)

My husband told me that if this tree is alive next year, he will buy me a 150$ tree! That tree has to live!

We also received news that we are getting a free piano. It's an old one but it's beautiful. God is so good because He knew we needed a piano and not just keyboard so that Dominique can practice her piano better. The piano is from a church which is just 3/4 mile away from our house. What's neat is that it will continue to play praises to God. The gentleman who is the contact person for the piano, told me that the congregation is glade that it will stay in the same community.

Still blessed.

We're in...

Well, July 16th we came to the house and my mother in law and her two sisters were there cleaning the kitchen. They also helped clean the headboards/footboards to our beds. My parents came to help me move some furniture and the matresses. We slept in the house that night with a semi functional kitchen.

Since then, it's been step by step and daily we are closer and closer to being more settled in.

Do you remember what Dorothy said when she came back after the hurricane? "There's no place like home!"

It doesn't matter how great the hospitality was or how generous the people are, there's no place like home.

Today, I sewed curtains for the long window of the front door and for the dinning room window. I'm not sure how I like them, in time I'll better be able to know what to do with them. (I bought the fabric at Walmart for a total of 10$ so I'm not breaking the bank if I change my mind).

Here are some photographs of the inside. Remember that I haven't put any style to it, we are focussing on the baseboards, moldings, doors, then closets. Once those are done, I will be better able to put things in their place.

Still working... ;)

Almost time!

July 31st is not only my son's birthday but it is, if my memory serves me right, the day this journey began.
During an evening sermon, July 31st, 2008, at the Bluenose Campmeeting, the Lord put on my husband's heart and mine, that we were to sell our home and move elsewhere.
I knew my husband's dream was to have a chicken farm and this thought stressed me out a bit, actually, very much. I was physically ill but once I gave it over to the Lord and realized that if it was God's will for us to have a farm, God would also take care of changing my heart.
When we got "home" we started making the needed repairs to the house and only having a few friends and pastors praying for this course we were taking on. We put our house on the market October 2nd, 2008, 4 days later was the 3rd showing and an offer. On October 10th, after a couple of counter offers, the financial issue was resolved, the house was sold! It took 8 days to sell the house and the closing date was October 31st.
We found out on Friday, October 31st, 2008, at 4:20pm, that the farmhouse was now ours.
The race began.
Never would we of known or even suspected what the Lord would bring us through.
On Thursday, July 16th, 2009, we are moving into our newly renovated home. I can't believe this time has come. In all honesty, looking back on the past 8 and 1 half months, is like childbirth; it is greatly painful and difficult but years, even days later, it's all a fog, almost surreal.
I would love to share photographs but our battery charger for the camera is packed somewhere and the camera's battery is dead. Soon I will be able to take pictures and past them on here so you can see our new "baby".
The first week of August, we are heading to the Bluenose Campmeeting. Both my husband and I are anxious, in both meanings of the word, to know what God will lay on our heart, this year.
A few years back, it seemed that the Lord had used a full year to teach me of His mercies on me. This year, I would have to say, God showed me that I don't trust Him as much I as should and can. He has done so much to merit my trust yet I still don't merit His mercy.
Still learning...

Two treasures

It was the day you were waiting for; the day that you would receive the treasure which everyone talked about. The media was there following the story, your most important friends and family, even those who weren't. You sat there on the beach as the divers approached with the chest full of valuable items of that famous anchored ship from the bottom of the sea; the Titanic.

Once this treasure was given to you, you search through, but carefully manipulating each piece due to their frailty. The "World Museum" approaches with the money you agreed to as you remember their explanation that they are able to preserve these pieces and show them to the world. You appreciated these pieces and recognized the importance of preserving their sensitive materials, so you take the money and pass over your treasure.

the other treasure is one that comes from a place where it will never break, deteriorate or decomposes. It actually is in perpetual growth. You know where it is and daily, without knowing, the Master fills it every time you walk in paths of righteousness (proverbs 8:21-20), following this path is easy because your heart is on THAT treasure. (Matthiew 6:21) Your life passes, filled with good judgement, wise choices, blessed people, a legacy left for your children to live by and continue the same race that so many lives were touched and influenced by. You arrive at the destination and are given your treasure. This is not one that is of worth because of it's content but because of it's yours to keep and as the ones whom you influence , follow the path you once walked upon, your treasure continues to grow.

Which of these two treasures seem worth putting all your effort, tears, sacrifice and heart on?

Matthiew 6:21 "For where your treasure is, there will be your heart also."

Treasures on earth are not always the things we see or can touch like houses, cars, money, our children, husband etc. but can be the unseen things like desires, self, peace, time, aloneness etc.

I've desired 2 treasures, I want my cake and eat it too. My treasures have been the one in Heaven; trying to draw people to Christ, encouraging people not to give up when times are tough, giving my children reasons to serve Christ with their whole heart and not this world, being a good mom and wife. the other is in this world. I want a home to live in; comfort, stability, something to call mine. I want to please my flesh with food (anytime and every time), with nice clothes, van, with time ; wanting to do what I want to do etc. or even just feeling like I shouldn't be the one to make the first move even if I feel I'm in the right.

These things can not coincide, Matthiew 6:24, I will hate one and love the other. It makes sense that there is no peace in my heart.

Sometimes, making that choice of one treasure or the other is hard to make. sometimes it's like facing death, 1 Corinthians 10:26, dying to your self will. To have peace of mind, heart and in our life, we must choose where our treasure will be, on earth or in Heaven.

Is it possible?

Can you believe that we are still not in our house?
We spent the first of the last three weeks at friends which were gone on a trip. They needed someone to keep their dog, so this gave us a place to live for a week. We then went to another family's house, who are friends of ours, for almost 2 weeks. We felt we had overstayed our welcome so it was time to move on, but the house was not ready. The family who went on a trip offered us their home again as they would stay at their family's house, since it was their turn to go away.
So, 8 months and 1 week later, we are still homeless.
Yesterday, while I was getting my family settled in our temporary dwelling, I read the sign they have in their stairway, "Home Sweet Home". I went to the bedroom and cried for a little while. I so want to be in MY home.
"They" say that Thursday we are going home, our home. I'm almost afraid to get my hopes up and have them dropped like a wet clothe.
Today in my bible reading, I received great encouragement. I was reading in Isaiah 41. The past two years have been very difficult ones for me but I knew God was with me. I always remembered, although sometimes God felt so far, He promised me He would never leave me nor forsake me.
When I was first saved, some family and friends turned away from me. It was clear that I had made a choice and they wanted no part of this choice. I got a hold of God's arm and clinched on to it and told Him that I would never let go for dear life, that He would have to leave me. He never did. As I read Isaiah 41, some verses spoke to me in a real way that helped me to know that even tough God "feels" far, He's right there helping me through to the end. Here are these verses, hope they encourage you in your journey.
Isaiah 41:10 "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand o f my righteousness."
VS. 14 "Fear not...I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel."
VS. 17-20 "When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it."
Still holding on for dear life, never to leave nor forsake me. What a great God.