February 2012
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website Wednesdays: 101 cookbooks/beautiful and...
I love Heidi Swanson’s website filled with airy photos of beautiful food she prepared, places she’s traveled to and the unique flavor ideas she offers in her recipes.
Heidi’s description of how her site started makes me chuckle cause it sounds so much like something I would do: “The premise this site was built on is best summed up in two sentences: When you own over 100...
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website Wednesdays: A Holy Experience/the power of...
I’m excited to share with you a website that has been blessing my days and drawing me close and closer still to Jesus, A Holy Experience, the online journal of Ann Voskamp the auther of One Thousand Gifts
Ann describes herself as, “wife to The Farmer, mama to six, determined laundress, chief bottle washer, desperate Grace-clinger.”
Her words from the pages of her book, One...
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For All the Singles Out There:"I Will Wait for...
Wow this woman knows how to bring it on the topic of staying focused during your single season. I especially loved the line, “I will be the one drenched in Proverbs 31 waiting for you.” I loved that entire portion, the last half of the video dedicated to who she will be before her husband comes.
Yes Lord, help us all remember who we are in Your eyes, how we already are the apple of...
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5 Steps to Vibrant Health →
great article to get you started on improving your health and standard of living
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HealthTuesdays: Just a Spoonful of Sugar, the...
Just as I promised, I’m going to take you slowly, step by step into improving your health. When I first started on the journey of healthy living (which was only a month ago) I was so overwhelmed by all the information out there. On top of that, much of the information I was coming across was so extreme in its choice of wording that I was really skeptical.
But, as Dustin and I looked more into...
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MarriageMondays: Honeymooning @ Tainan with...
For our second stop, Dustin and I drove to Tainan. Taiwan’s original capitol. A place full of friends, history and food food food!
You must be thinking that we’re strange for meeting up with friends on our honeymoon. But actually for us it was fun. : )
On the first night, we met up with some of my friends, Candy and Amber for dinner. By this time, Dustin and I were both...
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The Truth About Single-hood
I’ve been a bit weary of telling all you singles out there of the truth about what it is to be single. But as I talked over my worries with Dustin, he encouraged me that what I had to share, rather than discouraging (which is what I believe it would be) it’s actually encouraging.
With every journey, unless there is vision, one looses sight of what every suffering and hardship is unto. One easily...
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Daily Reminder: God is SO proud of you!
Reminding you on this Saturday morning that God is so proud of you, no matter how you feel about yourself today, know that this is true. God is so proud of you. We stand not on what we feel, how we’re doing. Our solid rock, our firm foundation is the faithful unchanging love of God for us.
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Where Do I Put My Emotions?
I’ve always been emotional. I laugh, I cry, I pout. I didn’t know where to put all these feelings when they rose up in me.
Then the Father started to slow me down and talk me into giving it to Him. He smiles and says come. He extends His hands when I expect them to be cold and closed. He runs to me when I expect Him to be back-turned. He holds me where I’m at. He meets my fearful eyes with...
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I Too Am Weak
Funny how after all these years of opening my chest to expose my heart on pen and paper, on the public eyes of lit pages, I’m still afraid at times of what you the reader would think when you discover that I am just another weak human being. Forgetting so often, that there are more weak ones out there. Other insecurities out there besides my own.
Just another individual in need of Christ,...
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website Wednesdays: PodQueen a.k.a. Jennifer...
Jennifer Roberts, wife of Dwayne Roberts has recently started her own website titled, PodQueen where she shares how God takes women seriously by building up women with the truth of God through her blog posts and pod casts.
I’m delighted to see the Lord raising up more godly women to call their sisters into the truth of Christ.
I remember in high school when my pastor’s wife started a women’s...
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HealthTuesdays: Preparing Practically for a...
I’m going to start blogging about health on Tuesdays and give you some practical steps in this area to prepare you for marriage or help you take care of your family.
As women, one of our main responsibilities after marriage is cooking for our husband and eventually our children as well. Usually our husband and kids will eat whatever we put on the table. So, unless you have a personal chef and...
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MarriageMondays: Honeymooning @ Garden in the Sky
Our first real honeymoon stop in Taiwan was Sky Yard near Taichung (city located in central Taiwan). It’s a hundred year old home transformed into a bed and breakfast.
Back in the day, Taiwanese people would live in houses like these with not just their immediate family but also their extended family members. Married women would leave her father’s house and live with her...
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Patricia King's prophetic word of God appointed... →
My friend sent me this video just now and I wanted to share this with all the single ladies out there, I believe that this will encourage you.
God is faithful to prepare us for marriage and to bring the best man into our life. Set your gaze upon Christ, delight in Him and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Blessings!
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The Main Thing Most Single Girls Are Anxious About
The question I’ve heard most single girls ask (including myself when I was single) was, how do I not allow my boyfriend or husband distract me from a wholehearted pursuit of the Lord.
I myself am pretty familiar with what I’m like and my own tendencies and this was an area I was majorly worried about. Even when Dustin and I were dating, I’d constantly scrutinize our relationship, afraid and...
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Jeremy Lin's Testimony: Shining God's Light in...
Interesting how the Lord leads and guides us in unexpected ways, oftentimes in ways that we do not desire or think is the best. I’ve been noticing lots of posts on Jeremy Lin on facebook and as I watched some videos and read some of his FB statuses, I was encouraged by this man’s testimony. His story reminds me of Joseph, how from obscurity, the Lord leads individuals from valleys...
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A Home, A Husband and A Father Awaiting Us: Things...
What are the longings of every heart? What are the deepest longings of your own heart? A beautiful home to rest in, someone who cares and loves you deeply and a Father who has power over all things.
I have been taking a class on the book of Hebrews and this is what the writer of Hebrews turns the congregation towards in the midst of their potential apostasy: the New Jerusalem.
Baffled at that...
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Single on Valentine’s Day: What To Do?
Ok, let’s just get it out in the open and not pretend the day is not coming. The inevitable Valentine’s day, the once a year February 14th when we commemorate and point to the obvious fact that you’re still single is coming! YEAH! Fun!
Though I know this day most likely pains your heart (it most certainly did when I was still single), this does not need to be your fate next week.
I think it’s...
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MarriageMondays: Honeymooning @ Din Tai Fung
There’s endless goodies to try when you’re in Taiwan. Too much goodies in fact in my opinion. Din Tai Fung is another place I have to go to when I’m in Taipei. I introduced it’s scrumptiousness to Dustin in our second day in Taiwan.
I was first introduced to this restaurant by my friends Cristina and John. They know their way around Taipei’s yummiest. Prior to them...
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Biblical Femininity by guest Blogger: Becky...
I’m so excited and blessed to be sharing with you a post from my small group leader Becky Falkner. Becky and her husband Bob are not only parents to five beautiful, awesome and godly children, but they are also spiritual parents to many in our IHOP-KC community.
Both Bob and Becky have been mentoring and counseling single and married couples in the local area for many years. I have grown so...
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Do We Actually Know the Gospel?
When Dustin and I were dating, I would wonder and break down at times, overwhelmed with a sense of worthlessness. It’s embarrassing now looking back, but I even said to him once in the middle of a fight, “you don’t have to be with me, no one’s making you!”
This is the result of unbelief and agreement with lies in my own heart. The Lord has transformed me so much this...
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“I love God’s 5-fold response to Adam and Eve’s hiding in their shame...”
– Mark Slezinger
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website Wednesdays: Julie Morris Superfoods
Though it may not seem like it from my instagrams, I do enjoy eating healthy and taking good care of my body. Recently, I discovered a wonderful cook book through my sister-in-law, Jess. She’s really into eating healthy and has been doing it far longer than I have.
This past weekend, while Dustin and I were skyping with her, she shared about this new cookbook she got called Superfood...