Changed By Love

Happy Father’s Day from Dr. James Dobson

Jun.13,2014

Hey all you fathers! Watch this, then tell me what you think. Please?!!!

http://www.drjamesdobson.org/specials/happy-fathers-day?sc=Email&mc=FEM0614FD&utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_campaign=20140613%20Fathers%20Day%20(FEM0614FD)%20(3)&spMailingID=8804047&spUserID=MTk2NDI0NzYyMgS2&spJobID=321098979&spReportId=MzIxMDk4OTc5S0

One Man’s Opinion – Matthew Jacobson

Jun.13,2014

I highly recommend that Christian men read Matt’s blog. God has given him lots of wisdom, and all of us (families of men) would benefit from husbands and fathers checking out what he has to say.

http://matthewljacobson.com/

Message for Men

Jun.13,2014

I would like to recommend this article to every Christian man. I hope some will read it. It is very important. I believe that God has a message for His men, and this article is a very clear articulation of that message.

Here is an excerpt:

Men, you’re not called to be a passive, weak, indecisive partner—you’re called to protect, lead, and guard your family. You are to initiate prayer, defend your wife, shepherd your children, and make your home a holy sanctuary not a breeding ground for satan. You’re called to fight the enemy, not flee from him.

I’m tired of weak, passive men who never contend, stand, or fight for anything worth dying for. Our nation is looking for character, our wives are looking for leaders, and our kids are looking for fathers.

Men, STOP the silly video games, get off of Facebook, kill your porn habit, tell your ungodly friends to hit the road. You’re called to lead, love, and die, if necessary, for your family.

http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=14003

Mother’s Day Family Picture

Jun.12,2014

Queen for a Day

I’m finally posting the picture our church graciously took and gave to us as a Mother’s Day gift. We had everybody but Katie with us that day. It was a very blessed day, and I enjoyed it immensely.

Kelsey cooked us a nice dinner. And the family made me feel very special. Blessed.

Planting Wildflowers

Jun.12,2014

I would love to go see this field of wildflowers!

These are pictures of wildflowers that we have discovered here in Texas. The state of Texas lets wildflowers grow. They don’t mow along several highways and roadways, so you get to see wildflowers in the spring as you drive along, and I personally find it quite refreshing.

I just did a little research and found out that it is not really illegal to pick Texas Blue Bonnets, but they do stress that trespassing is illegal, so you better make sure you are not on private property if you stop to pick some and take your annual kids-in-the-bluebonnets photo. You are also not supposed to dig them up for transplanting. And you are supposed to be careful not to block traffic or do anything dangerous in your endeavor to get next to the coveted state flowers.

Blanket Flower

Years ago, I looked at pictures of flowers that grow in Texas and saw Blanket Flowers and thought they were so pretty that I decided that I wanted to grow them some day. Then one day a couple months ago, Shawn came back from a walk and brought me some flowers that he picked. They happened to be Blanket Flowers, growing wild!

These flowers are growing wild in our backyard.

These are Evening Primroses.

Yesterday we did a little unit study, based on two books by Tomie DaPaola, The Legend of the Bluebonnet and The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush. We just happened to have a packet of wildflower seeds, so I gathered the kids together and read the books to them, then we went outside and planted our wildflower seeds.

The kids planted seeds.

They watered the seeds.

We got the seeds in the mail from a local hospital and saved them for now.

These are the books by Tomie DaPaola. I read them to the kids as part of our unit study. These legends are part of the history of Texas. So we were able to study some Botany and History through the same lesson.