New blog name, new location

Good afternoon! I just want to let you know that I have now moved my blog to a new name and location. I hope you will come follow me over there. I needed to make a name change, because I needed to drop the "rossmont."

You will now find me at Life on Chickadee Lane. You will begin to find our Homeschool Crew reviews there, even though the previous reviews will still be found here on Life at Rossmont. You'll find my Wordless Wednesday link up located on Life on Chickadee Lane from now on, as well as all of our other usual topics, etc. Please come on over, and follow along!

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Do We Really Sacrifice? {a devotional}

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified. Psalm 40:16.

 

Many speak of the life of the Christian taking away from us pleasures and worldly enjoyments. I say it takes away nothing worth saving. Is there perplexity, poverty, and distress endured by the Christian? Oh, yes, this is expected in this life. But is the sinner, of whom we speak as enjoying the pleasures of this world, free from these ills of life? Do we not often see them in deep perplexity and trouble? ...

 

Christians sometimes think they have a hard time and that it is a condescension in them to lay hold of unpopular truth and profess to be Christ’s followers, that the road seems hard and that they have many sacrifices to make, when in reality they make no sacrifice at all. If in reality they are adopted into the family of God, what sacrifice have they made? Their following Christ may have broken some friendship with their world-loving relatives, but look at the exchange—their names written in the Lamb’s book of life, elevated, yes, greatly exalted, to be partakers of salvation, heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ to an imperishable inheritance. Shall we call it a sacrifice on our part to yield error for truth, darkness for light, sin for righteousness, a perishable name and inheritance upon earth for honors that are lasting, and a treasure undefiled that fadeth not away?

 

Even in this life, the Christian has One upon whom to lean for support, who will help him bear all his trials. Yet the sinner has to bear his trials alone. He goes down into the grave suffering remorse under darkness, bound by Satan, for he is his lawful prey....

 

If there is any one who should be continually grateful, it is the follower of Christ. If there is any one who enjoys real happiness, even in this life, it is the faithful Christian.... If we appreciate or have any sense of how dearly our salvation was purchased, anything which we may call sacrifice will sink away into insignificance. ~Our High Calling, by E.G. White

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Wordless Wednesday, December 12 {with link up}

Sunrise on Ormond Beach

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A Test of Character {a devotional}

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil. 1 Timothy 6:9, 10.

 

Satan has nets and snares, like the snares of the fowler, all prepared to entrap souls. It is his studied purpose that men shall employ their God-given powers for selfish ends rather than yield them to glorify God. God would have men engage in a work that will bring them peace and joy, and will render them eternal profit; but Satan wants us to concentrate our efforts for that which profiteth not, for the things that perish with the using.

 

The glory of the world to come is eclipsed by the corruptible things of earth. “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Matthew 6:21. Your thoughts, your plans, your motives, will have an earthly mold, and your soul will be defiled with covetousness and selfishness. “What shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Mark 8:36. The day is coming when the idols of silver and gold will be cast to the moles and to the bats, and the rich men will weep and howl for the miseries that shall come upon them....

 

If your thoughts, your plans, your purposes, are all directed toward the accumulation of the things of earth, your anxiety, your study, your interests, will all be centered upon the world. The heavenly attractions will lose their beauty.... Your heart will be with your treasure.... You will have no time to devote to the study of the Scriptures and to earnest prayer that you may escape the snares of Satan....

 

O that the great interests of the world to come were appreciated! Why is it that men are so unconcerned about the salvation of the soul when it was purchased at such cost by the Son of God?

 

In the providence of God, by physical skill or ingenious inventions, some may gather more wealth than others. The Lord blesses them with health, with tact, and skill, that they may receive of His goods to bestow upon others who may not have received these blessings. The possession of means constitutes a test of character. ~Our High Calling, by E.G. White

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Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women, by Zondervan {Homeschool Crew Review}

My daughter has been searching for a devotional book she wants to use for 2019. When we were offered the opportunity to check out Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women, from Zondervan, authored by Lindsay A. Franklin, she agreed to check it out for herself.

This is a lovely, hardcover book, and measures 5.2 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches. The pages are of quality heavy weight. Each page is decorated with a lovely flowered boarder. The book is numbered by days, 1-365, rather than dated, so your daughter can start using this devotional any time of the year. There is also a ribbon marker, which makes it easy to keep track of one's place in the book.

Each page begins with a Bible passage (New International Version), followed by two or three paragraphs enhancing the Bible passage, and ends with four lines on which your daughter may journal her thoughts and impressions from what she's read.

Most mornings (well, usually it's after noon before she awakens, since she closes at McDonald's five nights a week) after she wakes up, Jen has been reading one devotional page, on her own. She began at the beginning of the book. To be honest, she actually hasn't been doing any of the journaling, though. And I've read through the last couple dozen pages or so, myself.

This devotional discusses the lives of more than 50 women in the Bible; some named and well known, such as Ruth, Mary, and Martha, and others whose names are not even mentioned, such as the widow who gave two mites...or all that she had, and the woman who suffered for twelve years of bleeding.

Jen said the first few pages discuss the Proverbs 31 woman, then Eve, followed by Noah's wife. Really? How much do we know about Noah's wife? Well, for one, she remained faithful to Noah when all the rest of the world turned against him and didn't believe the message God gave him to spread to the world. She, and obviously her daughters-in-law, had a faith of their own in God to enter that ark and be saved.

Day 16, especially, made her stop and think. Genesis 6:8 states that Noah found favor in God's eyes. This, in spite of the wicked, perverse world in which he lived. The Bible predicts that at the end of time, this world will be as the days of Noah.

But God's people will stand out, even if we don't want to. "But sometimes we have to stand out. When the tide around us has turned away from God, we should look different than everyone else, just as Noah and his family did during the days before the flood. We are called to be lights in the midst of a dark world."

Jen expressed that, while she does like this devotional, she is looking for something for herself that has longer readings each day, and that she isn't really interested in a section for journaling for herself.

While I didn't see anywhere that specifically recommends an age range for this, I did see mention of "young adult" (which I do consider Jen to be, still, at age 25). It probably would be best suited for teen aged young ladies, maybe even up to 20 or 21.

This would make an excellent Christmas gift for your teenage daughter. I know that we plan to pass our copy on to one of our young teen aged friends at church, for her Christmas gift.

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