My Three Sons

how to cause revival in a nation of rampant lostness

2010-10-14T16:43:00.000-07:00

Christian = what- christ follower? does being moral make one Christian? or because one is a Christ follower do they end up moral and take on the name Christian?
Does the fact that someone is made to adhere to morals and laws make them holy or Christian or repentant or changed, or saved or good?
What is the purpose of legislating morality?
By having good ol' day syndrome are we solving the lostness of the world? Was it really better in the 50s or did people just hide their pervertedness better because of the p/c envornment in America? Did people who went to church back then really have salvation? or becuase the looked good on the outside everyone counted them as such. Living good on the outside seems to be a common problem of the good ol' days.
Would the feminist movement, sexual revolution of the 60s, the racial issues and civil rights issues have been going on had that many people really been born again Evangelical Christians?
I know of many grandparently people who lived a good looking life on the outside and everyone would assume are Christians; however their life at home/ in private did not show this to be true- then we can see what their children were doing at very young ages and wonder why if they believed they would not be training their children according to their belief. by no means do i think every child of a Christian will be a Christian themselves- as that is up to God to call each to Him.
If this great generation that made everything look good were really devout New Testament Christ Followers would America be in the place that it is?
Would the pervertedness that was lingering behind closed doors have become rampant in the nation?
If instead of legislating morality we stopped worrying about how the government making people do what we think everyone should do, but concentrated on spreading the Gospel. correcting the lostness of the PEOPLE of the nation. We cannot change the lost people by making moral laws. the government and political game are not the PEOPLE of the nation. We should encourage laws that are just, non oppressive, and help protect people. But we cannot expect the laws of America to show the law of GOD that brings people to realize their sin. By not living like Christ followers everyday in every part of life the as you go make discpples fades and the witness of the Gospel becomes null.
Just because laws are passed to make abortion illegal or homosexual marriage illegal does not mean people will be changed in their hearts, which is what Christ Followers are commanded to do.
Where does "give to Ceasar what is Ceasar's" fit into the obession with politics and governmental involvement for Christians?
When will Christians stop worrying about what American law says and start telling people about the Jesus that can save them. American politics and government cannot save someone's soul. we can try to make American government laws force people act the way superficial shallow materialistic American Christians want but THAT WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM of SIN and depravity!
making everything look good on the outside will not make abortions go away. People were getting abortions in the alleys for 100s of years.
Healing the hearts of girls and women who are turning to promiscuity to fulfill the longing created by their lack of relationship with their Creator. abortion is only the symptom of a deeper problem. if they were not having sex in the first place there would not be unwanted babies.
If pregnant women were lovingly approached wiht their options and support, showing them the option of killing is wrong and those said Christ followers were stepping up to the plate to adopt babies of these lost girls who don't know any better.

i would say continue to vote for whoever you think is lying the least, don't believe most of the information you hear in the media, and acutally live what you believe or don't claim to be part of the Christian faith! stop playing in the political game. pray for the leaders as God is soverign and placed them there whether we understand it or not. share your life and your faith if you are a Christ follower cause that is the Great Commission- as you go make disciples NOT CONVERTS!!!!!!!!

how can a Christian be in politics? i do not understand when everything about it requires compromise. whether the general public sees it or not. too many bills or amendments come with an attachment, after all the fundraising there are too many favors to pay back- how could someone not end up voting or passing something against their beliefs. should we pretend that these things don't go on and someone could legitimately remain a TRUE Christ follower while serving in the government?

Back To School

2009-09-08T12:35:00.000-07:00

To start Dobie did recover well from his surgery. He was up and running within a week.
Everyone started school last week. Dobie and Pepper are each at a new school starting this year and doing very well. Michael started Greek this semester. We will see if he survives!
We are still having one thing after another come up with the van, but hopefully if we wait it out we will be able to get another one, or finally get that one completely refurbished! It is very frustrating to have something that is so expensive to replace CONTSTANTLY breaking and weird things that no one knows how to fix. anyways off my rant about over inflated vehicles!!! :)

What God has done

2009-09-02T10:45:00.000-07:00

Exodus 22:22-24“You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry, and my wrath will burn.”

Deuteronomy 10:17-21 For the LORD your God is God of gods.He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing."

Psalm 68: 4-6 "Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation."

Isaiah 1:17 "Seek justice, rebuke the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow."

Upcoming events

2009-07-13T10:16:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to let anyone know that Dobie will be having surgery this Friday. The doctors have decided that it would be best for him to get his tonsils and adenoids out to help prevent his continual strep throat infections. Please pray for him to not be nervous, for the doctors to take their time and the hand of God to be on the doctors and nurses as the perform this procedure. As we know the almighty I AM is the great physician. Dobie is a little nervous now about the whole thing. We will be at the children's hospital that day if anyone would like to come see him. Not sure exactly what time yet. Our youngest had his out at 1 year old, so I am not really worried and hoping it will give him some needed rest and relief.

Another haircut

2009-07-13T10:15:00.000-07:00

Well the mohawk did not last too long. He decided to have it all shaved off like dad last week. I cannot believe how it makes him look like a big boy, a totally different kid even.

Baby no longer

2009-06-09T13:32:00.000-07:00

Well I must admit I cried last night after seeing my sweet baby boy with his big boy haircut. At first he just looked like his older brother but after a second glance it was definitely the youngest. So today they put burnt orange hair "glue" to get the full mohawk effect. Now we will just laugh at all the crazy looks we get. Even today some of our neighbors backing out of their drive went around the block and came back to sit in the road and take a hard look at this little boy with the crazy hair while we walked to the park. I would say that is the most interesting part of letting the kids express themselves with their hairstyles. Everyone else's reactions. For the record, no one talked him into this. He wanted it all on his own. Although he is following in the footsteps of one of his older brothers who has that cool guy persona and had a mohawk when he was 4 also. After seeing some teenagers sporting one he decided he should get his own cool do. Now the youngest follows his older brother in sporting outrageous hair styles.

Our Flat Stanley Experience

2009-04-28T11:13:00.000-07:00

Birthday Blast

2009-04-28T11:10:00.001-07:00

Turning Thirty

2009-04-28T10:51:00.000-07:00

Well last week was my thirtieth birthday. I did not really freak out or anything. Although, it seems better to handle spelled out! I just wanted to have a fun exciting day. I really desired a party. Which my husband refused. So my friends at work stepped up and gave me a wonderful surprise lunch party. The day started coming to work on a Monday morning walking around the corner of my office to find a grass skirt hanging in the door. Then a path of tropical flowers from the door to my desk. With a hanging metallic palm tree above the desk and other strings of stone faces and flowers hung from the ceiling. Behind me was a big Happy Birthday sign. To top it off a BRIGHT yellow straw hat, which I did sport all day! To trick me over to the potluck lunch was a poor little girl who locked herself out of her office and needed help taking some paper to an office across the street in a different building on campus. After unlocking her door and no one being there to jump out I was relieved and completely caught off guard once we reached the paper drop off to be yelled SURPRISE to by all my coworkers. All in all it was a great birthday. The Hawaiian decor stayed up all week.

That evening my husband got off work early and took the family out for ice cream.

The New Year

2009-03-03T13:47:00.000-08:00

Well a lot has gone on since I last posted. Not that I really have much to say now. We went to stay with family for Christmas and everyone ended up getting sick. It was a nice visit. Again at New Years everyone was sick. Then the busiest time of preparing for a new semester hit. For Michael it is busy with new classes and for me working at the school it is the most hectic time. We decided to forgo piano lessons until after baseball season. Just holding out hope they will get to play in a league this year. Then the youngest turned 4. So Granny and Papa came to visit. Meanwhile the minivan we drive continuously wants to break down. Which is what happens when you finally get a vehicle paid off. It must be the conspiracy of the auto makers.
February came and went. We had more family come down in the middle of the busiest weekend we have had ever it seems. Looking at March there will be a week there around spring break that will be full, however mostly I hope things will be cooling off. One set of friends are moving, then another just had a baby and we desire to go visit them all that same week. Also in the midst of all that stress I am trying to lose about 40 lbs, and it seems like that is working against me. We will persevere! I would just love for the drama to subside. :)

The Piano Man

2008-12-09T11:31:00.000-08:00

Dobie had his piano recital last night. It went well. He did so good. I am very proud. I have a couple pictures to post and hopefully a video of it will work to put on here. If not i will have it on DVD to show off when we visit family for Christmas. Not completely sure that he will be continuing next semester. I think he has his heart set on playing some kind of sport. But hopefully it will be something he chooses to pursue.

Thanksgiving

2008-11-18T13:32:00.001-08:00

Sadly we are not going to see all the extended family this holiday. We are staying around town to save up to go back longer during the Christmas break. We have so graciously been invited to enjoy a Thanksgiving feast with some friends of ours we met prior to returning to college. We are very excited to spend this time with our friends and take along one of Michael's classmates so he will not be lonely during the holiday.

Bitter Sweet Weekend

2008-10-16T09:43:00.001-07:00

We are headed out to visit the family this weekend. It will be a bitter sweet weekend though. My sister-in-love lost her precious baby boy last year, several months along in her pregnancy. There is a Memorial Service being held this weekend for parents in the local area to grieve together. We are going to write prayers or Scripture verses and attach them to balloons. That is such a beautiful way to express such a loss. I hope that everyone will pray for their family as they grieve for Nehemiah. On the other hand we can celebrate what a miracle and blessing it is that we are able to experience bringing a life and soul into this world. Even though the world is filled with problems, there is a Hope. And through that Hope there is healing, comfort, provision, wisdom, refuge, strength, and above all change; a real change that no human with their own power can accomplish. Through this there was a light shed on the fact there are not many support groups for families dealing with this loss. If you know of a support group or are in need of a support group please leave a comment so that someone can contact you and be there in your time of need. There are times that this struggle can break apart marriages when a wife and husband do not know how to help the other grieve.

My First

2008-10-10T09:32:00.000-07:00

Hello Blog world. Being the mother of three sons, someone suggested a license plate as such. So I decided to use it for my blog. I really have no idea what I would like to do with this yet.
Last night I played intramural soccer at my husband's college. We finally scored 2 goals, thanks to my husband. I am just glad it is Friday today.