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   This is actually a picture from last year but our peppers are just now coming in. Georgia puts peppers, usually jalapenos,  in EVERYTHING, and you know what ? It is really good. Now we like spicy food, but even if you don’t just add a little for flavor.

Pepper plants are really easy to grow. I have a new blog I am working on http://bless-my-garden.com/ it still needs more sprucing up, but has lots of great info.

And if you want some of Georgia’s great recipes you can check out our recipe site

http://bless-the-cook.com

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What fun to wake up to! I am usually the one to first check on the pregnant mares and look what I saw this morning before 6 am! Better than coffee. And the fastest way to get everyone out of bed. Nice to have some quarter horse babies this season. Last year it was all walking horses, although they are coming along very nice. I love this time of year.

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There is no traffic on the straight and narrow path.  ~ Penny Raine

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. Matthew 7:13-14

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“The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? “I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve.”                                     Jeremiah 17:9-10

Have you ever heard someone say they are going to heaven because they have a good heart? There is a huge difference between what we think is good and what God thinks is good. King David committed several sins and yet was described as a man after God’s own heart. So it can’t be that God describes “good” as sinless. God sees a willing heart as good. But even that isn’t good enough to get us into heaven. There is but one way, to recognize that alone you have made a mess of your life and that you are in need of a savior. And then call on the only who can save you.

His name is Jesus.

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Around this time of the year when we start getting lots of goodies from the garden we start a big pickle jar.

We use a one gallon wide mouth jar, I fill about 1/3 with apple cider vinegar and about 1/3 water. Then the fun begins, I add about 1/2 cup of cajun spice and then anything goes! Several cloves of garlic, some thickly sliced cucumbers, several hot peppers, fresh okra, some sliced yellow squash, any green tomatoes that fell before their time, and lots of sliced onions! As much as I can stuff in that jar. Keep it refrigerated and give it about 2 days or so then put it out at each meal and the fishing begins! Fish out whatever you want for that meal and keep replenishing daily from the garden. The longer it sits the better it tastes, just keep it in the fridge. I would haved loved to have gotten a picture with the jar full, but they eat it as fast as we fill it!

the famous pickle jar works for me this Wednesday

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Philippians 4:13 

 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

This is my posse. And they are on their way to a big  job, which I will tell you about in a minute. But first I wanted to share with you, the impossible things these girls do with the help of the Lord. Not only is it nearly impossible to make a horse stand still while there are roosters pecking grain around their feet, but these girls actually broke and trained these horses. That is a man sized job, and these girls do it, but they don’t do it alone. Jesus is by their side in a everything they do.

On this day they were headed for the neighbors pasture where we had our one year old colts. They actually went there to bring them home. It is only 2 miles down the road so they figured they would go get them with the horses. Now if you don’t know, a one year old colt is like a very squirrely 15 year old teenage boy. All energy and no use of their brain cells. They act before thinking and there goal in life is to be wild and get in to trouble as fast as they can, or so it seems.  (No offense intended towards 15 yr old boys  ) So it was quite an adventure . When was the last time you ponied (think towing) a wild horse home? With Jesus we can do all things, we just always have to make sure He is with us   .

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Tennessee: Cell phone laws, legislation

Wireless legislation news: Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen has signed into law a ban on text messaging while driving. Enforcement of the Tennessee state ban on texting behind the wheel will begin July 1, 2009.

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Last year we brought home two very very malnourished Arabian mares. The folks who had them could not properly take care of them and asked us to take them. All they did for two weeks was stand wth their face in a hayroll. And then being typical hot blooded Arabians they flirted with the stallions, and were promptly in foal (pregnant). Well at least they are predictable.

1 day from her due date, Jewell had her baby, right where and when we wanted her too. Sweet girl huh? It is a filly, (girl) momma is an Arabian and daddy is a Paint (quarter horse with spots). In fact her daddy is one that I have so many pictures on here all the time. Baby looks like she will be a bay and maybe she might have some socks and maybe a spot or two. With Jewell being a fisrt time momma and already having a crowd congratulating her I figured we could check out more specifics later.    Here are a couple early pics.

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Today’s tackle it Tuesday  job is finally done. Every month for 16 and 1/2 years we have been sending out a ministry newsletter sharing about what God is doing in our lives. It is to encourage the body to get up and do whatever God has called them to do. Some folks are called to evangelize and shout it from the rooftops. Some folks are called to pray for the other ones who go out. Some folks are called to minister in churches, and some folks are called to be a witness in the grocery store. Some folks are blessed with finances and business wisdom and they are called to feed the ministers who work day and night. Ministers need to feed their families too . And fill their gas tank.  And some are called to write. But everyone is called to do something. If you don’t know what it is, just worship Jesus and He will tell you. Don’t let someone else tell you, let it be what He puts in your heart.  And worship is something we are all called to.

So anyway, This was the Tuesday I send out the newsletter. Writing it is easy, I always have more than enough words from Him to write. But it is the actual sending out that is a pain in the behind. I am challenged at every step. There are always conflicts between our internet and the sending service. There are always distractions. (today is was the nearly new washing machine deciding to quit mid-cycle).  The printer always breaks and so on and so on. But I persevere because anything I do that bothers the enemies kingdom this much is worth repeating.  And now as I am writing this I notice that even though I clicked the queue to send the email version of the newsletter over an hour ago it still has not done it’s thing.  UUGH. Nobody ever said serving Jesus would be easy. But it is worth it. So, as my girls hand wring out laundry I will try sending again, then I will move onto the printed version. You can read it online here http://ruth2.com

Psalm 84:10 (New International Version)

       Better is one day in your courts
       than a thousand elsewhere;
       I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
       than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

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