Where can I save?

I was wondering if I can pay less on our cable internet bill a month ago.  I decided to just call and see what they say.  The service representative said, "Sure thing!  Would you like to pay $30, instead of $55 a month?"  Um...ok.  And all I had to do was to call and ask to pay less?  Yep.

I don't think we need to pay to watch movies anymore.  Netflix is nice, but not $10 a month nice, especially when I have to work at finding good movies to put in my queue.  And I don't like feeling forced to watch a movie the day the movie arrives so that I can put it in the mail the next day.  I sometimes will forgo being thrifty to hang on to a movie for a few days, but then it's definitely too much to pay the $10 when I only do a couple of movies a month. 

The library has free movies.  And I do mean free.  Like in free to keep.  We went to the library a couple of days ago and I saw a DVD on the free shelf.  There wasn't a cover on the case so I almost didn't pick it up to look inside.  It was the movie, Pendragon.  I was very interested in that movie and nearly bought the movie from visionforum a few days ago.  God is a great giver.  He will give exactly what we want, many times when we wait on Him. 

There are free redbox codes all the time.  Good thing the selection is very limited.  We don't have as much time to read when we watch movies too much.

Is it necessary to try to save as much as possible?  I think the effort is worth it.  I want to give more at church.  I want to be able to give our children the best possible start before they leave home.  Could we help them with their future homes?  I sure hope so.  I'd like to think that our children would not have to be indebted to the bank for as long as 30 years. 

I believe preparing our children to start their married lives well and leaving them a godly as well as a financial heritage is biblical.

No, we can't take anything with us.  What do we do with what we leave behind?  Hopefully, there are children that will continue our vision of multi-generational faithfulness.

God is good

We lost the baby. 

Chris and I were talking about how good God is to us.

My pregnancy was still very early.  What I passed was small and I didn't bleed much.  God gave us more awareness about how precious every life is.  He showed us that He is the giver of life as well as the taker of life.  And we are so very grateful that He is sovereign over our lives and that His grace is sufficient for us.

Chris and I "know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." 

Lord God,
You are perfect in all Your ways.  We love you because you first loved us.  Thank you for taking care of us and blessing us so much more than we could have ever imagined. 

Taking in the news

Chris had been at a school and just got home last night.  We told the kids about the baby and they were very excited.  :)

I wonder about sharing our news on my blog, but maybe it's not such a bad way to go. 

I told someone very dear to me and her response was, Again?  She called the next day to apologize for not expressing herself well.  She told me that what she meant was that she thought it was very soon for me to be pregnant since my cycle just started back.  Had she read about it on my blog, maybe she would've responded in a different way?

8 children is just way too many for most people.

God, we want the blessings. 

It always takes awhile to sink in

I don't know why it's so hard to believe that I am really pregnant.  It always is. 

The wonder of it...the enormity of it all...

I will cling to God's promise:

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.  Isaiah 40:11

Wanting to know

Noble turned 15 months last month and my cycle returned!  I am so very thankful to God that he's given me a husband who takes joy in the possibility of us having more children. 

My cycle didn't show up this month and so I tested this morning and got a very faint line.  I almost thought it was my imagination.  I took another one and this time the line was daker but still not as distinct as my previous pregnancy tests' results were. 

I almost wish pregnancy tests were not so cheap and easily available.  Why cannot I just be content to wait on the Lord and not have to know as soon as I can?  sigh...

Thank you, heavenly Father, for blessings us so very richly.

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him... Psalm 37:7

Good news about birth control

Yaz/Yasmin birth control pill takers may win a lawsuit!  Life-threatening symptoms and death have resulted from the users of this drug.  Of course this is nothing new about the BCP, but isn't it nice that there are lawyers out there helping women become aware of the dangers of chemical birth control?  It seems that it's the lawyers who are most effective at making sense out of all the propaganda.   I talked with a friend who said that her Christian doctor said there are no problems with the BCP.  We had a pastor whose comment about the BCP being an issue between the couple and God.  A well educated Christian said that his wife has thoroughly researched the BCP and found it to be safe and he is not concerned about it's health effects or moral implications.  Christians don't seem to care much about the history of the BCP.

One would think that after 40 years since the Pill's been on the market that it would now become safe and problem free.  Too bad that besides being harmful to women, it's harmful to the baby that was conceived while the mother was on the drug.  Harmful meaning, aborted. 

Another good news!  I am not the only person who knows this about the BCP!

There is a website that also knows!

And of course, Dr. Mercola, gives secular warnings.

Another website.

And another.

One more.

Christian doctors who speak out against the BCP.


The above websites were found during a cursory search on the internet.  The warnings seem to be out there.  Why are not Christian women heeding?  Maybe it comes down to the trust that people put in the medical establishment.  If doctors can prescribe it, it must be ok for me.  If the Christian culture does not speak against it, it must be ok. 

Too many women have died.  How many babies have been aborted?  Does it matter? 

Yes, but, I don't want to be contentious.  So, I don't want to talk about it.  Surely that is not reason for being silent. 

Dear God,
Please give us the boldness to speak truths that need to be heard.  Thank you for your goodness.

Curtailing internet activity

I found that since I deactivated my facebook account, I feel...less busy. One less thing to check when I get on the computer. That's a very good thing.

I don't manage my time very well so I think I need as little distractions as possible.

I also don't need to know what every friend is doing, playing (should their high scores impress me or just make me covet their time to play?), eating, laughing about, trying to win, enigmatic remarks, etc.

Curiosity killed the cat. It could kill my sense of discretion and moderation, too.

I understand that many things can be used for good. This kind of internet activity can so become intrusive and unprofitable that I think, for me and my household, it's best to refrain and pick up the phone. Or email. Or plan a visit.

There are practical concerns are well.