Isaiah 54 and some reflections on our eternal protector

These are a few verses I had read at my wedding. Such power in these words.

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee. O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
(Isaiah 54:1-17)

Reminder.....the enemy is out there and loves to devour the following......

body (1st and easiest target for enemy to strike) .....this is why modesty and dependence on God for "medical" assistance is essential. Be careful what doctors you visit for various cares. If he can't get through this wall....he hasn't got a chance. Keep close watch on that tongue.

soul (2nd and most crippling target for enemy to strike)......this is why constant study of the word and being around believers is essential.......enemy loves to twist scripture. We must make sure we know it.

spirit (3rd and most deadly target for enemy to strike)......when he's got your spirit in false and deadly religions and cults......sometimes those religions could be the most popular "Christian" organizations in da world.....eeek Hypocrites love organization and power....eeeek X2.

Current Craft Projects

Today I pieced together a very large tote-bag. I plan to use it when I make errands around town and as a diaper bag for the new baby as the one we currently have has turned into scraps and needs some repair. The pattern for the tote bag can be found here.


Also I have been working on a crochet project for quite some time. It is an advanced pattern I found at our local library in a crochet magazine. If I were to sell this piece, I would probably have to sell it for a lotta dough! It seems to take me at least 2 hours or more to make one round. And there are 51 rounds to make. That leaves over 100 hours of stitch time to make a piece such as this. I never really work on the pattern straight through. I typically pick up the crochet work when ever I feel inspired to work on it.....which may be ever 2 months or every day....depending on the mood.

You may learn how to crochet quickly by watching here. There are several more examples on You Tube.

Birth and Bible relations

Here are a few verses associated with the positive decision to have a birth at home and without the assistance of man:

Genesis 3:16

" ¹⁶Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."

Please note that in the King James Version (the most accurate and complete version) it does not indicate that women would succumb to pain but rather sorrow! How many women are decieved to succumb to pain simply by reading a bad version of the bible!

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Exodus 1: 19

^"19And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them."

In other words the Jewish women delivered without the assistance of any medical professionals. It was the Egyptian women who needed assistance from professionals ;) !

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^{Leviticus 20:10}

¹⁰And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

Numbers 5:28-30

²⁸And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

²⁹This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

³⁰Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

Leviticus 18

¹And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

²Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.

³After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

⁴Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.

⁵Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

⁶None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

⁷The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

⁸The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

⁹The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

¹⁰The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.

¹¹The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

¹²Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.

¹³Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.

¹⁴Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

¹⁵Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

¹⁶Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

¹⁷Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

¹⁸Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

¹⁹Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

²⁰Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

²¹And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

²²Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

²³Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

²⁴Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

²⁵And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

²⁶Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

²⁷(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

²⁸That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

²⁹For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

³⁰Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.

Notice in the last three segments how uncovering the nakedness of any women that is not one's wife is considered adultery! This is inclusive of pregnancy conditions as well!

For obvious reasons we are not under the law....but that does not mean we are to avoid it....we as Christians are to fulfill it through Christ's strength. ....faith without works is dead......

It seems to me when a Christian women chooses to trust her doctor over her husband she is choosing to submit to the doctor's wishes rather than her husbands.....as the scripture says, wives submit to your husbands.....not to your doctor!

And remember Christ was born in a manger.....unassisted by "professionals" :)

Beggining Home Prenatal Checkups

As I read through many of the main stream pregnancy forums it seems that many women/girls who are pregnant immediately run to a doctor to check the condition of their 5-12 week old unborn child. Although we have advanced significantly in technology, there is little that man can do to assist these women. I do believe they are seduced to pay doctors X amount of money because the health insurance companies are big business and they are taught to follow the norms of society despite the mindlessness that goes along with their mind-numbing practices associated with consistently reaching into the doctor and hospitals for every little problem that occurs. I don't necessarily condemn any women who is so eager to see an unborn child that they immediately run to the nearest physician to see what a little pea like creature looks like in an ultrasound machine. It is neat to see 4-D imagery ;) Also I do know that some pregnancies are high-risk so I can understand the case.

However, back to reality, women in biblical days trusted in God to help them deliver their children. They did not need all the excessive technology. Sometimes technology interferes with our trust in God and reliance on our savior Jesus Christ. My husband and I have chosen to have a home-birth with our next child, which is currently on the way. We may or may not use a midwife.....preferably the latter. Because of my husband's experience in the medical field, I have no fears about what could happen in case of an emergency (prolapsed cord, transverse lie etc.) In those cases a c-section is actually needed. We will hope and pray that we will be able to birth a healthy child on our own.

Furthermore, I have begun my own at-home prenatal checkups. I have recorded all the typical events that occur at a typical hospital checkup and have created my own "medical records." Using a combination of my husband's nursing books and a midwife book by Ina May Gaskin, I compiled a list of things to check for. Although, if I do encounter any problem, I may have to resort to herbal remedies to cure the problem. For example, I had slight anemia with my last birth, which created dizziness on my part, so instead of running to the doctor for a prescription, I know that there are a few remedies with herbal treatments and vitamins available to assist with these problems.

The biggest concern that most folks have with deciding to go at it alone is problems with society's assumptions about childbirth. Yes, women died in the past and neonatal death rate was pretty high as well.....but many are not considering the nutritional factors associated with such a high death rate. Furthermore, many of these women lived in fear....causing them to succumb to the anxiety associated with pain and birth trama in childbirth. If a pregnant women can overcome anxiety and pressure in childbirth.....she can overcome a lot. Often times resisting the body changes associated with birth are what causes the pain. Being surrounded by strangers in a strange setting causes the pain in the first place.

Furthermore, statistics in hospitals are very misleading. Hospitals claim to save many lives of babies and mothers but in reality more babies are snapped out of existence in hospitals and by abortifactanct drugs before the rest of the world even knows of their conception! Think about it, if hospitals truely catered to birth they would not offer prenatal tests to check for disabilities so that the mother could "choose" to abort her unborn child right in the hospital. As a result only 1 in 6 pregnancies actually come to full term with complete hospital care! This statistic could be much higher and we may never know how many unborn children are denied the gift of life right within the doors of our "friendly" hospitals! Because of this startling statistic, it is imperative that a Christian seriously think twice about funding our local hospitals! By succumbing to the pressures of society to have a birth in a hospital, you are saying that abortion is ok, the birth control pill saves lives, and other rediculous research methods are the solution to societal problems. Yes I do admit....c-sections save lives. But if we keep our focus on the Lord and not on all the problems truly associated with pregnancy and birth.....which is like 1% given proper conditions....we should have no fear in birthing our babies on our own.

Here are a couple of sites that have great books that help a person interested in taking charge of their own children's birth: birth junkie, unassisted childbirth. Keep in mind the latter site contains more new-agey types of views, so Christians beware. Some are rather eyeopening.

Psalms reflection

The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
(Psalms 24:1-10)

Thank-You Lord for being the wonderful creator! Thank you for saving us when we go astray and destroy your people and your creation. Lord teach us to keep our eyes on eternal glory, keep us ever in thy presence. Fill us with the knowledge of you oh Lord and let not the world take us away captive to its deceptions and lies. Lord I want to seek your blessing and your face. Keep us ever in your holy presence. Amen

Digging Your Own Well

Here is a link that instructs a person how to dig their own well. Digging a well with a specialized company can be expensive... It can be upwards of 12,000$ or more. Around here land is between 3,000$ to 5,000$. My husband and I hope to own a small piece of property one day. If we happen to build a simple cabin without running water and electricity that would be perfectly fine with me. I'm a fan of simplicity ;)

Starting Seeds Indoors

Today I started seedlings. I know it is early but I am so eager to get out side and garden its ridiculous. Right now I only started about 5 pots per each seed packet I received from Gurney's but I will soon be adding more to this mix. I saved a few seeds from last year, purchased some seeds from a local farm store for about 0.10$ per packet and I plan to check out local nurseys to see what they offer.