Yesterday morning I woke up with an old memory very fresh in my mind. I was reminded of a day when I was a 13 year-old girl living in Winchester, Kentucky. I had gone to my bedroom to hang my jacket on the hook on the back of my door. I tilted my head back and lifted my arms to raise my coat up, and when I did, the sour ball candy that was in my mouth slid down my throat like a speeding bowling ball on a well-greased lane. I couldn’t cough, gasp or breathe. It was STUCK in my windpipe.
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Effortless Meal Planning with Chat GPT
The virtuous woman of Proverbs 31 inspires us to provide for our families when we read…
She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from afar.
15 She gets up while it is still night;
she provides food for her family
and portions for her female servants.
I love going into my kitchen and stirring up good food, but sometimes coming up with a meal plan for the whole week is laborious. There are health issues to consider and also waistlines. I don’t want too many carbs, but plenty of protein. I want a variety of good foods, but nothing that takes forever to prepare. Oh the quandary!
There have been years in my past of sitting down with a treasured cookbook and flipping through to find new recipes to add, but oh, the time that took! Then a couple weeks ago my daughter told me she asked Chat GPT to create a menu for her! In a matter of seconds, she had a week’s worth of meals, complete with shopping list!
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Trusting God for the Heart of Your Prodigal
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“Mom, Dad. We need to talk. I’m …
- pregnant.”
- not sure the God you’ve taught me about all my life is real.”
- quitting college and moving in with my boyfriend.”
- leaving home. I’m tired of all your rules.”
- choosing another lifestyle.”
Many, many Christian parents who thought they were doing the right thing with their child for all their growing up years have had to hear hard words like these. The parents’ hearts are torn apart. I’m not sure if there is any pain as difficult for a mother or father to endure than when their heart is breaking over their child who has gone astray.
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The Essential Baggy Rack: A Kitchen Must-Have
Recently, a friend of mine gave me a little gift for my kitchen. It was a plastic tool that is used to hold small plastic bags open wide so they can be filled easier.
Homemade Watering “Globes”
I have loved having flower boxes hanging from my upstairs windows. My dad told me I would set our house off from the others in the street by their embellishment. He was right.
Even the simple task of opening the window to water them each day is a pleasure I enjoy. Early in the morning when my neighbor’s roosters are crowing, I lift the window and slowly pour a stream of water from my pink watering can into my Sweet potato vines, Creeping Jenny and Geraniums. Therei just something about that slow routine in the quiet of the early morning that I love.
However, I was unsure how to keep them watered while we were away a few days each week of the summer. Then I came across a simple way to create a watering globe!
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