Twas the Month of Christmas!!

Twas the month of Christmas when all through our land, not a Christian was praying nor taking a stand.

See the PC Police had taken away the reason for Christmas - no one could say.

The children were told by their schools not to sing about Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things; It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say; December 25th is just a 'Holiday'.

Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit; pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!!

CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-Pod; Something was changing, something quite odd!

Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa in hopes to sell books by Franken and Fonda.

As Targets were hanging their trees upside down; At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where to be found.

At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears you won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.

Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty are words that were used to intimidate me.

Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Now Wolf Blitzen; On Boxer, On Rather, On Biden, On Obama!!

At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter; To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.

And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith; Forbidden to speak of Salvation and Grace.

The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded; The Reason for the Season, stopped before it started.

So as you celebrate 'Winter Break' under your 'Dream Tree' Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me; Choose your words carefully, choose what you say;Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS, not Happy Holiday!!

Please, all Christians join together and wish everyone you meet MERRY CHRISTMAS. Christ is The Reason' for the Christ-mas Season!!

Questions, Comments?? God Bless and MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!

THE BELL

I KNOW WHO I AM
I am God's child (John 1:12)
I am Christ's friend (John 15:15)
I am united with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17)
I am bought with a price (1Cor 6:19-20)
I am a saint (set apart for God). (Eph. 1:1)
I am a personal witness of Christ. (Acts 1:8)
I am the salt & light of the earth (Matt 5:13-14)
I am a member of the body of Christ (1Cor.12:27)
I am free forever from condemnation (Rom. 8: 1-2)
I am a citizen of Heaven. I am significant (Phil 3:20)
I am free from any charge against me (Rom. 8:31 -34)
I am a minister of reconciliation for God (2 Cor. 5:17-21)
I have access to God through the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:18)
I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Eph. 2:6)
I cannot be separated from the love of God (Rom 8:35-39)
I am established, anointed, sealed by God  (2 Cor. 1:21-22)
I am assured all things work together for good  (Rom. 8:28)
I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit (John 15:16)
I may approach God with freedom and confidence (Eph. 3:12)
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13)
I am the branch of the true vine, a channel of His life (John 15: 1-5)
I am God's temple (1 Cor. 3:16). I am complete in Christ (Col. 2:10)
I am hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3). I have been justified (Romans 5:1)
I am God's co-worker (1 Cor. 3:9; 2 Cor. 6:1). I am God's workmanship (Eph. 2:10)
I am confident that the good works God has begun in me will be perfected. (Phil.1:5)
I have been redeemed and forgiven (Col.1:14). I have been adopted as God's child (Eph.1:5)
I belong to God
Do you know
Who you are?
Keep this bell ringing...
'The LORD bless you and keep you;
The LORD make His face shine upon you
And be gracious to you;
The LORD turn His face toward you
And give you peace...

Numbers 6:24-26

 

THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE. LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT.                          

PSALMS 118:24                 

Questions, Comments?? God Bless!!

Remember, Moses started out as a basket case. 

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Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited until you try to sit in their pews… 

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Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisors.

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It is easier to preach ten sermons than it is to live one...

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The good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose, but mosquitoes come close...

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When you get to your wit's end, you'll find God lives there.

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People are funny; they want the front of the bus, the middle of the road, and the back of the church...

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Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on your front door forever.

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Quit griping about your church; if it was perfect, you couldn't belong...

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If the church wants a better preacher, it only needs to pray for the one it has.

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God Himself does not propose to judge a man until he is physically dead. So why should you? 

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Some minds are like concrete thoroughly mixed up and permanently set. 

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Peace starts with a smile.. 

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A lot of church members who are singing 'Standing on the Promises' are just sitting on the premises.

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We were called to be witnesses, not lawyers or judges...

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Be ye fishers of men.. You catch them - He'll clean them. 

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Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous.

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Don't put a question mark where God put a period.

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Don't wait for 6 strong men to take you to church. 

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Forbidden fruits create many jams. 

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God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.

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God grades on the cross, not the curve.

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God loves everyone, but probably prefers 'fruit of the spirit' over a 'religious nut!' 

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God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage. 

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He who angers you, controls you!

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If God is your Co-pilot - swap seats! 

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Don't give God instructions -- just report for duty!

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The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us. 

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The Will of God never takes you to where the Grace of God will not protect you. 

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We don't change the message, the message changes us.

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You can tell how big a person is by what it takes to discourage him. 

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The best mathematical equation I have ever seen: 

1 cross + 3 nails = 4 given. 

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May God and His Son bless you from today on out!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

Questions, Comments?? God Bless!!

Four

Four, Four, Four, Four...

1. Four places I frequently go to  

2. Four people who I am in touch with on a regular basis

3. Four of my very favorite smells

4. Four places I would rather be right now

5. Four TV shows I frequently watch

6. Four people I think will answer these questions:

Questions, Comments?? God Bless!!

Quotes

'Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.'

A sharp tongue can cut your own throat. 

If you want your dreams to come true, you mustn't oversleep.

Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.

The best vitamin for making friends is... B1.

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

The heaviest thing you can carry is a grudge.

One thing you can give and still keep is... your word.

You lie the loudest when you lie to yourself.

If you lack the courage to start, you have already finished.

One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.

Ideas won't work unless ' You' do.

Your mind is like a parachute... it functions only when open.

The 10 commandments are not a multiple choice.

The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime! It is never too late to become what you might have been.

Life is too short to wake up with regrets... So love the people who treat you right... Forget about the one's who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

Friends are like balloons; once you let them go, you might not get them back. Sometimes we get so busy with our own lives and problems that we may not even notice that we've let them fly away. Sometimes we are so caught up in who's right and who's wrong that we forget what's right and wrong. Sometimes we just don't realize what real friendship means until it is too late.

Questions, Comments?? God Bless!!

Deposit

 

This Day I have just deposited love and blessings into your bank account and the best part is that it will cost you NOTHING!! I ask that you just use it in abundance. Your pin number is:  J-E-S-U-S 

 

**IMPORTANT NOTICE** If you lose your pin number, you lose EVERYTHING!! 

 

MAKE A DEPOSIT IN SOMEONE ELSE'S ACCOUNT TODAY!!

 

Help us to remember Lord, that there is nothing that is going to happen today that we can not handle together. Amen

 

The most important decision you will make in your life is what you will do with Jesus. To decide not to decide, is to decide.

Questions, Comments??

Merry Christmas and God Bless!!

19 Ways to Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity

1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.

2. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.

3. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.

4. Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "in."

5. Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.

6. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for smuggling diamonds."

7. Finish all your sentences with "in accordance with the prophecy."

8. Don't use any punctuation

9 As often as possible, skip rather than walk.

10. Order diet water with a serious face whenever you go out to eat.

11. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."

12. Sing along at the opera.

13. Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.

14. Put mosquito netting around your work area and play tropical sounds all day.

15. Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party because you're not in the mood.

16. Have your co-workers address you by your wrestling name, "Rock Bottom."

17. When the money comes out the ATM, scream "I won! I won!"

18. When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot, yelling "run for your lives, they're loose!"

19. Tell your children over dinner "Due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go."


Questions, Comments??

God Bless!!

Proud to be your Friend!

I like you because of who you are to me... A true friend.

Remember:

A good friend will come bail you out of jail...

But a true friend will be sitting next to you saying...We screwed up, but we had fun!

I've learned... that life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

I've learned... that we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.

I've learned... that money doesn't buy class.

I've learned... that it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

I've learned... that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

I've learned... that the Lord didn't do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?

I've learned...that to ignore the facts does not change the facts.

I've learned...that the less time I have to work, the more things I get done.

YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I am honored.

Questions, Comments??

God Bless!!

Television Commercials

A fifth grade teacher in a Christian school asked her class to look at TV commercials and see if they could use them in some way to communicate ideas about God.

Here are some of the results: scroll down.

God is like... BAYER ASPIRIN  He works miracles.

God is like... a FORD  He's got a better idea.

God is like... COKE  He's the real thing.

(This is great)

God is like... HALLMARK CARDS  He cares enough to send His very best.

God is like... TIDE  He gets the stains out that others leave behind.

God is like... GENERAL ELECTRIC  He brings good things to life.

God is like... SEARS  He has everything.

God is like... ALKA-SELTZER  Try him, you'll like Him

God is like... SCOTCH TAPE  You can't see him, but you know He's there.

God is like... DELTA  He's ready when you are.

God is like... ALLSTATE  You're in good hands with Him.

God is like... VO-5 Hair Spray He holds through all kinds of weather.

God is like... DIAL SOAP  Aren't you glad you have Him? Don't you wish everybody did?

(that one is my favorite)

God is like... the U.S.POST OFFICE  Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet nor ice will keep Him from His appointed destination.

God may not always give us answers but he always gives us grace!

Questions, Comments??

God Bless!!

Quotes from the 1990s

On September 17, 1994, Alabama's Heather Whitestone was selected as Miss  America 1995.


Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?

Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not
live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever,
then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever,
which is why I would not live forever."
-- Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss  USA contest


"Whenever  I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not  with all those flies and death and  stuff." -- Mariah  Carey



"Smoking  kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."  -- Brooke  Shields, during an interview to become Spokesperson for federal  anti-smoking campaign.

"I've  never had major knee surgery on any other part of my  body." -- Winston Bennett, University  of Kentucky basketball forward.

Outside  of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country." -- Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC


"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president." -- Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of
subpoenaed  documents.



"That  lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass and I'm  just the one to do it." -- A  congressional candidate in Texas.



"Half  this game is ninety percent mental." -- Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark


"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in  our air and water that are doing it." -- Al Gore, Vice President  
And...

"We  are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not  occur." Al  Gore, VP



"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix." -- Dan Quayle


"We've  got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?"     -- Lee Iacocca


"The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein." --Joe  Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.



"We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people." -- Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instrutor.



"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." --Bill Clinton, President


"Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas."
--Keppel  Enderbery


"Your  food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."
--Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina


"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record." -- Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman  
 



Questions, Comments??


God Bless!!

Twenty Truths to Remember...

Good morning readers... excellent advice below...


1. Faith is the ability to not panic.

2. If you worry, you didn't pray. If you pray, don't worry.

3. As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home every day.

4. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.

5. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to be still so He can untangle the knot.

6. Do the math. Count your blessings.

7. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.

8. Dear God: I have a problem. It's me.

9. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.

10. Laugh every day, it's like inner jogging.

11. The most important things in your home are the people.

12. Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.

13. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open.

14. A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.

15. He who dies with the most toys is still dead.

16. We do not remember days, but moments. Life moves too fast, so enjoy  your precious moments.

17. Nothing is real to you until you experience it, otherwise it's just hearsay.

18. It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done.

19. Surviving and living your life successfully requires courage. The  goals and dreams you're seeking require courage and risk-taking. Learn from the turtle -- it only makes progress when it sticks out its neck.

20. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Questions, Comments??

God Bless!!

Happy Fall

Happy Fall and Pumkins...                                    


A woman was asked by a coworker, "What is it like to be a Christian?"

The coworker replied, "It is like being a pumpkin." God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff.

God removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed. Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see."


This was passed onto me from a Pumpkin... now it's your turn to pass it onto other Pumpkins...


Questions, Comments??


Until next time... GOD BLESS!!

A long Autumn Season

Good evening readers... oh boy... it's been almost two weeks since I wrote... that doesn't mean I haven't been keeping up... I have. After a long hard month of October, Breast Cancer Awareness month, I have had a bummer start to November with very close friend to wind up in our local Pallaitive Care unit and just recently passed away.


Back in March 2010 I had another very close friend to pass away from Breast Cancer too... both were reaccurances and they both were close friends to one another as well.


Back in 2004, a group of about 12 or 14 Breast Cancer survivors and their caregivers formed an "Adventures" group. Over the years, we all learned to Fly-fish together and went on several Fly fishing expediitions together. We got really adventurous and took several trips down to one of the Carribean islands several years in a row.


We have bonded tightly throughout the years and now three in the group have passed away in the last 18 months. We have heavy hearts to see our dear, dear friends pass on but they are all in such a better place, walking the streets of gold, healed, with no more illness, pain, suffering or the shedding of tears. We continue to take care of the loved ones left behind and try to get back on track with our lives.


So thats where I have been.


I haven't kept up with the food diary in a couple weeks due to being focused on my friend and her family.


Two sermons I heard recently were Hebrews 12:1-2 on Saturday November 13th at the funeral I attended and Luke 6:27-42 Sunday November 14th in church. Both are excellant.


*QAD: "Don't judge a book by its cover, you never know what story it has to tell, it might just surprise you".


Tidbit for the day: Before getting on a scale to weigh... do not fill up on water and its always best to weigh right after getting up in the morning time after going to the bathroom before having the first cup of coffee or tea.

I have found a website called BlogFrog... anyone out there hear of it?? BlogFrog is a free website to that hosts hundreds of communities of bloggers and thousands of topics to discuss and talk about. I am still in the process of researching BlogFrog but I'm getting ideas for my blog topics too... stay tuned.


*QAD = Quote A Day...


Questions, Comments??


Until next time... GOD BLESS!!

Major Events

Good morning readers...

Did everyone celebrate or participate in Halloween??

My husband and I do not believe in Halloween, so therefore we do not celebrate or participate. Our tradition is to go out and have a nice meal...

For the past several weeks I have a ton on my mind and haven't been sleeping well... I've been finding myself off to bed between 7-8p and getting up around 5a... mind you my normal hrs are in bed by 8:30p and up by 6:30-7a... last night I was asleep by 7:30p up at 3:30a back to bed at 4:45a and back up again at 6:30a... I can not seem to get a hold on my regular routine or figure it out...

Well today is the Mid term election day... polls are open from 7a-7p... GET OUT AND VOTE...

QUOTES

I love quotes of all kinds...

*QAD: What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult... Sigmund Freud  July 2006

"If you Bite it, Write it"...  Friend - October 2010

"Get out and vote... For those who do not exercise their right to vote, have NO RIGHT to Complain" November 2010

* Quote A Day

Questions, Comments??

Until next time GOD BLESS!!

Random thoughts

I have been blogging now 5 weeks off and on... there's been lots going on being October and Breast Cancer awareness month and all...

Over the past weeks, I had reasons for wanting to blog and then went to type and never blogged. Some of my thoughts for titles over the month were as follows:

Posting recipes
Posting my eating plan
Random Emails and Quotes
Sermons I had heard
Scriptures I had read
The mid term election
Halloween

One at a time...

I don't cook much and I don't have a favorite recipe... I just like to eat. My most favorite recipes are from my mother. During the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays my mother make two of my favorite dishes... Cranberry Salad and Christmas Casserole. Cranberry salad is side dish... a mixture of chopped apples, cranberries, oranges and nuts in a fancy jello mold with homemade mayonnaise, to die for!! Christmas Casserole is a main dish... baked grits, cheese and sausage casserole with butter running all through it... another to die for dish.

 CRANBERRY SALAD 

4 Cups (1lbs) fresh cranberries

2 medium apples, peeled

1 tbsp grated orange rind

11/2 cups diced fresh oranges

2 cups sugar or equivalent

1 cup pecans, chopped

2 envelopes unflavored gelatine

3/4 cup cold water

Wash cranberries. Soften gelatine in cold water. Place over hot water to melt. While gelatine is melting, put through a food chopper along with apples, using the medium blade. Stir in orange rind, diced oranges, sugar and pecans. Mix well. Stir into the cranberry mixture. Turn into a 2 quart mold which has been rinsed in cold water.  Chill until firm. Just before serving, turn out onto a serving plate. Garnish with a salad green as desired. 6-8 servings.                                                                                                                                                   

To empty salad onto a plate. Put hot water in sink about the heighth of the salad mold. Have the plate you want to put it on right at hand. Hold mold in hot water until you count to five. Then put plate over mold and turn it upside down. Salad should fall out onto plate. Put in refrigerator immediately to re-gel. Be careful how long you leave the salad in hot water, so it won't melt too much. Better to leave it too short a time and have to do it again for a few seconds, than to leave it too long and have it melt!

I have discovered that when I make this with Splenda I have to use one extra package of gelatin and a full extra 3/4 C water.

CHRISTMAS CASSEROLE

4 cups quick grits (1 C grits to 4 C water)

Seasoned salt to taste (1 tsp or so)

2T dried onions

1 stick butter

8-10 ounces extra sharp cheddar cheese, cut in little squares

1 LB hot sausage ( I like Rudy’s – less grease)

4-6 eggs

While grits are cooking, put sausage on, and stir with fork until pieces are fairly small. While sausage is cooking, put eggs in blender and cut cheese into about ½ “ cubes.

Drain sausage on paper towels. When grits are done, remove from heat, add butter and mix. Blend eggs and add a little of the grits to the eggs. Then add the eggs to the grits and pour into casserole, sprayed with Pam. Mix in sausage and cheese. (can be frozen at this point) Cook, lightly covered with foil, at 350 for about and hour+, or until the center is not runny. Serve with yummy bread and juice and/or fruit and you’ve got all your breakfast – OR dinner on Sunday!

The reason I call this Christmas casserole is that I prepare it way ahead, put it in the freezer, and take it out as I’m going to bed on Christmas eve.  I set the over to come on about and hour and a half before I’m ready to eat, and the casserole is ready when we get up.

To increase the recipe I make an extra cup of grits, add a couple of Tbs of butter, two more eggs and seasoned salt to taste.

 Enjoy!!

Questions, comments??  Until next time... GOD BLESS!!

A weight lifted off my shoulders

For days now which has turned into weeks, there has been something bothering me... I have just figured it out and I have changed it. It was my blog name and what it represented... I have a new blog title... I have transitioned from conservativechristianityblackandwhite to sweetspiritwithinme...

Friends were telling me that my old blog name was hard and racial... I didn't mean for it to sound hard and racial... I was trying to express who I was... and now I'm a new person... blogging is still new to me, please be patient...

Questions, comments??


Until then... GOD BLESS!!

Catching Up - The end to a sucessful and committed day

While my husband was out at our lake house today trying to get our new refridgerator fixed which never happened, (another time for another story) I have been on this blog all day trying to figure out how to add Wigets and Gadgets... I have sucessfully learned how to do both... if you were to ask me how I accomplished adding both Widgets and Gadgets it would take me as long to figure out what I did and then tell you.

In the last week, my husband and I traveled down to Florida for a mini vacation with family and friends. Florida in October is so beautiful... cool in the mornings and evenings and warm during the day, just beautiful.                 

Yesterday was my sister's birthday and today is my brother in law's birthday... Happy Birthday to the both of them...

In the last week or so I have committed to keeping a count on carb intake (I'm allowed seven carbs per day) as well as exercising four times a week. I missed exercise today due to figuring out how to add Widgets and Gadgets:(

In Florida we ate Basil pasta, Ceasar salad, Sausage casserole w/fruit and coffee, turkey, lettuce and tomato sandwiches, Shrimp and Grits, Brocolli "fun" salad, cereal w/milk and coffee, Raw/Baked Oysters, Gumbo, Steaks, Piella, garden salad, Sausage casserole and coffee, Chicken salad in tomatoes and red wine with dinner ever night (8oz total per night).

I have not only kept count of carbs I have decided to try and only eat a palmful of protein and carbs at dinner time and 2 or more palmfuls of raw or steamed vegetables and fresh fruit a day. I have verbally committed back to eating 45 calorie yogurt for snacks but have yet to accomplish that. Today at lunch I had chicken noodle soup and actually read the back of the can for serving size. I only had 1/2 can of soup... tonight for dinner I had a palmful of protein and 2 palmfuls of aspargras on a salad plate instead of a regular sized one...

My husband and I have verbally committed to watching a streamed Netflix movie several times a week. I personally absolutely love Netflix and love trying to watch one (whether it be CD or by stream on the TV) every other night or so. This week we have seen: The Fiddler on the Roof, The Accidential Tourist... I have not been told what tonight's movie is... so I better get off here and go find out...

Questions, comments??

Until Later, have a good one and GOD BLESS!!

An Award for You and Me...

Good morning readers... I'm so sorry it's been this long since I have written but life happened and it got in the way. Anyway, I was given the award below awhile back and I have just figured out how to Copy and Paste it. With this award I was asked to also tell 5 and 10 things about me and pass the award onto you... here it goes, Enjoy!!

  

5 words that describe my blog... HONEST, THOUGHTS PROVOKING, ODD, ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE  

Something about my life that I would change if I could...

I CAN NOT THINK OF ANYTHING I WOULD CHANGE ABOUT MY LIFE

Ten things you May or May Not know about me in No certain order:

1. I HAVE BLONDE HAIR/BLUE EYES

2. I LOVE THOUGHT PROVOKING QUOTES RELATED TO THE BIBLE

3. I WENT AWAY TO SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 12

4. I HAVE 4 CATS AND ONE SPOILED DOG 

5. I HAVE BEEN IN A MAGAZINE

6. I HAVE HAD 4 JOBS (PART TIME) AT ONCE

7. I LOVE TO DANCE

8. I AM NOT A MULTI-TASKER

9. I LOVE TO FISH

10. I LOVE DISCUSSING THE BIBLE AND POLITICS

Answer the questions above, describe your blog in 5 words and tell me 10 things about you.

Weeks 6-12 of Calm My Anxious Heart

Let's pick up where I left off...


Hebrews 13:5 Paul writes: ⁵ Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”^[a]


Psalms 119:14 David writes: ¹⁴ I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches.


Matthew 6:19-21 Matthew writes: ¹⁹ “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; ²⁰ but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.


1st Cronicles 29:11-14 David writes: ¹¹ Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours;Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, And You are exalted as head over all. ¹² Both riches and honor come from You,And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all. ¹³ “Now therefore, our God, We thank You And praise Your glorious name. ¹⁴ But who am I, and who are my people, That we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from You, And of Your own we have given You.


Proverbs 30:8-9 Agur writes: ⁸ Remove falsehood and lies far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches—  Feed me with the food allotted to me; ⁹ Lest I be full and deny You, And say, “Who is the LORD?” Or lest I be poor and steal, And profane the name of my God.


Hebrews 12:15 Paul writes: ¹⁵ looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;


Ephesians 5:15-17 Paul writes: ¹⁵ See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, ¹⁶redeeming the time, because the days are evil. ¹⁷ Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.


Life Porpose statement: Matthew 6:1-4 Matthew writes: ¹ “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. ² Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. ³ But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, ⁴ that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.^[a]


Peter 5:6-7 Peter writes: ⁶ Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, ⁷ casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.


Hebrews 11:1 Paul writes: ¹Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.


Proverbs 3:5-6 says: ⁵ Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; ⁶ in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.


Jeremiah 17:7-8 Jeremiah writes: ⁷ "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.  ⁸ He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."


And 17:5-6 says ⁵ This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD. ⁶ He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.


Psalms 77:11-14  David writes ¹¹ I will remember the works of the LORD; Surely I will remember Your wonders of old. ¹² I will also meditate on all Your work, And talk of Your deeds.¹³ Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary; Who is so great a God as our God? ¹⁴ You are the God who does wonders; You have declared Your strength among the peoples.


Andrew Murray said: In times of trouble... Say: First HE brought me here. It is by HIS will I am in this straight place. I will rest. HE will keep me here in HIS love and give me the grace in this trial to behave as HIS child. HE will make this trial a blessing, teaching me lessons HE  intended for me to learn and working in me the grace HE means to bestow. In HIS good time HE can bring me out again, how and when HE knows. Therefore I am here by GOD's appointment, in HIS keeping, under HIS training and for HIS time.


Habakkuk 3:17-19 Habakkuk writes: ¹⁷ Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,  And there be no herd in the stalls— ¹⁸ Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. ¹⁹ The LORD God ^[a] is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills.


Ecclesiates 7:13-14 Solomon writes: ¹³ Consider the work of God; For who can make straight what He has made crooked?  ¹⁴ In the day of prosperity be joyful, But in the day of adversity consider: Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other, So that man can find out nothing that will come after him.


This concludes Calm My Anxious Heart By Linda Dillow.


Do I have any comments, ideas or thoughts out there... how about any dialougers out there??


Until next time... GOD BLESS!!

Inspirational Quotes, Sayings and Scriptures

Over the years I have learned to really enjoy hearing and reading good Inspirational Quotes, Sayings and Scriptures. I love to ponder over them and try and think about how far I can read into them and how far they will take me.

I want to share with you. "Calm My Anxious Heart" By Linda Dillow - Summer of 2004

Phillipians 4:11-13 Paul writes ¹¹ Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: ¹² I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. ¹³ I can do all things through Christ^[a] who strengthens me.

Ella Spee's Prescription for Contentment:

1 Do not allow yourself to ever complain about anything
2 Never "see" yourself in any other circumstances or situation
3 Never compare what you may have with anyone else
4 Never allow yourself to wish "this or that" to have been otherwise
5 Never dwell on tomorrow... all of our tomorrows are in GOD'S hands.

Phillipians 4:6-9 Paul writes ⁶ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; ⁷ and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Psalms 139:13-16 David writes                                                                                                                 

¹³ For You formed my inward parts;
         You covered me in my mother’s womb.
 ¹⁴ I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;^[a]
         Marvelous are Your works,
         And that my soul knows very well.
 ¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from You,
         When I was made in secret,
         And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
 ¹⁶ Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
         And in Your book they all were written,
         The days fashioned for me,
         When as yet there were none of them.

1st Corinthians 4:2 Paul writes ² Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.

Matthew 20:28 Mathew writes ²⁸ just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

Colossians 3:12-14 Paul writes ¹² Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; ¹³ bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. ¹⁴ But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

Matthew 18:21-35 Matthew tells the story about the unforgiving servant.

An Attitude and Forgiveness Prayer... Lord Jesus, you know (my offender's name) has hurt me by (name the offense). In the Holy Name of Jesus, who has forgiven Me in Everything, I now choose to Forgive (my offender). I choose to lay (my offender's name) down at Your Feet and All the pain I have experienced because of the action. I now ask for You to begin healing my broken heart, in Your precious and Holy Name, Amen

Romans 15:5-7 Paul writes
⁵ Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, ⁶ that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us,^[a] to the glory of God.

What is this all mean?? Paul says be content in all aspects of your life, through all of it, and do not be anxious but stay calm too.
David says the Lord Jesus Christ knows about everything we do from before we are born until after we die and HE is in control of it all. We should praise HIM!!
Paul says those who have much shall be good stewards of their possessions and do what is right in the sight of the Lord. Paul continues with total forgiveness of those who harm others as Christ Forgave us. To love our enemies and Christ loves us.
Matthew tells the story of the unforgiving servant.
Paul finishes with we should all be kind and loving toward one another and continue to strive to make others happy because we all fall short in the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Questions, comments??

I have given you weeks 1-5 of a 12 week bible study... 6-12 will come later... until then. GOD BLESS!!