Learning Joy

My devotions this morning –

“When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.” Genesis 3:6

Satan gets us to concentrate on the temptation instead of God. ~ Gladys M. Hunt

I found that statement to be deep. Just now, as I was typing the verse in, I realized something else. I always thought that Eve was alone – that she took the fruit back to Adam and talked him into eating it. But here it says her husband was with her. So that whole “Eve did it” argument is moot!! He was right there – he could have stopped her. Another reason the second Adam had to come. 🙂 I’m so glad He did!!

** just a note – Jeff said that Adam wasn’t “right there with her”, but that when they said “with her” they meant “around” or because they were married. So ignore my whole schpeel about Adam being with her when she took the fruit.

Yay!! It’s been a while (since March) since I could blog. Blogger changed stuff on me & life was just too busy to try and figure it out.
Now I have a new blog, Learning Joy, but you can still access any of my old blogs here.

Now I need to play with this and see what I can do with it!

Happy Saturday!!

Okay, so I thought I should keep myself accountable and post how I am doing on my menus.
Yesterday we were supposed to have the following:

We did ok except that we weren’t home for supper so we had more soup and some cheesy toast.

Okay, so I’m taking another shot at this …
Week of 3/29/10 – 4/4/10

Monday –
breakfast – cereal/toast
lunch – leftover soup
supper – baked potatoes, steamed broccoli

Tuesday –
breakfast – scrambled eggs & toast
lunch – soup and crackers
supper – chicken pot pie

Wednesday –
breakfast – cereal/toast
lunch – turkey sandwiches
supper – chicken, asparagus risotto

Thursday –
breakfast – omelets
lunch – salad and sandwich
supper – tuna noodle casserole, steamed broccoli

Friday –
breakfast – hot cereal
lunch – pb&j, cheese stick
supper – meatloaf, mashed potatoes, steamed asparagus

Saturday –
breakfast – pancakes & eggs
lunch – leftovers
supper – salad with grilled chicken

Sunday –
breakfast – potluck brunch @ church
dinner – chicken, potatoes, asparagus, broccoli, salad, rolls
supper – snacks/leftovers

From family trip 7-09

another shot of Dungeness Bay … see the big ship? This is the main thoroughfare for ships, they call it the shipping lanes. The land in the distance is CANADA!! 🙂

From family trip 7-09

Jonathan, Jeff, Daniel & Nicholas
July 2009

From family trip 7-09

I absolutely love the ocean. Water calms me, refreshes me, and inspires me. Thought I’d share this photo with you. Taken on Dungeness Bay in Sequim (pronounced SQWIM), WA last July. The land you see in the photo is the spit.

Jeff and I were listening to Michael Medved, and sadly, eventually, we had to turn it off. Medved had on an author who wrote a book called “Marry Him”. The book was encouraging women to not overlook “regular” guys, and thus miss their soul mate. The woman who wrote the book is 43 and unmarried. She said she’d found someone really great, but due to some “family issues” he had to move away and so they weren’t together anymore. In my opinion, one should only give advice about what one knows. (Now I know in the past, I have given unwanted and unrequested advice, but it was on things I knew! 😉 ) I think I would rather read a book on marriage or on finding the right person by someone who has been successful at finding someone, getting married and staying married.
The problem is, marriage isn’t easy. One has to choose to love sometimes. One has to die to oneself sometimes … don’t get me wrong, being married is a lot of fun. Being married is a lot of work, too.
I think we’ve been inundated with Hollywood’s image of marriage, and we forget that it’s not easy. We think it should be smooth, simple and uncomplicated. This is silly thinking because people are complicated, rough, and usually fairly complex. Marriage brings two of these beings together, and causes them to live together, work together, entwine their lives with each other. Why should this be easy? Does it really matter if the two people are soul mates or not? You tell me.

Anyways … on a semi-related note –
Valentine’s Day always reminds me of what marriage is. Jeff asked me to marry him 15 years ago on Valentine’s Day. Since then, we’ve had quite a few different Valentine’s days – from dinner out to a picnic in the living room. This year, for Valentine’s Day we invited one of the boys’ friends over and hung out in the living room. I gave Jeff and the boys valentine cards, the boys gave us cards … that was the extent of our day. Granted, we weren’t feeling the greatest, as we were still getting over being sick, but that’s not really why we didn’t do anything. We honestly couldn’t think of anything to do! We didn’t want to see any of the movies that were out, we didn’t feel like eating out, and we didn’t want to spend the money on an overnight trip anywhere. I think we’ve become an old married couple!! (I kept thinking of Mr. Elton in “Pride & Prejudice” on Sunday!)