Archive for March, 2006
9 years ago today
I became a mommy.
G was born on Easter Sunday, which was pretty cool.
It won't be long before this boy is a man, and thinking about that fact scares the beejeebies out of me. I find as he gets older, I cling harder to my Father, so that I, in turn, can let go of my (used-to-be) little boy.
He has his moments, that's for sure, but I know that the Father has created him for some wonderful, amazing purpose.
Even if that purpose is just to refine me.
I love my G Boy.
I didn’t marry just some guy
I married a man.
(Hat tip: Sparrow)
Oh Pokey……..
Happy Birthday, Babs!!!!!
Cleaning up my sidebar
Many of the hits to my blog are from people looking for
reviewsmy commentary of Created to Be His Help Meet...even after all this time! (One person came to my blog after googling "'Michael Pearl' prideful." Oh my!!!) So I'm creating this post to point folks to all of my posts on the subject.Lately I've had several requests to finish my
reviewcommentary. I'm still undecided though. It's definitely a matter of prayer, but I'd love to get some input from y'all as well. In a way I'd like to...I hate to leave it unfinished. Yet in a way I think, well, it's been all this time of not doing anything with it; I don't want to dredge it up again. And chapter 23...ugh I don't even know where to START with that one.
But I'm game...I think....(LOL) So let me know if any of y'all have any thoughts.Links to CTBHHM Commentary
Surely I can't be the only one???
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
A response to the CTBHHM reviews
Angela comments on my review
My response to Angela
Those of you who have read Created To Be His Help Meet
A Look at the Pearls' Basic Doctrine
My chapter-by-chapter review of CTBHHMRelated Tags: Debi Pearl, Biblical marriage, submission
“We have a sandbox”
Overheard just now:
"We have a sandbox. Except it's not really a sandbox. We're just digging a hole."
- G, age almost 9LOLOL!!!!!!!
Oh the things you hear yourself say…..
PUT THE DOG DOWN NOW. (What is so funny about this is that we don't have a dog!)
Please don't step on the plates.
(I'm sure there are more, but these are the 2 most recent ones.)
Sometimes fruit comes from jelly instead of the other way around
I love my oldest son. But to say that sometimes he's a bit of, um, a challenge is putting it mildly. Often I'm pulling my hair out because I can't seem to get through his thick skull.
Earlier this week, we had PB&J for lunch. Normally I cut everyone's sandwich except his. Actually I did so that day too, but accidentally gave his sandwich to C. C had it half-gone before we realized what had happened.
G HAD A COW. He wanted me to cut off the part that C had already eaten so he could eat "his" sandwich. He didn't want to eat a cut sandwich. He slammed his chair around. Pushed the table. (It is easy to move because it sits on a Pergo floor.)
COW. COW, I TELL YOU.
I apologized for the mistake (multi-tasking leads to errors, I've noticed!), but I informed him that it was the same sandwich, just cut up. And he needed to just get over it. He was not going to get anything else to eat (well...he already had applesauce, but I wasn't going to fix him a new sandwich, and he was not allowed to fix himself a new sandwich either) simply because he was refusing to eat a CUT sandwich rather than a whole one. He said, "FINE, I'll just be hungry."
I then informed him that if he didn't eat that cut up sandwich, I would continue to cut up his sandwiches every time we ate PBJ until he DID eat a cut up sandwich. Oh then it got ugly.
He told me he wasn't a baby who needed a cut up sandwich. I said that being a baby had nothing to do with it...I HAD MADE A MISTAKE. I hadn't cut his sandwich on purpose - I had accidentally given it to C. And actually, BIG kids wouldn't be having the cow he was having. He was ACTING like a baby.
(MEANWHILE, I'm thinking to myself, "All this over a CUT UP SANDWICH?!?!?!?!?!")
So I went on my way...he knew the consequences, and he needed to make the correct choice. A little bit later he was sitting on the couch with this awful, sick look on his face. I went and asked him for a hug. He refused to give me one. So I sat next to him and gave HIM one. I talked to him a bit more about how we need to be thankful, blah blah blah. I reminded him that he could pray about it and ask God to help him do the right thing.
I then had to go change S (phew!!!), and when I came back, he was eating his sandwich. I was calm on the outside, but inside I looked like this:
LOL! So I gave him a big hug and told him how proud I was of him making the right choice.Then I asked him if he had felt bad in his heart, almost sick. He nodded. I asked, "Do you feel better now?" Yup. I explained that that was the Holy Spirit convicting him, and He'll do that when we're doing the wrong thing, so that we'll obey and do the right thing. I told him that it makes you feel almost sick, and it makes your heart hurt. I also told him that the Holy Spirit does it to me all the time.
But it was a good thing because it means we are growing. Sometimes growing hurts, just like the growing pains G gets in his legs. He gave me a big hug.So I guess as it turns out I'm not the one who needs to be getting through his skull anyway. The Holy Spirit is the One who wants to get through to his heart.
The fun begins!!!!!
The beloved UPS man just brought my Year 2 of Tapestry of Grace.
WOO HOO!!!!!!!
Calling all LOTR or Princess Bride fans
(Hat Tip: blestwithsons)
A great quote
I'm reading Lord, Please Meet Me in the Laundry Room by Barbara Curtis. I'm about halfway through, but just now I read this sentence, and it hit me squre between the eyes:
Sometimes in the daily grind, I lose sight of the fact that motherhood is not something God has burdened me with but something He has blessed me with.
(I am loving this book, by the way!!!)
Heard from the backseat
So last night we're on our way to AWANA. I'm not super comfortable driving at night anyway, but last night it was snowing/raining (it depended on the elevation - at our house it was slush, but 1/2 mile up the hill it was pure snow - how cool is that????), the roads were semi-slick, and cars were coming in the opposite direction. I learned that the roads were slick when we fish-tailed a bit coming up the hill from our house.
So there's your reference point LOL.OK so I'm driving down the road, somewhat stressed because of all of the above. S is in the backseat just a-hollerin' in her squeaky 17mo voice. Not yelling at anyone in particular...just yelling to make noise. Of course everyone else thinks this is so funny, so they all join in, yelling too.
Meanwhile I'm trying to drive in the afore-mentioned conditions, and I don't like to drive at night at ALL, remember. So I explain the situation and say to PLEASE BE QUIET. And they were.
About 5 miles from our house is a turn to go to our church. (Well, it's not THE turn to go to church since we drive about 20 miles, but we have to turn THAT WAY LOL.) It is a STEEP HILL. I turned and went up it, and we were fine. When we got to the top, G exhaled and said, "Oh whew THANK YOU!" L said, "Yeah, thank you, Mom!" G said, "No, thank you, Lord! God got us up that hill!"
I said calmly, "He sure did!" But inside I was doing this:
Five Factor Personality Test
This pegged me pretty well!
Your Five Factor Personality Profile 
Extroversion:You have low extroversion.
You are quiet and reserved in most social situations.
A low key, laid back lifestyle is important to you.
You tend to bond slowly, over time, with one or two people.Conscientiousness:
You have medium conscientiousness.
You're generally good at balancing work and play.
When you need to buckle down, you can usually get tasks done.
But you've been known to goof off when you know you can get away with it.Agreeableness:
You have medium agreeableness.
You're generally a friendly and trusting person.
But you also have a healthy dose of cynicism.
You get along well with others, as long as they play fair.Neuroticism:
You have low neuroticism.
You are very emotionally stable and mentally together.
Only the greatest setbacks upset you, and you bounce back quickly.
Overall, you are typically calm and relaxed - making others feel secure.Openness to experience:
Your openness to new experiences is low.
You're a pretty conservative person, and you favor what's socially acceptable.
You think that change for novelty's sake is a very bad idea.
While some may see this as boring, many see you as dependable and wise.
