Carolina Mommy

I got this in an e-mail today and it really made me think. As I faced my Maker at the last judgment, I knelt before the Lord along with all the other souls.Before each of us laid our lives like the squares of a quilt in many piles; an angel sat before each of us sewing our quilt squares together into a tapestry that is our life.But as my angel took each piece of cloth off the pile, I noticed how ragged and empty each of my squares was. They were filled with giant holes. Each square was labeled with a part of my life that had been difficult, the challenges and temptations I was faced with in every day life. I saw hardships that I endured, which were the largest holes of all.I glanced around me. Nobody else had such squares. Other than a tiny hole here and there, the other tapestries were filled with rich color and the bright hues of worldly fortune. I gazed upon my own life and was disheartened.My angel was sewing the ragged pieces of cloth together, threadbare and empty, like binding...

We continued in the week with The Crucifixion and how God worked it all to happen just as He said. We counted out 30 pieces of silver and talked about Judas and his betrayal of Jesus. We also had our own Seder Meal. Our niece came over and joined in for it. The preparation of it I don't think was "kosher" but it was good and meaningful. We talked about the meaning of each item according to Jewish custom, but also talked about the significance in relation to our Lord and Savior and how Christ was the ultimate Lamb sacrifice. We had Lamb and Rosemary & Garlic Potatoes. On our Seder plate there was a Hard Boiled Egg, Parsley, Salt Water, Horseradish, Charoset and Matzo. The Lamb was a bit dry, but tasty -- I think I cooked it too long in the crock pot. This was the first time any of us had ever had lamb. We all enjoyed the Matzo bread and my girls like salt (not a good thing I know ) so the Parsley in the salt water didn't bother them. The Horseradish on the other ...

What a wonderful week we have had...and it's not over yet. This is the first year that we have really taken the time to be in the Word as a family and really reflect on what this week is all about. Thanks to the wealth of ideas posted by Monica and ideas in Homespun Memories for the Heart it has been an exciting week in which we have learned so much! So here is our week so far... "Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!" John 12:13 Webb cut palm branches and we read from our Read and Learn Bible. Then we laid our jackets and blankets down on the floor and waved our palm branches shouting "HOSANNA!" The girls had a lot of fun with it. We talked about how excited we would be if Jesus had walked in and walked across the path that we made for him. "Then He poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples feet and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded." John 13:5 "If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, wash...