Quick update !

Good morning  virtual friends !  What are you guys up to today ?

My husband. Just left home for work ,  just finished Praying  and having my devotional  meanwhile the kids 

Are  still sleeping  , I am still sleepy too 😴 we went to bed last night super late 

We' normally don't do this during week but since the kids are on spring break we watched a movie last night a movie that my oldest daughter  want me to watch with her .  

For all of you  who  has followed  me since the beginning. Must be asking spring break ????  Are'nt they homeschool  ?  Yes! They were. !  But last year we decided to try school  and this is there second year there  everything. Is fine I keep my eyes and my ears all the time there 😳 we are taking one year at the time  praying  looking for the lords will. I am sure that every year is gonna be something different in this house , one thing that I was afraid to .. was changes ! And every way talking , but things happens and this life and  sometimes we are not ready  because we are to comfy " we ve been through a lot of things int the past two years  unexpected things .. But God  has been with us all the time he haven't left us alone. He knows  better than us and why he permit situations in our lives. One thing I do know is the he always is going be with us ! And It comes to my mind  Isaiah. 43:2  

                                                                                        

  When you pass through the waters,  I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers,    they will not sweep over you.When you walk through the fire,  you will not be burned the flames will not set you ablaze..  ( I like the Spanish version better )  

But a lot a good things has happen Too  ! But like I said  I will update you all slowly ...  This is  jus a quick update.,  the kids has grown to fast ,  time flies .😥. .. I think that I have some pictures here. On my phone that I can share with you all , let me see if I can post it .. 

                                                         

                                                            Ok ! Here is this one 

                                       This  picture was taken last year  ( first day  of school  ) 



For some reasons I can't  upload the pictures but I will keep trying later. .. I promise you all. ! 
        ~ have a bless day !    

I am back !

Ok !  I don't know where to start I feel like I am starting over 😩 since my last post was 2 years ago..  

First I want to thank all of you who stopped by to  to check on my blog , I was checking  my stats and  I was surprised how many people still stopped by ,  Is has been two years, like I said,  lots of things has happened since , I will update you all slowly  , stay we me ..

I just  made a few changes  it took me 30 min to figure out how to change my profile picture, I changed the  background color because I think  it's time and I am still working on  changing the color on fonts  I forgot how to do that ... 

But  the most import thing is that I am back !   And Ready to begin again.. 

Farewell to all my friends ! Have a wonderful day !

praying for our children !!!!!

May integrity and honesty by their virtue and their protection. (Psalm 25:21)

update

Hello Busy mom ! how are you all ?... so sorry I haven't posted anything  in a while but I don't really have much time and now I have added two more activities  to my schedule one of them is personal and  I"m really enjoying it so I'm planing to spend more time on that..I know sounds selfish ;-)
 but yes !!! 

Thank you for the letters and E-mails you have sent me ! keep it up Bus mom !

teaching   this week how about to be content

 Father, teach my children the secret of being content in any and every situation. . . through Him who 
 gives them strength. (Phil. 4:12-13)

have a wonderful Wednesday ~
    from The busy Mom of four
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sharing !!

When I became a mother, I had no idea how much it would stretch me. It's true that every struggle has a purpose. Don't pray for God to take your struggles away. Pray for strength to overcome them!

Reader Question: I'm a homeschooling mom of five. Our oldest is 7, then 6,5,3 and 10 months. Two of our kids get up at 6 and my husband works late so usually we stay up until 10-11 just to spend some time together. Where do you find the time and what do you suggest? Is it really just hey get up at 5 before the kids? Thanks for your input! ...link your comments MOM'S..

Heidi .... E-mail 21

Hello querida Heidi !

Gracias por tu correo electronico ! cada vez me es mas dificil sentarme frente a la computadora ..
espero no sea muy tarde mi contestacion a tu pregunta.


primero quiero decirte que situaciones como estas nos van a pasar todo el tiempo , el problema no son las situaciones ! si no como tu las tomas y las conduces , Una de los errores que aveces  cometemos es empezar actuar y hacer lo mismo que otras personas hacen en sus familias ( hogares ) e hijos, solo por que ellos quieren que asi sea..... y no digo  que es malo imitar hay buenas familias y mujeres  con buen caracter , no de doble animo pero sumisas y sabias que realmente son dignas de imitar. pero yo por ejemplo tengo como  ejemplo valga la redundancia a la mujer virtuosa de Proverbs 31. ( pero es Dios quien hace la obra en nosotras  poco a poco y nos va transformando a su imagen y es entonces cuando empezamos a ver las cosas de otra perspectiva..

 Recuerda que Dios no creo robots ! creo seres humanos con mentes propias . Si El hubiese querido que todos comieramos lo mismo , pensaramos igual, vistieramos igual y que nos parecieramos fisicamente, entonces hubiese creado robots.   no dejes que la sutileza de otras personas te roben tu paz te envuelvan y te llevan a hacer o tomar deciciones que no estas segura de hacer. ten tus propias conviciones . ( habra veces en que tendras que lastimar a alguien al decir NO ! pero eso no es pecado te lo aseguro !
  Yo he aprendidio a decir NO! y no me siento mal me siento muy bien cuando lo hago :-)

Nota;
 recibi una carta el otro dia de una mujer que me decia que estaba teniendo un poco de frustacion por una mujer  que con su sutil actitud y palabras habia lastimado a muchas mujeres por que todo le moslestaba y queria que ( se hablara como ella ,se comportaran como ella, comieran lo que ella , se vistieran como ella  etc,etc,, ) y....  ella era la unica persona que practicamente tenia cerca por que  nadie se le acercaba para conversar mas, poco a poco se habian alejado de ella y siempre estaba sola, pero ya empezaba  ella misma a querer alejarse de ella tambien. ( he visto  eso  y lo estoy viendo  tambien y he sentido pena  en algun momento y pense en alejarme tal vez tambien) pero la solucion no es criticar o alejarse quieras o no eso afecta tu relacion con Dios y a tu iglesia, y no queremos separacion si no unidad!!  vamos primero al Señor para orar por ellos . y segundo EJEMPLO: no tienes que comer espinacas si no te gustan simplemente dices NO ! auqnue las espinacas son ricas y nutritivas :-)

  no se te olvide que cuando lleguemos ala precencia del Señor entregaremos cuantas " propias "  de lo que hicimos y lo que no hicimos aqui.

 ^{2 Timoteo 1:7} Porque no nos ha dado Dios espíritu de cobardía, sino de poder, de amor y de dominio propio.
 

*primero ve ala Biblia y ve lo que Dios te dice acerca del tema.
*Ora al Señor que sea su voluntad y no la de otros.
* que te de la paz en cuanto a eso.

no queremos ser de piedra de tropiezo para nadie, asi que si decides hacerlo que sea para la gloria y honrra del Señor y si decides no hacerlo que tambien sea para la gloria y honrra del Señor.



~ Dios te bendiga  querida Heidi !

~ Pilar cardeña




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Amen. Sometimes, it's better to pray than to pursue.

Romans 8:28

Loved this from my friends over at Good Morning Girls 

 

Good words to ponder before the new week begins...

from the busy mom !

Do you beat yourself up over past mistakes? Do you replay scenes in your mind that you wish you could do over again? Well, you’re not alone.

In Romans 8:1-2, we read, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.  For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.”
You know what? That’s a promise! It’s a promise tailor-made for those who can relate to me when I ask whether or not you beat yourself up about past mistakes. It’s not easy, but God gives us the strength we need.  I have had to learn to let go of of some things in my life. Sometimes, I disappoint people and I don’t know how to recover from it. Over the years, I’ve discovered I am a people pleaser.

Do you struggle with pleasing people? I’ve learned something through difficult circumstances. God wants me to please Him, and in pleasing Him, I will not always please other people. There are stories in the Bible from that are about men who chose to please God rather than men start to finisth. He blessed those who chose to please Him.

Have you ever been used?  Have you ever felt unfairly treated?  Me too.  I get it.  But God says that His ways are better than our ways.  He asks us to put aside careless behavior. To set aside vengeance. (Romanos 8:1-2 ) In short, God wants us to love one another.  To get along.

We can get along with each other by having a gracious heart. Sometimes that means we need to lay down a grudge and sometimes that means we need to forgive ourselves. If you’re struggling to forgive yourself, remember how you are to God. See yourself the way God sees you. God says He loves you so much, Busy Mom; He loves you so much that He laid down His life for you. It is not worth carrying a grudge around and it certainly not worth not forgiving yourself. If you can’t forgive yourself for your past sins, then satan will use that to hang you up for the rest of your life.

Is that what you want? Nooo! We want to live in victory! I recently watched my little ones playing outside and they were making a little road out of chalk.   They had  little spinning cars out there and I noticed when they fight they get it out of their system and then they’re done with it. But, when I make a mistake, I can replay that over and over again.

Stop the replay.
If you’ve done everything you know how to do to clean the slate, if you’ve gone back to that person you’ve offended, if you’ve tried to make it right, move on: let it go, find freedom in forgiveness.  His grace helps us stop the replay and live in freedom.

When life isn't going the way you plan, focus on the Planner - not the plan. :-)

my quote for today :-) !! Happy Thursday busy mom's. ...

Heading to Greenville !

muchas gracias por invitarme ala sierva del señor conferencia fue muy refrescante a mi corazon necesitaba ecucharlo una vez mas, fue un balsamo  a mi ser .

 habia tenido unos dias bastantes dificles .. pasado por un momento que jamas pense experinmentar ..  realmente cansada y desvastada y al punto  de darme por vencida  y fue entonces cuando  pense y pero ; quien soy yo ? para que no me pase lo que a otros !! Rapidamente Galatas 6-9 vino a mi mente. asi es  amigas no nos cansemos ni nos demos por vencidas ! estemos listaas para perdonar eimediatamente,  si es necesesario perdonar 70 veces siete hagamoslo.

no se ustedes ! pero yo quiero escuchar de mi salvador un dia estas palabras : BIEN HECHO SIERVA FIEL !

ahora mismo rumbo a Grenville   ansiosa de ver ami esposo y estar entre sus brazos otra vez :-)

y  poder estar en mi iglesia esta noche con mi familia para recibir conjunto con nuestros hermanos en Cristo   el año nuevo venidero . que mejor lugar que ahi !!

Les deseo el mejor de los deseos para este año venidero y que unas de sus metas este año sea cumplir con el el proposito que Dios ya tiene para nosotras.

Feliz año nuevo !

Pilar Cardeña.

 

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Sharing !

“I’m done!”  Have you ever been there? It’s the kind of “done” that makes everything more frustrating.  The dishes pile up. The laundry calls your name—and your husband’s needs become an annoyance rather than a precious priority.

Anyone?  Can I get a witness?

Well this morning I am in the book of Galatians, chapter 6, verse 9. The reason why I decided to go back to this verse (we’ve gone over it a couple times before) is because I know how challenging the holidays can be for busy moms. There are so many things that weigh on us and so many things that we feel like we need to be doing. It seems like the holidays just ramp up stress for us.

If you feel “done” this New Year, you can find encouragement in God’s Word.
Galatians 6:9 says, “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”

I love Paul’s encouragement not to give up. I don’t know about you, but I’ve had a really tough week: unexpected things have happened.................!!!!....!!!

One thing after another seemed to go “wrong.” Feelings of insecurity and failure invade my New Year’s resolutions before I have even finished my list!  All these things, I must confess, eventually led me to questioning my sanity.  Sanity is a must-have for every busy mom, right? I looked in the mirror and this tired, overwhelmed face stared back at me.
Christmas vacation is almost over. I’m a homeschool mom, so no school bus is coming to take these kids off my hands, no nanny, no babysitter, it’s all me… 24/7. Sometimes I want to give up. After all, I ask myself, “what mom in her right mind chooses to be locked up all day with little people with no hope of reprieve in sight?” Who would be nutty enough to do that?

Uhh…me.

Here’s why: I am trying to “plant with the harvest in mind” like every mom who is raising her kids to love and follow Jesus Christ.When I am wiping juice off the wall, cleaning rooms,picking up shoes ,toys and clothes from everywhere I need to remember the WHY of all of it. At the end of the day, mothers are not “just” training and teaching their children. Moms are  investing in the next generation of doctors, legislators, lawyers, policemen, bank tellers, construction workers, missionaries, pastors, and mothers who will, by God’s grace, invest their lives in their children.


Plant with a harvest in mind busy mom !

Merry Christmas to me :-) !! my new furniture has just arrived ....

Reminder !!!

All the busy mom's from Greenville I want to remind you that the Debi conference is this comming  Thursday at 9:30 if you haven't registered do it now ! You  have till Wednesday.

Don't miss it ......
I hope to see you there !

Sharing !!!

It’s important to me to teach my children about and keep them focused on the true meaning of Christmas and why we celebrate every year on December 25th.  It’s easy to get caught up in all the things to do surrounding the holiday – shopping, baking, decorating, parties – that it can potentially be just as easy to lose focus on why we are doing all of these things in the first place.  Christmas is a special time to rejoice in, and celebrate our Savior’s birth.

Christ needs to be our priority all the time, and especially at Christmas.  As a parent, I strive to keep my focus on Christ during the Christmas season and make it mostly about Him.  One way to help your child understand the true meaning of Christmas is by simply reading books to them about the birth of Jesus.  I can’t think of anything better than curling up by the light of the Christmas tree with your little ones (and big ones too) and reading a book about Christ just before bedtime.

Good morning busy mom,s !!!

Its freezing in here !!!   I hope you all doing wonderful  !!  I haven't posted anything in the past few days...one of the reasons other than time ) is because I don't know what happened to my blog.. every time I post something , it keeps on changing , and I don't have time to spend on  fixing it ;-) there's priority's here....  I am just gonna leave like that till next year ... so sorry about that !

What are your priority's ?

 Life is busy isn't it? It's easy to let day after day pass us by without prioritizing what we really want to teach our children. But if we don't teach our children about God, the world will. My husband and I have learned that teaching our children about God has to be a priority, and that requires planning and discipline on our parts.God deserves to be first place!

I won't be answer any email till next year !
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog ! readership and support  and for all your kind words, comments, messages and E-mails

Tomorrow will be Thanksgivings day , and I  want to wish all a happy thanksgiving !  There is no better time than this Thanksgiving holiday to reflect, give thanks and truly be grateful for the things we have…no matter how big…or how small. I hope you enjoy your time with friends and family.


HAPPY THANKSGIVING !
~ Pilar Cardeña