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Our Daily Thread 10-19-13

Good Morning!

And Happy Saturday! 🙂

On this day in 1765 the Stamp Act Congress met and drew up a declaration of rights and liberties.

In 1781 British General Charles Lord Cornwallis surrendered to U.S. General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia.

In 1933 basketball was introduced to the 1936 Olympic Games by the Berlin Organization Committee.

In 1937 “Woman’s Day” was published for the first time.

In 1960 the United States imposed an embargo on exports to Cuba covering all commodities except medical supplies and certain food products.

And in 1977 the Concorde made its first landing in New York City.

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Quote of the Day

“When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect their duty as members of a family or civil society, and cast off all regard to religion, their case is much to be pitied.”

John Woolman

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Today is Billy Smiley’s birthday.

It’s also Wendy Foy Green’s.

And it’s Patrick Simmons’ as well.

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Anyone have a QoD for us?

51 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 10-19-13”

  1. If you want to see the Cutest Kids In The World, check out Becky’s blog.

    http://www.beckymuller.blogspot.com/

    The pictures after Becky and her friend were taken in White Point Gardens in Charleston. Everybody in Charleston calls it, “The Battery”. “Where the Ashley and Cooper Rivers join to form the Atlantic Ocean.”
    In 1941, the Battery wasn’t lighted at night and sailors took their girls courting down there. I used to sell peanuts to them. I would stick my head in the open window and say “ Boiled and Parched Peanuts?” Five cents s bag they often bought some. I made about $2.00 a night. It wasn’t great money, even in 1941; but it was something. Chuck worked in Charleston a while.

    You see these white headed, wrinkled old women and don’t realize that they once went courting at the Battery with as sailor, who may have later been lost in battle.

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  2. Pretty cute kids, Chas. So these kids are your greats? Since I am missing the time with my grandkids maybe there will be time with the greats someday.
    Had a very quiet Saturday – until I found the little worm wiggling in the lettuce on my plate.

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  4. The Kids are Cute, Chas – but I cannot concede the world title. That, of course, must go to my younger niece and nephews (the older ones have outgrown the title). It will so good so see them again – I know a little of what Jo feels.

    On that topic, I have a Question of the Day: Outside of fellowship with the Lord, when do you feel the greatest joy and content?

    For myself, it is sitting in a room crowded by family or dear friends and listening to them talk, laugh and cry together. If I have that this Christmas, then I will want no other gift.

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  6. I have to think hard about Phos’ QoD.

    😦 Pertinent to yesterday’s discussion abut keeping Sunday as a Sabbath. I see that Penny’ and Macys are opening their stores at 8:00 Thanksgiving Evening.
    Thanksgiving has no Biblical endorsement, but I have always considered it a special day.
    But when I was in school, there was always a high school football game on Thanksgiving Day afternoon.

    Cute may be in the eye of the beholder, and I may be somewhat biased, but only somewhat.
    Chas is proud of his kids. But you already knew that.

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  8. On Linda’s Sabbath question from yesterday – two verses:

    1. “One man esteems one day above another: another esteems every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regards the day, regards it unto the Lord; and he that regards not the day, to the Lord he does not regard it.” (Romans 14:5,6) – The lack of agreement about the Sabbath is not really an issue, as it is one of those things left to an individual to determine by the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

    2. “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” (Mark 2:27-28) – Jesus was reproving the Pharisees here for loading what was meant to be a day of rest for man, with a heavy list of do’s and don’ts. Here, we observe Sunday as a day of rest, which means we close the compound gates so that we do not have the continuous visitors coming with requests for help that we have on weekdays. Doing so rests us, and allows us to be able to help the other six days. However, if an emergency case is brought on a Sunday, we will waive the rule. Christ pointed out to the Pharisees that they still fed and watered their animals on the Sabbath, thus it was only reasonable that human needs should also be met on the same day. Every person is different in what meets those inner needs of rest – for example, I do not like gardening, so I would not choose to do it on a day of rest; but my grandfather found gardening a relaxation from his shift work on a factory line.

    I really do not think that observing a specific day out of the seven is any longer necessary – though I think that having a day of rest is advisable for human health and that a wise employer will see that his workers are given time to rest during the week. That the OT Sabbath regulations no longer apply, or were never meant to apply in the way that men want to enforce them, is strikingly apparent from the story of Christ healing the man at the pool of Bethesda and telling him to take up his bed and walk in John 5 . Christ’s instructions were an apparent direct contradiction of Jeremiah 17:21-22, which the Pharisees were quick to point out, and yet the NT makes the declaration that Christ did not violate the Law, but rather fulfilled it. When I consider how often Christ clashed with the spiritual leaders on this one issue, I am convinced that Christians who worry about Blue Laws or good activities for a Sunday, miss the point of the fifth commandment.

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  9. Good Saturday morning. Chas, those are about the cutest grandchildren I have seen..

    As for peace and contentment, I enjoy being with family and friends in natural surroundings like nature walks, sitting or walking on the beach, or just dining outdoors and listening to birds sing. I also like to sit in a porch swing and watch and listen to falling rain.

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  10. Happy Sabbath!!! How are you keeping it holy? 😉

    Really appreciated all the thoughts on sabbath keeping. Especially Cheryl, Janice and Roscuro above. Ultimately I think it is about focused and intentional communion with God. That is why my husband does long runs, the communion at those times is extraordinary for him. It’s a brilliant commandment. The brain science behind it is fascinating. It’s almost like God knew what He was doing when he put it on the list!

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  11. QoD: Hearing my kids enjoying each other. And that happy vortex of hiking in a beautiful spot while engaged in terrific conversation with those on the journey with me.

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  12. Yes those are some cute kids. Sweet Baby Boy’s mom and dad bought a house near the water in Maryland. They have fixed it up and have moved in. So far the mom has posted a photo of an ugly spider asking what it is and yesterday posted a video of a snake they found under the sofa asking what kind it was!!!!!! Sweet Baby Boy is toddling around these days and does NOT need to be playing with critters he finds in his house. Grandpa didn’t seem concerned. Mimi told them to put out moth balls to keep the snakes away!

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  13. Good Morning Everyone. I published the first of a two week session on Application Living by the Book Series. Enjoy. I hope it challenges us to examine our fruit trees (note: ourselves). I know I felt convicted. Hope everyone enjoys this. We only have one more week in this series, Next week, I will also post the entire video session of Living by the Book.

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  17. Children switching rooms. Utter chaos, but not for long. They are quick. Only ten are moving, one stays put but is changing roomies. He gets one of the boys that has required a single occupant room so it is iffy. We still have the room in the dining room available if it falls through.

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  18. Kim, seems like I remember that moth balls are poisonous and should not be used around children. Check into that and let those folks know. Could be worse than spiders and snakes.

    There are many options for keeping the Sabbath holy. Spending time in prayer and Bible study, of course, and preparing future Sunday School activities, listening to hymns or Christian instrumental music, practicing Bible skills through playing games as I use to do when helping teach Bible Drill on Sunday afternoons, saying prayers while you crochet or knit or quilt or make other handicrafts to give to the needy, making and sending cards, and visiting the sick and infirm in hospitals and nursing homes are some suggestions.

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  19. Good afternoon, all. Hubby and I had a rare, leisurely Saturday morning as we were childless, both children spent the night last night at friends’ houses. We went out for breakfast at the Egg & I. It was good, although I still prefer buttermilk pancakes to wheat (they only serve wheat).

    Thank you to everyone who prayed for myself and Becca yesterday. I liked the school (Lutheran/Missouri Synod); Becca did not! She reiterated that she wants to attend a small school and felt this one was too large. So, on Monday I’m going to schedule a shadow day at Step by Step. I agree with their theology and like the curriculum they use (Abeka, Shurley Grammar and Saxon Math). They seemed very loving and grace-based. The only reservation I have about the school is its size–there are only nine kids in second grade. However, Becca is adamant that that is where she wants to go to school after perusing their website. I realize she’s only eight years old, but she’s the one who has to be there seven hours a day five days a week, and I don’t know what it’s like to live inside her skin. Perhaps a very small school is what she needs. A friend of mine has a good friend whose children have attended there for a few years and she is very happy with it. I asked my friend to have the woman call me, so that I can get the inside scoop. Also, the admissions director at Concordia Lutheran High School, which L. will attend in the fall, recommends Step by Step. Both of her sons went there K-8 and were well prepared for Concordia, which is a “good” college-preparatory school. So, we’ll see how the shadow day goes and go from there.

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  21. I survived the night of the classic black-and-white zombie movies (capped off by an interesting little 1:45 a.m. flick called “The Window” about a boy who cried wolf but then really did witness his neighbors murdering someone while he was on the fire escape outside their window — no one believed him, of course).

    No nightmares from any of it and now I am awake. I think.

    I actually feel much better today, but I’m still sick.

    And my ear is bothering me something awful, there seems to be this deep itch and irritation and I’ve rubbed it so much now that it’s sore. But it’s like scratching a mosquito bite, I keep going back — and once I start rubbing the inside of my ear, it feels so good …

    I need to go to the drug store today and see what kind of drops they have to relieve the irritation. Making me crazy.

    I’m with Adios, in general I view the one day set aside as a day for rest but also for spiritual nourishment. Aside from public worship, that could look different for all of us. Shouldn’t be made to be too complicated.

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  22. If Kim’s explanation of the midnight special, it explains th song “midnight special shine it’s everloving light on me”. I think it’s sung by Wilma Lea Cooper.

    Becak called to wish Elvera a happy BD. She told the kids that Da (that’s me) used to play on those cannons. They said, “Were they here then?”
    Stupid kids!
    I don’t kow how they could be so dumb!
    😆

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  23. Chas, extra cute munchkins! Love the big red hair bow. 🙂

    I remember “Midnight Special” first by Johnny Rivers (mid to later 1960s?) and a bit later by the Creedence Clearwater Revival.

    Annms, sounds like you’re narrowing down the school choices, praying.

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  30. Those curriculum materials are great, Annms. We used Saxon math and loved it. I also had some other math books to dig into if my son did not get something the way it was taught in Saxon which was rare. It was a great foundation for the classes my son eventually took with a group of homeschoolers that met in a church. He took Pre-Calculus and Calculus from a man who had taught in a pricey private school and was a Duke graduate. Saxon does not have all the distractions that some math books offer. So at first glance it may appear boring as in all numbers and writing without the pictures and gimmicks that are suppose to attract (but end up being a distraction for some if not all).

    I think the smaller class size is ideal also. The children will get more individualized instruction and any problems between students can be easily pinpointed for nipping in the bud. I think in large groups it is only the most squeaky wheels that get the attention and many children lose out on their share of attention.

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  31. Michelle, we used Saxon Math for a brief time with 2nd Arrow (when she was approximately middle-school age), and by “we” I mean “she”, as in, she was responsible to learn it herself. I only corrected her work; I did not teach it. She did reasonably well with it, but wanted a different program for high school.

    That probably doesn’t help you too much, but that’s all I’ve got for you. 😉

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  32. Mr P and I are worthless. We painting all day today. They gardeners are coming to shape up the yard Monday. They carpet cleaners are coming Tuesday.The windows need to be cleaned both inside and out. I am ready for this to be done. Color me exhausted.

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  35. I had my daughter do Saxon math on her own for algebra when the school didn’t offer it and there were still 4 years of other math in high school. It worked well for her. Wish I had it for my kinder class.

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  36. Jo, what do you use for your math curriculum? We used Calvert curriculum through the fifth grade and worked with whatever they sent in the big box of books and supplies each year. They were transitioning to new math books about the year we went to making our own program from used curriculum. I was always able to find used Saxon texts and supplies.

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  37. It’s good to hear from so many of you about the curriculum the potential school for Becca uses. I am familiar with them as well and feel good about them, especially Saxon Math, as Becca is often confused by the way they teach math in her public school (to be honest, I’ve been confused by it as well!). And, I concur with Janice that the smaller class size makes things more manageable, from behavior issues to academic ones. I am hopeful that the shadow day will go well and we will have found the “right” school for her.

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  40. My hubby is a public school teacher and they use Saxon Math textbooks. They started using it about five years ago. It was a big improvement from their earlier textbooks.

    We had used it before when we homeschooled.

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  41. Happy Sunday, here is a funny question: I am on a liquid only diet today in prep for a colonoscopy tomorrow. Is that keeping the sabbath? 😉 Didn’t think about the Sunday prep when I scheduled it.

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  42. Adios, The Sabbath and prep for colonoscopy do not have anything to do with each other.

    But I just came back from:
    Church
    SS
    Lunch at Dennys.

    Did I keep the Sabbath?
    I don’t know, I really don’t know if it’s important. It may be.

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  43. I had Houghton-Mifflin for all of the lower grades. They were pretty low key and explained concepts well. My mother, who had been a public school teacher, thought that there were too many practice problems in the books, so she would often assign us every other problem. She always said, if we got most of them right, she would know that we understood the concept and were ready to move on. She marked our papers with checks and x’s and made us go back to find out where we went wrong and correct the problem – I still remember how good it felt when she wrote a C (for ‘corrected’) over top of all the x’s. She had us make flashcards and drill our multiplication table up to 12×12. I have never regretted learning the times table so well that I could say it backwards and forwards.

    Unfortunately, when I got to high school level, we had entered a ultra-conservative program which eschewed the grades. Math, along with every other subject, became a confused tangle of haphazard lessons, supposedly based on Biblical concepts. I understand the Pythagorean theorem and how to solve both sides of an equation, only because I studied those concepts on my own out of an encyclopedia. The curriculum we paid good money for nearly ruined my education.

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  45. What’s the name of your dog park, Kim? Is it a nice one? Big enough? Dog parks are a great way to work off doggie energy plus get to know new people (and for you, possibly new clients 🙂 ).

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  47. http://www.doggoes.com/parks/alabama/fairhope-dog-park

    2 acres. They have a ledge between the two parks for the small dogs to get up on to see into the big dog park. It was Amos’ first time to go. He was very well behaved. Lulu goes almost every day with the hopes of finding a playmate to wear her out, Today there was an Airdale and a gorgeous German Shepherd. Amos played with an Old Man Beagle named Lou and his brother Booger. Lou was a highly bred hunting dog but was born deaf. His owner said he had about $10,000 invested in his “free” dog. He and his wife bring the dogs to the park every day to get them out of the house. They are both 13 years old now and are perfectly happy to stay at home.

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  51. 2 acres is a nice size. Ours is small, 3/4 of an acre divided with a small and large dog size. It used to be bigger but the local Little League fixed that when they needed new fields and began eyeing the rambling hilltop dog park. Now we’re at the bottom of the hill, the Little League got the top 3-4 acres all to themselves (which used to be the dog park). 🙂

    Tess doesn’t really ‘play’ with other dogs and she’s often annoyed by them so I leave her. But Cowboy enjoys the interaction.

    Tonight we had many of the usuals, which means a fairly rowdy group with an Aussie named Claude, a Great Dan named Shak and assorted German shepherds, corgis, and more Aussies.

    Lots of running and tussling, Cowboy got a pretty good workout. The owners, of course, stood around yakking. 🙂 Stayed until it was almost dark and the fog began to roll in.

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