“Homemaking is an art, and you have the privilege of expressing and developing all your talents there in a little place called home. You get to build…beautify…organize…create…fuss…express yourself. You get to read and study and grow and master nutrition, finances, horticulture, design, wardrobe, etc. And you also get to shape your children, to give them a bent toward God. To nurture their souls with the good things of God. To pass on the truth about Jesus to one more generation. And to do so means you’ve got to be dedicated, organized, and a woman of purpose. And you’ve got to have spunk and energy to follow through on all the dedication, organization, and purpose that answering God’s high calling to homemaking requires.”

~  A Woman’s High Calling by Elizabeth George

It’s been quite a few weeks since I last blogged. I’m continuing to pray for the Lord to guide me concerning my blogging.

I love to blog. I love the people I’ve met on Xanga. I just don’t like how blogging has changed my priorities. I was finding that instead of waking up and looking forward to spending time with the Lord my flesh was being pulled hard towards the computer. It was greatly affecting my devotional time. 

So, I’m continuing to pray and seek the Lord for His direction. Thank you for those who have been praying for me.

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Bapa started a memory club with the grandchildren a few weeks ago. There are 7 grandchildren who are old enough to participate. He started off using the Roman Road list of scriptures. Here are the 5 scriptures we are memorizing.

1. We are all sinners (Rom. 3:10,23).
2. The wages of our sins is death (Rom. 6:23).
3. Jesus paid our sin debt on the cross (Rom. 5:8).
4. Salvation comes by faith, that is, by confessing with our mouths and believing in our hearts (Rom. 10:9,10).
5. Call on the Lord for salvation and get saved (Rom. 10:13).

The grandchildren are memorizing the entire scripture. I just gave the summary in the list above. I’m so proud of them. They are really working hard to memorize the scriptures. Bapa is also asking them questions about the verse to help them understand what they are memorizing. The parents are quizzing the children and in return they are also memorizing the verse.

I made homemade ice cream tonight to celebrate the second verse being learned. Each grandchildren was able to request a special topping. We had sprinkles, candy long sprinkles, chocolate chips, marshmallows, chocolate chip cookie dough and gummy bears. None of it sounded appealing to me but the grandchildren thought it was GRAND.

Here is a picture of them choosing their toppings. Only 4 grandchildren were able to show up tonight. I found some adorable bowls shaped like an ice cream cone a few years ago at the dollar store.

Oops! They remembered, after they started to eat their ice cream, that they had forgotten to pray. I need to look for a new children’s prayer for them to learn. They have one that they all know but it would be fun for them to learn a new one.

Here they are praying. I couldn’t help grabbing the camera even though I should have been praying!

I am loving “Bapa’s Bible Memory Club”. It is such a blessing to be memorizing scripture along with my grandchildren and children. Yep, Bapa and I are memorizing the scriptures, too. I write the week’s verse on an index card for every person. I wrote out 3 cards for Bapa and I so that we can strategically place them around the house. It makes it easy to memorize them when your eyes are naturally falling on them throughout the day.

My prayer is that the Lord will use these verses to draw my grandchildren to Him in the years to come. I pray that my grandchildren will someday see how valuable it is to hide this treasure called God’s Word deep in their hearts!