Harmony graduated

My only daughter has now graduated and will be going to PCC in the fall. She plans to be a nurse. It is so exciting and yet so sad for me. Exciting to see what God has planned for her life, but so sad because I will miss her since we are quite close. I am very pleased that she is a daughter of purity and has a willing heart to honor and obey.

God has just blessed her with a part-time job to earn money. She has a volunteer position at the hospital for the summer, too. She is also entered in an essay contest from an insurance company here in Texas about the Constitution to get some scholarship money for college. The top ten with the most votes go to the final selection for judging.

If anyone is interested in reading and voting for her essay, please go to:
www.rvos.com/essay to log in and read her essay entitled "The Cornerstone of the Constitution."

To vote for her essay you will need to click on the "Voting" tab at the top right and log in with an email address twice. You will be sent an email that you will have to confirm with a temporary password.
When you get the email, click on the link provided and you will be taken back to the RVOS website and instructed to change the password immediately. You can then follow the instructions below to vote for Harmony's essay.

1) Click on "Vote Leaderboard" on the left-hand side. Harmony's essay is in the top 10 to 15 at the moment.
2) Click on "Essays by Name" on the left-hand side. Scroll down to about the middle of the list and find Harmony Lippert's name in the right-hand column. Click on her essay title.

You will be taken to her essay "The Cornerstone of the Constitution." There should be a "Vote for this essay" button just to the right of the title.

When you click on that, it will register your vote for her essay.

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If you like it, please send this info to others. Thanks!!

Melanie

Finding Joy In Finishing Well

Have you ever wished to be recognized and presented with your degree as a teacher?

Since May is graduation month, I believe it is high time that the achievement of all of you faithful Home Educators out there be honored. Therefore…. Drum roll, please… I am hereby pleased to present the letters you can inscribe after your signature….Hs.M. - for Homeschool Mom. Your very own title can... read more

Finding Joy in School Improvement

When I began homeschooling in 1990, it was very isolating to be thought weird by strangers and have even family against your choice. There was no one to give advice or encouragement. There were no conferences, no support groups, and no computers. The conviction that God wanted you to homeschool gave you strength to go on, with only His help in your day-to-day class work. Read more

Summer Fun Ideas

Capitalize on the summer months of freedom to explore new areas of interest and skills. It will add to the physical, mental, social and spiritual development of your children. Choose a few and have fun... read more

Prayer Breakfast Oxymoron

The alarming changes in American governance are going to trouble the average citizen and their children for generations to come; that is, unless we as Christians do what II Chron. 7:14 commands: "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."

The current climate of national and personal prayer mocks this verse and is the tool of Satan to deceive and make people believe that their OWN way to pray is sufficient to hear from God instead of HIS way.
This deception started small in a carnal congregation somewhere; then it has worked its way into a national problem. Satan, as always, only makes it appear enlightened. When people are really serious about God's intervention in protecting America's righteous freedoms and our Christian faith, we will not only repent first of our own wicked ways, but we will have to pray in the only manner God will hear and answer.

God did not say to "FEAST and Pray".... He said to "FAST and Pray" and to humble ourselves, and no need to even let others know that you are fasting, unless it was a national public FAST, not a feast, such as Ninevah chose when the people needed God to preserve them.

The National Prayer Breakfast in each community is the opposite of what God requires. The same can be said for those in churches every week or month. "Feasting and praying" is insincere and only appeals to our flesh, but it does not warrant God's intervention in the affairs of men. Why? If we truly want to hear from God to heal this nation and clean our hearts, then no one will want to needlessly waste many thousands of dollars on food and even selling tables for it as well! How much this must grieve the Lord. Humbling ourselves in the sight of God and man costs nothing but a little dust and ashes and a humbled heart, with an empty stomach that only hungers and thirsts after righteousness and a righteous nation.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to see God's Mighty Hand work in amazing ways to preserve and restore our nation and our hearts next year at a "National Prayer Fast" where humbled, repentant, fasting Christians joined to pray in free community events at capitols and city halls and to hold "fast and pray" vigils at churches?

With God all things are possible to them who believe!

c. 2010 Melanie Lippert

Texas Leopard Moth

Here is a cool moth that we found on the kitchen window screen.

At about 2" long this is a "really" big moth!

The moth's unique spots remind me that home school moms stand out in a crowd.

Sarah Palin in Austin

If any of you live near Austin, Texas, a pro-life group is featuring Sarah Palin as the speaker at the Austin Convention Center on April 29th. Tickets are 50.00 each. I know many of you strongly believe in life for all unborn whether they are "perfect" or not. Sarah Palin certainly knows whereof she speaks. I support her efforts to educate the public on this crucial issue.
Enjoying LIFE,
Melanie