A Guest Post......

Hello y'all!

I hope y'all will forgive sissy for not posting a real post! She is helping Mama, who has been under the weather, (whatever that means!) but Mama has not been feeling well so sissy is helping her with us kid-o's. 

And she hasn't really had anything to post about! Perhaps you could leave her a nice comment and give her an idea of something to post about! I am sure she would appreciate it! Ok well I am going to go take a nap! i love naps! And eating(if you couldn't tell!). 

Love me,

'Becca 

Isaiah 27:6......

"He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit." 

♥Sami♥

Some Bible and Some Photos.....

Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return

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Matthew 4:3-4  And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God

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 Isiah 7:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

 

Revelation 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

 Revelation 19:14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

♥Sami♥

Want To Join Me.....

I am going to take this week to practice these 3 Character Qualities;

Diligence-

Colossians 3:23 "And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;".

Visualizing each task as a special assignment from the Lord and using all my energies to accomplish it

Gentleness-

1 Thessalonians 2:7 "But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:" 

Showing personal care and concern in meeting the needs of others

Deference-

Romans 14:21 "It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak." 

Limiting my freedom in order not to offend the tastes of those God has called me to serve 

Anyone else want to practice with me? If so let me know!!

The definitions are from the IBLP Character Qualities if you want to know.

I will post 3 more next week!! 

I hope to post some photos and notes of the FEW conference that we went to this past weekend!

Love me

♥Sami♥

Late Night Reflections.....

Did you know that in Song of Solomon it says;

"I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem.....Do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases"(NKJV)

Three times!!!

I think that it is cool how it says the same exact thing three times! 

God(and Solomon for that matter) must think it is important! 

Proverbs 4:23 says;

"Keep your heart with all diligence for out of it spring the issues of life"(KJV)

In the Webster's 1828 Dictionary says that Diligence is this;

 Steady application in business of any kind; constant effort to accomplish what is undertaken; exertion of body or mind without unnecessary delay or sloth;

Care; heed; heedfulness.

But is can also mean;

Working hard to do my best for the Lord

And how can you be doing our very best for the Lord if we are awakening love before Gods timing?

Well we really can't!

I am talking to myself just as much (if not more) as I am talking to you! I am guilty of awaking love (or what I thought was love) and it was not God's timing for it to be woken!

We all are human we all have to desire to be love by someone, not just our parents or siblings or other family members, and God knows that! That is why he created Eve for Adam. So Adam would not be alone. But when the only thing we ever think about is that need to be loved by someone else it can get in the way, trust me!!

Instead of doing the things we are suppose to be doing (i.e laundry, cleaning, fixing things around the house) we would be sitting around day-dreaming about the person we want to marry (even though it might not be the one God has for you, for we are never sure of that until we say "I do") when we should be doing everything we can for God, even if that is preparing to be a wife/husband and a mother/father.  

If you think that once you get to that point you will stop day-dreaming I do believe you are wrong, for there will always be something we want.

If we keep doing something over, and over again it will become a habit and it will not go away so easily! It will be harder then if you stopped now. 

So I do encourage you to try your hardest to stop yourself now and just try not to awaken love until you get that Green Light, Go from God!

Trust God in everything, He is better then love that has been awaken before His time(for it will only lead to heartbreaks). He will give you your true love when He thinks you are ready not when you think you are, because it is probably not the right time!

I hope this helped someone out, and that it isn't all mumble jumble as I think it sounds!!

Love to all

♥Sami♥

Cookies...

Ok so anyone who knows me knows that my cookies always turn out as chips(well not the ones I made up in Idaho, but I cheated and used Crisco, so that doesn't count)!! Flat crunchy chips!

I don't know why! It is SO dumb!! 

But on Tuesday I wanted to make Daddy some cookies so I did, and guess what.....

THEY WERE NOT CHIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am very proud of these cookies:) heehee

Here is the recipe I used

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Favorite Oatmeal Cookies

1 cup Butter or margarine, softened

1 1/2 cups Sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

1 1/2 All-purpose flour **I just used freshly ground Soft White wheat**

1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda

1/2 teaspoon Salt

3 cups Quick-Cooking Oats, uncooked

**I also added Chocolate-Covered Raisins**

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed of an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg, and mix well; add water and vanilla, mixing well.

Combine flour, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in oats and raisins, if desired.

Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. 

Cool slightly on cookie sheets; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Yield: about 8 dozen

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And I also made peanut butter cookies yesterday for bible study(you all should come! Wednesday's @ 7:00:) )

These were SO easy!!!! Even a little kid could make them.......with a little help of course!

Recipe:

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 Easy Peanut butter Cookies

Mix;

1 cup Peanut butter

1 cup sugar

1 egg

Shape into balls.

Flatten with fork.

Bake @ 350 for 9 minutes 

**If you cook longer they will crumble!!!!** 

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Just as the name says they are easy, no they are easier then easy!!!!!!

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Proverbs 31:14-15  "She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. 

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens." 

If y'all try the recipes tell me how you like them!!!!

Thank you for looking!

Much Love

♥Sami♥