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Spring 2018 Favorites

It’s not right to find great products or ideas and not share, so today I’m going to show you a few things that I’m loving!

Southerners like their sweet tea!  I don’t drink it at every meal, or even every day, but when I enjoy a glass, I LOVE this Lipton Southern Sweet Tea.

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It’s sweetened in the the tea bag with Sucralose, an artificial sweetener.  It is absolutely delicious and it takes the guess work out of how much sweetener or sugar to add to the tea.  There’s no aftertaste with this sweetener and I love that I’m not adding additional calories.  This is a great southern tea!!

Working at the bar counter in the kitchen can make the floors messy AND make my back ache.  I recently found this long padded rug.

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Any crumbs that fall on it don’t show up like they do on the hardwood.  Cleaning this rug is so easy – a Swiffer and a mop over top and it’s done!  The padding is perfect and has really helped my back.  I paid $30 for it at TJ Maxx.  I went back looking for another one and they were snatched up.  I’d love to have another one like this in front of the sink.  I love the pattern, too; it’s  a pretty addition to the kitchen!

I love making seasonal drawings on my kitchen chalkboard.  Being a hot and cold tea lover, I thought this one was perfect:

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Here’s one in the living room:

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You can see a couple other new favorites here on my recently uploaded video.  There’s also an update on my Craft/Guest Room!

 

Is there something new you’ve recently found that you’re loving?

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Christian Life · Christian love · kindness · Uncategorized

You Did It For My Child…You Did It For Me

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During a recent text message with my daughter Whitney, she shared with me about the blessing her small group leaders are to her and her husband.  She said to me,

“They invited us over for dinner Friday night and we had a really great time!

I replied by saying,

I like these people!

That this dear couple would invest in the lives of my family means so much!  Because they extended that kindness to Paul and Whitney, it was like they had done it for me!  If you’re a parent, you understand that when someone reaches out in kindness to your child in a special way, it’s as though they were doing it directly to you, because it touches your heart.

Let’s put that thought on a spiritual plane – when you and I serve our Savior by living out the Christian life in practical ways, God says it’s as though we have done it to Him.

Matthew 25

For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

That could include:

  • Sharing a meal with others in your home
  • Spending time mentoring a younger woman
  • Opening God’s Word to encourage and teach
  • Dong a kind deed like serving the elderly, visiting the sick, or writing a card, providing for the poor.

These deeds don’t save us, but they show the world that we belong to God.  When we do any of these kinds of things in the name of Christ, God says it’s as though we are doing it directly for Him!

So, who will you reach out to today or this week?  Ask God to show you  who and how and then do it in Jesus’ name.  His Father’s heart will be touched by your actions.

What action has someone extended to your child that meant much to you?
What action could you do that will touch the heart of God?

Christian growth · Christian Life · Christian love · Dates · Family life · Husband · Love · Marriage · tongue · Uncategorized

Win the Argument

 

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My husband and I have been arguing again. You know how that goes. It’s over a topic we’ve discussed before – serving one another. The conversation went something like this:

Me – Let me do that for you.

Him – No, I already took care of it, but thank you.

Me – I can never seem to find a way to serve you: you always beat me to it! You do so much more for me than I do you.

Him – Hon, that’s not true! You do so much for me. Goodness, I couldn’t do what I do on a day without you!

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Helping Children Understand Easter

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When I was eight years-old I made the most important decision of my life.  I received Christ as my personal Savior.  Ever since that day I have had the confidence that Christ paid the penalty of my sins and I am His!  I know I’ll spend eternity with Him – not because of anything I’ve done, but because of what Christ did for me.

That decision did more than give me a happy ending to my story!  It also gave me a Continue reading “Helping Children Understand Easter”