Bless Others with Your Gifts and Talents

Use Your Gifts God has Given You to Bless Others and God!
. . . In receiving these gifts and abilities, we have several choices: We can set them aside in disappointment and pursue something that looks better in our own eyes; we can develop them for personal gain; or we can cultivate and practice them as our own gifts back to God. When it comes to long-term fulfillment, however, we find greatest satisfaction when our gifts and abilities are used as intended, with grateful glances toward the Giver. . . When people use their abilities for God, an exciting thing occurs - a diverse yet unified body functions more efficiently and serves as a better witness to the value and joy of following Christ. Since every person possesses different abilities and spiritual gifts, the body of Christ can fully function only when everyone takes advantage of what God has given them. Romans 12:6 tells us, "And since we have different gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us exercise them accordingly."

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."  Anatole France

You've Got to Serve Somebody

I remember when Bob Dylan's song first came out, so I was intrigued to read this article:
http://hope4israel.org/resource/Reading%20List/articles/covenantofsalt.html

He Could Have Called Ten Thousand Angels

Student Motto, Charlotte Mason

I am a child of God, a gift to my parents and my country. I am a person of great value because God made me. I ought to do my duty to obey God, to submit to my parents, to be of service to others, and to keep myself healthy with proper food and rest so my body is ready to serve. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. God has made me able to do everything required of me. I will resolve to keep a watch over my thoughts and choose what's right, even if it's not what I want. Charlotte Mason taught her students the motto  I am, I ought, I can, I will.  I am means that we can know ourselves and understand what we're really like.  I ought means that we have a moral judge inside us that we feel we're subject to. It lets us know what our duty is and compels us to action.  I can means that we have the ability to do what we feel is right.  I will means that we resolve to do what our inner moral judge, the Holy Spirit, has urged us to do.

Merry Idaho Christmas 2010!

Merry Suggie Christmas 2010!

I love my suggies! I can't imagine how I'm going to get along without them whilst my fam and I are in Idaho, but I need to leave them in the care of friends.