PARENTING FREEDOM

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In my anguish I cried to the LORD, and he answered by setting me free.
Psalm 118:5

I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.
Psalm 119:32

I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
Psalm 119:45

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.
Luke 4:18-19

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
John 8:32

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
John 8:36

Into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
Romans 8:21

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1

You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.
Galatians 5:13

Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
1 Corinthians 8:9

In him [Christ] and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Ephesians 3:12

But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.
James 1:25

Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
James 2:12

Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
1 Peter 2:16

They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
2 Peter 2:19

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
Abraham Lincoln

"I freed thousands of slaves. I could have freed thousands more, if they had known they were slaves."
Harriet Tubman

"No one is free when others are oppressed."
Author Unknown

"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"
Patrick Henry

"A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none, a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to every one."
Martin Luther
Freedom of a Christian

"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it."
Pericles

"None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free."
Goethe

"So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men."
Voltaire

"The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage."
Thucydides

"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
George Orwell

"O, Lord, I want to be free, want to be free, Rainbow round my shoulder, wings on my feet."
Traditional spiritual

FREE FROM THE LAW

Free from the law, O happy condition,
Jesus has bled and there is remission,
Cursed by the law and bruised by the fall,
Grace hath redeemed us once for all.

Once for all, O sinner, receive it,
Once for all, O brother, believe it;
Cling to the cross, the burden will fall,
Christ hath redeemed us once for all.

Now we are free, there’s no condemnation,
Jesus provides a perfect salvation.
“Come unto Me,” O hear His sweet call,
Come, and He saves us once for all.

“Children of God,” O glorious calling,
Surely His grace will keep us from falling;
Passing from death to life at His call;
Blessèd salvation once for all.

HE SET ME FREE

My soul is filled with joy and gladness
Since Jesus came to me.
His love has banished all my sadness,
From sin I am set free.

He set me free, He set me free,
I was blind, but hallelujah, now I see!
I shall ne’er forget the day
When He washed my sins away,
And He set, He set me free.

The Comforter divine is dwelling
Within my soul today;
His love to others I am telling
Since Jesus came to stay.

The grace of Jesus hath abounded
For all my sins I see,
Salvation walls have me surrounded,
From sin I am set free.

GLORIOUS FREEDOM

Once I was bound by sin’s galling fetters;
Chained like a slave, I struggled in vain.
But I received a glorious freedom,
When Jesus broke my fetters in twain.

Glorious freedom! Wonderful freedom!
No more in chains of sin I repine!
Jesus the glorious Emancipator—
Now and forever He shall be mine.

Freedom from all the carnal affections;
Freedom from envy, hatred and strife;
Freedom from vain and worldly ambitions;
Freedom from all that saddened my life!

Freedom from pride and all sinful follies;
Freedom from love and glitter of gold;
Freedom from evil temper and anger;
Glorious freedom, rapture untold!

Freedom from fear with all of its torments;
Freedom from care with all of its pain;
Freedom in Christ, my blessèd Redeemer—
He Who has rent my fetters in twain.

HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW

Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,
Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home,
When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is He:
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

I sing because I’m happy,
I sing because I’m free,
For His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.

“Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender word I hear,
And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;
Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,
When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies,
I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

More September Pictures Set 2

carol | December 26, 2009

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September Pictures of the Children Set 2

carol | December 26, 2009

I only posted pictures up to the end of August 2009, so I thought I might catch up a little. Most of the posts will be private, but I will publicly post some of the pictures of the children with their backs to the camera, as well as scenery.

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"Life satisfaction for married people — women especially — goes up the more kids they have."

carol | November 6, 2009

Married With Children Paves Way to Happiness
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20091104/hl_hsn/marriedwithchildrenpaveswaytohappiness

“A new study found that having children boosts happiness. And the more, literally, the merrier.“

“The study found that life satisfaction for married people — women especially — goes up the more kids they have. Single, separated and co-habiting people, by contrast, report negative experiences.”

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Always Reading

carol | June 14, 2009

“Mommy, there’s no Vitamin C in this cereal!”

For some reason, C7 didn’t have a book handy while she was snacking, so what else do you do except read the cereal box?

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Hungry Hungry Ants

carol | June 9, 2009

C7: “Can I have some sugar?”
Me: “Why?”
C7: “Well…”
Me: “To feed something?”
C7: “Yeees.”
Me: “Ants?”
C7: “Yes! Nana just let us bring home a bucket full of ants!!!”

Thanks, Nana. We can always use more ants.

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June in Canada

carol | June 7, 2009

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2nd Spring Bouquet for Mommy

carol | May 2, 2009

Still snow in the backyard on May 2nd

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Bless this Child, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.

carol | April 22, 2009

My youngest nephew was baptised on Easter Sunday in the Presbyterian church.

GRANT TO THIS CHILD THE INWARD GRACE
http://nethymnal.org/htm/g/t/t/g2tchild.htm

Grant to this child the inward grace,
While we the outward sign impart;
The cross we on his forehead trace
Do Thou engrave upon his heart.

May it his pride and glory be,
Beneath Thy banner fair unfurled,
To march to certain victory
O’er sin, o’er Satan, o’er the world.

GRACIOUS SAVIOR, GENTLE SHEPHERD

http://nethymnal.org/htm/g/s/grasavgs.htm

Gracious Savior, gentle Shepherd,
Our little ones are dear to Thee;
Gathered with Thine arms and carried
In Thy bosom may they be
Sweetly, gently, safely tended,
From all want and danger free.

Tender Shepherd, never leave them
From Thy fold to go astray;
By Thy look of love directed,
May they walk the narrow way;
Thus direct them, and protect them,
Lest they fall an easy prey.

Let Thy holy Word instruct them:
Fill their minds with heav’nly light;
Let Thy love and grace constrain them,
To approve whate’er is right,
Take Thine easy yoke and wear it,
And to prove Thy burden light.

Cleanse their hearts from sinful folly
In the stream Thy love supplied;
Mingled streams of blood and water
Flowing from Thy wounded side;
And to heav’nly pastures lead them,
Where Thine own still waters glide.

OUR CHILDREN, LORD, IN FAITH AND PRAYER
http://nethymnal.org/htm/o/u/ourchild.htm

Our children, Lord, in faith and prayer,
We now devote to Thee;
Let them Thy covenant mercies share,
And Thy salvation see.

Such helpless babes Thou didst embrace,
While dwelling here below;
To us and ours, O God of grace,
The same compassion show.

In early days their hearts secure,
From worldly snares, we pray;
O let them to the end endure
In every righteous way.

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The Difference a Year Makes: Cousins Pictures

carol | April 22, 2009

First Cousins Picture Ever
Fall 2004

Picture of Cousins Last Easter
Spring 2008

And Baby W makes SIX COUSINS!
Spring 2009

The “Looking at the Youngest” traditional picture
Spring 2009 (See Big Brother S kissing Baby W’s hand)

Here is the original looking at the youngest picture
Fall 2004

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Cat Igloo

carol | December 12, 2008

Instead of a nicely shoveled front step, we have a “cat igloo” in front of the door.

Edited add: I didn’t expect Google searches for “cat igloo”. To explain, it was a nice miniature igloo, made out of SNOW, perfect for a cat to curl up in. Sorry I didn’t get pictures. LOL

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Shopping and Sliding

carol | December 11, 2008

Instead of school (except some math), we took the day off to go Christmas shopping. The children each picked names to get each other presents. It was interesting who was more concerned in what THEY would get, rather than give.

The snow was perfect for sliding, so when we got home, they quickly put their new crazy carpets and flying saucers to good use.

Here is another picture for registered readers.
http://parentingfreedom.com/2008/12/11/sliding-fun/

Edited to add: I found out that the day before, as well as the day after, our Christmas shopping field trip, that the local schools were cancelled due to bad weather. The children worked on both those days and took off the nice day in the middle.

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C7

carol | December 10, 2008

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http://parentingfreedom.com/2008/12/10/c7-and-her-doll/
http://parentingfreedom.com/2008/12/10/my-four/

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Silent Night, Luke 2, Away in a Manger (Video)

carol | November 25, 2008

Here is B10’s presentation for the Old Folk’s Home this evening.

Silent Night, Luke 2, Away in a Manger

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All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth (Video)

carol | November 24, 2008

During the past couple of weeks, C7 had been busy wiggling her top two baby teeth until they fell out. She just happened to lose the first one on the same day she attended a little girl “fairy” party with some other homeschoolers. It was fun to have the “Tooth Fairy” visit that very night.

This is the perfect time of year for C7 to sing “All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth” with her new smile. She and her doll plan to wear matching dresses and sing this song tomorrow evening at the Old Folk’s Home.

All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth

All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth,
My two front teeth,
See my two front teeth

Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth,
Then I could wish you ‘Merry Christmas.’

It seems so long since I could say,
“This is Susie sitting on a thistle”
Gosh oh gee, how happy I’d be,
If I could only whistle ( thhh-thhh ).

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth,
My two front teeth,
See my two front teeth.

Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth,
Then I could wish you ‘Merry Christmas.’

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Girls dancing at a ball – Boys playing video games

carol | October 31, 2008

They danced to the Sound of Music Soundtrack.
(My Favorite Things)

More pictures in this private post:
http://parentingfreedom.com/2008/10/31/friends-came-over-yesterday/

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