MOH: Ezekiel

This week in our Mystery of History studies, we talked about the prophet Ezekiel.

He was an interesting guy.

One small detail of his life was that God commanded him to eat a scroll. Grace drew a picture of this:

"Ezekiel ate a scroll because God told him to."

So, we made ourselves a little (edible) scroll out of a tortilla and honey. We wrote “Oh, Israel” on it, because Ezekiel prophesied during the time period just before the third and final invasion of King Nebuchadnezzar and the subsequent captivity in Babylon.

Then we rolled it up all scroll-like, and the kiddos ate it.

We decided a real, paper scroll probably wouldn’t have tasted quite so good. :-)

We also talked about his experience of prophesying to a valley full of bones…and watching those bones come to life! Then we sang the old spiritual “Dry Bones.”

Good times.

Moment of Victory

I had a tear-filled moment of “Mommy Victory” this morning. You know, those moments where you pray, “Oh, Lord, THIS is why we keep on going.”

As I prayed for breakfast, for our day, and for Luke’s day, I included in there how I was discouraged about there still being lingering sickness in our home. (J woke up with explosive diapers. And that’s the least gross description I could think of.)

When I was done praying, Grace said to me, “Mommy, you said you were discouraged. Deuteronomy 31:8 says, ‘The LORD Himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you; do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.’”

Tears filled my eyes as my mind was filled with Scripture by my seven-year-old daughter. How thankful I am to be surrounded by a community of believers who encourages my children to memorize God’s Word.

Let’s go racin’!

Our AWANA Grand Prix was this week, and our kiddos were thrilled. This is something they look forward to each year. It was Grace’s third time racing, but Caleb’s first!

Here’s the table of registration people. I like the guy on the far right. A lot.

At registration, each car has to be weighed, and not be over 5 ounces. Caleb’s car was fine, but Grace’s car was a whole ounce over, which was a ton of weight to get off. This is Mr. Nick, drilling Grace’s car.

The only difference between Grace and Caleb’s cars was that Grace’s car had a Lego man affixed to the top. We joked that he must have eaten too many donuts before the race. :-)

Here’s Caleb, when it was his turn to race. #1. Doesn’t he look old? #2. He won three of the four heats, but wasn’t fast enough to win a trophy.

Bummer: I guess I didn’t get a picture of Grace during the race. But here she is with her car afterward. (I think she won four of the four heats, but didn’t qualify for a trophy.)

And last, Caleb with his car.

Ava’s already anticipating next year’s race, when she’ll get to participate, too!

Halfway There!


Yesterday we completed our first semester of school. Woo-hoo! It’s always encouraging to make progress.

And, more interestingly, Caleb actually completed his math book yesterday. We started him in math last spring (before he “officially” started kindergarten – ah, the benefits of homeschooling)…so now he’s done with Saxon Math 1! Next week we’ll start on Saxon Math 2 (what we use for first grade math, actually a remedial second grade math). Good job, Caleb!

Answered Prayers!


We got the biopsy results (ALREADY! way earlier than expected!), and….

The test was negative!

Grace has NOT been diagnosed with Celiac Disease!

To temper our excitement a little bit, we do have follow-up bloodwork in six months and another appointment with the gastroenterologist to discuss how to proceed. From our discussion yesterday, I understand that if her antibodies are still present, we’ll do another scope.

So, at the very least, God has given us another six months of freedom in our diet. Thank you, Lord!

More than that, we are going to be praying that He completely eliminates the antibodies from her little body in the next six months. We have a BIG, POWERFUL God who is the Great Physician, and He can do it if it pleases Him. Will you join us in asking Him for that?