As some of you know, I love to consume books using the Audible app. I turn up the volume and pleasantly vacuum my house in mental escape mode. No more complaining about running the vacuum after months last year of finding it difficult to vacuum. Now I joyfully vacuum and praise God through it! I cannot count the number of books and Bible studies I’ve worked my way through since January. I wanted to tell you about my favorites in case you’d like to read them, too. This all ties in with examining where we need to be, spiritually, and how God would have us seek Him through His word…
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Amaze Your Dentist In 3 Steps With This Tooth Brushing Powder
“Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols.” (Ezekiel 36:25) I went to the dentist last month for my yearly oral check-up. It was the same story this year as it was last year. As my dentist examined and dug all around in my mouth, trying to find anything worthy of clearing or scraping away from my teeth, he commented on how well I clean my teeth. And then he said the most surprising thing. I’ll give you the obligatory teeth cleaning as part of your normal yearly exam, but you really…
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Are You Where You Need To Be?
“You make known to me the path of life; you fill me with joy in your presence. (Psalm 6:11) I saw this Facebook post by someone I follow on Instagram as a health enthusiast: I am exactly where I need to be. In every aspect of life – physically, spiritually, mentally, emotionally. (by Erin Parekh) It hit me. Maybe what she said is something I should ask – of God. Lord, am I exactly where You want me to be – physically, spiritually, mentally, and emotionally? If I had asked this question a couple of years ago, I wouldn’t have been so sure. In many ways, God did me a…
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Good Morning, Blueberry Muffins!
“Kind words are like honey — sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.” Proverbs 16:24 In this post that I published after my high-school girl’s trip, I told you I was inspired by my healthy-cooking friends to try their recipes and share them with you. As always, life happened, and I have not had time to get into the kitchen for those projects. But, I wanted to share this recipe that was on top of my “want to make this” stack even before the girl’s trip. I’ll get to the other recipes as soon as possible (pinkie promise). You’ll love these refreshing blueberry muffins I’m sharing with you…
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Book Title Reveal
I hope you had a blessed Memorial Day as we paused to ponder the gifts of life and service from our military service men and women. It’s hard to imagine our thanks being enough for the sacrifice of so many. Thank you all who added to my list of hard seasons we face in life (in this post). After adding your suggestions to my list, it grew from fourteen to twenty one! You’ll see the finalized list in the book when it’s finished (hopefully later this year). God first gave me this book title in January of 2015, only it was to say “Scared to Sacred (with the stroke of…
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What’s Your Tough Season Score?
I’ve missed you! I apologize for being quiet for longer than usual. Yes, we got our daughter “graduated” and moved to another state for her internship. We had fun celebrations with her! Soon after, I had a ten-day jaunt to see family and friends. So, you can see that my absence was for good reasons. But, I did miss you and I’m happy to be back – hopefully with a more evenly-spaced blog posting schedule. 😉 Part of my time away was for our high-school girl’s trip we take each year – a group of seven women of which I’m blessed to be included. I tasted new recipes from some…
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Embracing Joy in the Hard Seasons
I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day! When it comes to embracing seasons, we don’t want to miss out on the beauty of our calendar seasons when we are in the midst of a hard season of life. We can get so bogged down with the tough seasons that the beauty in our surroundings can escape us if we’re not intentional with our focus. After missing the joy of spring last year, I was somehow surprised at the blessing of our daughter visiting two weeks ago and planting my porch pots with beautiful flowers. I wasn’t able to do that last year, and I’d nearly forgotten how much I…
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Are You One Of THOSE People?
Not too long ago, I realized I might be one of THOSE people. Do you know to whom I’m referring? Those people are extremists about whatever is their thing. Whatever your area or thing, are you afraid people see you as one of those? It occurs to me that, when people don’t quite understand why we do the things we do, they may see us as extremists. When we are serious enough about our Christianity, our health, or any other area of life, to make serious changes in our actions, people notice. As the saying goes . . . Actions speak louder than words. There was a time in my…
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7 Healthy Layers For Flavor-Filled Green Smoothies
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. (Matthew 5:6) Now that spring has brought warmer weather, I’m back into making smoothies again – especially with my favorite ingredient – Chocolate. If you don’t want chocolate every day, the orange-flavored creamsicle smoothie is a flavorful option. It was a little harder to get excited about drinking these frosty, frothy concoctions during winter, but it’s not hard AT ALL in warm weather. I think you’ll love these green smoothie recipes featured today – two chocolates and the creamsicle. Yes, greens go into these smoothies, but they don’t all turn out to be green in color. …
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How To Know the Sky Isn’t Falling
Remember Chicken Little, repeating over and over, “The sky is falling, the sky is falling”? Do you ever feel that way inside – like it’s really happening in your life . . . our country . . . our society . . . our world today? Isn’t that the goal of most of today’s media – to make us feel a sense of doom and despair? Do you fear for your future here in the good ole’ US of A? If you are signed up to receive emails with gloom or conspiracy content, I suggest that you unscubscribe. Rather than listen to the news media hype, do something far better…
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Weekly Salad Prep Starters
Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise! Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work, they labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter. (Proverbs 6:6-8) Hello, my friends! We had a wonderful weekend family reunion in Tennessee, and I got some large doses of Vitamin P. P is for pleasure, which gives us a shot of positivity, fun and laughter, good food, and great times with friends and family, making memories with those we love. I hope you had a great weekend, too. When thinking of Vitamin P when I’m at home for “regular” life…
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What Is Your Cup Of Trembling?
Sometimes we feel we deserve the trouble in which we find ourselves. That’s the case when we’re fully aware of our wrongful acts and intentions. When my children disobeyed, they had consequences. I made sure of it. What better way to teach them? Does that mean God does the same? God cares for us, His people . . . His children. Just like all children, we regularly mess up. The Old Testament shows how the Israelites, over and over again, followed the circular pattern of blessing — turning from God — eventual full rebellion — consequences — repentance — and back around to blessing. Full circle. I was drawn to…
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Flavorful Ten Veggie Salad, Easy ‘n Quick
Since everything God created is good, we should not reject any of it but receive it with thanks. (1 Timothy 4:4) It’s very easy to survive at my house – as long as you like leafy greens and healthy veggies! Making a colorful, delicious salad begins way before putting it all into a bowl. It begins at the grocery store. Shop the produce aisle for color. First, we begin with four types of lettuce. Many grocers sell a mixture of pre-washed baby greens of some sort (and sometimes more than one choice). Look through the leaves and notice the different shapes and colors. I counted three different greens in my…
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Spiritual and Physical Satiation
Therefore God’s people return there and drink it all in like water until they are satiated. (Psalm 73:10) As warm temperatures topped into the 70’s a couple of weeks back, I suddenly couldn’t resist the urge to set our tables for spring – both in the kitchen and in the dining room. With no guests expected, why was setting tables so important? (I had other things more pressing on my list, for sure!) For many months of last year, I didn’t set tables at all. After blogging for five years about lots of things in the home, like setting fun tables, God had taken me in this new direction of…
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Let Scars Be Your Reminder
Are you experiencing warm weather yet? I laughed at hubs last week because he appeared from the bedroom, dressed for the day . . . in shorts! Me? I still wear winter clothes, jackets, and even gloves. (I’ve always been cold natured, but this is getting ridiculous!) It’s a little warmer here, so hubs is anticipating hot temperatures ahead. When thinking of hot weather, I’m reminded that we’ll be wearing cooler clothing that allows more skin to show. That means, scars and other skin imperfections will be exposed. I have a long scar on my face, of all places, where it is always exposed. (Thanks to our dear Tennessee Walker,…
