Your Choice

There was a battle raging and choices had to be made

Amid the smoke and noise the soldier had to have his mind set

This battle escaped no one regardless of gender or age

The choice of weapon was crucial and the answer had to be determined before the enemy was ever met

Both choices of weapon had their cons and pros

One was a nuclear warhead with the power of destruction on a grand scale

It was the latest in technology, the most accurate, wiping out the eneny high and low

With this weapon there was a guarantee that one could not fail

The next choice of weapon was a pile of rocks

Damage could be done but one needed to be in close range and accurancy was not for sure

No guarantees were given on this choice of weapon and one needed to remember that the enemy was as wise as a fox

Though the enermy had never been met, the soldier knew he was as deadly as a disease with no cure

So the soldier considered carefully the weapons before him

He then made his choice to be known, the rocks were his selection

Ludiccrous! Why had he made this choice? From what did the choice stem?

In reply, he stated that the rocks are not as heavy nor do they require as much mental recollection

The soldier said that he did not need to invest as much energy or time

If the nuclear warhead had been chosen, study on it would beed to be done and they are not as easy or convenient to have

I can see heads shaking about the choice the soldier made, surely he has lost his mind

Why would be chose rocks over something so powerful, like having a lion fight a baby calf

But do not be so quick to judge this soldier's choice

Many of us make the same one day after day

We chose to carry our own burdens refusing to lift them up in prayer as though we have no voice

Prayer is the most powerful weapon we have but we choose to do it all our own way

So dear soldier in this battle so grand

Your weapons are before you, doing it in your own strength or bringing it to God in prayer

Waling alone or holding on to the great Creator's hand

So make your choice here today on the battlefield, but remember choices make us who we are layer upon layer

Connected Again

Good evening! I have had a three month lapse from updating, but this time I had a good reason. We didn't have the Internet. Shocking I know but we did live without it for 3 months. You see when we decided for me to stay home we knew that we were going to have to make some sacrifices and our Internet was very slow anyways so we got rid of it. A few weeks back we received notification that we qualify for a government program to get satellite Internet at about half the cost because our location does not have high speed Internet options. So we are now...connected again.

Well, let me give you the low down on the last three months. Adaliah had her second birthday. The whole family went to Build-A-Bear and Micah, Nehemiah, Addie made bears. It was great fun! We have been plugging away at the upstairs. Miguel is laying the new floors and installing moulding. I can't hardly believe it. I spend one whole day painting over 100 pieces of moulding and staining the new pieces for the stairs. It took me DAYS to recover from that. I have muscles in my arms I didn't know I had. Miguel spend that whole day laying the flooring so he complained about his knees. It sounded like a nursing home here for awhile. I will post before and after pictures when it is all finished.

As sad as it sounds that's really about it for our three month update. I do have a question for anyone reading this.....what do you do to conserve energy to help with the heating bills in the winter? Our electric bill and propane bills are not fun at all. Does any one have an Eden Pure? Do you like it? Any other conserving options?