I know I know, Ashlyn Post more and longer than me but, some day It will happen am Sure......

( I hope im sure ) So for now every body have a wonderful week.

''Dig into the word''

Jeremiah 31

Psalm 131

Jude ( I know it's so long:) ) I just got done with it and moving on to James.

I'm back!!

How is every one? Ok I know, I bet this time you all defiantly thank I fell of the earth for sure.

But I might be a surprise, im still here!!! WE planted around six hundred strawberries today:)

It sure feels good when you work hard with others.

Hope all is well with you....

Jo

Contentment

1Ti 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1Ti 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
1Ti 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

Contentment is...

Realizing that God has provided everything I need for my present and future happiness.

(IBLP)

One of the best examples is Fanny Crosby. At age eight, she wrote:

Oh, what a happy child I am,

Although I cannot see!

I am resolved that in this world

Contented I will be.

I have an illustration that fits 1Timothy 6:7 perfectly. "For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain that we can carry nothing out."

A man once complained to God about how he could bring nothing to heaven. He wanted to very badly, and pleaded and pleaded, until God said, "Alright... what ever you can fit into a black garbage bag can be taken in."

Happily, the man set about filling it, and spent the rest of his life accumulating gold to fill the bag.

Fianlly one day he died. When he arrived at the gates of heaven, two angels looked at his bag, and said: "Sorry, but God doesn't allow people to bring things into heaven."

The man then explained that God had given him special permission to bring this bag in. One of the angels checked with St. Peter to make sure, who only confirmed what the man said.

As they let the man in, they were very curious as to what could have been so important that they would want to bring it to heaven with them. So they asked if they could look in the bag.

They did, then turned to each other in astonishment. Finally, one of the angels sputtered, "You brought Pavement?!"

But the need for contentment is so real! I'm always wanting more, more, more!!! I have clothes on my back, shoes on my feet, food in the pantry, a roof over my head, a Dad to work to pay for our food, a mom to cook, clean, and teach us, and little sisters and brothers.

My closet is full of clothes and shoes. The pantry and freezers are well stocked. My Dad has a good job. My Mom teaches us. I live in America. I have everything I need....

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Refrain

It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

Refrain

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

Refrain

For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

Refrain

But, Lord, ‘tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh trump of the angel! Oh voice of the Lord!
Blessèd hope, blessèd rest of my soul!

Refrain

And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.

(Italics mine)

I love this hymn- one of my favorites!!! I especially like the third and fifth verse! I also love the story behind it!

Ok i'm back , and no i did not fall of the face of the earth. we have just been so busy .

has every body seen my new blog? if not here it is http://servingyeshua.blogspot.com

if theres any Qs. please let me new. I'm having a contest so you better enter soon.

I'll be posting more so come back soon

love in the lord

Jordan

“Books are Treasures…”

Several posts down, I mentioned the "Elsie Books". If you can't pull yourself together to buy 'em, then buy these. These two books, The Wide, Wide, World Vol. 1 & 2,
are written by Susan Warner. You might recognize the last name: Her sister, Anna, wrote "Jesus Loves Me", and Susan wrote "Jesus Bids Us Shine".

I first heard about these awesome books by reading Elsie. They are mentioned in Elsie's Girlhood, Book Three. Mr. Travilla, her father's friend, gave these to her. These books are so good. You will follow Ellen Montgomery through trial after trial! You will see when she realizes that she needs to depend on God, when family dies, when family forsakes her, and when she leaves friends that are more than family. That sentence sounded really confusing I'm sure, but you will understand once you read them. Click here to go to the website that sells them. They are 23.00 each, or 36.00 for both. Search "wide wide world"!

~Ashlyn

Howdy everyone!

Howdy everyone… has been a while since I got to post on this blog! I'm going to post about what we've been doing… and what's in the schedule ahead. Pretty boring.

Friday: Around two o' clock, I went to clean at my Grandma's house. We went to Goodwill, found some clothes… (1 khaki skirt, 1 denim, 1 green and white skirt, an orange shirt, and a yellow, peach and green shirt). My favorite thing was the green and white skirt, I loved it. It had a green and white design with "sparklies" all over it. I was going to wear it to church, so I washed it Saturday. Well, I learned that you don't put that skirt in the dryer. It was at least six inches below my knees, but it shrunk SO much that it was above my knees!!!! I was slightly upset.

Saturday: We went garage saling… or would it be garage shopping???!!!??? Hmmm. Found three cute shirts, pair of flip flops with a heel, and a jean jacket.

Sunday: We didn't go to church in the morn, because Dad wasn't feeling too great… he sounded awful!!! (Sorry, Dad!) He's feeling better. We went to church in the evening, though!

Monday: Planted some sunflowers, and some marigolds. I have a lot of sunflowers, so hopefully SOMEBODY wants some! As you saw on my blog, I'm selling some….!!!

Today: Well, I'm going to therapy with Skybo and Grandpa, than off to piano lessons.

 

Before I close, I would encourage you to visit these two new blogs (to me.) I had been following these two girls for a while, and I liked them A LOT, but thye both stopped, at the same time. One girl told me about her new blog, and the other one didn't. (They are sisters!) But, I now have them both.

Is ANYTHING too hard for God? Is about a girl who is now courting. She has a lot of insights, and is really bubbly---- I wonder why. I have never met her, but she has talked to a girl at our church, and knows who our Pastor is.

I Have Been Blessed is her younger sister. She has a great blog too- I like it a lot! (If you click on the titles, it goes to the blog)

Oh yeah…. Guess what's coming up…. MY BIRTHDAY!!! IN FIFTEEN MORE DAYS!!!!

I Will Be THIRTEEN!

 

 

 

"Scripture Sunday"

Planting

here are the nice wartermelons from our garden
working in the beans and melons

well its time to start planting down here on the farm.

here are some pics of our Garden, then Ill give you some news........

OK here it is, the Bible says you will reap what you sew.We especially, since living

on a farm , can see this not only in our lives, but every day life. We hope to have a great Garden

next year, Yahweh willing.

With you always

Joradn

Some of the greatest books...

The twelve book series by Martha Finley: The "Elsie Dinsmore Books"- or, "Elsie Books". I would say this series is my favorite book beside the Bible. I can't say how much I love these books.

These books are some of the most well-written books I have ever read. One chapter you are rejoicing with Elsie- the next you are crying- then later you are wondering if someone is ever going to realize the danger she is in- next you are crying together as you read throughout the Civil War and the adventurous events afterward.

In these books, you cry- I have so many times. In these books, you laugh- I have so many times. In these books...

I will give a brief summary:

When you open the first book, you join Elsie- little eight-year-old Elsie- in a schoolroom where she is treated unfairly. Then she meets "Miss Rose" (who plays a large role in her life) who encourages her in the way of Jesus. Elsie needs all the encouragement she can get- for she is staying with family who brutally treat her and her strong beliefs; she has no mother- she died when she was born; and her father- her "precious papa who she loves so dearly" is in Europe- and has never seen his daughter- but he returns- and her bright hopes of the future are dashed when he...~

The first, second, fourth, and seventh books are the ones that will have you really crying. The third, fourth, and sixth ones keep you in suspense. The ninth-twelfth books are simply a pleasure to read. All of them are simply great. You will meet foes who try to ruin her life and those of the ones that dearly love her and those she dearly loves-simply because she is a heiress; you will see family betray her; you will see her father reject her- you will see her go through hard sorrow- you will see her go through the facing the KKK; and through all the joys and through all the tragedies, you will see her stand strong for the LORD so she can receive "the crown of life".

So I would encourage you to buy the whole set if you haven't already- but if you can't pull yourself together to buy a great $120 book set at this moment- then just buy the first- and I guarantee you that you will buy the rest. Just a disclaimer: Don't buy them except they be from Vision Forum. There are other Elsie Books out there- but they are so revised that it takes the 1800's charm out of it.

Each book is about 350 pages long. About 4,000 pages total...!!!!!!!

~Ashlyn

Eagles??? Alluding to us???

Jordan did snow dogs- so I'm doing Eagles.
This month we are studying about patience, and in science we are reading about Eagles. Most people when they think of eagles and how it alludes to us, is this verse:
Isa 40:31 "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."
But here I have nine things that the eagles do- that ties in with us. A verse is with each point.

Here's bits and pieces of an essay I did:

1. Eagles cultivate their wings by confronting the wind and flapping their wings vigorously."Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." (2Ti 2:15)
2. Eagles diligently endeavor to withdraw from hazards when they ae young. "Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord outhey tell them of.t of a pure heart. " (2Ti 2:22)
3. They obey their parents by listening to the warnings their parents tell them of. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
   (Eph 6:2)
4. Eagles use winds aroung hills for broader soaring. "Rom 5:3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;"
5. Eagles employ winds in unity with God's perspective. "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. "(Mat 11:28-30)
6. Eagles detect the ascending strength of the sun on calm days.
   Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. (Joh 5:39)
7. Eagles fly within the jurisdictions of thermals. Joh 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
8. Eagles make extremely exact decisions for loftier soarings. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
   (2Ti 2:21)
9. Eagles keep their eyes on the desination for soaring.Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
   (Heb 12:1-2)
   
   
   In almost everything in nature- from a tree, bush, animal, birds, insect, reptile- from an elephant to an ant- God has analogies ALLUDING TO US. :)
   
   
   

Snow dogs

Here is a little lesson, about snow dogs, but in reality it ties in with us.

Most snow dogs pull dog sleds and there is six dogs that pull the sled.

let me share something that I learned about these amazing dogs......

The two dogs in the back are the mussel dogs.

The two dogs in the front are the most obedient.

And the two dogs in the middle, there is a older one, and a

younger dog being trained by the older dog.

this makes me think about

the first shall be last, and the last shall be fist in

the kingdom of God.

yous in Christ

~JORDAN~

Why did Jesus say, "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

Matthew 27:46: "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabacthani, that is to say, My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
**The Jews knew scripture well- especially the Psalms. When they sang, they sang Psalms. And if someone started the first part of a chapter, say Psalm 23, they, in their minds would automatically start repeating it. So if you said, "The Lord is my shepherd" they would think "I shall not want. He maketh..." and so on. **
"My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me" is the first verse of Psalm 22. And Psalm 22 is a messianic Psalm. (Note: The pink is the Psalms, and the blue is a verse from the NT that shows that the prophecy was fulfilled.)

Psa 22:7-8 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
(8) He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Mat 27:42-43 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
(43) He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
Doesn't that sound familiar??? How about this:
Psa 22:15-18 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
(16) For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
(17) I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
(18) They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
Mat 27:34-35 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
(35) And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
Psa 22:26-27 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
(27) All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Rom 14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
I am really just letting the verses do "all the talking." But Psalm 22 is a very powerful prophecy, and when he said that, the Jews thought of the rest of the chapter- thus making them think of the prophecies in that chapter- and seeing them fulfilled right before their eyes!!!

"Psa 22:31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this."
I am so glad that I was declared his righteousness- and that he hath done this!!!

~Ashlyn

***Happy **NINTH** Birthday, Olivia!***

Happy Birthday, Olivia... You are nine!!!! I have a bunch of pictures of her (or you- depends on who's reading it!!!=0)

This is at the St. Louis Zoo, she is standing on a rock!

An other pic of at the zoo.

Sorry Sideways, I had flipped it over, but it went like this when I uploaded it.

Again, S.S.

I love this one, she looks 'innocent.'

I love this one of O & E.

I posted this a while back on my blog for a "Random Picture Post."

Olivia, and her friend Joanna at Cracker Barrel

Don't you love this one???!!!

From a couple years back...

**O**bedient

**L**oving

**I**initiave(ness)

**V**irtue

**I**ntelligent

**A**lways funny

~Ashlyn

Children and GOD...

We have this book called ' Nelson's Complete Book Of Stories, Illustrations, and Quotes' by Robert J Morgan. These are excerpts from that book...





Kids' Letters to God

1. Dear God, Maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each other so much if they had their own rooms. It works with my brother. -Larry


2. Dear GOD, In school they told us what You do. Who does it when you are on vacation? - Jane
3. Dear GOD, I read the Bible. What does "begat" mean? Nobody will tell me. Love, Alison
4. Dear GOD, are you really invisible or is it just a trick? -Lucy
5. Dear GOD, Did you mean for the giraffe to look like that or was that just an accident? -Norma
6. Dear GOD, Who draws the lines around the countries? - Nan
7. Dear GOD, I went to this wedding and they kissed right in church. Is that okay? -Neil
8. Dear GOD, Please send me a pony. I never asked for anything before. You can look it up. -Bruce
9. Dear GOD, You don't have to worry about me. I always look both ways. - Dean
10. Dear GOD, I would like to live nine hundred years like the guy in the Binle. - Love, Chris
11. Dear GOD, We read Thomas Edison made light. But in Sunday School they said you did it. So I bet he stole your idea. - Sincerely, Donna
12. Dear GOD, I didn't think purple went with orange until I saw the sunset You made on Tuesday. Tht was cool. - Eugene

Here's a story:

There's a story about a kindergarten teacher who asked a boy what he was drawing. Without pausing to look up,, he said, "A picture of God." The teacher smiled and responded, "But nobody knows what God looks like." The boy carefully put down his crayon, loopked her squarely in the eye, and declared, "They will when I'm finished."

Bye, Ashlyn

My verse of the day

Psalm 133

Behold how good and pleasant it is,

for brethren to dwell together,

in unity.

Our family loves this verse,

because it talks about....

~loving one another~

~Being in unity, and one accord~

~not to fight,but to work together~

Goodbye for now

JORDAN

According to Psalm 15...

Those 'Who are allowed to abide in his tabernacle, or dwell in his holy hill,' according to David, are those:

• That walketh uprightly
• Worketh righteousness
• Who speaketh the truth in his heart
• That do not backbiteth with his tounge
• That do not do evil to his neighbor
• Or taketh a reproach up against his neighbor
• In whose eyes a vile person is contemned
• Honoreth those that fear the LORD
• That sweareth to his own hurt
• And changeth not
• And does not put his money to usury
• nor taketh reward against his neighbor

"He that doeth these things shall never be moved."

Signing off, Ashlyn

hello

Hello everybody,

Good morning, Here are some pictures of our time

ice skating for my brothers birthday.

Yours truly, Jordan

First Post..

I guess most people start out their blog with a picture, right? Here's one! (or two)! A kinda good pic., and a really BAD picture!!!!