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- Long Time No Post – Spent All Our Time Having Fun with Family – But Then Moved on and Parked Here in Louisiana – View of the Bayou – Simple but Adequate RV Park – Staying Longer than Scheduled – Again Diverging from Our Original Plan –
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Monthly Archives: November 2014
I Am the Good Shepherd – The Good Shepherd Gives His Life for the Sheep – John 10:11 –
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he … Continue reading
The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation – Whom Shall I Fear – The Lord Is the Strength of my Life – Of Whom Shall I Be Afraid –
2 Corinthians 3:6 – The Bible (KJV) – For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus … Continue reading
Plans Are Fun to Make – We Are Planning Our Future – Believing the Lord Will Lead Us – Sharing Our Vision with You – We Picture Steve Driving an RV Up This Path – What Changes Will We Have to Make When the Time Comes –
Here are the questions: What changes must be made to drive an RV from the curb to the gate and into the backyard? Must we trim or move our organ pipe cactus (we think this is its name)? Should we move the yucca? … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged Enjoy the Journey, flooring, Home Improvement, Landscape, Long-range goals, Lord Leading, Market Value, Organ Pipe Cactus, Plans, River Bottom Stone Path, RV, Truck, Vision, Working a plan, Yucca
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING – Praise to Our God for Family – Friends – and Bountiful Provision – Blessings to All –
Psalm 147:7-12 – The Bible (KJV) – Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses
Tagged Bountiful Provision, Family, Food, Friends, Praise, Praise to God, Provision, Sing Praise, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, turkey
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My Ten Minutes of Attempted Backyard Jailbreak – My Temporary Insanity – My Journey Back to Life on the Outside –
Here is how it happened: We were taking down the remnants of a two-day garage sale. We had hauled several golf bags loaded with old clubs to the backyard gate. Steve opened the lock on the gate. Chelsea, our pet … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir
Tagged backdoor, Chelsea, doggy door, Garage sale, Gate, Golf bag, Golf clubs, Husband, Locked in, Maniacal Woman, Married, Nutcase, Pet, Trapped, Wife
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Stuff Happens – You May Lose Your Way – Don’t Be Discouraged – Don’t Be Dismayed –
Stuff happens – You may lose your way – Don’t be discouraged – Don’t be dismayed – Jesus on his dying day – Had you on His mind – He said, Forgive them – Father – they don’t Know what they do – It … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Photos, Poetry
Tagged Blood of Jesus, Carried our sins, Christ Jesus, Discouraged, Dismayed, Don't be discouraged, Jesus, Jesus Lives, Jesus Reigns, Lord Jesus, Pain, Promises, Ransom paid, Righteousness, Sickness
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Good Morning from Arizona – Colorful Sunrise –
Have a blessed day…
Posted in Memoir, Photos
Tagged Colorful Sunrise, Early Morning in Arizona, Sunrise in Arizona
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Rowe Pottery – Beautiful to Look at – Too Special to Sell – Puzzling in Some Ways – I Will Keep Them and Use Them –
We are doing a special kind of housecleaning where all things are examined and judged for usefulness or beauty or some quality that says an item should take up space in our home. These are part of a collection of Rowe Pottery. … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Thought
Tagged Baking, Beauty, collection, Crock Pot, housecleaning, kitchen, kitchen utensils, Loaf Pan, Meatloaf, Rowe Pottery, Rowe Pottery Collection, Space, Stuffed Peppers, Usefulness, Utensil Container
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Low-carb Breakfast for Me – Or a Light Dessert after Main Meal – What Could It Be – Old-Fashioned Egg Custard –
What have I found for breakfast these days when dieting is wise? Old-Fashioned Egg Custard from whatscookingamerica.net. Follow the link if you want the recipe. I made one substitution, half & half instead of whole milk. It’s creamier and has fewer carbs … Continue reading
Grace Be to You and Peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ – 2 Corinthians 1:2 – Thank You Lord for Your Unfailing Love –
Genesis 6:8 – The Bible (IJV) – But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord Isaiah 54:9-13 – The Bible (KJV) – For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses
Tagged Children, Comfort, Genesis 6, Grace, Hebrews 8, Hills, Isaiah 54, Mercy, Mountains, My Kindness, Noah, Peace, Pleasant stones, Sapphires, Taught of the Lord, Waters of Noah
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Stuffing for Two – As Thanksgiving Day Draws Near – Traditional Turkey and Stuffing Comes to Mind – We Will Go Out with Friends to a Restaurant – But at Home Today Traditional Stuffing Was on the Menu –
Stuffing would usually be scooped into the cavity of a turnkey or into a baking dish for Thanksgiving Day, but today I baked it in these two mini-casserole dishes instead. We enjoyed a meal with stuffing on the side. This is an easy dish … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food, Gluten-free, Memoir
Tagged Butter, Celery, chicken stock, Egg, garlic, Gluten-Free, Gluten-free bread, onion, pepper, rosemary, sage, salt, Stuffing, Thanksgiving Day, thyme, Udi's Gluten-free Bread
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What Can Take Away the Hurt of Yesterday
What can take away the hurt of yesterday – An everlasting blessed tomorrow – Sing praises to the Lord Who has not left us In our sorrow – Who bore our Pain and sicknesses – Who won for us a Bright future and a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged blessing, Bright Future, Grafted in -, Heritage, Hope, Hurt, Hurt of Yesterday, Isaiah 54, Israel, Living Hope, praises to the Lord, Prophecy, Righteousness, Tomorrow, Yesterday
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Pasta and Egg with Fresh Ground Black Pepper – Gluten-free – Simple – Fast – Made from Leftover Pasta – The Party’s Over and the Cook Is Taking It Easy –
I boiled too much gluten-free pasta for our party, and this is one way to use it. It’s also a great way to make a fast lunch with little cleanup. Melt butter in a skillet and toss in the leftover pasta. … Continue reading
November Calls – Are the Kids at Home – Trusting Souls Are Blessed – Psalm 127 –
Green palms reach high – Dust the clouds away – Blue skies treat eyes with healing balm – Over calm and arid land Cooler breezes waft – Far away – a dust of snow Serenely covers all – November calls – Are the kids At home – … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Are the Kids at Home, Blue Skies, Carol Ann Hoel, Children, Cooler Breezes, Dust of Snow, Dust the Sky, Eyes, Green Palms, Healing Balm, November, Palms, Praise God, Psalm 127, Sky, Snow
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Captured By Your Love
Somewhere beyond the blue Before we ever knew – Salvation’s plan Our Father drew – I’m captured by Your Love – Held in rapture thinking of The way You care for me – The way You comfort me – … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged blame, Captured by Your Love, Designed Rescue, innocent, Jesus, Justice, Lamb of God, love, No Condemnation, Plan of Salvation, Rescue, Righteousness, Salvation's Plan, Son of God, Victory
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Party Time Again – We Are Preparing to Host a Group Get-together – My Blog Posting Time Has Been Interrupted – When the Party’s Over – Blog Posting Will Increase –
We will party with our friends again! We are the hosting couple this time, and Steve will be shining. He loves to host the group. I’m learning to love it, but I’m still a little overwhelmed at the task. Steve helps … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged brass pots and pans, Food, Fun, Group Event, Group Get-together, Hanging crooked, Host, Hosting a Party, Hosting Couple, Increase in Number, Main Dish, Party, Party at Home, Party Time, Restaurants
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When I Am Weak – I Know He Is Strong –
Though insignificant I may be – Though weak and weary at times – As though losing my way – This is when I am strong – This is the moment in time that I turn to my God – Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Poetry
Tagged Afraid, garment of praise, Heaviness, Insignificant, Jesus, Joy for mourning, Keeper, Knowing, Lord, love, Name of Jesus - Lord of Lords, Not Doubting, Strength, Strong, Weak, Weary
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Jesus Came For Us to Have Life and Life More Abundantly – The Thief Comes to Steal – Kill – and Destroy – Choose Life – Speak Words of Life –
John 10:10 – The Bible (KJV) – The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:9 – The … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses
Tagged Abundant life, Destroy, Destroy work of Devil, Jesus, John 10:10, Kill, Life Abundantly, Speak life, Speak Words of Life, Steal, The Bible, Thief
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Irish Soda Bread with Candied Cherries – Steve Wants Fruitcake – We Both Like Fruitcake – This Is Not Fruitcake – This is Irish Soda Bread – I Looked at Recipes for Fruitcake – Seem Complicated – I May Do it – But I May Purchase One Instead – Until Then We Have Candied Cherries in Soda Bread –
This Irish Soda Bread is delightful to taste buds and attractive to the eyes. I served this on Saturday. I used the same recipe from simplyrecipes.com. Instead of 1 cup of raisins, I used 1/3 cup of raisins and 2/3 cups of … Continue reading
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