Summer started with really cool weather and went straight into disgustingly HOT! I really don't care for the heat of summer and have spent a lot of time doing "inside projects" while the children swim, swim and then swim some more.


I've spent some time reflecting on our life as homeschoolers this week and just how blessed we are. I really feel that God's word is clear about women being keepers of their homes, helpmeet to the husbands and nurturer's of the children God blesses them with.
 We live in a rural area and tend to fellowship with other first generation Christians who grew up "in the world" and said no thanks when it came to rasing their children. We all see ourselves as "black sheep in our families." Many of us are first generation Christians, homeschoolers and most definitely anti-feminist helpmeets to our husbands and proud of it. We are an interesting blend of "conservative Christians" without the legalistic or worldly views of many Christians around us. We seem to have a hard time finding biblically correct churches to attend and feel that discipleship is poorly lacking at best. Many of my women friends have discussed their sadness at not having older wiser women mentors as the bible charges women to be. We find ourselves now mentoring women who are hungry for the Lord and for biblical homes. There is such a need, and God willing we will follow His call to educate women in their God given roles.


Sherri <><

Good Morning!

What a beautiful morning! After many days of rain the sun is out, the birds are singing and so am I. The song "Grace Like Rain" is stuck in my head partly because Nathaniel is learning to play it on his guitar and mostly because I just love it.

Minnie our black calico is sitting here contentedly purrrring while watching me type and I can hear the sound of our baby chicks coming up from the coop. I'm sure they can't wait to be set loose!

We've spent a lot of time in our adult Sunday class talking about what it truly means to be a disciple of Christ and what would a true disciple of Christ look like? Well I can tell you that a true disciple of our Lord would have the fruit of the Spirit pouring from their life, dripping with sweet goodness and planting more seed to bear fruit! What are those fruits you may ask???

The Word tells us in Galatians 5:22

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

The Word also warns us in Galatians 5:19 that...

19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry,
sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

As Christians we know we are in a spiritual fight with the powers of darkness daily and that we will need to come before the Lord often and confess our sins in order to be a cleansed vessel for the Lord's use.

As a helpmeet to my husband, purposing to live the biblical role God created for me; I often think it is so much easier in many ways for me to keep my eyes focused on the Lord. For the most part I can pick and choose what kind of influences I will be around and the children will be around. My husband on the other hand has to make a stand in a much more worldly place as he goes out into the world to support his family. Ladies do you cover your husbands daily in prayer? I do and I know God blesses it. On the other hand I sometimes buy into the destructive thought that because I do live a "more sheltered" life, my opportunity to do "big things" for God are not as numerous as they would be out in the world. God dealt with me on that and I am thankful for it!

Scripture tells us in 1 Peter 3:7 that women we are to be protected as the weaker vessel

7 You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

I have learned that where God wants me bearing fruit is ministering to other women and children.

Scripture also tells women in Titus 2 ...

3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

4That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.


There's my "job" description!!! Is that your job description? Should it be your job description? If you not walking the path the Lord created for you as a woman, please pray about that... aren't we always at our best when walking in the truth of our Lord.?! Let men be men, we have God given work to do as women.

I know that this statement will make every woman who has even the tiniest bit of feminism in them cringe but it's my blog and I can say it here...

If women would be the women God created them to be, and let men be the men that God created them to be, Satan wouldn't have the "door wide open" access to our families in this world that he has. I truly believe its the "mudding up" of our biblical roles that's been Satan's mightiest tool against human kind and specifically the family. Think about it... if he can destroy or confuse the basic family structure everything else goes like dominoes.

Back to my original point... Ladies where can you plant the most potent of seeds to bare fruit for the Lord? I really feel scripture clearly points us to our own homes first, and then helping mentor other women likewise.

When I think about all my dear friends, godly women, walking in the truth of our Lord... standing up for what's right in the face of the world and quietly, humbly being helpmeets to their husbands, keepers of their homes and making a difference... my heart SMILES and I know the Lord's does too.

Sherri

A quick update!

Nathaniel's Kona Guitar


Well this is about what our new baby chicks will look like all grown if we can keep them safe long enough!

We started out with 30 and had a 5ft black snake come visiting while we were gone and strangle 8 of them. He had about 3 swallowed when we found him. Charlie took him wayyyyyy down the road and released him much to Nathaniel's disappointment. He wanted to keep it of course.

So we bought 20 more from our friends the Estep's and are currently keeping watch over 42 baby pullets. We hope to eventually turn this into a part time income, selling eggs and hatchlings. I'm still trying to decide if I want to learn butchering. I have old timers willing to teach me but it seems a lot of work, we'll see.

So we are pricing more fencing, T-poles, material to expand the coop and incubator's... all of which have significantly increased in price since we started raising chickens 5 years ago. Charles's has been watching youtube video's on "chicken pluckers" which I have to say are kind of hilarious.

After Nathaniel's guitar lessons we spent Saturday afternoon visiting the Estep's farm while the men worked on their ice maker. We buy our luscious raw milk from them and LOVE it. We got to meet the calf they named after Keegan for his birthday and see all 300+ of their baby chickens. It was a beautiful day. Melissa showed me the huge Lilac bush she discovered on their property while the children played in their creek.

Everyone's doing fine down on our little farm, the boy's are growing like weeds. Charles planted a little garden and hopefully all the rain will make it grow like weeds too! We hope to have a real garden next year. We'll pay our retired neighbor to come down with his tractor this Fall and till up the field we have picked out. We're thinking ahead of all the things we can take to the Farmer's Market next year! I'm going to learn to can this summer and have already started investing in jars and made pantry space in the spare bedroom. The boys are wanting to seriously "grow" a home based business to earn an income and I really like the idea of something we can do together as a family like everything else we do. Nathaniel has "car money" on the brain now since he's less then 2 years away from needing one. Keegan's a saver by nature and dosen't want to waste time getting ready himself.

Well my mountain of laundry is calling to me....... the never ending, always growing pile.

God bless!
The Corbett family

Devastation in the coop...

The boys started martial arts Monday & Wednesday evenings again and they're really liking