Prepare Your Heart to Seek the Lord

2Ch 12:14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.

Nobody had the tools to seek the Lord like King Rehoboam. The book of Proverbs was written for his benefit, yet he forsook everything that was good, wise and holy.

The result was that he did evil and plunged the nation of Israel into wickedness and opened her up to foreign oppression.

We need to be sure to prepare our hearts to seek the Lord. We can do this by having daily devotions, being faithful in the Lord's house, praying incessantly, avoiding temptation, being filled with the Holy Spirit and having a teachable heart.

Coach John Wooden taught that it is what we learn after we know it all that counts the most.

We, as Christians, can never say we have arrived, we have no more preparation to make, no more learning to acquire. Every day it starts all over again.

So, make today a new day of preparing your heart to seek the Lord.

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Our little playhouse

The trim pieces on the front of the playhouse were rotting and falling off , so I took the left over cedar shingles as remedied the problem , I think it is much cuter now , now I just have to stain them pale grey like all the other shingles on the house, but I must say I do like the natural cedar too . You can see what a difference staining the fence dark makes , I am so glad I finally did that , I just need to add some more perennial to the right side of the playhouse , just waiting for them to get marked down , love those late season purchases.

Last year

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Happy Canada Day

Hope everyone has a wonderful Canada , some are taking today off to stay home and relax some tomorrow to make a long weekend as it should be , and most of all Happy Birthday to my mother in law Joan , this is a big one social security here you come :)

Butcher block confessions. Ok I will give you my opinion on butcher block as counter top , I admit I love it , the look of it , but it was leaving me a little disappointed . Here are my complaints, it was feeling rough , if water was spilled and of course it was, often , it raised the wood grain , I had used many applications of mineral oil and it didn't seem to help . See I can not use linseed oil as it is commonly recommended , linseed oil is oil extracted from a nut , many people with nut allergies will react to linseed oil so obviously it was out , Ikea make a great butcher block sealer but it too contains linseed oil , what was I to do ?

Well a few weeks back I happened upon a can on Minwax indoor outdoor spar urethane , called HELMSMAN , it was labeled as a tough protector from sunlight , rain , moisture and temperature changes , all of which made it perfect protection for my outdoor deck table top , and it has proven to be very durable , no damage had been seen on my outdoor table , and we have had lots of rain , it sits on the table and no problems what so ever , amazing stuff.

I have heard Waterlox is great but I would have to order it and have it shipped , I am impatient , and this minwax Helmsman stuff is amazing , look at that water beading , it's a good thing .

I am happy to report it is smooth and has a grain texture free , I love it now , no more complaints here , bring on the water and the mustard and the kids , you won't here me buggin out anymore.

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