Gathering Rose Petals...

Gathering Rose Petals...

The Roses are still blooming, so it is a good time to

Gather the Rose Petals...

This winter you will be so glad to have some rose petals put back

 for making some gifts! Or just for your own pleasure!

They always look so pretty in a bowl or on a pretty plate.

Dear Sweet Ladies, I have a confession to make!

I am a homemaker who loves her home!

I do not desire to travel and see the world?

I can stay home all day with no inner urge to just get out of this place...

I can clean my kitchen and not get irritated that I will be,

messing it up very shortly with the next meal.

I have come to realize there is no such thing as the last load of laundry.

I am not embarrassed that I do not have a degree.

I use a spell checker!

I have gray hair and my hairdresser knows!

The Lord is my stronghold in times of trouble;

and my help for every minor thing also!

I am simple in most things,

Yet I can think up more rabbit trails, then most!

I want an older pastor to teach me...

I do not want to get to Big for my britches...

So in saying all this;

I will stop to smell the Roses, while they are still blooming;

and not wait until. 

 All I have left are the petals!

Thank you all for being my friends via

this blog...

How To Make Easy Lemonade...

Lemons and Limes

These always make me feel refreshed...

 How I make my refreshing lemonade.



My lemonade recipe is very easy and it is tasty!
Also This Is a Very Frugal way to prepare a refreshing beverage!

I use my 1/2 gallon pitcher

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup Real Lemon juice

Add water

Stir well

Chill it well then serve it over ice!
You can always add a slice of fresh lemon in the glass!

I have been making this lemonade this way for almost 30 years.

It is quite cheap and it tastes very fresh.

I only use the Real Lemon juice brand as it is stronger in flavor.

I buy it in the large 2 packs from Sam's club.

My kids are grown and now my grandchildren drink this lemonade.

I know people may squeal over the sugar in it, but it

is more of a real and natural alternative to pop and sweet drinks.

No dyes and no preservatives.

We drink this all year round not just in the summertime.

I also make up two 1/2 gallon pitchers at a time.

 And put one in the back fridge.

Lemon Lemonade is a sweet memory that we all enjoy!

Try it, I think you will find it very delicious.



Headwaters...

Peace like a river...

There are so many twists and turns;

Deep waters and calm waters;

Clear water and murky waters.

Fast and furious
But a River only flows in one direction...

Wild currents, and sedate pools.

Yet all part of the very same stream of water.

Every stream or river has a starting point...

The Lord spoke to me one time and He said the word to me;

Headwaters...

I have pondered and prayed about this word many times!

I find my peace in Him,

My Headwaters...

Always flowing fresh and powerful,

New and Living waters...

Why drink from a tiny wee cup when we have a fountain;

pure and never runs dry.

This world will pull you along sometimes so strong that the current,

Can and will take you under. But a good strong swimmer

takes precautions and stays out of the currents.
Keep a watch for false doctrine;
Always check the scripture and read above and below
in content of what is being taught!

Staying away from rough waters ahead is just plain old fashion wisdom!
Because we know that storms are coming;
In the natural and the spiritual!

Yet we are called to sit beside the still waters;

to refresh ourselves!

Come sit a while and listen to the water bubbling and flowing;

To a place where it is flowing into another body of water.

Flowing and Growing and gaining wisdom and strength.

Headwaters, The source from which something proceeds 

or is supplied.

Have you made the Lord Jesus Christ your headwaters?

He Loves Me He Loves Me Not...

Steadfast and Loyal...

A Faith that fizzles before the final;

Had a flaw from the first!

(This was a quote a pastor of ours use to say to us many years ago)

Who comes to mind when you think of the statement;

Steadfast and Loyal?

Is it your Husband?

Maybe a dear friend.

How about a sister or brother!

Maybe a Pastor!

Love now days seem so fickle;

Little things said or perceived cause you to pull back or away;

He said the wrong thing!

Did you notice the way she looked at me?

I just felt a funny feeling about them!

I think most love has an expiration date attached to it!

Time's UP

I seem to remember a verse that says something like this

Love is patient

Love is kind

Love thinks no wrong...

Ever feel like sitting down with a daisy flower

And start pulling off the petals and repeating

He loves me;

He loves me not...

We had better start shoring up our hearts folks

Things are changing!!

We are all looking for someone who will be steadfast and loyal.

Be that person yourself...

Do not being easily offended!

Stop trying to read every emotion as negative or it's just about you!

Quit thinking only of yourself!

I am learning and growing and I need to be ready to stand

And love when I might feel like He loves me NOT.

The enemy always wants to isolate you!

Be quiet and learn to love your own!

Do not look for love in the wrong places or people!

God is LOVE

To love others with no agendas or expectation!

I think of that scripture that warns us that the 

Love of most will grow cold... 

Please Be a Husband, Lover...

 

How to be a Husband, Lover...

Well, it is pretty easy; The only requirement is dying to self!

And consider the cost;

Think not more highly of yourself than you ought!

Prefer Your Husband over everyone else...

Keep your vows on your door-post of your heart!

Renew your vows to him daily in word and need;

(I am not talking about repeating them, but rather living them)

Start each new day with a plan and conviction

Read the WORD

Doing something just for HIM

Dust his desk

Bake his favorite meal or dessert.

Plan a picnic at a park or in your backyard!

Write him a love note:

Tell him he is handsome

Kiss him and hold his hand often!

Ask his advice and use it...

Make sure he has clean clothes

Keep a few shirts and pants pressed

(How your Husband looks, reflects a good wife)

He may be standing at the city gates...

~Please smell wonderful for him

Wear your hair for him

Dress for him~

Watch your mouth!!

You can look sweet and talk like a truck driver

Tell him thank you often

Keep your words kind

(May the law of kindness be upon your lips)

If you are exhausted tell him and ask him to hold you!!

When he comes home, tell him you are so glad he is home.

Give him a few minutes to unwind after his day!

Never tell him over the phone while he is at work,

(How terrible your day is, or what has gone wrong)

Being a Husband, lover is a joy if you will invest and impart

Into him and his life; as there are returns here and in the

Heavens!!

Remember Jesus came to serve us!

Shall we not serve our Husbands, and love them?

Share some of the things that you might do that makes YOU

A Husband, lover!?...

The aged women...teach the young women to be sober, 

to love their husbands, to love their children, 

to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, 

good, obedient to their own husbands, 

that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Titus 2:3-5

Make it and aim to teach others how to love their own Husbands!

This picture was taken at our renewing of our wedding vows last year!

Video Butt Babies...

Video Butt Babies...

Remember Captain Kangaroo?

And Mr Greenjeans?

Okay, I have truly dated myself here!

If you do remember this program, I just need to ask one question.

 When they looked into the hand held mirror, did they

Ever see you watching the program and call out your name?

Well, I watched it often and no, not once did they ever see

A Roxy watching...

I tell you it was rigged!

Children...

Impressionable, fully trusting!

Always watching and absorbing!

Hearts open and tender...

Now there is nothing wrong with allowing a little teaching,

From Television programs or video games.

It is the full time sitting on your BUTT parenting going on that

 really shocks me and makes me so sad for the children!

Because, as they watch these types of learning programs,

they have no way to respond or use all their senses to engage.

And ALL Video games are causing some learning blocks for children.

We are built to watch, hear and respond!

The first thing most children do anymore once they awake

Is turn on the television!

Maybe we have gone to such an extreme measure of using

a television for education and free babysitter.

 We have lost the vision ourselves...

We must take time to instruct and train our children!

Watching television and video games will make your children

Cranky and listless and agitated!

We have a mind and body connection!

Too much of this kind of entertainment causes violence!!

I have noticed children younger and younger

 Having rounder and larger behinds!

Why are we seeing this;

They sit on their Butts all day long...

In school than at home!

Oh, don't worry, You're never home you say??

Have a smart phone (stupid phone)

No worries, you can play a game or watch anything you want

Anytime or anywhere...

Wake up!!

Read a BOOK...

Play outside...

Let a healthy imagination, develop their minds and gifts

Not video games and television.

Old Fashion Or Biblical...

 

Why do we need to be keepers of the Home...

No child will ever tell you how wonderful it was to come home,

after school or from a function and find the home empty!

A Home will only feel alive and special when someone is home...

We think staying at home was for another generation,

The word was not written with a certain time frame in mind.

The only time frame we are yet waiting for is the prophecy still to come.

So many women have left the home that when you drive

Through a neighborhood they seem desolate.

I still can remember when there was a time that Mothers

took their callings to heart.

Even as a Grandmother, I know being home brings great

Comfort to my grandchildren and a few women who are homemakers.

If I am old fashion, then so be it!!

I still think many women want more things and stuff!

And many women say their Husbands want them to work!

Many women love having their children in school

 so they can enjoy some free time for themselves.

Having a large home is more important, than all being in a smaller

home with a Mother Home to really train her children.

I believe it might take faith for a family to say we are going to

believe and trust God's word about keeping our homes.

When I have been gone all day for whatever reason, I come home

to a home with no dinner. And no laundry done.

The home seems empty and seems to ask;

Where have you been all day?

Do we have children asking;
Where have you been all day?
Do we have a generation raising themselves?
Only we can answer that!
Maybe we have gone too far away from this example?
If only a few come HOME will it make a difference?
Is there a movement calling Mothers HOME?
Children just seem so sad and unsettled...
Or maybe it is the Mothers and Fathers who are
really sad and unsettled?
It all comes from the top...
Is Christ changing hearts to come HOME?
Our Fathers wanting the Mother of their children HOME?
HOME SWEET HOME
COME HOME...

The Lord Shall Lift Up A Standard...

 

At times life can be smooth and clear sailing...

You can feel the sunshine on your face and you can see clearly.

But I have learned even when the sea starts to churn and pulse;

We as Christians have a place we can feel His peace.

As the world turns and we can feel the shaking;

God is not shaken...

When the enemy comes in like a flood,

God raises the standard!

We must not look at the waves and whitecaps;

As the water will always cover the shoreline in its continual

lapping against the sand. We can KNOW that when the enemy

comes in like a flood, the spirit of the LORD shall lift up a 

STANDARD against him...

Read this scripture

Isiaha 59:19

 When you see the enemy attacking you or your loved ones!

Isa 59:19

So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Isaiah 59:19

"OUR DEFENSE"
I. THE ENEMY. "WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD."
A. "In the beginning, God created the heaven and the..."
1. Sometime before creation of man, He created angels of various ranks and orders.
2. One of the angels of the highest order rebelled against Him.
a. This angel was described as, "perfect in beauty..."
b. He drew a third part of the angels with him.
3. Originally, only one government in the universe. Light of life.
4. Now a second government.
a. Opposed to the first.
b. Government of death and darkness.
B. The purpose of the enemy.
1. To draw you away from God.
2. "The enemy has come to rob, steal and destroy."
C. The method of the enemy.
1. To appeal to the baser nature of man, to make him a slave to his own fleshly lusts.
a. The effect is always destructive.
b. More obvious forms alcoholism, drug addiction.
c. More subtle form is sex.
2. Thus, to follow the enemy is to follow the path to destruction.
3. To pervert the good, natural, God given drives by seeking unnatural fulfillment.
II. "WHEN THE ENEMY COMES IN LIKE A FLOOD."
A. There are times when we seem to be singled out for special attacks.
1. The pressure is like a flood.
2. We are almost overwhelmed.
3. We recognize that those forces against us are more powerful than we.
a. I don't have the strength to resist the flood.
b. Am I doomed?
III. THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD WILL LIFT UP A STANDARD AGAINST HIM.
A. Though the forces that are against us are strong, that power that God has given to us is stronger.
1. "Greater is He that is in you than he that..."
2. "You shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit."
B. The standard that the Spirit lifts is the Word of God.
1. When the enemy came as a flood against Jesus.
a. He seems to know when to attack.
1. Jesus had been fasting 40 days and was hungry.
2. Use God's power to feed your own flesh.
b. Jesus used the Word, "It is written..."
2. "Thy Word have I hidden in my heart..."
a. The Word of God in my heart is one of my best defenses against the enemy.
IV. WHAT TO DO WHEN ENEMY COMES IN LIKE A FLOOD.
A. "Resist the devil..." James.
1. Peter tells us the devil is going about like a roaring lion...whom resist steadfastly.
2. In Hebrews you have not resisted unto blood.
B. Call upon the Lord.
C. Get into the Word.

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