Thomas Edison's Mother

-A Mother O' Mine, A Mother's Treasury, by Mary EngelBreit

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Frustrations and the Temporary Solutions

-ROSE is ROSE

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Kindness and Respect

 1 Peter 3:7-9

..."You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit; not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing."...

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Not one thing in these verses sound cruel, mean, vicious, controlling, disrespectful, violent, manipulating, crazy-making, lying, tricking, abusive...

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Joys of Life

 Memories...

Rare Gems are so rare...

 Proverbs 1:7-9

..."The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;


Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction


And do not forsake your mother’s teaching;

Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head


And ornaments about your neck."...

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Be a rare Gem :o)

Fathers who live righteously with integrity

 Proverbs 20

..."A plan in the heart of a man is like deep water,

But a man of understanding draws it out....

...A righteous man who walks in his integrity—

How blessed are his sons after him."...

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Sons learn how to be a man from good fathers

* Thanks, Charles Schulz :o)

  

Compassion: Almost a Lost Art

 -Wizard of Id

This comic has so touched my heart. Compassion exudes from it.

Fewer people these days ever show kindness or compassion to others. And as time marches on these precious people will be gone. 

So many human beings, even when brought up in loving homes, are turning away from their parents, their families who love them to seek out malevolence among the peoples of the world.

Their hardness of heart connects them to mean, covetous people, and so...these grown children quickly become mirror images of their new friends. They will even proudly call these mean, evil people "their family", "their mother and their father..." when nothing can be farther from the truth.

How does this happen? 

Tickled ears? 

Jealousy?

Covetousness?

Control Freaks?

..."But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron"...

1 Timothy 4:1-2 NAS    -NIV translates this: ..."in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.

Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron."...

How else can we explain the trend to hate your own family?

Gentle readers...make sure you do not allow yourself to close down the part of you which expresses kindness and compassion.  These are traits of our Heavenly Father!  He taught us these, He put them in us. He will NEVER  abandon kindness or compassion for His children.  

Don't give up on your family who have abandoned you, though. Those who have chosen to hurt you terribly by their words or deeds.  The LORD hears your cries and He constantly works on your wayward people.  

It will be their choice to listen to the King of kings....but for you, dear mothers and sisters...you choose to listen and learn from the One who is able to save even the wayward!

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2 Timothy 3 NIV

"But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.

People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. 

Have nothing to do with such people.

They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,  always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. 

They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. 

But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.

You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. 

Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."

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Advice for a daughter from her father

The Improving of the Mind

..."I hope you will also find time to read and improve your mind. 

Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances. 

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. 

It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret."

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-General Robert E. Lee, letter to his daughter.

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So Many Happy Memories

Mary Engelbreit

 

Waiting, Trusting the LORD

 By Marjolein Bastin

Proverbs 3

My son, do not forget my teaching,


But let your heart keep my commandments;


For length of days and years of life


And peace they will add to you.


Do not let kindness and truth leave you;


Bind them around your neck,


Write them on the tablet of your heart.


So you will find favor and good repute


In the sight of God and man.


Trust in the Lord with all your heart


And do not lean on your own understanding.


In all your ways acknowledge Him,


And He will make your paths straight.


Do not be wise in your own eyes;


Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.


It will be healing to your body


And refreshment to your bones.


Honor the Lord from your wealth


And from the first of all your produce;


So your barns will be filled with plenty


And your vats will overflow with new wine.


My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord


Or loathe His reproof,


For whom the Lord loves He reproves,


Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

How blessed is the man who finds wisdom


And the man who gains understanding.


For her profit is better than the profit of silver


And her gain better than fine gold.


She is more precious than jewels;


And nothing you desire compares with her.


Long life is in her right hand;


In her left hand are riches and honor.


Her ways are pleasant ways


And all her paths are peace.


She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her


And happy are all who hold her fast.


The Lord by wisdom founded the earth,


By understanding He established the heavens.


By His knowledge the deeps were broken up


And the skies drip with dew.


My son, let them not vanish from your sight;


Keep sound wisdom and discretion,


So they will be life to your soul


And adornment to your neck.


Then you will walk in your way securely


And your foot will not stumble.


When you lie down, 

you will not be afraid;


When you lie down, 

your sleep will be sweet.


Do not be afraid of sudden fear


Nor of the onslaught of the wicked when it comes;


For the Lord will be your confidence


And will keep your foot from being caught.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,


When it is in your power to do it.


Do not say to your neighbor, 

“Go, and come back,


And tomorrow I will give it,”


When you have it with you.


Do not devise harm against your neighbor,


While he lives securely beside you


Do not contend with a man without cause,


If he has done you no harm.


Do not envy a man of violence


And do not choose any of his ways.


For the devious are an abomination to the Lord;


But He is intimate with the upright.


The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,


But He blesses the dwelling of the righteous.


Though He scoffs at the scoffers,


Yet He gives grace to the afflicted.


The wise will inherit honor,


But fools display dishonor."

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Father's Day with lots of Encouragements

Love your father. It's the right thing to do.

Ephesians 6:2-3

..."Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth."...

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Mother, Now I Understand

 MEngelbreit

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The Light of Home

MEngelbreit

Precious Memories of our Fathers

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A sweet friend thought of me with this lovely Blue Bird picture.  

We discovered over time that we had similar happy, precious memories of our fathers. One of these memories is of birds in which Blue Birds were my father's favorites

 although he loved all birds!

Our fathers: what a treasure! and so is this sweet gift!

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Mom's Best Recipes

ROSE is ROSE

A Reliable Substitute

ROSE is ROSE

Moms are special to us 
even if they are someone else's mother.

Praise the LORD for Titus 2 women!

Pigeon Boots and other assorted Pigeon Clothes

I have written about my father before. As I think of him now I would choose the word unique to describe him, but maybe there are lots of people who have had fathers like him, after all - PLUGGERS has had so many comics which "paint" him like he was. 

Yes, every summer he would be repainting something -  like the time the tricycle needed an upgrade for the last child to have it. After the trike was finished in Fire Engine Red almost every tool had the same red for handles, along with bird houses, etc....Other years it was turquoise or white or green...to us this was all normal and I find myself doing this so it must be normal!

Another story of my unique father was when he saved up and eventually purchased through the mail a Heathkit color television set to build. I do not know how long it took him to build that TV, but I know he enjoyed every moment doing so. It was our first television in color and with a cabinet, but unfortunately, it always had issues. He had a real job so the time to work on it was short. While waiting for the time to repair it he bought a smaller TV and put it on top of the cabinet for us. This TV on the TV became the norm.

My father's love for nature is one in which he instilled in me. Camping, hiking, canoeing, sailing, with bird watching and feeding the birds on the top of the list at home. 

I remember all those years with him trying to thwart the squirrels from eating at his homemade bird feeders. He tried every tact he could design. Eventually, he decided to let them "win" by making a big wooden platform for all the birds AND the squirrels, plus he made many squirrel houses for our wooded lot.

When I was three my family moved into the house my parents kept for over 40 years. I remember when he built his first pigeon house. He was fascinated by homing pigeons. Many times he raced them. All the time he trained them. Once in a while he would allow me to come into the pigeon loft with him. He would explain things and even let me hold the baby pigeons.

As time went by the small, square pigeon loft began to fall apart so he designed and built another one twice the size of the first at the corner of the yard. After the change over to the new house the old one was dismantled. What remained was the rock foundation and the flower beds which surrounded it. My sister and I loved to play "house" in the dirt square. It was just joy!

All the while my father raised his pigeons he had special clothes to go work in the lofts. His old grey coat became his "Pigeon Coat", his tall green wellington type boots were his "Pigeon Boots"... pigeon gloves, pigeon hats...

It was only natural for us. Doesn't every father have a pigeon coat?

In our own family every slip-on pair of boots have been called "pigeon boots" and even now when our big old coats are replaced by new ones, the old ones become our "play coats", but mostly, they are lovingly called our "pigeon coats".

As the Piper's Wife if I needed new pigeon boots these are the kind I would have to purchase! I would love to share this photo with my father. He would have had a good chuckle. I can just hear him now:

Happy St.Patrick's Day

H/T to MUTTS and "the little pink sock" legacy

St. Patrick's Day always brings happy memories of my sweet "Little house on the prairie" Scottish Grandma.  Every year we would receive a St. Patrick's Day card from her. My mother would laugh and remind us of how silly she always was because she was Scottish, (Orkney Islands). 

So thankful for her! She was one of the sweetest ladies I have known.

Putting away and moving on

This week I took a couple of photos before I began to put away most of my "winter" decor.  I left out some of my "pickled Snowmen" since it is still winter, we have over 15 inches on the ground since January, and the festive red bows around the lids highlight the few Valentine things I have.

These photos show my bottle brush forest on top of the wardrobe where our Wolverine does not know he could jump to reach.  I nestled a few deer among the trees and greenery.  

The little red flocked deer is from my childhood and one of my most treasured Christmas decorations. 

When I was engaged to be married years ago my mother had me choose a few things from her own decorations to take with me as we began our married life together.  It was a precious thing for her to do for me.  The things she gave me are a treasure and full of memories of my childhood and into our own families traditions.

Thankful!