tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85700395371818111202024-03-13T16:48:14.747-07:00Christian Values Legacy...Intentionally raising children to become Christian adults.Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-40313019612898701362009-07-07T06:55:00.000-07:002009-07-07T06:57:19.655-07:00Healing Foods©Millie McNabbThe doctor recently recommended some dietary changes for my husband. Philosophically, I agree with the changes, but psychologically and physically it takes effort to establish new habits. The two most significant changes impact my time: no more cold cereal for breakfast and avoid preservatives (i.e. restaurant food.) I’m back in the kitchen again.Over the years I have read many Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-12955045208460969852009-06-15T22:15:00.001-07:002009-06-17T07:55:07.848-07:00Terribly Boring©Millie McNabbHer aunt was talking to my three-year-old grand-daughter. She asked how Sunday School was. My grand-daughter answered dramatically, “Terribly boring.” I thought, “Bring out the oxygen. We’re losing her.”I remember being the substitute teacher for a Sunday School class of third-graders. I started with the pre-prepared lesson, but a boy asked a question, and we “followed the Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-85870996218442413562009-06-13T22:51:00.001-07:002009-06-15T09:15:31.902-07:00Inevitable Stumbling Blocks©Millie McNabbWe humans have a hope that life will in some sense be easy. We like things to go our way. We expect real life challenges to be solved like an hour-long television program, with all the stumbling blocks neatly taken out of the picture.Jesus had a different word. He said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come!” Luke 17Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-57042068936805914932009-06-11T07:30:00.000-07:002009-06-11T07:32:21.418-07:00Choosing a Spouse: Covenant Eyes©Millie McNabbWe have remodeled some houses, and in the process discovered pornographic magazines stashed away. This secret addiction can destroy a marriage. When choosing a spouse, be on guard for signs of this addiction.The internet has given easy access to pornographic sites. An article I read reported that surveys show at least 70 percent of men and 21 percent of women struggle with online Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-57764992594275090092009-06-09T21:11:00.000-07:002009-06-10T15:16:03.765-07:00Half Lit©Millie McNabbMy friend used to say, “It’s better to burn the candle at both ends than to go out half lit.” As a person who tends to get up early and also stay up late (and not get drunk), I appreciated the saying.I also like to apply the saying to our Christian walk. We need to shine our light in the material world as well as the spiritual world. The way we do our physical work impacts the Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-38602664505688280612009-06-08T22:41:00.001-07:002009-06-09T08:14:43.306-07:00Spiritually Disengaged©Millie McNabbMy daughter and I were traveling together and enjoyed visiting in the car. One of the topics that came up was the church youth group. There were six people her age attending Sunday School when she was a teenager. She is the only one that as an adult is spiritually engaged.I often quote a George Barna report that 61% of young adults who attended church as teenagers, are no longer Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-62734721891418893492009-06-06T16:57:00.000-07:002009-06-06T16:58:00.438-07:00Anniversary©Millie McNabbYesterday was our thirty-third anniversary. We went out for steak dinner together. I went online looking for what gift was recommended to mark the year. They only listed gifts by every five years after the fifteenth anniversary. The twenty-fifth anniversary is marked by silver. Being practical, we got a three-in-one printer—it was silver in color, however.The year my oldest Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-12562734784056863472009-06-04T22:02:00.000-07:002009-06-04T22:04:12.001-07:00Christian Values in Economics: Talking Heads©Millie McNabbI remember my father visiting the Legislature. As they debated the topic, my father said the first speaker was very convincing. Then the next speaker presented the other side of the issue. Again, my father thought the speaker was very convincing. Watching economic news can be very much that way. Each guest is very earnest about the view they are presenting, and are very Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-35728432954419391082009-06-03T22:26:00.001-07:002009-06-03T22:26:59.813-07:00God bless...Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-87881142613988230342009-06-01T23:34:00.000-07:002009-06-01T23:35:30.370-07:00Job One©Millie McNabbI started reading Job today in my daily Bible reading. I was once challenged by someone to read 40 chapters a day in the Bible. So, I did—for one day. I read the 42 chapters of Job in one day. At that pace, you would read the entire Bible in a month.There are different paces of effective Bible reading. Sometimes we read large sections for content, context and knowledge. At Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-18543901124947836362009-05-30T22:05:00.000-07:002009-06-01T06:38:43.091-07:00A Time to Plant©Millie McNabbWe planted most of our garden a week ago, and today, the grandchildren and I discovered lettuce and pumpkins peeking up through the soil. I overheard my daughter saying something to her niece about helping plant, so I had this expectation that they were going to be going outside.They hadn’t gone outside and naptime was approaching, so I asked my daughter what the plan was. I was Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-88448020555329890642009-05-29T21:00:00.001-07:002009-06-01T06:22:25.851-07:00Mosquitoes©Millie McNabbWe have had a bunch of mosquitoes this year, which is quite unusual. The difference is that a neighbor of ours started raising cattle, and has some stagnant ponds where there used to be cropland. We now have to protect ourselves from getting bitten, and discipline ourselves not to scratch.I have a scar on my left hand where I incessantly scratched a bite when I was a child. Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-24244404132467069492009-05-28T21:39:00.001-07:002009-06-01T05:52:37.999-07:00Christian Values in Economics: Got your scarf?©Millie McNabbOne of my husband’s grandmothers always went through a verbal checklist with her children and grandchildren before they left the house. Do you have your gloves? Do you have your purse? Have you got your scarf?Our children knew the story, and we used the phrase, “Got your scarf?” as a reminder for each child to go through their own mental list of what they needed to be prepared Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-3793409145291636432009-05-27T21:02:00.001-07:002009-05-28T10:03:55.678-07:00Choosing a Spouse: The Science©Millie McNabbI watched “The Science of Sex Appeal” on the Discovery channel. There are many fascinating attractions going on that we are not consciously aware of. In one experiment, men rated pictures of women for how attractive they were. When the experiment was repeated in the presence of copulins (female pheromones), every woman was deemed more highly attractive.The program attributed Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-12892966798367043052009-05-26T21:53:00.000-07:002009-05-28T09:09:00.599-07:00Suitable Friends©Millie McNabbOne of the most challenging aspects of raising children was developing suitable friends. Before we started homeschooling, the girls were around more children in public school, but many times efforts to get together were one-sided. One daughter evaluated the situation and decided there wasn’t anyone she wanted to spend that much time with—and I agreed with her decision.There’s a Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-42292500921171190952009-05-23T21:44:00.000-07:002009-05-23T21:45:31.763-07:00Gardening©Millie McNabbWe planted the garden today. I haven’t had a garden for the past few years, but two of my daughters wanted to use the space. The grandchildren were in on the adventure, too, although their interest was short-lived. They did, however, gather several rocks from the driveway.Sometimes people think that work came about as a result of “The Fall.” However, Genesis 2:15 says that Adam Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-35176759097960622612009-05-22T21:24:00.001-07:002009-05-24T06:07:26.024-07:00Just Say “Go”©Millie McNabbWhen we moved to Maryland, the church we attended had a desire to have an afterschool ministry for children in the neighborhood. As I looked at the situation, God had all the resources in place; they just needed someone to say, “Go.” So I said, “Go.” Years later when we visited there, I was somewhat surprised when I was introduced as the person who started their afterschool Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-45350374963309069872009-05-21T22:54:00.001-07:002009-05-22T08:37:06.938-07:00Christian Values in Economics: Money and Wisdom©Millie McNabbI was thinking about the Indiana Jones movie The Last Crusade. Near the end of the movie Indiana had to make a choice between saving the treasure or saving his life. Wisdom prevailed and he let the treasure go.A Christian value we want to pass on is understanding both money and wisdom as treasures. God has given us the material world to learn how to be a good steward. The Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-65895245443478764882009-05-20T22:46:00.000-07:002009-05-20T22:58:23.197-07:00Choosing a Spouse: Toads, moles and kings©Millie McNabbI read Thumbelina to the girls tonight at bedtime. It’s about a “thumb-sized” little girl who is stolen by a toad who wants to marry her. The fish help her escape, and then she is out on her own. When it gets cold, a mouse takes her in and his friend the mole wants to marry her. We assume he’s nice as far as moles go, but his home is underground. He allows her to go see the sunlightMillie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-3448692635644504262009-05-12T21:46:00.000-07:002009-05-12T21:48:16.811-07:00The Routine©Millie McNabbSome days it’s a challenge to get the routine done--you know, the little things that nobody notices, unless they’re not done. After a weekend with the family here, I had run the dishwasher twice, and was just finishing pots and pans, when I noticed water on the floor. The drain in my kitchen sink had failed, so now I really couldn’t finish the dishes. Fortunately, my husband is a Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-40630947153433300752009-05-11T21:23:00.000-07:002009-05-11T21:24:45.354-07:00Prepared©Millie McNabbI’m going to be taking a driving trip with my daughter and her three young girls. I’m hoping they know the lesson about using the bathroom when one’s available.I remember sharing a lesson about that with my girls. I put water in a balloon and showed how when it’s full, it’s like the bladder letting you know to empty. I then partially filled a balloon, and told them that they Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-14948748465961365992009-05-09T22:01:00.001-07:002009-05-10T13:47:10.931-07:00Mother’s Day©Millie McNabbOur children were here helping clean out my mother-in-law’s house. While the adults were moving things, I prepared food and took care of the grandchildren (four girls all under the age of four.)The two older grand-daughters like to help me cook. They wash vegetables, stir mixtures, and get things out of the refrigerator for me. Later, while those two were napping, the younger twoMillie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-35568827847655726342009-05-08T21:41:00.001-07:002009-05-10T13:15:23.584-07:00An Inheritance©Millie McNabbWe’re cleaning out the house where my mother-in-law lived for over 60 years. As you might imagine, there’s an accumulation of things with varying degrees of value. There are the practical, usable items. There are collectibles. There are antiques. Beyond their intrinsic value, anything could have sentimental value to someone.Over the past twelve years, I’ve been involved in settling Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-73452131395922730022009-05-07T21:14:00.001-07:002009-05-08T06:53:49.410-07:00Christian Values in Economics: Good Steward©Millie McNabbI grew up on a farm, and each of us six children had household responsibilities, as well as farm chores to do. My household chore was to gather the trash, and burn it in the incinerator barrel. I liked seeing the flame catch hold and spread throughout the barrel, so it was a good match (pun intended.)All in all, housekeeping is not my strong suit. My college roommate once told meMillie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570039537181811120.post-90935887001988316142009-05-06T23:09:00.000-07:002009-05-06T23:12:30.189-07:00Choosing a Spouse: Purity©Millie McNabbOne of our daughter’s has a birthday today. Her first kiss was at her marriage ceremony. When we were homeschooling, my girls discovered I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris, which influenced their thinking about courtship and marriage versus casual dating.Making a commitment to purity is counter to the prevalence of casual sex in today’s youthful dating culture. Rutgers Millie McNabb, BA, BMushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948598848909545451noreply@blogger.com0