Please excuse me!

I'll be stepping out for a bit. You see, when my heart attitude is poor, it shows around the house. I have tackled Mount Iron-more - and won! What a relief! The rest of the house is another story. I have a lot of catching up to do. Piles of papers. Piles of junk. Piles of books. Now 'camp laundry' - phew! Fabric that is calling out to me to do something with it. Sorting and tidying up to do everywhere - and company to prepare for.

I've been praying for strength. I think my chest cold is finally completely gone. I woke up without coughing up my lungs yesterday for the first time in almost three weeks. I am thankful for that, and for the Lord working on my heart. It is easy to get discouraged, but much harder to see the joy again. I think this might just be an ongoing battle as part of my liver problems. Something I need to accept, watch out for and guard against. I hope to be back in a few days.

In the meantime, I've been praying and thinking a lot about spiritual discernment. How do you teach children to be discerning? Can it be 'taught' or is it simply 'caught'? What are you doing to impart discernment to the young people in your life? I'm finding this to be a difficult character quality to work with the children on, and it is greatly needed. I am praying for wisdom particularly in this area this week. It's been a comfort to me to find again and again that God's Word is not lacking in answers to my many questions.

James 1:4-6

New King James Version

But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.

Our Storyteller came home from camp this evening humming this old favorite. I asked him to sing it all for me. What a joy to hear these truths sung from the trusting heart of our little boy!


More Precious Than Silver
Words and Music by Lynn Deshazo
© 1982 Integrity's Hosanna! Music

Lord, You are more precious than silver.
Lord, You are more costly than gold.
Lord, You are more beautiful than diamonds,
And nothing I desire compares to You.

Lord, You are more precious than silver.
Lord, You are more costly than gold.
Lord, You are more beautiful than diamonds,
And nothing I desire compares to You.

And nothing I desire compares to You.

I'll be back soon! Thank you all for your kind comments and words of encouragement! I so appreciate you all!

Blessings!