30 Days of Giving Thanks ~ Day 1

Luke 17:11-19

English Standard Version (ESV)

Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers

¹¹ On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. ¹² And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance ¹³ and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” ¹⁴ When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. ¹⁵ Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; ¹⁶ and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷ Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? ¹⁸ Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” ¹⁹ And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”

Father, help me to be thankful like the one leper.  I know that You have abundantly blessed my life! 

 

Autumn Morning Time

I am loving Cindy's 31 Days to Morning Time series!

Our own MT has suffered over the last few years, since I had to start working, becoming minimal as well as sporadic.  Now that I am home again we are finding our way back to a more regular rhythm.  We have managed 2 or 3 Morning Times a week; although they sometimes don't happen until afternoon!  Our Autumn Term began the day after Labor Day and runs through the Friday before Thanksgiving.

• Psalms ~ the plan is one a week; so far we have read through Psalm 6
• Prayers ~ 
• Prayer of Confession
• Prayer to the Holy Spirit (attributed to Saint Augustine)
• Prayer of Saint Columba
• Prayer of Saint Boniface
• Hymns ~ (my son is accompanying us on the guitar using Hymn Chords)
• The Doxology
• Holy, Holy, Holy
• Now Thank We All Our God
• We Gather Together
• Poetry ~ each day that we have MT we read a poem or two from the Ambleside Anthology
• Memory Work ~  
• Psalm 1
• The Apostles Creed  
• We Thank Thee by Ralph Waldo Emerson (or not?)
• multiplication & division Facts
• list of prepositions
• Ourselves
• Art ~ Autumn Picture Study
• Music ~ we choose a different piece to listen to each day from this album:
 

Another inspiration from Cindy:  

When we are finished I say the priestly blessing (Numbers 6:24-26) and then "The Lord be with you" and my children answer, "and also with you."

this autumn i will...

inspired by tonia's autumn manifesto

~doesn't that sound so much lovelier than bucket list?

Six Word Friday ~ still

predawn ritual: candlelight, scripture, prayer.  i

want:   to listen   to be still.

soften my heart;  make me teachable.

The New/Old/New Normal

It has been a very hectic summer...year...five years. 

I have felt as if I was in limbo; I don't handle that feeling well.  Meanwhile, life did go on, and I survived. 

But now. . . life is changing, and I am excited about those changes. 
My husband is once again working in an office after working from home for the past several years, and I am a full-time-stay-at-home-mama again after working part-time (full-time this past summer) for the past several years.  We loved having my husband at home, but there was a definite downside to it as well.  And I hated leaving home to go to work, although I was very grateful for the job(s).

I still need to supplement our income, but God has graciously provided a way for me to do that; I am homeschooling a friend's children two days a week right along with my own and getting paid to do so!

We began last week, and so far all is well :D