Screaming From My Bandwagon...

 

Here is my bandwagon of friends in my twenties;

We were all different and came in many shapes and sizes.

We all had a ton of energy and ideas to live out!

We were young...

This bandwagon was also the place where I knew everything;

And I needed no one to tell me anything!

We were taking our free ride.

Now, After getting a bit older and getting married;

My bandwagon got smaller;

These few friends on my wagon;

We're changing;

They we conservative, and voted and loved the Lord

We wanted our marriages to last!

We wanted our children to have a safe environment!

Not like the one where so many came and went;

And they believed many things...

Now, Here I am today!

I no longer need a bandwagon or a megaphone!

I just need a few people to give me wise counsel!

A few that stick with me through thick and thin!

A few that can be trusted!

Some that will take wise counsel from me!

I have said this once and I will say it again

If you can not take wise counsel

Or take constructive criticism

We will ride alone on a bandwagon...

So the moral of my story is this;

Better to have a few well trusted, honest friends on my flatbed;

Going places that matter and choosing my battles wisely!

Good Day!

Cultivate A Love Of Reading...

I have really been enjoying some sweet, wholesome reading lately.

I find it settles me with words that allow my imagination to roam.

A good book can be read more then once!

Have you read a book more than once?

I like to have a library of good books to read when the fancy strikes me.

A good book has the ability to draw you into the story.

At times you can even identify with the characters.

A good sweet love story can even help you remember

Why We have fallen in love...

Sometimes this world is so hard and gruff;

We need to take time out to be refreshed and to do something that,

Allows us to take joy in simple pleasures.

Being at peace and rest keeps us healthy.

Women can get so emotional and defensive,

Just by not getting enough rest!

Reading is a wonderful thing to do!

Just be mindful of what you are reading;

Some material and books can create frustration!

I myself even enjoy reading books and blogs that help me grow and

Promotes new ideas for crafts or cooking!

I also enjoy teaching ministries!

  Learn to cultivate a love for reading...

The Remnant A Heavenly Quilt...

We as women are in need of covering...

Spiritual and Physical

As we see the damage done as even the children today reject covering.

The whole earth is filled with His Glory...

We need covering in our lives, such as those that pray for us!

Those that call sin, sin...

Too many of us are just too polite!

We can be so polite that we may miss a chance to speak truth!

I just assume to rather mind my own business;

So I really enjoy when God orchestrates His teaching moments.

We are inundated with information, and you get to pick what best suits you!

(This is a very dangerous practice)

I trust that if I ask for wisdom God will provide me with it;

As I read and study His word...

Why, where else could I go?

No one is really interested in what I might have to say;

It feels like a slow fade...

Yet, I am being renewed in learning to take joy in my position in this life.

We get to enjoy and savor the sweet moments and learn something new.

I will be content with my portion

A Quilt is so wonderful;

 They come in so many sizes and colors

They keep us covered from the chills that blow from outside sources.

We can even see them as a decoration in a room

A covering upon one's bed

A throw over a back of a chair or couch

A gift hand made to a newly married couple

I desire what matters most to my Lord;

To love my husband and to be his helpmate

To be a keeper of this home

To be a good friend

To teach women how to love their own husbands

To help them to know how to train their own children...

But, alas, this may be a dying breed of woman!

Maybe we just need to cover ourselves and those we love;

With the heavenly quilt of prayer...

I see the need to remind myself that the word speaks of

~ A  Remnant ~

That my dear is just what every quilt is made out of!

Those little unique and imperfect pieces of material

Every shape and size and color...

Blessings, Living From Glory To Glory

Utmost For His Highest...

My Utmost For His Highest...


Most days just come to us wrapped in either sunshine or clouds.
~Each day has potential to live out His perfect will~

The contrast, seems to be light and dark...

We are pilgrims and we are on a journey to a far away land.
But, this journey usually takes place within a boundary that He
has placed you in!

I have learned most my lessons of biblical womanhood right within
my very home and church family.

We have been set in a certain place for a season and we also have been called out.
This seems to be the ebb and flow!
When we can adjust to these things we grow.

Truth is not always so easy to find...

We always think that the Bereans were special because they were
always seeming to be very religious;
They spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear
some new thing.
Acts 17:19-34

Stay in the Word
Study to show yourself approved
Stay and sit at the Lord's feet...

I have been cleaning out around here;
Paperwork
Books that are not approved;
Have been written with a tilt or an open false belief.

My first calling is to keep myself set apart
The narrow path is just that
~Narrow~
Yet, we can find unity in many things;
We must do all things in love and allow others to grow
 and to change as the Spirit leads them!

We are asked in the scriptures to check ourselves to
"To see that we are in the faith"

Why, because as the hymn states
Lord, I know that I am prone to wander...

My home and marriage is the most important mission fields,
Yet, we can reach out to one another as the Lord leads.
Encourage a woman today, that she is doing a powerful work
Training, teaching and being a Godly example, in her very home.

I hope to start doing some ribbon embroidering soon.
I have to go and pick up a needle with a large eye to thread
The ribbon into it. I have never done this, but I hope to give it a whirl.

Have you started any new projects to keep you busy at home?
(Well, that sounded silly, like any one of us have a spare moment)

Blessings to all of you!

More - More - More...

 

Home Life...

Some may think that there is an exciting world out there;

And there just may be that very thing;

But I always thought there was something wrong with me.

Because I never had that!

I never had great dreams of traveling or doing a ton of

 Adrenaline producing activities...

I have been thinking a lot about the scripture that says;

But we urge you brethren,

That you increase more and more;

That YOU also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business,

and to work with own hands, as we commanded you.

that you may walk properly toward those who are on the outside,

And that you may lack nothing.

1 Thessalonians 4:10-12

"Lead a quiet life and work with your hands"

The world seems to be screaming

-More- More- More-

God has a different more- more - more

Will we run with the world?

Everything will cost you something...

Time, Money, Energy

There is such a sweet fulfillment of looking at the work of thy hands!

Yes, they can be simple little things...

A loaf of bread

A sweet scone

A pot of soup

Humble your hearts and draw near to God;

Take pleasure in home and hearth...

~Do not try to be who you are, not dear ones~

More is not always better;

Many have sacrificed their children and marriages for more!

Arise, and take your stand in the very place God has called YOU

Do not allow the more to lure you into the clutches of more.

Many will be deceived, but we can avoid much sorrow

If we would only lead a quiet life and work with our hands

Is It Wise To Be Out After Dark...

Walking After Midnight...

I have been doing a lot of thinking about exactly what being a wise woman might look like;

So I have really been shocked at how many women think nothing,

About being out and about after dark!

In the summer months this is not such a problem as it stays light out 

much later in the evenings.

I do know that I can even start to feel the weirdness in the people

And the business of the stores right after 3:00 pm.

But we have all seen that darkness shrouds much activity that is not proper.

Or necessarily safe!

We as woman do not want to be exposed to these things.

We must use caution and wisdom if we must be out after dark!

Of course, if you are with your husband it is much wiser and safer than being alone.

I would hope if you are not working outside the home;

That you would hardly ever be out after dark.

The later the time the worst, it seems to get...

People drink and drive others do drugs, many are desperate.

Very scary if you ask me...

I think that we must start saying no to certain things that put us out past

either a reasonable time frame or just after dark!

Why risk your personal safety?

Being wise in where you allow yourself to be is just plain wisdom!

A good woman must look to the ways of her home!

And exposing yourself to things that only take place in the dark;

Is just not wise...

Even if you are with a girlfriend, you might think that you are better off;

But why chance it?

Here are some examples that lure us out after dark;

Late Night Grocery Shopping
Walking The Mall

A Woman's Conference

Girls Night Out

Ladies Bible Studies On The Other Side Of Town

Yes, all good things, but is it really worth the possibility of the risks or danger!
But we also cannot live in fear, but using caution is needful!

Peals Of Truth 

This is a series that I will be doing...

How To Make A Bite Size Lasagna Cupcake...

LASAGNA CUPCAKES

INGREDIENTS...

1/3 pound ground beef or you can use ground turkey

Salt and pepper to taste...
24 wonton wrappers
1 1/2 cups Parmesan cheese, grated
2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
3/4 cup ricotta cheese
1 cup pasta sauce

Bake at 375

Spray muffin tin pan with cooking spray

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until nicely browned

Cook your ground beef, add salt and pepper and some garlic salt or fresh garlic

You can use a biscuit cutter to cut wonton wrappers or just leave them more rustic

Now, just layer the wonton wrappers and cheeses and sauce;
(Just like a large pan of lasagna): o)
 (Use about 3 wrappers per cupcake)

Bake until bubbly and browned slightly

Allow to cool and remove with a tiny rubber spatula onto a plate!

Serve with a salad and garlic toast!!

Yummy! Enjoy!

I do hope it is finally a bit cooler so you can enjoy these little tasty lasagna cupcakes!

Have you been making some quick breads to have with your morning coffee?

And it always tastes so good with afternoon tea!

My brother sent me this recipe and it is amazing...

They are great for a leftover snack or a complete meal!

Blessings to you all...

~Happy Fall~

Using The Trusted Blue Book For Preserving....

 

I have used this book for years...
Ball: Blue Book Of Preserving

This is the time of the year when the harvest is drawing near.

 It is time to get all of the produce from your own garden and pull it in.

 This is where we gather it and we're able to put it up and 

Preserve it to use those long winter months that are coming. 

I think that when women take the time to learn to preserve, to put up, to put back, to water bath, to pressure can or to make jams or jelly's even dry fruit is such wisdom. 

This is the time of year you can get many things

 For a very reasonable price peaches and plums and apples are yet to come.

 I want to encourage each of you to have a book that teaches you how to preserve. 

You can even pick these up at your local library and borrow them and even copy and print off some of the pages. There's something so satisfying about a pantry that is full with canned goods and jams and jellies and tomatoes and things that you've either grown yourself or picked up at the local farmers market or even your local store ...

I have also have been buying different fruits and cutting them up and actually freezing them, so later on after the holidays, like such as Thanksgiving or Christmas I'm able to make another batch of jam. I do hope that you can take this time of harvest that is coming very quickly is even upon us and learn to freeze and do something, maybe you have never done in the past even if it's just a small amount of a special fruit or vegetable that your family enjoys.

 I do hope you all have a lovely rest of the Seasons of Harvest.

Blessings to each and everyone of you!