Puritans on Marriage

"The woman is not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved"

Matthew Henry


"Her cheek was meant for thy lips, not for thy fist!"

"Before man had any other calling, he was called to be a husband....First man must choose his love, and then he must love his choice....The man and wife are partners, like two oars in a boat."

Henry Smith


"It is a mercy to have a faithful friend that loveth you entirely...to whom you may open your mind and communicate your affairs...And it is a mercy to have so near a friend to be a helper to your soul and...to stir up in you the grace of God"

Richard Baxter

Men and Flowers

"Sometimes a man has to give flowers to a woman.Even if it's his own sister."

John-Boy Walton (The Waltons)


"Sensible girls won't let me send them 'flowers and things',so what can I do? My feelings must have a went."

Laurie (Little Women)


My favorite memory was when my father, one Christmas, promised to give my mom a flower once a week for one year--it may have been a flower from a florist or a bouquet of wildflowers which he had picked before returning home. She wouldn't know when he was to bring them, so as to make it very special. He always found the right moment to give it to her. Christmas lasted all year instead of just one day! This has always been a treasured memory, for a person doesn't have to do much to make someone feel special.

http://www.beingvirtuouswomen.com/cms/homemaking/

Some (kids) Food Jokes

What did the baby corn say to the mama corn?






I want my pop corn!


How do you make a milkshake?





Say BOO! to a cow


Why did the boy throw butter out the window?





he wanted to see a butterfly.


These are from Dad's Book: Old-Fashioned Fun For The Family.

John Wycliffe Quote

John Gaunt,the Duke of Lancaster: You have gone too far this time.I have seen what you have written on the Holy Eucharist.

John Wycliffe:Transubstantiation is a modern doctrine.The Pope in the fourth lateran counsel proclaimed it less than two hundred years ago.

John Gaunt: I care not when it was proclaimed,it is believed throughout the whole of Christendom.

John Wycliffe: My noble Duke,the fact that something is believed by the mulitudes does not necessary make it true.


This is from the DVD Reformation Overview hosted by Ken Curtis.It has six 30 minute episodes on John Wycliffe,John Hus,Martin Luther,Ulrich Zwingli and John Calvin,The Anabaptists and William Tyndale.

Books Read In 2008

1) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

2) An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott

3) The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott

4) Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke

5) Love's Enduring Promise by Janette Oke

6) Mother by Kathleen Norris

7) Sarah,Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

8) Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan

9) Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

10) Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

11) Persuasion by Jane Austen

12) Christian Modesty and the Public Undressing of America by Jeff Pollard

13) Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

14) Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

15) Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Eliot

16) The Mark of A Man by Elisabeth Eliot

17)The Axioms of Separation by John E. Ashbrook (booklet)

18) The Bible ( listened to it on cd)

After reading other bloggers reading lists,I figured I should start reading some of the books I own.I have not read many books in a while.After reading the novels I have realized how much you miss by only watching the film version.later on I will share my thoughts on some of the books.

A Man's View Of A Kiss

The Princess and the Kiss by Jennie Bishop


Many men came ,one by one, to ask for the princess' hand in marriage.
One by one she turned them all away. None seemed worthy of her kiss. She began to doubt that she would ever find a husband.
The next day, a common man came to the castle.
He asked to see the princess.
The man was taken to the royal garden where the princess and her parents were walking among the rosebushes.
The princess' mother and father were surprised. Who was this man?
he seemed common - yet kindness was his manner.
The man looked into the princess' eyes.
''I have worked in your father's fields for many years. I prayed and watched and waited for one who could be my wife, yet found no one . Then one day I saw you walking on the palace lawn. Your beauty was marvelous, and your purity sparkled like diamonds.''
The princess blushed, and her heart began to beat widely.
''I have little to offer you, Princess,...I have no gold. I have no means to travel the earth. I am not as strong as many...''
''...but I do have one very special gift I can give to you.''
This is my First Kiss, Princess,'' said the man. ''God gave this gift to me on the day I was born. My parents kept it for me until I became a man. I have saved it all my life for you. Would you be my Wife?
''Yes!'' she cried.'' Oh, yes, with all my heart!''



I liked how this book shows the man saving his first kiss for his wife.We need to show that purity is just as important for males as it is for females.Males need to follow the traits of fidelity,sacrifice and duty.We need to strive to be worthy of the precious woman we would hope to marry.

The Comforter Has Come

O spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found,
Wherever human hearts and human woes abound;
Let ev’ry Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound:
The Comforter has come!

Refrain

The Comforter has come, the Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost from Heav’n, the Father’s promise giv’n;
O spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found—
The Comforter has come!

The long, long night is past, the morning breaks at last,
And hushed the dreadful wail and fury of the blast,
As o’er the golden hills the day advances fast!
The Comforter has come!

Refrain

Lo, the great King of kings, with healing in His wings,
To ev’ry captive soul a full deliverance brings;
And through the vacant cells the song of triumph rings;
The Comforter has come!

Refrain

O boundless love divine! How shall this tongue of mine
To wond’ring mortals tell the matchless grace divine—
That I, a child of hell, should in His image shine!
The Comforter has come!

Refrain

Sing till the echoes fly above the vaulted sky,
And all the saints above to all below reply,
In strains of endless love, the song that ne’er will die:
The Comforter has come!

Refrain


This is a hymn that I enjoy singing at church.The Cyber Hymnal link to the tune is here