Announcements:
Christine R.
·
Next
week on December 7, we will be going over report cards. They will be completed
electronically and will be due the first week back from Christmas vacation
(January 11,).
·
There
will be three forms per child due this week
o
attendance
records
o
report
cards
o
course
of study updates.
·
Next
week (December 7,) we will be discussing the speech meet and the homeschool
fair.
·
If
you are late for chapel, remember to have your children sit quietly with you in
the moms’ room until chapel is over. If you are consistently late for chapel,
leave earlier. Plan on arriving at 8:15.
Announcements:
Julie S.
·
On
December 14, we will be having our Christmas brunch.
o
There
is a signup sheet on the table.
o
Everyone
should sign up to bring something.
o
In
addition to our normal food items: bread, fruit, veggies, hot dish, there will
be a sign-up to bring ingredients for hot waffles.
o
You
may sign-up to decorate a table. If you sign up to decorate a table, you will
not have to bring a food item.
Brenda S.—Chapter
3 Choosing Gratitude
·
Chapter
3 discussed the sin of ingratitude. What is ingratitude? It is not just a
hardened, resentful attitude. It can be letting a window of opportunity pass
by. Gradually, we become desensitized. In the book, the example was the ten
lepers. Only one showed his thankfulness. The others were probably thankful as
well, but did not take the opportunity to express it. Ingratitude is the fountainhead of all kinds
of evils.
The book had
five categories that often lead to ingratitude.
1) Unrealistic expectations. I am
thankful, but my blessings are not quite what I hoped for. Also, we may expect
others to meet our needs in ways that only the Lord can. It is idolatry when we
expect others to take the place of God.
2) Forgetfulness. Remembering is a big
theme in the OT, especially throughout the book of Deuteronomy. The Israelites
were often setting up stone monuments as reminders of what the Lord had done
for them. Communion is about remembering our salvation
3) Entitlement. We often take simple
blessings for granted as if they were owed to us. We sometimes feel that the things
we have are beneath what we deserve.
4) Comparison. We not only compare what others have to what
we have, but we also compare all the sacrifices we make to what others do or do
not do. We may be tempted to remind others of our sacrifices, or to become resentful
when we feel others are not sacrificing as much as we are.
5) Blindness to God’s grace. In reality, nothing we have is deserved. All
good things are evidence of God’s grace in our lives.
The book
also had a 30 day challenge. For thirty days, the challenge was not to express
anything negative about your husband (or some other person). On the contrary,
the challenge was to find something positive to say to your husband about
himself and to someone else about him.
If you apply
the five areas to your husband, what are the practical implications?
1) Unrealistic expectations. Do we
expect our husbands to constantly meet our demands or work on our projects? Ask
yourself, “Am I a princess or a doulas?”
2) Forgetfulness. Take time together to
remember the Lord’s benefits.
3) Entitlement. Am I thankful for my
husband right now?
4) Comparison. Do you focus on your
husband’s day or on your own? Do you compare all the sacrifices you make to the
ones he makes?
5) God’s grace. Do we show grace? Am I a
forgiving person? Am I humble?
