Hey guys/girls,
Thanks to Tim Lemons who put my very abbreviated testimony on "you tube" and sent the link to me last night. I wanted to share it with those of you who have asked me about it. If the link doesn't take you directly to the site, copy and paste the address. Thanks Tim!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kV3AHk4ukrw
Monday, November 26, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
Caramel Apple Cider (like Starbucks)
Hey guys, thought you might enjoy this. It sounds wonderful!
Ingredients:
1 gallon apple cider
1 large bottle Caramel syrup(found in coffe aisle--Torani is one brand, DaVinci another)
1 bottle Smuckers caramel ice cream topping
cinnamon to taste
Directions:
Put all in a crockpot and warm. Top with whipping cream and a pinch of cinnamon if desired
Ingredients:
1 gallon apple cider
1 large bottle Caramel syrup(found in coffe aisle--Torani is one brand, DaVinci another)
1 bottle Smuckers caramel ice cream topping
cinnamon to taste
Directions:
Put all in a crockpot and warm. Top with whipping cream and a pinch of cinnamon if desired
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Harriet's Pretzel Salad
First Layer:
2 cups broken pretzels
1 1/2 sticks margarine
3 Tbsp. sugar
Spray 9x13 pan with Pam. Melt margarine. Add sugar to margarine, mix, and pour over the pretzels. Spread pretzel mixture into the pan and bake for 8 minutes at 400 degrees. Cool before adding second layer.
Second Layer:
8 oz cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 carton (8 oz) cool whip
Mix cream cheese and sugar. Add cool whip and spread over the cooled pretzel mixture.
Third Layer:
2 small wild strawberry jello
1 chopped apple
1 cup chopped pecans
1 small can crushed pineapple (well-drained)
Mix jello according to package directions and let partially gel. (Do this first and let it thicken as you do the other layers). When jello is partially thickened, add apple, pecans, and pineapple. Pour over the cream cheese mixture and refrigerate.
Harriet Ellis brought this to our Thanksgiving Dinner for our Life Group. I wanted to post the recipe for you girls since we had the other recipes there. Enjoy! Thanks Harriet!
2 cups broken pretzels
1 1/2 sticks margarine
3 Tbsp. sugar
Spray 9x13 pan with Pam. Melt margarine. Add sugar to margarine, mix, and pour over the pretzels. Spread pretzel mixture into the pan and bake for 8 minutes at 400 degrees. Cool before adding second layer.
Second Layer:
8 oz cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 carton (8 oz) cool whip
Mix cream cheese and sugar. Add cool whip and spread over the cooled pretzel mixture.
Third Layer:
2 small wild strawberry jello
1 chopped apple
1 cup chopped pecans
1 small can crushed pineapple (well-drained)
Mix jello according to package directions and let partially gel. (Do this first and let it thicken as you do the other layers). When jello is partially thickened, add apple, pecans, and pineapple. Pour over the cream cheese mixture and refrigerate.
Harriet Ellis brought this to our Thanksgiving Dinner for our Life Group. I wanted to post the recipe for you girls since we had the other recipes there. Enjoy! Thanks Harriet!
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Jesus replied...
"You do not realize now what I'm doing, but later you will understand." John 13:7
Pay close attention to the word, "now" in that passage. I just about came unglued when I read it. Let me explain...I'm not sure about you but this verse couldn't have come at a better time. I was awakened at 3 this morning and having what I call a N.O.W. night. I'm not talking about a Night of Worship but a Night of Wonder, I might even go as far as saying it was a Night of Worry. I tried fighting the urge to get up but worry and concern kept me from laying there tossing and turning until 5 AM when my alarm usually goes off. I was so overwhelmed I hardly knew what to do. Thank God for the strength to get out the Bible study a friend of mine and I are doing together. We're studying the Psalms of Ascent. I did two days out of my workbook and I can't get over how timely and fitting they both were.
Before I knew it I had written the word, "now" three times just in the first homework assignment. That's how I came up with Night of Wonder as I was wondering about my present circumstances. I thought for a few minutes about others who have had these kind of nights where worry gets the best of you and robs you of sleep. I say, "rob" because there have been times I should have gotten up and searched scriptures instead of laying there not sleeping while wondering, worrying and wrestling over different situations.
There were very probing questions in both of the homework assignments. There were also a lot of liberating verses that reminded me of how much God loves me as His child. Our passage was from Ps. 124: 1-8 and at the end of the 2nd assignment, we had to turn it into a prayer. However, when she asked us to write down the verse that I began with, John 13:7, I started weeping because it was as if God Himself made me get out of the bed to tell me that He knows I don't understand what He is or isn't doing in my circumstances right now but that one day I will. Shew, that's good stuff ya'll. It gets even better than that, hang on! Praise you Father!! There were other verses that reminded me where I might or could have been had I not turned over my life to Him many years ago which caused me to kneel before Him in praise and gratitude. I don't even have the time or space to tell it all as far as how or where I could have ended up. I was thrilled to be reminded, "If the Lord had not been on my side."
The study then took me to a list of promises from Romans 8:28-39 in which I had to place my name in the first slot so that I could take each promise from these passages and apply them. Near the end of the homework I read about a prostitute who had walked into a group in Cape Town, South Africa where some women had gotten together to do a Bible study called, "Breaking Free". She told the women in that group that she "could never go back to her old life." I about had me a fit because this is the exact study that our Life Group just agreed on doing this past Monday night. Now out of all the studies we could have chosen, it was the same exact one which that was mentioned in today's lesson which for me was just another confirmation. It's pretty funny too because I have done this particular study years ago and I would have never thought about doing it again so that's why it wasn't laid on my heart beforehand because I would have argued with God about it. At this point in the lesson my N.O.W. night turned into a W.O.W. morning because I went from a Night of Wonder to a Woman of Worship over the passages I was directed to and because of the confirmation of our study of choice!!
At the end of the last day of homework for the week we had to close in our own prayer from
Ps. 124:1-8. During my prayer that I wrote based off these scriptures, I couldn't help but think about God being my "very present help in the time of need."
So to recap, He met me in my Night of Wonder and lifted a T.O.N. off me in my Time of Need and turned me into a Woman of Worship because He confirmed His love for me through His Word!
Okay, I know, the guys who might be reading this are probably thinking she is weird, she's lost it, she's corny, etc. but I'll tell you what I told the ladies at our Just for the Girls event, "me and Jesus got our own thing goin'." I know the women reading this can relate, it's a woman thang!!!
Be encouraged today, you may not understand what He's doing right now but one day you will!!! He said it, not me.
Have a blessed day!
Pay close attention to the word, "now" in that passage. I just about came unglued when I read it. Let me explain...I'm not sure about you but this verse couldn't have come at a better time. I was awakened at 3 this morning and having what I call a N.O.W. night. I'm not talking about a Night of Worship but a Night of Wonder, I might even go as far as saying it was a Night of Worry. I tried fighting the urge to get up but worry and concern kept me from laying there tossing and turning until 5 AM when my alarm usually goes off. I was so overwhelmed I hardly knew what to do. Thank God for the strength to get out the Bible study a friend of mine and I are doing together. We're studying the Psalms of Ascent. I did two days out of my workbook and I can't get over how timely and fitting they both were.
Before I knew it I had written the word, "now" three times just in the first homework assignment. That's how I came up with Night of Wonder as I was wondering about my present circumstances. I thought for a few minutes about others who have had these kind of nights where worry gets the best of you and robs you of sleep. I say, "rob" because there have been times I should have gotten up and searched scriptures instead of laying there not sleeping while wondering, worrying and wrestling over different situations.
There were very probing questions in both of the homework assignments. There were also a lot of liberating verses that reminded me of how much God loves me as His child. Our passage was from Ps. 124: 1-8 and at the end of the 2nd assignment, we had to turn it into a prayer. However, when she asked us to write down the verse that I began with, John 13:7, I started weeping because it was as if God Himself made me get out of the bed to tell me that He knows I don't understand what He is or isn't doing in my circumstances right now but that one day I will. Shew, that's good stuff ya'll. It gets even better than that, hang on! Praise you Father!! There were other verses that reminded me where I might or could have been had I not turned over my life to Him many years ago which caused me to kneel before Him in praise and gratitude. I don't even have the time or space to tell it all as far as how or where I could have ended up. I was thrilled to be reminded, "If the Lord had not been on my side."
The study then took me to a list of promises from Romans 8:28-39 in which I had to place my name in the first slot so that I could take each promise from these passages and apply them. Near the end of the homework I read about a prostitute who had walked into a group in Cape Town, South Africa where some women had gotten together to do a Bible study called, "Breaking Free". She told the women in that group that she "could never go back to her old life." I about had me a fit because this is the exact study that our Life Group just agreed on doing this past Monday night. Now out of all the studies we could have chosen, it was the same exact one which that was mentioned in today's lesson which for me was just another confirmation. It's pretty funny too because I have done this particular study years ago and I would have never thought about doing it again so that's why it wasn't laid on my heart beforehand because I would have argued with God about it. At this point in the lesson my N.O.W. night turned into a W.O.W. morning because I went from a Night of Wonder to a Woman of Worship over the passages I was directed to and because of the confirmation of our study of choice!!
At the end of the last day of homework for the week we had to close in our own prayer from
Ps. 124:1-8. During my prayer that I wrote based off these scriptures, I couldn't help but think about God being my "very present help in the time of need."
So to recap, He met me in my Night of Wonder and lifted a T.O.N. off me in my Time of Need and turned me into a Woman of Worship because He confirmed His love for me through His Word!
Okay, I know, the guys who might be reading this are probably thinking she is weird, she's lost it, she's corny, etc. but I'll tell you what I told the ladies at our Just for the Girls event, "me and Jesus got our own thing goin'." I know the women reading this can relate, it's a woman thang!!!
Be encouraged today, you may not understand what He's doing right now but one day you will!!! He said it, not me.
Have a blessed day!
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Celebrating Linda
Rick's older brother, Larry, held a shower for their sister at his church who recently reunited with our family. I took tons of pictures but I'll only post a couple of them. This is the sister that I wrote earlier about called, "Victory."
This is Linda, Sandra and their mother.
This is Rick with his two sisters. Linda, Rick and Sandra.
This is Linda, Sandra and their mother.
This is Rick with his two sisters. Linda, Rick and Sandra.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Festival of Life at Highlands
Okay, so I'm a proud "Mimi". Last night was Michal's first, "Festival of Life" and I couldn't help but take tons of pictures. I thought I would share a few.
Michal is going to greet his Papa. He's such a sweet little dragon.
Michal is having a ghost painted on his face right here. When she was finished, he turned and pointed to the other side of his face but we gave someone else a turn.
Oh my, what a sweet face!
He's being all shy right here.
Michal is going to greet his Papa. He's such a sweet little dragon.
Michal is having a ghost painted on his face right here. When she was finished, he turned and pointed to the other side of his face but we gave someone else a turn.
Oh my, what a sweet face!
He's being all shy right here.
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