Food on Friday
With Ida remnants ravaging the Jersey Shore I sure miss the summer and the sun…
Sun Shine
So last night I decided to pretend it was summer with food. We had Cheese Burgers on the stovetop grill, homemade potatoe salad and baked beans! Love my griddle/grill and Busch’s Beans! Fun was had by all!
Summer Food...
We closed our eyes and pretended the monsoon outside was not ravaging our beaches and enjoyed summer for dinner.
Blessings~ 
I have stepped out in faith and entered one of my favorite photos in a weekly photography contest at:
Gull-zilla
I googled http://www.weeklyphotocomp.com/ and found no negative information…Check out the site, this could be very fun and possible lucrative. At the least it is exposure for my amature photography.
Have Fun & Blessings…
This, my childblog, is about art, mine and other’s art…definitely gifts from our Father, God! So check this out!
I recieved this in e-mail from my great Uncle Max…I found it intriguing and it did what the artist states he intended to do…I felt deeply about this painting.
One Nation Under God ~ McNaughton
If you point to characters in the painting, on the artist’s site (url below), McNaughton defines the characters in his painting and his intent for their inclusion in his painting.
http://mcnaughtonart.com/artwork/view_zoom?artpiece_id=353
I believe our country was founded on the Christian belief system, as well as Christian doctrines.
I believe, also, that revisionism has skewed the truth of some of the key figures in this country’s history. Many of America’s key historical figures were Christians. It is important to look upon history as a whole, it is then that the truth reveals itself.
The Truth set this country free…and to quote a great American…” We are free Indeed.” M.L.King
Enjoy the painting…Enjoy your day!
Blessings
I have believed my LORD,
And the impossible has taken place.
Those things so far from reality, proving
All things are possible, through faith.
Knowing all things are possible,
Solidified my hope, in rejection’s face.
Believing makes faith substance,
Trusting in You, LORD, has brought me to grace.
~Selah.
A.Hutchinson
A Better Hope
Blessings.
I made a great Crock Pot version of Chicken Cacciatore tonight for dinner.
Chicken Cacciatore ala Crock Pot
Click the photo to go to the link on facebook.
~ Now many of us are also on Face Book~
Having posted my intentions to try this new recipe today on my fb page a friend asked me to join her group and add the recipe!
So I did. Then I thought why not share it on Ann Kroeker’s Food on Friday Carnival and share the link to the group on fb for anyone who, like my friends and I, enjoy sharing recipes and food stuff! =)
I also shared the link to Food on Friday on her group. So enjoy everyone…
Blessings!
When the work is done we will find ourselves home…
Hopeannfaith
A dental appointment brought to me some resentments. Because the work, which involves my front teeth, cannot be done until the finances are gathered. So because I must wait for a need, once again, I began to resent my parents.
Appalled, I proclaimed within me that I am an adult and this has nothing to do with my childhood! So why is it that I become angry in this situation? Ah, what I would give for a degree in psychology right now! And so it is.
I battle once again with resentment. I know the money will come and the need will be met and my sparkling smile will once again beam.
As I paged through my scriptural prayer books I came across overcoming feelings of abandonment.
I’ll admit I feel as though I was abandoned by both parents simultaneously when my father left. My dad left physically and my mother left mentally and emotionally. I have often times pondered the question of whether my mother, narcissist that she was/is, had her children to keep her husband. As well as, to have people, who were compelled, by her sacrifice to give them life, to love her. Ah, but the answer will never be known, and what if it was answered? Would that bring closure or intensify resentments?
Somethings should remain unanswered.
Anyway, back to the abandonment prayer. It spoke to me. I cannot answer why a dental issue brought me to this particular work to be done. Maybe because the things most children have taken care of by loving parents were not taken care of for my siblings and I. Maybe because, now as I need some assistance I resent not being able to rely upon my family, like others are able to. Maybe all of it…but, again, why?
So I will do the work needed here remembering that all my needs are met by my Father God. That He will bring to right all those things that need righting. So I pray …
When father and mother forsake me, the Lord receives me. Father now I am Your child. When others leave me and I feel unloved, I am thankful that You never, ever leave me alone or reject me. I am thankful that Jesus gave His life for me and called me His friend. He lives in my heart, and I am on my way to heaven. That is plenty to be thankful for. WhenI am lonely or discouraged, I will think of things that are pure and holy and good, even when I am feeling apart from everyone.
Father God, I thank You that You strengthen me and help me while in the presence of these dangerous thoughts of resentment surrounding me. You have assigned angels who will accompany, defend and preserve me in all my ways of obedience and service. I thank You that I am not alone. Your Word says that there is nothing that can seperate me from the Love of Christ ~ not pain, not stress nor persecution. I will come to the top of every circumstance or trail through Jesus’ love.
Father, You are concerned with the smallest detail that concerns me and You are my help. I thank You for Christian friends and counselors who will encourage and help to guide me.
I thank You Father for teaching me how to trust and to be a friend. Thank You for guiding me in my walk in Your love. AMEN.
Blessings.
Created by our Maker of heaven and earth to light our way by night!
What a gorgeous, heavenly gift and blessing.
Yours, LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.
Let heaven and earth praise him.
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds.
Genesis 9:12-14
Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”
Genesis 9:16
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars.
Revelation 10:1
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.”
~~ Mother Teresa
Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.
Ezekiel 1:28
The LORD is your keeper;
The LORD is your shade at your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
The LORD shall preserve you from all evil;
He shall preserve your soul.
Psalm 121:5-7
The moon and stars to rule by night,
For His mercy endures forever.
Psalm 136:9
Praise Him, sun and moon;
Praise Him, all you stars of light!
Psalm 148:3
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her,
And happy are all who retain her.
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth;
By understanding He established the heavens;
Proverbs 3:17-19
Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
Psalm 13:12
The couple can be seen side by side until the end of the year~when the sky is clear.
Who is she who looks forth as the morning,
Fair as the moon,
Clear as the sun,
Awesome as an army with banners?
Song of Solomon 6:10
For the cloud of the LORD was above the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
Exodus 40:38
Your sun shall no longer go down,
Nor shall your moon withdraw itself;
For the LORD will be your everlasting light,
And the days of your mourning shall be ended.
Isaiah 60:20
And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.
Revelation 4:3
Completo Settembre Luna
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad;
And let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns.”
1 Chronicles 16:31
Thus says the LORD,
Who gives the sun for a light by day,
The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night,
Who disturbs the sea,
And its waves roar
(The LORD of hosts is His name)
Jeremiah 31:35
Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns;
The world also is firmly established,
It shall not be moved;
He shall judge the peoples righteously.”
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad;
Let the sea roar, and all its fullness;
Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it.
Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice.
Psalm 96:10-12
Blessings. <3
A Line of Gulls
Solitary Monday
Buster and Ginger have had their second litter of puppies. Praise God!
Ginger had a long, miserable couple of months and now she is rewarded with these little lovlies! Buster, of course, like all fathers, did not weather the storm…here at home on 19 Chapel, completely unaware.
Dam and puppies doing well, I am told! I will be photographing them more tonight or tomorrow! (((yay!!)))
So without further ado…Miniature Dachshund Puppies!!!
Ginger and Busters Lovlies!
Food on Friday
It’s Food on Friday @ Ann Kroeker’s blog! And I am newly enamored with teas! I wrote 7, count them, 7 articles about tea. I learned about all of the aspects of tea and was really astounded at all that I learned.
The Wonderful World of Tea!
So my new healthy choice for my diet is tea…
Did you know that tea is chock full of disease fighting antioxidant and poly-phenols? But wait, did you know that tea will fight illnesses that you may already be battling? Not to mention tea may really have an effect on one’s weight. So go ahead indulge in that cup of tea, just be sure to use natural additives like sugar and honey and fresh milk. Enjoy your White and Green teas with just a touch of sweetener. No cream or milk for me in those, it overpowers the delicate flavor of the young tea.
I encourage you to check out all of the information you can attain on the subject of teas. Helium has hundreds of articles, from recipes to the health benefits. Many good writers have researched and shared their knowledge on the subject, not to mention thousands of other subjects as well.
Currently I am holding 1st place in the Tea Contest. My winning remains to be determined, there are four more days of peer ratings to get through! It is nice to hold first place at all, let alone for 3 days! though!
So as for FOF…I am loving tea!
Iced Tea currently.
Really what is better on a overcast day, with 98% humidity, at the Jersey Shore?? An ice cold glass of Iced Tea and a dip in the ocean.
Lavender Surf
So far I have experimented with Spiced Chamomile Tea, as well as Bromley Black Tea with a touch of Chamomile and Spiced Chai…a rich bold flavor with a touch of spice…it’s really refreshing, although I find the Chamomile was overpowered by the black teas boldness, yet it’s medicinal qualities would remain.
Experimenting with TeaSteeping until Cooled
What I am finding after 3 weeks is this…My Grandma says that Chamomile Tea does everything from relieve inflammation to help a person sleep. All of the research tells me that tea, however one prefers it, has miraculous medicinal abilities. So do I feel better?
I can tell you this, the inflammation that I have been newly experiencing, in my legs this summer, has not been an issue for about 3 days now. And that alone is a relief. I do believe it to be directly to my increase of tea consumption.
My research revealed that all teas, while not created by the same processes, White tea having the least processing to Pu-erh that is completely fermented and aged, have the same health potential. Each, slightly different in it’s benefits, while being just has beneficial as the next. Our grandmothers were not just spinning old wives tales. Apparently all those benefits grandma spoke about those teas she brewed, like Chamomile, when we had an upset tummy, to the bold and bitter black tea with honey and lemon, she made us drink when we were congested with a sore throat, really were one of the best remedies.
Brewing...
So try a glass of iced tea, relish the refreshing flavor on these hot days of summer.
Cool Iced Tea
Or a relaxing cup of hot tea before bed to assist you on that peaceful journey to sleep.
Tea...It does a Body Good!
Blessings!
These are my Journey Journals ~ written and visual.
Hopeannfaith’s well…
and
Hopeannfaith’s Hope Chest
I welcome your company, I welcome your friendships.
My Journey is in the light ~ although I have and will share the shadowy corners and the dark ~ so you know that you are never alone there.
If we hold hands in the dark, and we walk, side by side, through the shadow, we will reach the Light together. In relationship with one another and with the Light.
Come on, let’s Go!
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