Home Ec·o·nom·ics

Home Ec·o·nom·ics: noun - Cooking and other aspects of household management, esp. as taught at school

Home /hōm/ adverb - 1. To the place where one lives 2. In or at the place where one lives 3. To the end or conclusion of a race or something difficult 4. To or toward home plate 5. To the intended or correct position

Ec·o·nom·ics /ˌekəˈnämiks/ /ˌēkə-/ noun - 1. The branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth 2. The condition of a region or group as regards material prosperity

So recently I offered to teach my 'little Sister' Kristen how to make homemade chicken soup from scratch... Which spawned an inquiry that... Well... Made my day and inspired a new found passion. Kristen asked if I would be interested in teaching her and maybe one or two other home school students a Home Economics class. This has inspired me to really apply myself even more to learn how God wants us to run a household and how to best train others how to manage a home God's Way!

It makes me wish I would have taken that Marriage and Family Class from the McWilliams at CFNI that my brother still rants and raves about. But besides that I am very excited about the opportunity... Even though right now it is only a possibility! This is a passion I have had for some time now. I remember when I first started at CFNI I found that allot of young ladies my age never had the opportunity to learn even the basics of cooking, cleaning, budgeting and things like that... Those are just a few things that a good Home Ec course should cover. So I am currently delving into great biblical teaching taught by Devi Titus & Larry Burkett. If you have any great resources I am putting a request out to all my friends please feel free to message me or post info in comments or on my wall!

God Bless!

Alicia Zinn

A life...

One life can change the course of... Well... everything. Many of us forget how significant one life can be. I could tell you right now that if one human interaction in my life had not been there no matter how insignificant it may have seemed. The course of my life would not have remained the same. I often find myself thinking of how significant each life can be when I hear of the loss of life. Last night it was reported that a man, Osama bin Laden, had lost his life. The truth of the matter is if his name had not been mentioned in association with the tragedy of September 11, 2001 none of us would even know his name. I know that on occasion I have found myself just as guilty as the next guy feeling that he deserved it or that he had it coming after what he did. But the only way that justice can be found is not in retaliation... no matter how good we think we will feel after the fact... But rather in Redemption!

It is the only answer that God ever planned on having! Even from the very beginning. God never intended for us to have to live in a world where death even existed! But as soon as things changed He still had a plan but His plan did not include sticking it to the one that started this whole thing. Because we as created beings are unable in our own power to live beyond the created world beyond death we are powerless on our own. He knew from the beginning that if things were going to make a turn for the worst He being the Creator of Life would have to sacrifice His own life in order to conquer death. God had a plan to redeem EVERY man! His desire is that we are ALL redeemed! Even those that our finite minds believe are beyond or undeserving of redemption. Such as a man that many Americans hold responsible for the death of thousands. Our justice system is built upon the understanding that every American is by there constitutional rights Innocent until Proven Guilty. My understanding of the Word of God is quite the opposite as far as sin is concerned well everyman is really Guilty! No questions asked... But that isn't it... We do in fact get a trial... We have one choice before that trial which comes at death... We can choose to represent ourself or to let an Advocate take our case. This Advocate is available to everyman. His name is Jesus. He has already pled Guilty. He even paid the only price of sin which is death. But having lived without sin the laws of death had no hold on Him. He conquered death so that in the end if we have chosen Jesus as our Advocate. When the Judge sees that we are represented by Jesus. The Judge will Move for a dismissal of all charges because the price has already been paid!

But the thing about that is to remember is that even the worst of us... Terrorists, Serial Killers, Rapists, Occult Leaders and So on... Jesus paid for those sins too. Because when God looks at us He doesn't see what we have done but rather He sees us for Who we are in Jesus! Redeemed with a clean slate. A little reminder to Christians out there who are religious about the Law. We don't live by the Law because we need to live within these parameters to stay clean. We live life in a way that brings honor to the name we have chosen to represent in our faith... It's not about rules or laws. It's about doing the right thing cause well its right. Not because we don't want to do the wrong thing.

All this to say One life... A single life can make all the difference in the world!

I love Y'all!
Alicia Zinn