Thursday, September 19, 2013
Becoming
I posted a week ago about Love. I said:
In the next few weeks I'm going to be focusing on my family, prayer, and my relationship with God. I love my family, I love praying and learning more about God but I've been doing it wrong.
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good, acceptable and perfect.
I'm "breaking away" from the worlds ideas. I want to treat God, my family and friends as if they were Kings and Queens.
If God can show us everlasting love why can't I do the same?
It will be hard. It will be tough. I will want to give up, but the world needs to see God's love overflow in our lives as Christians.
Well I've been studying this past week. I've used Bible verses, thoughts and prayer.
I want to invite you to join me on a journey.
A journey of BECOMING a young woman of Faith.
When people think of the word becoming they think of something flattering and something that is changing to become something else. The definition of becoming according to the New Webster's Dictionary is: attractive, appropriate. If you take away ING you get the word become. Become has the definition of: come, grow to be, suitable for. I'm going to be writing a devotional series for you, and me. I'm a girl just like you. This will help us all "grow to be" a Prayer Warrior, a daughter of the King, a Big sister, a Woman of Faith, & a Homemaker. You can NOT rely on my words. You need to think, pray and read your Bible. I'm human, I'm in perfect.I am writing this because I need these reminders and verses just as much as you.
Please join me on this Journey of Becoming a Young Woman of Faith.
In the next few weeks I'm going to be focusing on my family, prayer, and my relationship with God. I love my family, I love praying and learning more about God but I've been doing it wrong.
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good, acceptable and perfect.
I'm "breaking away" from the worlds ideas. I want to treat God, my family and friends as if they were Kings and Queens.
If God can show us everlasting love why can't I do the same?
It will be hard. It will be tough. I will want to give up, but the world needs to see God's love overflow in our lives as Christians.
Well I've been studying this past week. I've used Bible verses, thoughts and prayer.
I want to invite you to join me on a journey.
A journey of BECOMING a young woman of Faith.
When people think of the word becoming they think of something flattering and something that is changing to become something else. The definition of becoming according to the New Webster's Dictionary is: attractive, appropriate. If you take away ING you get the word become. Become has the definition of: come, grow to be, suitable for. I'm going to be writing a devotional series for you, and me. I'm a girl just like you. This will help us all "grow to be" a Prayer Warrior, a daughter of the King, a Big sister, a Woman of Faith, & a Homemaker. You can NOT rely on my words. You need to think, pray and read your Bible. I'm human, I'm in perfect.I am writing this because I need these reminders and verses just as much as you.
Please join me on this Journey of Becoming a Young Woman of Faith.
Monday, September 16, 2013
5000 views!!!!!!!!!
5,000 views!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :~D
Thank you for reading, supporting, and enjoying my blog!
We've had a lot of fun, and we will continue to have a lot of fun!!!!! :) Here's to another 5000!
Thank you for reading, supporting, and enjoying my blog!
We've had a lot of fun, and we will continue to have a lot of fun!!!!! :) Here's to another 5000!
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Apples!
My beautiful Cortland apples are ripe!
Its hard to believe they used to be flowers!
Some apples!
Cutting them up!
How our old fashioned coring and peeling device works. (email readers may need to click to the blog to see the video)
The peels.
Delicious apples.
Boiling them.
Final product, applesauce, and 2 cups of apple juice. :~)
Love
We are messy. Our hearts are messy, our lives are messy, our possessions can be, too.
But none of that matters. We have God.
He's too mighty, too powerful, too marvelous, too perfect, to understand or comprehend.
We are all messy. We all have messed up hearts, messed up lives, messed up motives, messed up love.
Our love is miniscule compared to God's. His is everlasting, ours is transient.
Jeremiah 31:3
"I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you."
The Lord who made the Heavens and the earth loves us??
And he continues his faithfulness to us??
We are nothing. He is everything. And we treat him as if it was the other way around. We treat others as if it was the other way around.
Our lives are fleeting on this earth. We are born, we live, we die. All within about a century.
In Sunday school we are going on a trip through the Bible to refresh our memories of what the Bible is all about.
My teacher was pointing out that in the beginning of Genesis in chapter 5 it talks about how long the person lived and then he died. Our lives are short.
So I want to challenge all of you.
1st Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it dies not rejoice at wrong doing but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.
In the next few weeks I'm going to be focusing on my family, prayer, and my relationship with God. I love my family, I love praying and learning more about God but I've been doing it wrong.
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good, acceptable and perfect.
I'm "breaking away" from the worlds ideas. I want to treat God, my family and friends as if they were Kings and Queens.
If God can show us everlasting love why can't I do the same?
It will be hard. It will be tough. I will want to give up, but the world needs to see God's love overflow in our lives as Christians.
So I challenge you: what ever you need to do to accomplish this, do it! If you need to limit computer, limit movies, limit alone time, what ever you need, do it!
Philippians 2:4
Each of you should look not only to your own interests but also the interests of others.
For me, I'm going to limit my online time to 2 hours a day for the next week. Unless I'm using it for school work or research, my time limit is going to be 2 hours. I'm going to take the extra time and start being there for my sisters, becoming a young woman that God desires me to be, spreading God's love, and being a servant to my friends and family. I'm also going to spend that time delving into God's word and praying.
Matthew 5:14
In the same way let your light shine before others so that the may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in Heaven.
Join me! :~)
But none of that matters. We have God.
He's too mighty, too powerful, too marvelous, too perfect, to understand or comprehend.
We are all messy. We all have messed up hearts, messed up lives, messed up motives, messed up love.
Our love is miniscule compared to God's. His is everlasting, ours is transient.
Jeremiah 31:3
"I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you."
The Lord who made the Heavens and the earth loves us??
And he continues his faithfulness to us??
We are nothing. He is everything. And we treat him as if it was the other way around. We treat others as if it was the other way around.
Our lives are fleeting on this earth. We are born, we live, we die. All within about a century.
In Sunday school we are going on a trip through the Bible to refresh our memories of what the Bible is all about.
My teacher was pointing out that in the beginning of Genesis in chapter 5 it talks about how long the person lived and then he died. Our lives are short.
So I want to challenge all of you.
1st Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it dies not rejoice at wrong doing but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.
In the next few weeks I'm going to be focusing on my family, prayer, and my relationship with God. I love my family, I love praying and learning more about God but I've been doing it wrong.
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good, acceptable and perfect.
I'm "breaking away" from the worlds ideas. I want to treat God, my family and friends as if they were Kings and Queens.
If God can show us everlasting love why can't I do the same?
It will be hard. It will be tough. I will want to give up, but the world needs to see God's love overflow in our lives as Christians.
So I challenge you: what ever you need to do to accomplish this, do it! If you need to limit computer, limit movies, limit alone time, what ever you need, do it!
Philippians 2:4
Each of you should look not only to your own interests but also the interests of others.
For me, I'm going to limit my online time to 2 hours a day for the next week. Unless I'm using it for school work or research, my time limit is going to be 2 hours. I'm going to take the extra time and start being there for my sisters, becoming a young woman that God desires me to be, spreading God's love, and being a servant to my friends and family. I'm also going to spend that time delving into God's word and praying.
Matthew 5:14
In the same way let your light shine before others so that the may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in Heaven.
Join me! :~)
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Garden Delights!
Our tomatoes are ripening faster than we use them! So we have been making homemade sauce! :~D
We made smooth sauce the other day; today we made chunky!
Here is the recipe! :) We made it in a stock pot this time instead of a frying pan. :)
We've also had an overabundance of zucchini! So we made pickled zucchini!! My Mom can't eat cucumbers because she is allergic to them, but she likes these because they taste just like pickles! I think she said they taste like Claussen. :~)
We made smooth sauce the other day; today we made chunky!
Here is the recipe! :) We made it in a stock pot this time instead of a frying pan. :)
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Breakfast Cookies!
My Mom LOVED the Quaker Oats Breakfast Cookies. And then they disappeared. And then they were changed. So I love trying new breakfast cookie recipes. :)
Today I tried this simple recipe and they are good!
2 1/4 cups of instant oats or ground whole oats
2 mashed or chopped bananas
1 cup of peanut butter
1/4 cup of honey
1 tsp of cinnamon
pinch of salt
And chocolate chips, shredded coconuts, nuts, dried fruit, anything that would be yummy! :) We added chocolate chips! :)
Bake at 325 *F for 15 minutes. :) Makes about 9-18 depending on the size you want :)
Let them cool and enjoy!!!!!!!
Today I tried this simple recipe and they are good!
2 1/4 cups of instant oats or ground whole oats
2 mashed or chopped bananas
1 cup of peanut butter
1/4 cup of honey
1 tsp of cinnamon
pinch of salt
And chocolate chips, shredded coconuts, nuts, dried fruit, anything that would be yummy! :) We added chocolate chips! :)
Bake at 325 *F for 15 minutes. :) Makes about 9-18 depending on the size you want :)
Let them cool and enjoy!!!!!!!
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
The NYS Fair!
We've had a lot of fun going to the Annual New York State Fair!
On the 24th I got to perform at the fair with my Irish Step group! It was a lot of fun!!! :~D
This past Saturday (the 31st) we went to the fair as a family as it was only Mom and I before. :~)
The Sand Sculpture
The Petting Zoo
The CIRCUS!!!!!!!
Trying on a wooden hat! :)
Holding a baby chick
Playing with toes at the end of the day :)
It was a wonderful day and we had a lot of fun!
On the 24th I got to perform at the fair with my Irish Step group! It was a lot of fun!!! :~D
This past Saturday (the 31st) we went to the fair as a family as it was only Mom and I before. :~)
The Sand Sculpture
The Petting Zoo
The CIRCUS!!!!!!!
Trying on a wooden hat! :)
Holding a baby chick
Playing with toes at the end of the day :)
It was a wonderful day and we had a lot of fun!
Our Lightening (and Thunder) Storm!
Job 37:2-5
Keep listening to the thunder of his voice
and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
Under the whole heaven he lets it go,
and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
After it his voice roars;
he thunders with his majestic voice,
and he does not restrain the lightnings[a] when his voice is heard.
God thunders wondrously with his voice;
he does great things that we cannot comprehend.
and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
Under the whole heaven he lets it go,
and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
After it his voice roars;
he thunders with his majestic voice,
and he does not restrain the lightnings[a] when his voice is heard.
God thunders wondrously with his voice;
he does great things that we cannot comprehend.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Happy Birthday in Heaven!
Happy Birthday to my Great Grandpa! He would have been 97. :~)
I remember having lots of fun with him. We explored his house, read books together, played games, and more! I remember right before he died he read The Three Little Pigs to me. He was such a sweet and loving Grandpa. I love you Grandpa!
I remember having lots of fun with him. We explored his house, read books together, played games, and more! I remember right before he died he read The Three Little Pigs to me. He was such a sweet and loving Grandpa. I love you Grandpa!
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