award time :)

Recently I was given two blog awards by two dear friends. First I get to tell you about it and then I get to give them to others. They have really blessed me and I am so grateful, thanks y’all :) .

Jennifer Sikora from Such a Time as This gave me this

with these instructions, according to the award rules,

I have to do the following 5 steps:
1) Put the logo within my blog or on my post
2) Pass the award onto 12 fellow bloggers
3) Link the nominees within my post
4) Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog
5) Share the love and link to the person whom you received this award from.

so here are the friends I choose to bless with this award

Kimberly Eddy ~ Freaky Frugalite ~ Econobusters ~ OrgJunkie.com ~ the 160 acre woods ~ A pondering heart ~ Jeanies Heavenly Treasures ~ Gleaning the Harvest ~ The Daily Planet ~ 5 minutes for Mom ~ The Older Geek ~ Joyfully Living for His Glory

and Jeanie from Jeanies Heavenly Treasures gave me this

With this award I am suppose to tell about 7 things about myself and then pass on the award.

  1. hhhmmm, I love Jesus
  2. I love my family
  3. I love truth and sometimes offend folks who don’t want to hear it, but then more are blessed who are open to it
  4. I would give my life for my children
  5. fame and fortune mean nothing to me
  6. I love my simple country life
  7. I have a heart to encourage young mothers to love their children more

and this one I pass on to Jennifer Sikora from Such a Time as This

that was fun :)

Menu Plan Monday March 29

For my Menu Plan Monday post March 29,

I am adding more of these recipes at my recipe site .  Here we go, the beginning of birthday row, in the next 13 days we have 4 birthdays in our immediate family. Staring Wed about every 3-4 days is a birthday, and all girls. It is so much fun but mine is the last and I am pretty partied out by then. I promise I will be adding more recipes to my site as soon as Georgia and I are sitting still together. And I think we will be doing a detailed Georgia’s favorites Mexican “How-to” cookbook soon. And since I am getting in the party mood I think I will have some sort of special in my bookstore Friday. Ooo and maybe a giveaway, now I am getting excited.

Monday- layered fiesta casserole

Tuesday- southern chicken and dumplins

Wednesday-  fiesta taquitos

Thursday-  chicken pasta salad

Friday – weenie roast birthday party

Saturday –  tamales

and the apron winner is ……

the winner of the Country Girl Apron from Jumpinbloomers.com is ……

Judy


I just love the aprons. My favorite would have to be the new convertable aprons. It would be very useful in many different situations.

please visit Jumpinbloomers.com and subscribe to their mailing list to get the announcement about the new site coming up, you can also purchase this apron for $24.95, however it isn’t on the site yet, if you would like info leave me a comment and I will get back to you :)

our most powerful weapon ~ prayer

Wow what a week it has been. On Monday I was hit with several things, I read an article on human trafficking, and how it is most likely going on in most communities. As I was reading a story about a young girl in the state of Georgia whose parents were prostituting her I felt the Lord speak to me. He said the same is going in in my community. Now I had felt like He was showing me this before but this time it wasn’t a feeling it was a KNOWING. I have seen them, these girls are known as crack w****s . They will exchange the use of their bodies for drugs.

Then there has been all the hullabaloo about the health care plan. Let me tell you folks, it does NOT surprise GOD! In fact He let is happen. And He has a purpose, and a whole lot worse is gonna happen if we don’t start getting some things right.

Then I hear some really childish responses like “buy a gun”. I mean honestly who are ya gonna shoot? It is our right to own firearms and yes I agree with that but you cannot shoot the Healthcare plan. And you had not even think about saying you will harm anyone in office. Let’s get real, you cannot shoot God or Satan.

Then I get some more realizations from the Lord, things I knew were true but you know how we choose to conveniently think maybe they aren’t. Then He slaps us into reality.

So that brings me to the truth of the matter. There is really only one answer. Prayer. Beg for opened eyes in our nation, beg for eyes to be opened in our communities. beg for eyes to be opened in our families. I believe 99.9% of all problems would be solved by folks realizing exactly how much Jesus loves them. That He gave His life for them while they were still in their mess and vomit. That is standing in the gap. That is true love. A love that cannot be explained by words but rather must be experienced. If true believers would spend more time in prayer than they do complaining then things would change. Truly change. They would begin to feel His heart.

signs from God ~ He loves me!

bird

No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. …… Joshua 1:5

The Lord always knows what we need and when we will need it. For the last 6 years there has been a Red Cardinal at my bedroom window. Sometimes it is a female like in this most recent picture, and other times it has been a male. They will be there daily pecking at my window for months, then they will disappear and a new one show up. Sometimes there will be a couple months in between. However every time a new one shows up it is at a time when I need the Lord to tell me He loves me. Of course I know He loves me and I never doubt that, but putting a beautiful bird at my bedroom window, one that greets me each sunrise is like getting a bouquet of flowers handed to me by Jesus himself. It is personal. We serve a very personal God. If we get personal with Him He responds by getting personal with us. This little bird is known as , “Mommas bird”.

The purpose of Word filled Wednesday is to share God’s word (no famous quotes or other literature — only the beautiful word of our Father) through photo’s & a Bible verse!

You can find McLinky at our hostessSusan @  http://susan2956.blogspot.com/

Chocolate works for me

Well this week could have been really depressing, I mean you don’t have to have TV to know that the news is not good. And we have plenty of escape hatches. and lots of things folks turn to in bad situations. Of course prayer is the best and first and foremost answer to all problems. But just for fun, and a better mood. CHOCOLATE works for me! Dark Chocolate!

So, what works for you this Wednesday??? more here

LinkWithin Related Stories Widget for Blogs