Hello dear Saints and faithful readers... This post has been sitting in the back of mind for a few weeks. Ever since my daughter and I had this conversation about what happened a few years ago.. See in late 2004- my beloved husband Sam and I were walking. He never truly liked to do this but he walked with me because after dinner I needed a release. Something to exercise my legs and it was great time for the both of us to talk without the listening ears of all of our homeschooling children.( I know some of you can relate) As you know in December it is a bit chilly. We were all bundled up and went after dinner in the dusk of the even for a walk. As we were walking we spotted three boys who asked my beloved for the time. Of course he gave them the time, in the back of both of our minds we thought the boys looked suspicious, but neither of us said anything. We continued walking enjoying each others company and discussing what we were discussing when those same boys met us around the block,
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Lately I have felt the spiritual warfare going on for the souls of my children. I wish I could say that I was very diligent on praying as I should for them, their souls, and who they encounter, but I dont. The heaviness of see my heart seeing them struggle with what is right when it comes to relationships. The examples they have are this world and it is all around them. It is hard to stand up, to stand strong for your faith, to be different and in all be lonely and long for that companion to live the rest of your life with. But truth be told shouldnt this be the time that you spend the most time in prayer? The most time in the word, the most time serving the body of Christ in one way or another? Filling the void, and loneliness with things of Christ and not allowing temptations, and distractions to keep you from the path the Lord would have. As a parent it is so hard to watch your child struggle in that place, but truly they must come to a place walking with Christ on their own. Event
One of the most amazing things about being a bit older and having a little one is relishing the stages she goes thru. With my older 5, life was so busy I could barely think whether less enjoy their various stages. Now that I have time, I love watching her work on trying to walk and listen to her try to talk. Today she tried to say book. She works on signing new words every day and she loves the ABCs so we are often singing that song to her. What a blessing to have her in my life.... Thank you Jesus Angie Ponder the Path of Thy Feet
I have been homeschooling my children since 2nd grade.(Maria and Joey) Noah is my first that I have schooled from the beginning. I taught him his ABC's, and his sounds of the letters so this week I decided, we have been doing ABC's for over a month, to try to see if he could do this phonic program I purchased just for him. Everyone I have ever known has done 100 easy lesson to read, well I tried it and I did not like it. So I purchased this phonics, so we did the beginning that reviewed the letters sounds, then we went onto the first lesson... "at". As I sat there reviewing the words with him it was amazing to watch him realize as he did the sounds of the letters it created words, like "fffff aaa tttt" made fat. It was like watching a light bulb go on in his head when he put it together. I loved it. It was an important moment in my homeschooling years, an amazing moment. For the rest of the week we reviewed at, an, and today we did ap. He has correctly and
I have been wanting to watch this movie for so long. Though honestly I did not really know what it was about except abortion. I thought it was like every other abortion movie. Girl gets pregnant, guy runs away, girl thinks about getting rid of unwanted baby. No this is not what this story was about. This one was different. This one was about the unwanted baby, the one that actually survives the abortion. (I wont give the whole movie away) Needless to say as I sat here watching the movie my heart started to hurt. The tears started to flow because of my own experience, my own murderous(as my daughter stated) sin. For those of you who do not know me, who do not know my story, who do not know my sin, this might just come as a surprise but for those few special people in my life and in my heart you know this story, but do not know the occasional pain I carry because of that sin. At age of 18 years old, in my lost and sinful state I aborted my first child. I could go on and share with you a
Where does the time go really? This past few weeks we have celebrated 4 birthdays. Maria who turned 17 years old..- it seems like yesterday that I brought her into this world. I sat frozen not believing that the doctor stated that it was a girl. Joseph turned 16 years old-- what a crucial age where I am watching my little boy turn into a man before my eyes My baby turned 1 years old-- she is trying to walk, communicating with sign language as well as words. She is busy and loves to be held. My biggest baby turned 22 years old. Many people are floored when I share I have a 22 year old they are shocked. I am sometimes shocked that he is 22. Time goes too fast and is so precious. We blink and it is gone. I often reflect and wonder what they will remember most about me, about family times,and their childhood. Will they be joyous?Will they understand how much their dad and I loved them? Will they know How much we wanted to show them how to live for Christ? Only the Lord know
This season has been a busy one. The children have survived the crazy ungodly Hershey park. Not without any scars though. They can say it was truly an experience for sure especially for Joey. Little baby turned 11 months this past week. The changes she is going through is amazing. She tries to say words. It is so cute. I love these begining stages. We started Homeschooling, back to traditional way of doing it. Cyber schooling was good for a season, but did not provide the spirituality that I wanted for them. I believe Maria and Joey are glad that we are traditionally schooling. They dont have to sit in front of a computer for hours. I have also started Noah.. He is learning currently, the months of the year, days of the week, the date of each day, writing his name, and reviewing his alphabet to be sure he knows them well before we move on to phonics. Maria with English :) Joe didnt want his picture taken Noah doing his alphabet cards :) Looking forward to what thi
Featured couple for the Month of August over at a Wife's Heart ... This is the blog post I wrote... Enjoy Hello Dear Wives-- My name is Angie Sellers- I am married to my beloved Samuel. We have been married for 20 years.( wow when I see that number I am amazed it has been that long and that we have made it.) When I saw the post on a Wife's heart about the featured couples, and saw the questions she asked I thought," yes that is definitely Sam and I" I met Samuel through a mutual friend in a time of my life that I was uncertain about everything. Samuel was in the Navy and I had gotten out of the Navy. At first we were just friends, there were no emotions(at least for me) He was such a breathe of fresh air. He was unlike any man I had ever met, he made me laugh, he made me feel good about myself and helped me to see how good life could be. Even though I was unsure of my emotions and was not sure if I could trust how I felt because of the pain I had experienced but I kn
Lately I have been trying to prepare myself mentally, as well as spiritually for this new school year. This year will be the first year in the state of PA that I will be homeschooling Maria and Joseph, with Noah traditionally. I will be honest after no doing it for 1 1/2 years and never doing it in the state of PA I am a bit intimidated. I worry about the state and whether I will meet all of their "requirements" but what I should really be intimidated by is NOT meeting my Lord's expectations/requirements that He has for me. I have not been faithful as I should have been. In so many ways I see have failed.. but as always the Lord shows me grace and gives me another opportunity.. He shows me mercy and I pray He will strengthen me... So I ask you all to pray for me as well. That through my actions I will bring glory to my savior as I bring up Godly Seed for his glory. On a lighter note.. we took family photos and they turned out pretty nicely... When I look at these I know t
It amazes me in reading some of these large blogs with several contributing writers how there are writers based on what? Very little to NO experience.Yes some of them are great at writing but based on the theme of the blogs they have no experience in life, very minimal in raising children and have not been married for very long. These scriptures of instruction ring through my ears often as I read blogs like that... Titus 2:3-5 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. Where are the older women who are to teach the younger? Does this standard not exist in the blogging world? What does a young mom,whose children have not even started schooling yet, who has only been mar
Having boys can be challenging to a mama in every way possible. It hurts our hearts sometimes. How do you pray for your sons? do you pray just for protection? or do you pray they stay out of trouble? I pray for more than that for my sons. I desire for their hearts to live for the Lord. I desire for them to not be part of the status quo. Exceptional men of God is what I am rearing, and praying for. Men who love the Lord and go as far as die for Christ if need be. Men who are leaders of their homes, wash their wives in the Word, and disciple their children to love the Lord with all their hearts. Isnt much to ask is it?? Nothing is hard for the Lord! So tell me what do you pray for? A Servant of Christ Angie
Some of you know I have lots of children. Seven to be exact, and most of them are older and Most of them are young men except for one boy. Lately one of my youngmen have been struggling. He works at an amusement park, and is around people all day long who standards, or morals do not quite match what we(through God's grace) have tried to instill in him. All day long he is whispered at about what he should have, and what he should be doing at "his age". Today while reading the Word these verses stood out.... Proverbs 23 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long His heart started to "envy" what these whisperers were saying to him and started to feel like he has been missing out on something in life. Really? How do we envy sinners? How do we as professing believers say "
Hello MOB Society moms... Welcome to my blog.. My name is Angie. I am a daughter of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords Jesus Christ. Wife to my beloved, Godly leader of a husband Samuel, mother to 7 Warriors for Christ. Five of those warriors are boys, and I have two precious princesses. I have been blogging for about 6 years. My blog is about my walk with Christ, my life, and my family. I don't have a business or products to sell. I just have experience and wisdom from living my life with 5 men/children. My boys ages are 21,20,19,15 and 5 years. I never encouraged my kids to play video games. I encouraged more physical activity. I am a firm believer that boys need to expend as much energy as possible. Soccer was our sport of choice. Everyone played soccer and they even refereed for a few years I am hoping that by y'all visiting my blog you will find it to be worth your time and you will be blessed by my experiences. Visit The
Modesty seems to be a big issue among Christians. Most woman do not follow modesty nor do they know how because of the standards set by society. All they care about is how they look and what is in fashion. Truth be told women, we are a stumbling blocks to our Christian brothers by not covering ourselves. Here is a link to an article written by Stacy McDonald. She answers the question " Can't you tell me what to wear?" Ladies Against Feminism May the grace of Our Lord Jesus be with you as you discover His truth. His Humble Servant Angie Posted with Blogsy
Yes I did it.. 7 days... I made it thru..it took me a little longer but I did all 7 posts and you know what each day spoke to me and today is no different. The title to this chapter was titled " When life hurts too much" The author starts off by talking about a loss of a child from the womb. She does not go into detail of the situation, but she speaks about this moment when she was sitting in church surrounded by children, newborns, and expected mothers and she closed her eyes to shut out all the new life and joy that seemed to surround her and she realized she had her hand on her stomach. In that moment she whispered " I miss you" to that child she had lost. 1.It’s easy to say we believe God is good and that He always wants our best, but when the difficult times come the truth of what we really believe often says something totally different. Have you ever experienced a time when you questioned everything you knew to be true about God? My heart knows that ki
Ok I know if you look at the dates you will see I am few days behind... Well more than a few but I decided no matter what I was going to see this thru. This chapter " Sometimes it takes an Alter" reminds me of my own testimony.. I won't get into all the details.(I will save that for another day another post) Anyway, I was a young mom, all my children were young and I was so unsure and depression,sadness, even anger controlled my life. Till one day I came to the alter...there in my flowing wailing tears I found true release and felt the presence of our Lord. So yes sometimes in the deepest most desperate,weariest time..you must come to the alter to find true relief. Have you ever just wanted to walk away? No in most weariest( I know not a word) moments I have clung to the Cross. Stacey and Brooke both have family members who walked away when the weariness became too much. What has kept you from leaving in the past? Knowing that I can not do things in my own strength a
Ok take two... Ugh.. All the words seem to just flow and now I need to start all over because I lost it so Lord help those words to come to me again.... "WHEN YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE UP" was the title to this chapter and boy did the words just seem like I was speaking them... She starts out by saying..." a mother's heart labors over her children. Pulling, tugging, coaxing,dragging,pushing,begging...all in the name of love" That is exactly how I have been feeling, how I have felt for at least the last ten years. " those of us who really look see our children not just as they are but as they can be, might be one day." Yes those words ring so true...that's it... If only. If only they understood or just knew...that " Mothering demands body,soul,mind, and heart" Mothering is not for the weak hearted, it takes strength and courage. Why courage? Courage because you go in knowing that you will never be so hurt or wounded by anyone or anythin
Well I have not been as diligent as I would have liked on this 7 days of Hope... But I am going to keep chugging along...This chapter I really could not relate with because there are a few times I have ever been without my children. I have never ever been to a spa. What things do you love to do to relieve stress? I like to read and I love to sew and crochet so those things are my stress relievers How often do you retreat into the comfort of God’s Word? Not often enough... But I am learning:) When you are feeling bone-weary like Stacey describes in this section, how does it affect your homeschool? If I am bone weary yes i take a break. How productive am I if I keep going inspite of my weariness...NOT VERY! But you know there are times when I wonder if getting away for a short period with no phone, Internet or connection to the outside world would be just what I need to restore my weary soul but then those responsibilities and guilt sets in of even thinking that way... How ab
1. Where do you usually turn for relief? Can you relate to the story Brooke shared in this chapter of feeling completely overwhelmed? When I was a younger mother I turned to my friends for relief when I was overwhelmed.... I am not a young mother with 5 young ones 5 and under. Now those 5 are 21,20,18,16, and 15. I search for relief in scripture and sometimes I find that peace in Him right away and other times, I have to search harder. 2. Have you gotten to the place of total breakdown? What did it look like for you? Yes I have and it was not a pretty sight. It involved lots of yelling and crying... Now when that feeling of being overwhelmed comes over me my heart starts to hurt because I know I have failed again. Now I have two more little ones... One is 5 and the other is 8 months and I am trying to figure out how I can make things right for them so I don't make the same mistakes. Desperately seeking Christ Angie
Yes already I am behind... What else is new..... Do you have areas of your life where you constantly struggle? Where do you want me to start...really.. Let me see laundry is always a pile, my room could use some attention and so could my sunroom. There are days when I am on the ball but lately those days have been few and far in between. ..Maybe your dishes are piled sky high, or your laundry looks like a small mountain. When you look at those visible signs of struggle, what are the first words that pop into your head? Ugh there is just not enough time in the day! If God were telling you how to feel about yourself based on those areas of struggle, would His voice be the same as the one you hear in your mind? No most likely not! How often do you catch yourself comparing your home, job, income, or parenting to someone else? Very few times have I compared my home... We are a different family. A family who try to live for the Lord and our home functions differently . So day two was ab
Day 1(take 2) I have written this blog twice so by the Lords grace... I won't lose it again... Mob society and Hope for a weary mom are hosting 7 days of Hope for a weary mom. What does weary look like in your home? Describe the physical as well as emotional toll weariness takes on you. Weary for me has been such a heaviness in my soul and aching in my heart, a wondering why?My heart aches because what I see in my children, the decisions they make or not make scare me, I am worried and unsure of why I have done what I have done for the last 10 years.( homeschooling, devotions with themU each day, prayer as a family on our knees...) I wonder what is all for? Why care? Why make all the sacrifices when they get old enough all they do is sin, justifying their sin by your mistakes? Why even try to live in righteousness for our Lord? Ten years ago the Lord brought revelation in our lives, a renewing of our minds through the Word and realization that living for Him meant alot more than
Lately I have felt like I have no "real" friends (except of course my Beloved and my children) around me... Don't get me wrong I have friends( Celina,Lanie) who are just a phone call away but I am talking about a friend that is with me through thick and thin. Through my straight forward ,honest not intending to offend ways, and will love me and truly knows my heart. Who will walk with me through every day life and who loves me at all times and loves me like a sister. A friend loves at all times,and a brother is born for adversity. (Proverbs 17:17 ESV) This scripture seeps to my bones, to my very soul. With realizing their is someone in my life that has decided they no longer want to speak to me, without an explanation, without giving me an opportunity to correct my offense or to even give a chance to ask for forgiveness has made me realize two things. 1. Their are those who say they love you but truly do not. 2. I must always remember to be forgiving! Why the second becau
There was a time when I sat in a room with a group of women that I was one of the younger ones if not the youngest in the room but just recently I have noticed a transition occurring. A transition that I am unsure whether I am happy about or not. I have now transitioned to being one of the oldest women within the room. When did that happen? It seems like yesterday all my children were little and I was seeking advice and counsel from those older women on how to rear them Godly. Now I am the one with the older children, now I hear myself passing on experience and trying to give encouragement and wisdom.... Oh my when did I become the older woman??!!! Where did the time go?? In a blink my Paul went from being 5 to 21 years old. It is not a lie or an understatement or even a joke when they say "time goes in a blink of an eye".... Angie
about 10 years ago we started the journey of homeschooling. In the journey we have come to realize that Homeschooling was not just a way to school our children but a way to live. I know there are some who wonder why we decided to go this route for our lives, for our children lives to school our children at home? Why do that with perfectly good public schools? I realized when my 21 year old was younger ( not young enough) I was fighting something. Something I could not see, we faithfully took our children to church and in this season they were in children's church, we were involved in adult group, and served. Yes we were the traditional Christian family till one day the Lord showed me there was more to my walk than what I was walking. It was more than going through the motions each day. In my children I saw the struggle of knowing what was right and trying to put that into action and still be "liked" within the public school. It reminds me of "For I do not understand
Well one of my favorite craft blogs (Gleeful things)posted a post on 25 random things about herself so I thought I would give it a whirl myself. 1. I have been married for 19.5 years. Just seeing that number amazes me. 2. I have 7 wonderful children. I feel so much joy when they are all in the same room laughing and talking 3. I love photography and pictures. 4. I love caramel 5. I love coffee, but my beloved calls it dulce de coffee-- because I love lots of cream and sugar. It has to look like caramel or it's not right :) 6. I hate the feel of fleece. I hate touching it.. I can't even explain how weird it feels to me 7. I hate practical jokes... I don't find people purposely doing things to me as funny 8. I have a very low self esteem. I see a very ugly person with terrible hair in the mirror. My beloved makes me feel gorgeous no matter what. 9. I have no idea how to decorate. I love the way women decorate their homes but I have no idea how to do it. 10. I love to paint, h
Every Once in a while I get very melancholy and begin to reflect on what is important to me. My family, my brother, sisters, and in laws and in it all I realize I am just so very blessed. My life is so full of love. My children show me love, respect and honor more so than I showed to my parents at their age. Does that mean I did something right? No it just shows you how blessed I really am. How for some reason God decided to show favor to this wretched soul. I often wonder why?! Why me? It is healthy to reflect regularly on the blessings in your life because of life, time passing so quickly I think we just take advantage of people around us.Love In ChristAngie
As I sit here and watch my sweet angel who turned 4 months yesterday... I often wonder what it is like to not be able to pick something up when you want to, to sit up without assistance or even to just talk. I watch her struggle to learn to do these things and the whole time I just wonder what is going through her sweet little head. How frustrating it must be. I know she doesn't know any better but I see how she just is so determined. At the same time it hurts me, makes me so sad to think she is growing so fast. I keep thinking pretty soon she will be crawling, pretty soon she will be walking, talking-- makes me want to cry. In past few weeks words have come to me, things to talk about, things to share but it seems like I just have not had the moments to put thoughts to the keyboard. We are moving... yes I know everyone is probably shocked, but its a short move. Even though my heart hurts a little to be leaving this little house, it is where the Lord granted me another child, and