Culture vs the Bible

 Culture should not be used to determine what the Bible, God's Holy Word says. Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. He does not change. His standards of Holiness do not change. 

Scripture must be allowed to say what it says whether we like it or not. My dad asked me a question several times in the years leading up to his death. He had noticed that the churches were changes their rules on dress, music, and many other things. He asked what happened, where they wrong then or are they wrong now. That is a wonderful question that needs an answer. Thankfully we have the answer. All we have to do is look at the Word of God without predetermined ideas. We have to let the Holy Spirit Guide us. John 16:13 says, "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come."

However, as you are showed Truth by the Holy Spirit, you must stand firm. Culture is a worldly influence that is making great strides at entering the churches. Some rules possibly were wrong or enforced in the wrong way. However, the idea of letting everything slide does not work either. Someone has to stand up and be an example of how to live. Without faithful God-fearing people leading, guiding, teaching, and correcting the people will perish for lack of knowledge. Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

What is Modest Dress

 

Modesty is important. 1 Timothy 2:9-10 says, "In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works."

What is modest apparel is the question that need to be answered. 

I want everyone to think about how you have seen people dress. Since everyone has an idea of what they think of as modest, think about what you think of as immodest. Now think about what employers require for appropriate dress at work. Most of us would agree that we don't want to see anyone's butte, breast, or bellies. Night club attire in by definition immodest. Christians are called to be in the world, but not of the world. Following the world's fashion trends is not always modest. 

Now go to your own closet. Look at your outfits. Think about the above statements. If they are not modest, look to see if they can be altered or made modest by adding something to the outfit. For example, if the "dress" shows your butte when you bend over try adding the tights under it that is too tight. If the shirt is too short, see if it could be an under shirt to a shirt that is too low. I am aware that clothing cost money. It is not possible to just get a whole new wardrobe overnight. However, it is possible to make adjustments to how we wear the clothes that we already own. 

1 Corinthians 11:31-32 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

Remember everyone whether consciencely or unconsciously judges people by how they are dressed. Think does your dress honor or dishonor God. Jesus Loves you and wants you to follow him in all things. This includes your dress, attitude, actions, and character. 

Here are some scriptures to think about. 

John 15:18-19 ESV 

“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

1 John 2:15 ESV 

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Romans 12:2 ESV 

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

1 Peter 2:9 ESV 

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Never Lose Hope

 My mom often told me the story of how I came to be born. 

She was scheduled to have her ovaries removed the very next day, when she went out to pray. She often went to an old stump to be alone with God. This day she went out with tears in her eyes crying out to God. She expressed her desire to have a daughter. A voice came to her that seemed to say, "you lack hope". She also remembered the verse in Hebrews 11:11, Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. She had lost hope of ever having a baby. 

When you went back to the house, the phone was ringing. The nurse was frantically trying to reach her. Apparently, someone had finally thought to test if my mom was pregnant. It turns out that she was 3 months pregnant. The nurse explained to my mom that the surgery had to wait until after the baby was born. The nurse also scheduled my mom for an ultrasound. 

Time passed quickly as she prepared for my arrival. When she was 7 months pregnant, the unthinkable happened. She was involved in an accident. Someone rear-ended her. She was driving a 1961 Ford Pick-up truck. 

This truck didn't have seatbelt. The Steering wheel is solid metal. Her stomach hit the steering wheel.

Upon examination at the hospital, it was determined that the baby was dead. There was no fetal heartbeat. There were no signs of life. No movement. 

The doctors did their best to explain to my mom that I was dead. They explained that the impact had been too much. My mom only cried, "No, No, you are not taking my baby!"

The doctors scheduled the procedure anyway. They had decided to give my mom 3 days to come to terms with her lose. They instructed my dad to take my mom home and make her understand. They explained that if the dead baby was not removed, she would set up infection and die. 

This time my mom refused to lose hope. On the appointed day, at the appointed time, she went to the hospital. She demanded another ultrasound. The doctors agreed on 1 condition. The condition was that if no signs of life could be found, the procedure would take place. 

During the ultrasound, the technician not only found my heartbeat she saw my mom's stomach move when I started kicking. The technician called for the doctor. The doctor agreed to cancel the procedure.

Two months later, it was finally time for me to be born. I was jerking in the birth canal. I was jerking so badly that the doctors thought I was in distress. They called in the specialists. The specialists were waiting for me to come out. 

When I come out, everyone burst into laughter. They were so relieved that the specialists were not needed. I only had the hiccups. 

My mom has told me this story many times over the years. She always ended with "If God gives you a promise, Never Lose Hope!"   

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Creamy Spinach Casserole

 

Ingredients: 

1 - 12 oz package of chopped spinach, thawed and drained

1 can of cream of mushroom soup

1 - 8oz package of cream cheese, softened 

 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Prepared a small oven safe casserole dish 
3. In a large bowl combine all ingredients by mixing well
4. pour into casserole dish
5. Bake for 20 minutes

Beef Chorizo with scrambled Eggs

 

Ingredients:

• 4.5 oz of beef chorizo 
  
• 6 eggs
• Cooking oil
• Tortillas 
• Salt and pepper (optional)
• Chopped Onions (optional) 
• diced tomatoes (optional)

Directions: 

1. Put a small amount of oil in a frying pan.

2. Put in onions.

3. Add in chorizo and cook over medium heat.

4. Beat eggs. 

5. When the onions are cooked, and chorizo looks about done, add in eggs. 

6. When the eggs are done, remove from frying pan, eat, and enjoy. This is good when eaten with tortillas like a taco. 

Candy Recipes

 My Aunt Myrle was one of the best candy makers that I know. Several years ago, I asked her to share some recipes with me. She sent me a handwritten piece of paper with two recipes on it. The recipes are as follows:

Aunt Myrtle's Fudge

• 1 tall can milk (condensed milk)
• 2 T butter (2 tablespoons)
• 4 1/2 cups sugar
• dash of salt
• 1 - 12 oz pack of semi-sweet chocolate
• 3-4 oz sweet cooking chocolate
• 1 pint marshmallow cream
• 2 or more cups chopped pecans 

1. Combine milk, butter, sugar, and salt in a saucepan.
2. Bring to a rolling boil stirring often.
3. Reduce heat and simmer 6 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, place the other ingredients except pecans in a large bowl. 
5. Gradually pour the boiling mixture over the chocolate and marshmallows and beat until the chocolate is melted.
6. Stir in the pecans and pour in a large, buttered pan. 
7. Store in fridge or cool place several hours to harden before cutting in squares.

Just Candy

• 2 cups of pecans
• 1 pack of almond bark chocolate
• 5 pieces of Carmel 

1. Chop 2 cups pecans. (Get really small)
2. Melt 1 pack of almond bark chocolate in the microwave. 
3. Melt caramel
4. stir in caramel to the chocolate
5. mix all together quickly and drop by Spoonfuls on waxed paper.
6. Let cool for about 5 minutes.  

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4th Grade Language

  The 4th grade English student:

• Continues cursive writing.
• Practices alphabetizing and increases his comprehension of vowels and consonants.
• Reviews and expands knowledge of the parts of speech—nouns (common, proper, singular, plural, and subject nouns), verbs (action, state-of-being, and helping), pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
• Develops paragraph writing skills and reviews the types of sentences—declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory.
• Identifies and practices using ending punctuation.
• Learns the use of a colon and an apostrophe in contractions and possessives.
• Begins to use the dictionary.
• Learns proper letter writing form.
• Reviews and expands word concepts (antonyms, synonyms, homonyms), confusing words, word pairs, and contractions.

Resources:

• Under the Home Online Homeschool Curriculum - Poetry Textbook
• Language Arts 4 – Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool
• Home Spelling Words - Spelling Games, Worksheets, Tests & List
• Daily Grammar Lesson Archive
• Free Download Language Arts Level 4 - The Good and the Beautiful
• Grammar-land; Or, Grammar in Fun for the Children of Schoolroom-shire ... : M. L. Nesbitt : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive to be used with We Don't Need No Education: Grammar-Land Worksheets
• Pearson Scott Foresman Grammar & Writing Handbook Gr 4.pdf
• Free Grammar Worksheets - Freedom Homeschooling

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