Tonight..... chiminea......coffee....dessert.......family..... on a pre-fall, crisp evening
Cindy
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Tonight.....
Tonight..... chiminea......coffee....dessert.......family..... on a pre-fall, crisp evening
Cindy
Why We Home Church??
It really "feels" like fall today, its raining and you just want to snuggle up with some coffee and a good book! I am reading a book right now, Heaven by Randy Alcorn. We are doing school and then we will get the "Working Wednesday" cleaning day going! We finally got the guys out of here, rain and construction work do not go well together but I think they had something they could go do. I read this morning in the Morning and Evening by Spurgeon, I enjoy this alongside the scripture. It speaks so deeply where we have trod and where we all will travel at some point along this pilgrimage....
The Lord trieth the righteous Ps.11:5 All events are under the control of Providence; consequently all trials of our outward life are traceable at once to the great First Cause. Out of the golden gate of God's ordinance the armies of trial march forth in array, clad in their iron armour, and armed with weapons of war. All providences are doors to trial. Even our mercies, like roses, have their thorns. Men may be drowned in seas of prosperity as well as in rivers of affliction. Our mountains are not too high, and our valleys are not too low for temptations: trials lurk on all roads. Everywhere, above and beneath, we are beset and surrounded with dangers. Yet no shower falls unpermitted from the threatening cloud; every drop has its order ere it hastens to the earth. The trials which come from God are sent to rove and strengthen our graces, and so at once to illustrate the power of divine grace, to test the genuineness of our virtues, and to add to their energy. Our Lord in His infinite wisdom and superabundant love, sets so high a value upon His people's faith that He will not screen them from those trials by which faith is strengthened. You would never have possessed the precious faith which now supports you if the trial of your faith had not been like unto fire. You are a tree that never would have rooted so well if the wind had not rocked you to and fro, and made you take firm hold upon the precious truths of the covenant grace. Worldly ease is a great foe to faith; it loosens the joints of holy valour, and snaps the sinews of sacred courage. The balloon never rises until the cores are cut; affliction doth this sharp service for believing souls. While the wheat sleeps comfortably in the husk it is useless to man, it must be threshed out of its resting place before its value can be known. Thus it is well that Jehovah trieth the righteous, for it causeth them to grow rich towards God.
I always enjoy getting e-mails and answering questions, not that we have all the answers by any means, I just like communicating with folks what we are learning and being teachable as what we need to learn. There are people that have traveled before the Morris family, that are rich in faith and understanding and we certainly want to glean from those and then there are those that are coming up behind and we should always be ready to give an answer to those of the hope that lies within. The question was why we home church and this is a very concise answer to that.
Thanks for your questions about our home church. We have been participating in home church for over three years now. Our main goal is to seek to be a New Testament Church. We know that the church did meet in homes in the New Testament (although there were some places that were ‘neutral sites’ or theTemple itself in Jerusalem
Cindy
The Lord trieth the righteous Ps.11:5 All events are under the control of Providence; consequently all trials of our outward life are traceable at once to the great First Cause. Out of the golden gate of God's ordinance the armies of trial march forth in array, clad in their iron armour, and armed with weapons of war. All providences are doors to trial. Even our mercies, like roses, have their thorns. Men may be drowned in seas of prosperity as well as in rivers of affliction. Our mountains are not too high, and our valleys are not too low for temptations: trials lurk on all roads. Everywhere, above and beneath, we are beset and surrounded with dangers. Yet no shower falls unpermitted from the threatening cloud; every drop has its order ere it hastens to the earth. The trials which come from God are sent to rove and strengthen our graces, and so at once to illustrate the power of divine grace, to test the genuineness of our virtues, and to add to their energy. Our Lord in His infinite wisdom and superabundant love, sets so high a value upon His people's faith that He will not screen them from those trials by which faith is strengthened. You would never have possessed the precious faith which now supports you if the trial of your faith had not been like unto fire. You are a tree that never would have rooted so well if the wind had not rocked you to and fro, and made you take firm hold upon the precious truths of the covenant grace. Worldly ease is a great foe to faith; it loosens the joints of holy valour, and snaps the sinews of sacred courage. The balloon never rises until the cores are cut; affliction doth this sharp service for believing souls. While the wheat sleeps comfortably in the husk it is useless to man, it must be threshed out of its resting place before its value can be known. Thus it is well that Jehovah trieth the righteous, for it causeth them to grow rich towards God.
I always enjoy getting e-mails and answering questions, not that we have all the answers by any means, I just like communicating with folks what we are learning and being teachable as what we need to learn. There are people that have traveled before the Morris family, that are rich in faith and understanding and we certainly want to glean from those and then there are those that are coming up behind and we should always be ready to give an answer to those of the hope that lies within. The question was why we home church and this is a very concise answer to that.
Thanks for your questions about our home church. We have been participating in home church for over three years now. Our main goal is to seek to be a New Testament Church. We know that the church did meet in homes in the New Testament (although there were some places that were ‘neutral sites’ or the
We believe that we can retain the simplicity of worshiping together as a family in this setting. So much of the modern traditional church is oriented to the 20th century culture of age grading where the family is split apart as soon as they enter the building. This is really not a scriptural practice and it minimizes the father’s role, which our home church emphasizes.
We seek to counter the worldly methods that have crept into the church, and also to maintain sound doctrine and practice. We subscribe to what is called the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith as our doctrinal statement. These truths are not taught in many modern churches. We also seek to maintain modesty in dress and maintain biblical roles for both the men and the women in worship. We expect the men to lead and for the women to remain silent according to 1 Corinthians 14.
Another area that we emphasize is godly music. We sing the old hymns of the faith and reject modern rock style music. We spend time in prayer and we celebrate the Lord’s Supper every Sunday
I am so grateful for all of you that continue to come along side of our family and for being there, many just read our story and thats great, but I enjoy the communication through e-mails and comments, thanks for your support and encouragement!
Cindy
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Mercy Morris
I just LOVE my little Mercy... she is so neat and cuddly and she loves to get in mommy and daddies bed around 3am... tonight she was getting a bath and I had to slip into the living room and get her nighties, I heard her say loudly but not panicked, "hey mommy, come mere, its raining!" I return in the bathroom and she has pushed the shower button on and it was raining on her! She is truly a blessing as they all are but there is just something about the "baby" of the family!!
Cindy
A Discovery...
As a believer in Christ, my Savior who has my heart through his blood, and since the enemy can not take that, he (the enemy) is going to go for the next best thing, the mind. It has been 19 months since we, I, have been separated from our sweet Joel and to your surprise likely, I have had the enemy bombard my mind with thoughts about Joel. Like causing me to question if he is really there, in heaven, telling me that since he certainly had outward demonstrations of sin as a 3 year old that he might not be in the Lord's presence. It is just up his alley to get us in a paralyzed position, to have us in a trap so to speak, where we are not victorious. I know all to well that these 19 months have been my most vulnerable and weakest and would be subject to the enemies attacks. I have read so many great scriptures that have encouraged me and yet I find myself still wondering at times. Terry has shared the truth with me and still I find myself like Thomas, needing to see and know for myself. I know you all would too come quickly to my aid and give truth to my heart, but until I know, that I know, that I know, I would still succumb to the enemies questions. That was his tactic in Eden wasn't it, the question to Eve? You would likely tell me about David and his son and that David a believer knew he was going to see him again, and I would think, yes that is there but he was a tiny baby. I have read so many books, read many blogs of babies and toddlers and none of these mothers seemed to have doubts, so why am I? I do not know! I have read about one mothers story of her separation with her toddler many times and it has given me help but still I was struggling in my heart, that deep place within. Just recently I was reading this story again and I made a discovery and it has given me the confirmation to my heart that I needed for my own self. The story is in Matt. 2, but the prophecy of it is in Jer. 31: 15-17, Thus sayeth the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. Thus sayeth the Lord; refrain thy voice from weeping, and thy eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. (17)And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border. I decided to look up verse 17, and my heart was so calmed, I wept and wept before the Lord as I saw and heard his words speak to my heart. I want to write out here what these words mean as I looked them up in the Strong's.
hope- a cord, and attachment, expectancy, bind together, twisted
end- last or end, the future
children- a son, ( a young one)
come and again- turn back, again
border- cord, twisted
I want to articulate how these words caused my heart to just bow in awe of how I was desperate for an answer and this discovery has been water to a thirsty heart to say the least but I likely can not express that here. When I thought of the word hope and of Joel's beginning in my womb, his expectancy, what is it that bound us together? It was the "cord," we were bound together with the umbilical cord. So from the very start of his life there was hope. When we think of the end, I guess we think its all over, but here its the future, it is not over, I am not through being his mommy, I will always be his mommy, in the New Jerusalem, I will know him, he will know me, we'll be together! And the child here is a young one, a toddler, this prophecy was in reference to Herod killing the around two year old males and under ( Matt. 2:16-18) And then there is the emphasis of the words come and again, this spoke to me that a double yes , that Joel and I will be together again! I was so encouraged with the word border, how it too meant cord and as twisted, just as the beginning with Joel and what bound us together, the cord, so it shall be in the end, in eternity, he shall come again to his own border, he shall come again to me as we were bound together with a cord, so shall we be there together!! He is there, waiting!! I am so grateful to the Lord for giving these words to my heart! They are a sign post for me now if and when the enemy attacks my mind again. This has been the darkest pit of my life, so why would the enemy give any breaks, He's seeking to devour, to steal, and kill any truth away from freedom and victory. It's the truth of scripture that shall set us free from whatever we are in bondage to, fears, doubts, sin, unbelief. I love meeting with the Lord in prayer, entering his presence with groanings that the Holy Spirit then takes and intercedes to the Father, I guess I feel that yes I am in His presence and Joel is in the crowd somewhere. I love to think about heaven and try to even imagine living in our Resurrected bodies, not having to deal with all these wearisome thoughts that I have now, not having tears and sorrows but having a constant joy, unending pleasures with people I love, never having to leave those special people, I love the word "forever." I miss Joel so deeply and there are tears that are shed each day, but I also shed tears of hope and whats ahead in eternity with him and with that light dawning brighter and brighter to the full day, I keep putting my feet on the floor each morning!
May the Lord continue to conform us unto His image.....
Cindy
hope- a cord, and attachment, expectancy, bind together, twisted
end- last or end, the future
children- a son, ( a young one)
come and again- turn back, again
border- cord, twisted
I want to articulate how these words caused my heart to just bow in awe of how I was desperate for an answer and this discovery has been water to a thirsty heart to say the least but I likely can not express that here. When I thought of the word hope and of Joel's beginning in my womb, his expectancy, what is it that bound us together? It was the "cord," we were bound together with the umbilical cord. So from the very start of his life there was hope. When we think of the end, I guess we think its all over, but here its the future, it is not over, I am not through being his mommy, I will always be his mommy, in the New Jerusalem, I will know him, he will know me, we'll be together! And the child here is a young one, a toddler, this prophecy was in reference to Herod killing the around two year old males and under ( Matt. 2:16-18) And then there is the emphasis of the words come and again, this spoke to me that a double yes , that Joel and I will be together again! I was so encouraged with the word border, how it too meant cord and as twisted, just as the beginning with Joel and what bound us together, the cord, so it shall be in the end, in eternity, he shall come again to his own border, he shall come again to me as we were bound together with a cord, so shall we be there together!! He is there, waiting!! I am so grateful to the Lord for giving these words to my heart! They are a sign post for me now if and when the enemy attacks my mind again. This has been the darkest pit of my life, so why would the enemy give any breaks, He's seeking to devour, to steal, and kill any truth away from freedom and victory. It's the truth of scripture that shall set us free from whatever we are in bondage to, fears, doubts, sin, unbelief. I love meeting with the Lord in prayer, entering his presence with groanings that the Holy Spirit then takes and intercedes to the Father, I guess I feel that yes I am in His presence and Joel is in the crowd somewhere. I love to think about heaven and try to even imagine living in our Resurrected bodies, not having to deal with all these wearisome thoughts that I have now, not having tears and sorrows but having a constant joy, unending pleasures with people I love, never having to leave those special people, I love the word "forever." I miss Joel so deeply and there are tears that are shed each day, but I also shed tears of hope and whats ahead in eternity with him and with that light dawning brighter and brighter to the full day, I keep putting my feet on the floor each morning!
May the Lord continue to conform us unto His image.....
Cindy
Monday, September 1, 2008
Labor Day...
Fun things are happening around here today. First off...a Tomato Fight!!! Next....Volley Ball tournament and some fishing!! Terry has done some work, but mostly we are just relaxing!! Have a happy Labor Day yourselves!!
Cindy
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