My summer project is calling for more of me than I suspected.
But, it's challenging and all good.
I am preparing a Beginning Bible Curriculum for my home-schooled grandchildren.
I don't have an outline or a blueprint.
I'm just "doing it".
Well, actually, I'm working with Children's Bible Drill from the Southern Baptist discipleship curriculum as a basis.
I will have them learn the Books of the Bible in order.
They will practice with KJV Bibles that I provided in order to find the books.
They will learn 25 memory verses and references.
They will learn where to find 10 Bible Passages.
They will practice finding all these.
Of course, in order to complete 34 weeks of 4 days of 10-15 minutes a day, we'll need to do a lot of padding.
I started with a whirlwind tour of the whole Bible, giving them the opportunity to learn as they went. We mentioned brief highlights of all 66 books.
By the end of that time, they were to have learned all 66 in order and have been able to find each one as called in 10 seconds.
Of course, since this is a written curriculum, I have to depend on the teacher or another student to do the "calling". I'm sure that can be arranged.
Now we're concentrating on the memory verses, one each week, as well as the Key Passages. Since there are only ten of those, I intersperse them periodically. I have reviewed many Old Testament stories and miracles and teaching.
I'm finally up to the New Testament, so for the next 15 weeks I'll be emphasizing stories of Jesus and the early Christians.
Fun times!
Monday, July 11, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Well
That last blog was really exciting, huh?
So, I punched the wrong button.
Things happen.
The roof is fixed.
Now we're into other projects.
Like, trimming bushes around the lawn area.
There go some of my apples for fall!
Oh, well.
At least the lawnmower person won't have to keep ducking.
Maybe that will even make the remaining apples that bigger and sweeter.
Hey, we can always hope.
Getting rid of some of the sumac was my main hope, and that has been done.
They were crowding out the lilacs.
While neither of them give me anything to eat, I do love lilacs in the spring!
Sooner or later we will need to cut some actual trees.
The fast-growing cottonwoods need to come down before they get blown down.
They can be quite destructive, if they land on residences or vehicles.
So glad it's summer!
Beautiful.
So, I punched the wrong button.
Things happen.
The roof is fixed.
Now we're into other projects.
Like, trimming bushes around the lawn area.
There go some of my apples for fall!
Oh, well.
At least the lawnmower person won't have to keep ducking.
Maybe that will even make the remaining apples that bigger and sweeter.
Hey, we can always hope.
Getting rid of some of the sumac was my main hope, and that has been done.
They were crowding out the lilacs.
While neither of them give me anything to eat, I do love lilacs in the spring!
Sooner or later we will need to cut some actual trees.
The fast-growing cottonwoods need to come down before they get blown down.
They can be quite destructive, if they land on residences or vehicles.
So glad it's summer!
Beautiful.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
slowly...
I never realized how much work goes into a barn roof!
Since our cupola was taken down, the project has been to repair the roof.
Of course, there was a hole in it under the cupola, for ventilation purposes.
Now we need a plain old roof.
So, we needed to put a patch over the hole.
Of course, that took 2'x4's and screws and metal roofing....and, eventually, tar.
When he was up there, all by himself, the husband also noticed some other loose screws, so he felt duty-bound to tighten them.
With the rope tied on one side of the barn to the tractor and the other side to the truck, he's buckled in and safe...or so I'm told.
It still looks very scary from the ground.
The tarring is still to be done.
It takes a long time when you're working alone.
So glad he is so deliberate; it's gotta be safer!
Since our cupola was taken down, the project has been to repair the roof.
Of course, there was a hole in it under the cupola, for ventilation purposes.
Now we need a plain old roof.
So, we needed to put a patch over the hole.
Of course, that took 2'x4's and screws and metal roofing....and, eventually, tar.
When he was up there, all by himself, the husband also noticed some other loose screws, so he felt duty-bound to tighten them.
With the rope tied on one side of the barn to the tractor and the other side to the truck, he's buckled in and safe...or so I'm told.
It still looks very scary from the ground.
The tarring is still to be done.
It takes a long time when you're working alone.
So glad he is so deliberate; it's gotta be safer!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Unique Activity
My graying but capable husband has been engaged in something he very likely will never do again...and had not done until this week.
The violent windstorms of late had affected the cupola on our 40' high barn to the extent that it was becoming unattached.
The question was to try and save it or to dismantle it in such a way that it would do the least harm to the rest of the roof.
Hubby chose the latter.
Then the planning and figuring began, ensconced in "Better get it done before we get another windstorm" thinking.
We are owners of a gigantic lift, bought second-hand at auction prices.
So, the plan was to take the lift inside the barn and raise it up, with hubby on the platform.
Then "all" he had to do was saw and pound pieces off until the ancient cupola released its hold on the barn's roof and fell ignobly to the ground.
You'd never believe how many nails they used to attach a cupola, back in the day!
Of course, he was also balancing on a ladder on the platform on the lift for much of the time--planning carefully each movement of feet and tools, so they would all continue to remain in working positions.
Today he lost 1/his phone 2/his pen and 3/his pencil down the roof. The pen landed on the ground; the other two were caught in wreckage of cupola on an adjacent roof.
We picked them all up after he came down from his perch, with his mission accomplished.
We have a very strong magnet with wheels, so I was drafted to run that around the ground picking up nails and anything else magnetic.
My, there are a lot of small pieces of metal!
Each of which, I have been told, could puncture a tire on any one of a number of machines in our outbuildings.
It was a good day.
The weather held.
Now he is mowing the lawns!
The violent windstorms of late had affected the cupola on our 40' high barn to the extent that it was becoming unattached.
The question was to try and save it or to dismantle it in such a way that it would do the least harm to the rest of the roof.
Hubby chose the latter.
Then the planning and figuring began, ensconced in "Better get it done before we get another windstorm" thinking.
We are owners of a gigantic lift, bought second-hand at auction prices.
So, the plan was to take the lift inside the barn and raise it up, with hubby on the platform.
Then "all" he had to do was saw and pound pieces off until the ancient cupola released its hold on the barn's roof and fell ignobly to the ground.
You'd never believe how many nails they used to attach a cupola, back in the day!
Of course, he was also balancing on a ladder on the platform on the lift for much of the time--planning carefully each movement of feet and tools, so they would all continue to remain in working positions.
Today he lost 1/his phone 2/his pen and 3/his pencil down the roof. The pen landed on the ground; the other two were caught in wreckage of cupola on an adjacent roof.
We picked them all up after he came down from his perch, with his mission accomplished.
We have a very strong magnet with wheels, so I was drafted to run that around the ground picking up nails and anything else magnetic.
My, there are a lot of small pieces of metal!
Each of which, I have been told, could puncture a tire on any one of a number of machines in our outbuildings.
It was a good day.
The weather held.
Now he is mowing the lawns!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Not "Wheels"...
Actually, the proverb is "The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small."
I was seeing the big stone "wheels" at the grain mill in my mind.
Whatever the exact wording, the wisdom is the same.
God is never in a hurry, but He's never late.
We may think we're getting away with something, but the time will come when we have to pay.
It will affect us personally, and it may very likely affect our family or other loved ones.
I was seeing the big stone "wheels" at the grain mill in my mind.
Whatever the exact wording, the wisdom is the same.
God is never in a hurry, but He's never late.
We may think we're getting away with something, but the time will come when we have to pay.
It will affect us personally, and it may very likely affect our family or other loved ones.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
The Wheels of God....
I read a short story once entitled "They Grind Exceeding Small". It's the end of the proverb, "The wheels of God grind slow, but they grind exceeding small".
That's the way I've been feeling this week, since the NY State Senate has put off voting on same-sex marriage. On one hand, I'd be glad to have it over and done with. On the other hand, I want them to reject the notion of such a bill/law. Maybe if we continue to wait, they will continue to find reasons to reject it.
Of course, they also have even more reasons to accept it, at least if the governor and the NYC mayor have anything to say about it.
How can people be so enamoured of such a sinful activity?
At any rate, there has been no official decision, so I'll continue to wait.
That's the way I've been feeling this week, since the NY State Senate has put off voting on same-sex marriage. On one hand, I'd be glad to have it over and done with. On the other hand, I want them to reject the notion of such a bill/law. Maybe if we continue to wait, they will continue to find reasons to reject it.
Of course, they also have even more reasons to accept it, at least if the governor and the NYC mayor have anything to say about it.
How can people be so enamoured of such a sinful activity?
At any rate, there has been no official decision, so I'll continue to wait.
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