Ships and Sailors

Ships and Sailors is a game that has turned into a favorite at the Heiskell School!  Ms. Boyd, our wonderful second grade teacher told me about the game last year and it was not until this month that I have really introduced the game to all of the children! 

Ships and sailors is a fast paced, thrilling game where there is much starting and stopping as well as a need for keen listening skills.  If the students are in the "CAPTAINS COMING" position, they are not allowed to move for any of the commands until the "caller" says "AT EASE!"

When in the "at ease" position, students follow each command given which include...
Meet someone/Greet someone consisting of two souls,
Row your boat - consisting of three souls sitting criss cross apple sauce one behind another,
Eat together - consisting of four souls sitting down "eatting" together,
Star Fish - consisting of five souls laying down with their head on the ground with all their feet together in the middle!  Sometimes there are six in a starfish and the one soul that the caller see's lay down the last is out.

There is also the call for "Hit the deck" which has everyone lay down on the "boat",
Dead Fish is when they flop onto their back and stick their tongue out and they must freeze,
Alive Fish is when they can wiggle on their backs,
Ships is when they run to a designated wall and Sailors is the other designated wall!

This game can be played with two people, but having a group of people makes the game more exciting! 
Maybe you can play with your family! 
Remember, when the captains coming, you can not move UNTIL they say, "At Ease!"

Do You Want To Know The Truth...???

Truth obviously is found in the Word of God, but it is also found by measuring distances and sizes. 
If I want to tell you the truth about how tall I am, I would measure myself and tell you five feet, ten and a half inches.  If I want to tell you how many ounces are in a cup, we know that the answer is eight ounces are in a cup.  If you want to know how much sugar is in a twelve ounce can of coke, keep reading... 

On the coke can label, it states that it contains thirty-nine grams.  If you empty out thirty-nine packets of sugar that have one gram each, you will see that it ALMOST fills a one-eight cup container.

The truth is, when you drink a soda, its like putting an eight of a cup of sugar in a can with some other crazy ingredients and putting it in our body, which belongs to God! 

Jelly has nearly sixteen grams in one or two tablespoons...
Measure it out with your children with gram packets of sugar and be amazed! 

Although the snow is gone, the memories remain. 

Praise be to the Lord for a most glorious beginning in 2011. 

May the Lord continue to wash our sins white as snow.  

I added a "page" which includes a number of pictures

that my sister took during the week of snow that we received! 

Please visit the page listed above to see some nice pictures. 

CLEANING

Idols are everywhere in the United States.  Idols are considered to be people, places or things that we give more time to than we do the LORD Himself.  There also can be false idols in homes.  Wooden totem poles can represent false gods of other nations.  Trinkets and gadgets, gizmos and fabric from other places that have been cursed can be brought in and can cause a disturbance in your household. 

Do you know where everything has come from in your house?  Are there things from previous generations that have been passed down that you do not know about?  Has a family friend or co-worker in ignorance given you something that is not Holy or pleasing to the Lord?

In the book of 2nd Chronicles chapter 29, there is a description of people cleansing the house of the Lord. 
Specifically in verse 15... ¹⁵And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD."

I know my house is not a church buildling, but it is a place of gathering to worship the Lord our God, Jesus Christ.  Our house has been given to us by God, and He owns all things. (Psalm 24:1)  We worship here in Spirit and in Truth (John 4:24) and Jesus is in our midst, as we gather in His name. 

Over this Christmas break, we went through our outside storage place, (which use to be my dads office!) into the attic, the basement and closets, as well as discerning if there was anything that was not pleasing to the Lord in our house.  It was good to cleanse our property and throw away some things.  After all, there is a time to keep and a time to throw away! 

May the Holy Spirit lead you in showing you things that may not be necessary in your house hold.
Our God is a Holy God, righteous and true altogether. 

May His grace, His mercy, His knowledge, His wisdom and His truth be added unto you, in Jesus name.

Merry 2011!
 

A New Year

Praise God for another year.  Each year is a blessing because we have the privilege to glorify God and His son Jesus Christ.  Having the ability to glorify Jesus is what makes life a joy.  I am so excited to share the Lords glory with others and I hope you are as well.  If God is for us, who can be against us.  Remember Isaiah 61:10 which talks about how we will greatly rejoice in the Lord and our souls shall be joyful because He has clothed us with the garments of salvation and He has covered us with His righteousness!  Praise God we do not have to earn our righteousness. 

I hope you take each of these 52 weeks this year and learn some more about our Lord and share that knowledge with another. 

Ministry...  that is...  communing/communicating with others and bringing up words pleasing to our Lord (mainly His Word), is like breathing spiritually. 

Have you been breathing lately?!

May grace, mercy, peace and love be added unto you and your family, in Jesus name.

Rest

Resting requires you to cast down all unnecessary thoughts that come to your mind. 
Resting requires you to be still. 
Resting is what we are supposed to do according to Hebrews 4.
Have you spent any time resting today?
Five minutes seems like a long time to be doing nothing, but God is okay with that! 
300 seconds of rest, see if you can do it! 
Rest knowing that the Father, your creator, is satisfied in you. 

God

The Lord our God is a plural unity.
God the Father, HE Loves YOU!
God the Word, HE Loves YOU!
God the Spirit, HE Loves YOU!
This is necessary to truly believe.  The Father LOVES YOU!