Friday, May 30, 2008
Early Summer Beauty for Momma
Some people around these parts do not like these, and poison them,..... we love them-a gift from the Lord.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Homeschoolers gardening and getting a little muddy
Momma and her littlest homeschoolers
Not a nightcrawler, this was as big around as my thumb, and was green when Zeke found it.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Memorial Day Tomorrow
Memorial Day Tomorrow::::::::: We would not still be in this country, with these freedoms we enjoy,( and many take for granted), if were not for our brave troops throughout the years.
Our freedom have been paid for, in blood, by our Military.
Our Salvation and greatest freedom has been paid for, in Blood, by The Lamb of God.
Pray for our troops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our freedom have been paid for, in blood, by our Military.
Our Salvation and greatest freedom has been paid for, in Blood, by The Lamb of God.
Pray for our troops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Busy, Busy, Busy
This is a very busy time of the year for us Homeschoolers. We have been trying to finish up our curriculum's for this year, with the decision to keep math studies going throughout the summer.
Bible studies on the front porch in the mornings with the kids are a summer treat, a special time together, and a great blessing. We will try to go through Galatians and Ephesians in detail, God willing, and see were that leads us.
We are late in starting a garden, so we will have to buy seedlings to stay on track. Baby Isaac Is growing quickly and such a beautiful blessing from The Lord. We are ahead of the curve on firewood collection this year so far, which is nice having not to go to the woods in 20 below degree weather to forage for some.
Altogether each day is a blessing and we thank God for each one.
We probably will only be posting a couple of times a week throughout the summer months, or more often, when things are too important, or interesting to keep to ourselves. Hopefully all is well with each of you homeschoolers out there, and we hope you will have a blessed summer, and we will hope to be back daily (or more) when we return to the Homeschoolers table this Fall.
God Bless ya"ll, The Vittons
Bible studies on the front porch in the mornings with the kids are a summer treat, a special time together, and a great blessing. We will try to go through Galatians and Ephesians in detail, God willing, and see were that leads us.
We are late in starting a garden, so we will have to buy seedlings to stay on track. Baby Isaac Is growing quickly and such a beautiful blessing from The Lord. We are ahead of the curve on firewood collection this year so far, which is nice having not to go to the woods in 20 below degree weather to forage for some.
Altogether each day is a blessing and we thank God for each one.
We probably will only be posting a couple of times a week throughout the summer months, or more often, when things are too important, or interesting to keep to ourselves. Hopefully all is well with each of you homeschoolers out there, and we hope you will have a blessed summer, and we will hope to be back daily (or more) when we return to the Homeschoolers table this Fall.
God Bless ya"ll, The Vittons
Sunday, May 11, 2008
May 10th 2008 Fellowship Breakfast
May 10th 2008 Fellowship Breakfast was a great day in The Lord. Great food, Great fellowship, Spirit-filled praise and worship, and an anointed sermon by Pastor and our brother in Christ, Bruce Douglas. Truly a wonderful blessed day. Praise be to God.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Saturday, May 3, 2008
I like this Principal alot!
This is a statement that was read over the PA system at the football game at Roane County High School , Kingston , Tennessee , by school Principal, Jody McLeod
"It has always been the custom at Roane County High School football games, to say a prayer and play the National Anthem, to honor God and Country."Due to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, I am told that saying a Prayer is a violation of Federal Case Law. As I understand the law at this time, I can use this public facility to approve of sexual perversion and call it "an alternate lifestyle," and if someone is offended, that's OK.I can use it to condone sexual promiscuity, by dispensing condoms and calling it, "safe sex." If someone is offended, that's OK. I can even use this public facility to present the merits of killing an unborn baby as a "viable! means o f birth control." If someone is offended, no problem...I can designate a school day as "Earth Day" and involve students in activities to worship religiously and praise the goddess "Mother Earth" and call it "ecology." I can use literature, videos and presentations in the classroom that depicts people with strong, traditional Christian convictions as "simple minded" and "ignorant" and call it "enlightenment."However, if anyone uses this facility to honor GOD and to ask HIM to Bless this event with safety and good sportsmanship, then Federal Case Law is violated.This appears to be inconsistent at best, and at wo rst, diabolical Apparently, we are to be tolerant of everything and anyone, except GOD and HIS Commandments. Nevertheless, as a school principal, I frequently ask staff and students to abide by rules with which they do not necessarily agree. For me to do otherwise would be inconsistent at best, and at worst, hypocritical... I suffer from that affliction enough unintentionally. I certainly do not need to add an intentional transgression. For this reason, I shall "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's," and refrain from praying at this time." However, if you feel inspired to honor, praise and thank GOD and ask HIM,in the name of JESUS, to Bless this event, please feel free to do so As far as I know, that's not against the law----yet." One by one, the people in the stands bowed their heads, held hands with one another and began to pray.They prayed in the stands. They prayed in the team huddles. They prayed at the concession stand and they prayed in the Announcer's Box!The only place they didn't pray was in the Supreme Court of the United States of America- the Seat of "Justice" in the "one nation, under GOD." Somehow, Kingston , Tennessee Remembered what so many have forgotten. We are given the Freedom OF Religion, not the Freedom FROM Religion. Praise GOD that HIS remnant remains!JESUS said, "If you are ashamed of ME before men, then I will be ashamed of you before MY FATHER."
"It has always been the custom at Roane County High School football games, to say a prayer and play the National Anthem, to honor God and Country."Due to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, I am told that saying a Prayer is a violation of Federal Case Law. As I understand the law at this time, I can use this public facility to approve of sexual perversion and call it "an alternate lifestyle," and if someone is offended, that's OK.I can use it to condone sexual promiscuity, by dispensing condoms and calling it, "safe sex." If someone is offended, that's OK. I can even use this public facility to present the merits of killing an unborn baby as a "viable! means o f birth control." If someone is offended, no problem...I can designate a school day as "Earth Day" and involve students in activities to worship religiously and praise the goddess "Mother Earth" and call it "ecology." I can use literature, videos and presentations in the classroom that depicts people with strong, traditional Christian convictions as "simple minded" and "ignorant" and call it "enlightenment."However, if anyone uses this facility to honor GOD and to ask HIM to Bless this event with safety and good sportsmanship, then Federal Case Law is violated.This appears to be inconsistent at best, and at wo rst, diabolical Apparently, we are to be tolerant of everything and anyone, except GOD and HIS Commandments. Nevertheless, as a school principal, I frequently ask staff and students to abide by rules with which they do not necessarily agree. For me to do otherwise would be inconsistent at best, and at worst, hypocritical... I suffer from that affliction enough unintentionally. I certainly do not need to add an intentional transgression. For this reason, I shall "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's," and refrain from praying at this time." However, if you feel inspired to honor, praise and thank GOD and ask HIM,in the name of JESUS, to Bless this event, please feel free to do so As far as I know, that's not against the law----yet." One by one, the people in the stands bowed their heads, held hands with one another and began to pray.They prayed in the stands. They prayed in the team huddles. They prayed at the concession stand and they prayed in the Announcer's Box!The only place they didn't pray was in the Supreme Court of the United States of America- the Seat of "Justice" in the "one nation, under GOD." Somehow, Kingston , Tennessee Remembered what so many have forgotten. We are given the Freedom OF Religion, not the Freedom FROM Religion. Praise GOD that HIS remnant remains!JESUS said, "If you are ashamed of ME before men, then I will be ashamed of you before MY FATHER."
Wise Man was President Lincoln- This could have been written today
"We have been preserved, these many years in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us! It behooves us, then to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness."
President Abraham Lincoln
Taken from his Proclamation: A Day Of National Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer in The United States of America on April 30, 1863
President Abraham Lincoln
Taken from his Proclamation: A Day Of National Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer in The United States of America on April 30, 1863
Proud vs. Broken
Proud, Unbroken People VS. Broken People
(1). Focus on the failure of others
(1). Are overwhelmed with their own spiritual need (Matthew 5:3, 7:3-5, Luke 18:9-14)
(2). Are self righteous; have a critical, fault finding spirit; look at own life/faults with a telescope but others with a microscope
(2). Are compassionate; have a forgiving spirit; look for the best in others (Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 3:12)
(3). Look down, in a condescending spirit, at others
(3). Esteem all others as better than self (Phil. 2:3, Rom. 12:10)
(4). Are independent; have desires for everyone else to meet own personal needs
(4). Are dependent on God and His grace; recognize others' needs and seek to meet them (2 Cor. 3:4-6, Phil. 2:4)
(5). Always manipulating circumstances to maintain control; must have everyone do it their way
(5). Surrenders control by giving freedom for others to do or see things differently (Rom. 12:1-2)
(6). Have to prove they are always right
(6). Are willing to yield to the possibility that they could be wrong, and thus, yield the need to always prove they are right(Rom. 15:2)
(7). Claiming personal rights
(7). Yielding personal rights (Eph. 5:21)
(8). Display a demanding spirit
(8). Have a giving spirit (Rom. 12:13)
(9). Self-protective of time, rights, reputation
(9). Are self-denying (Luke 9:23)
(10). Desire to be served
(10). Are motivated to serve others (Matt. 20:26-28, Phil. 2:20-21)
(11). Desire to be a success
(11). Desire to be faithful to make others a success (John 3:30)
(12). Desire for self-advancement
(12) Desire to promote others (John 3:3)).
(13). Are driven to be recognized and appreciated
13.Have a sense of unworthiness; are thrilled to be used at all; eager for others to get credit, honors and awards (I Tim. 1:12-16)
(14). Cringe when others in the same field are praised, wishing it was them
(14). Rejoice when others are lifted up (Rom. 12:15)
(15). Think 'the ministry is privileged to have me!'
(15). Think 'I don't deserve to serve in this ministry (2 Cor. 4:7)
(16). Think of what they can do for God
(16). Know they can offer nothing to God, and seek for God to work through them in His power (Phil. 3:8-9, Titus 3:5)
(17). Feel confident in how much they know
(17). Are humbled by how much they have not learned and wish to learn (Phil. 3:12, Prov. 1:7)
(18). Are self conscious
(18). Have little concern with how others view them (Gal. 1:10)
(19). Keep people at arm's length
(19). Risk getting close to others; are willing to take those risks for the sake of love for others (2 Cor. 6:11-12)
(20). Are quick to blame others
(20). Accept personal responsibility; can see and acknowledge personal failure (Matthew 7)
(21). Are concerned with being 'respectable'
(21). Are concerned with being real (2 Cor. 4:3-5).
(22). Are concerned about what others think
(22). Know all that matters is God and what He knows (I Cor. 4:3-5)
(23). Work hard to maintain image and protect reputation
(23). Die to own reputation (Phil. 3:7, Rom. 14:7)
(24). Find it difficult to share their spiritual needs with others
(24). Are willing to be transparent with others (2 Cor. 1:12)
(25). Want to be sure no one finds out about their sin
25.Are willing to acknowledge and confess one's sin; brokenness is the ultimate sign of personal success (Ps. 51:17)
(26). Have a hard time saying, 'I was wrong. Will you forgive me'
(26.) Are quick to admit fault and seek forgiveness (I John 1:9, James 5:1)
(27). Deal in generalities when confession sin
(27). Deal in specifics (Ps. 51:17)
(28). Are concerned about the consequences of their sin
(28). Are grieved over the root of their sin (Ps. 51:5)
(29). Wait for other party to come and ask forgiveness in a conflict
(29). Take the initiative to be reconciled; gets their first (Matthew 5:23-24)
(30). Compare themselves with others and feel deserving of honor
(30). Compare themselves with God and feel desperate for mercy (Luke 18:9-14)
(31). Are blind to their true heart condition
(31). Walk in the light of true knowledge concerning their own hearts (I John 1:6-7).
(32). Do not display any spirit of repentance, because they don't need it
(32). Continually display a spirit of repentance, sensing their need for fresh encounters with God and the filling of the Holy Spirit (Eph. 5;18), Gal 5:16)
(33). Spent time reading these words and wondering if __so-and-so__ was reading it
(33). Thanked the Lord for using words on the internet to bring brokenness to their lives.
(1). Focus on the failure of others
(1). Are overwhelmed with their own spiritual need (Matthew 5:3, 7:3-5, Luke 18:9-14)
(2). Are self righteous; have a critical, fault finding spirit; look at own life/faults with a telescope but others with a microscope
(2). Are compassionate; have a forgiving spirit; look for the best in others (Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 3:12)
(3). Look down, in a condescending spirit, at others
(3). Esteem all others as better than self (Phil. 2:3, Rom. 12:10)
(4). Are independent; have desires for everyone else to meet own personal needs
(4). Are dependent on God and His grace; recognize others' needs and seek to meet them (2 Cor. 3:4-6, Phil. 2:4)
(5). Always manipulating circumstances to maintain control; must have everyone do it their way
(5). Surrenders control by giving freedom for others to do or see things differently (Rom. 12:1-2)
(6). Have to prove they are always right
(6). Are willing to yield to the possibility that they could be wrong, and thus, yield the need to always prove they are right(Rom. 15:2)
(7). Claiming personal rights
(7). Yielding personal rights (Eph. 5:21)
(8). Display a demanding spirit
(8). Have a giving spirit (Rom. 12:13)
(9). Self-protective of time, rights, reputation
(9). Are self-denying (Luke 9:23)
(10). Desire to be served
(10). Are motivated to serve others (Matt. 20:26-28, Phil. 2:20-21)
(11). Desire to be a success
(11). Desire to be faithful to make others a success (John 3:30)
(12). Desire for self-advancement
(12) Desire to promote others (John 3:3)).
(13). Are driven to be recognized and appreciated
13.Have a sense of unworthiness; are thrilled to be used at all; eager for others to get credit, honors and awards (I Tim. 1:12-16)
(14). Cringe when others in the same field are praised, wishing it was them
(14). Rejoice when others are lifted up (Rom. 12:15)
(15). Think 'the ministry is privileged to have me!'
(15). Think 'I don't deserve to serve in this ministry (2 Cor. 4:7)
(16). Think of what they can do for God
(16). Know they can offer nothing to God, and seek for God to work through them in His power (Phil. 3:8-9, Titus 3:5)
(17). Feel confident in how much they know
(17). Are humbled by how much they have not learned and wish to learn (Phil. 3:12, Prov. 1:7)
(18). Are self conscious
(18). Have little concern with how others view them (Gal. 1:10)
(19). Keep people at arm's length
(19). Risk getting close to others; are willing to take those risks for the sake of love for others (2 Cor. 6:11-12)
(20). Are quick to blame others
(20). Accept personal responsibility; can see and acknowledge personal failure (Matthew 7)
(21). Are concerned with being 'respectable'
(21). Are concerned with being real (2 Cor. 4:3-5).
(22). Are concerned about what others think
(22). Know all that matters is God and what He knows (I Cor. 4:3-5)
(23). Work hard to maintain image and protect reputation
(23). Die to own reputation (Phil. 3:7, Rom. 14:7)
(24). Find it difficult to share their spiritual needs with others
(24). Are willing to be transparent with others (2 Cor. 1:12)
(25). Want to be sure no one finds out about their sin
25.Are willing to acknowledge and confess one's sin; brokenness is the ultimate sign of personal success (Ps. 51:17)
(26). Have a hard time saying, 'I was wrong. Will you forgive me'
(26.) Are quick to admit fault and seek forgiveness (I John 1:9, James 5:1)
(27). Deal in generalities when confession sin
(27). Deal in specifics (Ps. 51:17)
(28). Are concerned about the consequences of their sin
(28). Are grieved over the root of their sin (Ps. 51:5)
(29). Wait for other party to come and ask forgiveness in a conflict
(29). Take the initiative to be reconciled; gets their first (Matthew 5:23-24)
(30). Compare themselves with others and feel deserving of honor
(30). Compare themselves with God and feel desperate for mercy (Luke 18:9-14)
(31). Are blind to their true heart condition
(31). Walk in the light of true knowledge concerning their own hearts (I John 1:6-7).
(32). Do not display any spirit of repentance, because they don't need it
(32). Continually display a spirit of repentance, sensing their need for fresh encounters with God and the filling of the Holy Spirit (Eph. 5;18), Gal 5:16)
(33). Spent time reading these words and wondering if __so-and-so__ was reading it
(33). Thanked the Lord for using words on the internet to bring brokenness to their lives.
Friday, May 2, 2008
New Homeschoolers Rule---unplug computer during a storm
No Internet service for the last week due to lightning strike to this tree about 300 yards from our house---all better now. The strike did not hit our house, nor trip, or burn up our surge protector, (which of course does nothing against lightning strikes anyway) yet it knocked out the ethernet port. Amy"s sisters house and Amy"s parents house, all within a 1/4 of a mile from us, all had computer problems from this storm/strike also.
Lightning is scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sheared the bark right off.
3 homeschoolers ready for battle!!!!!-----watch out!
Lightning is scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sheared the bark right off.
3 homeschoolers ready for battle!!!!!-----watch out!
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