May 22. The clothes got washed twice today—once in the washing machine and once by the rain. Judy had barely gotten the clothes hung out when the rain started, and it rained much of the morning. The sun only peeked out for about a half hour in the early afternoon; but, surprisingly, the clothes got mostly dry by the end of the afternoon. Probably because of the rain, not very many showed up for lotu. Matthew preached a good message this morning from Ephesians 2:13-17, showing how the blood of Christ had reconciled us to God and reconciled Jews and Gentiles together in one body. It was about 9:30 when we started school. More division practice today in math class, learning new things like short division and crossing out zeroes. In English class, we reviewed regular principle parts again, having them give the rules for making the past form. Then each one read to the class the story they had written. Then we reviewed the spelling words from the first lesson and went on to the second lesson. In science class, they wrote the answers to the study questions we went over yesterday. I didn’t expect it to take the whole class time, but it took most of it so there wasn’t time to go over them together and make sure they were correct. Judy was done way ahead of the others and helped Sunny. Then I had the two girls clean the erasers and the chalkboard and then the erasers again. Dallas finally finished and he started helping Mike. When the two girls finished cleaning the erasers, they also helped Mike. I heated up dinner; and as soon as the students left, we sat down to eat. We actually got to nap a little after 1:00 today. After nap, I washed my hair, got some little things together for a gift packet for Judy Javin for her birthday coming up on Friday, started on lesson plans for tomorrow, wrote some math exercises on the chalkboard, hung up a few clothes that Daddy brought in. We were very thankful that many of them were dry. This evening, I had an early bath again before the evening got too chilly. Finished writing tomorrow’s lesson plans. Worked on Bible lessons for school. Wrote a couple e-mails. “The LORD is my shepherd.” Psalm 23:1a The LORD (the self-Existent, eternal Jehovah God) is my shepherd. The LORD is (now, present tense, not will be, not may be, not perhaps; but constantly) my shepherd. The LORD is my (belonging to me, my very own) shepherd. The LORD is my shepherd (the one who takes care of me, protects me, feeds me, leads me, guards me, guides me). May 23. The night was clear and there were many stars and a very bright planet. The waning moon didn’t disappear until long after sunrise. The clouds began forming after morning arrived, and there wasn’t much sunshine today. Mike and Dallas are still dealing with a difficult situation in the family. At recess time, Mike asked for advice in dealing with the problem, and we were able to help him with some Biblical principles. Then Daddy took time to pray for him and his family before we went back to class. After nap, I finished erasing the chalkboard and cleaned the erasers, finished up tomorrow’s lesson plans, and had just a little time at the computer before starting work in the kitchen. There was a small bundle of greens that needed to be prepared as they were getting dried up, and a few spring onions that needed to be used up, so I sorted, trimmed, and washed all those and put them in the colander to drain. Then I got busy making spaghetti for supper. After supper, I cut up the greens and onions into the pressure cooker, seasoned them, added water, and put them on to cook. I also put water on to heat for dishes and worked on Bible study lessons for school while the water was heating. After washing dishes, I spent more time working on Bible study lessons. Then I checked over I Peter chapter 1 for spelling and grammar. “1If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” Colossians 3:1-3 Dead, but alive. Dead to the things of the earth. Risen with Christ. A life hid with Christ in God. The person who is risen and has life in Christ seeks those things which are above, and has his affections set on those things. He is dead to all the things on the earth.
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