Monday, November 28, 2011

Ocean Jasper Stone Beaded Necklace - Yummy Caramel Color Speckled Stone with Olive, Grey, Black, Creamy White - Pearl Necklace


BLESSINGS TO ALL :)

I WAS REMINDED TO BE THANKFUL FOR THE LIGHT LAST NIGHT, WHEN MY HOME BECAME PITCH BLACK. I WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF PRAYER AND THAN IN DARKNESS. IT IS A GOOD THING I AM A LADY WHO LOVES CANDLES FOR I ALWAYS HAVE THEM AROUND. SO SOON OUR HOME WAS FILLED WITH THE FLICKER, TWINKLE OF LIGHT. I WAS TAKEN BACK TO A TIME WHEN PEOPLE HAD TO WORK WITH THE BREAKING LIGHT OF THE MORNING TO DO THEIR WORK FOR THE DAY. WE TAKE SO MANY THINGS FOR GRANTED.... JUST TAKE SOMETIME TODAY AND PONDER AND BE THANKFUL FOR THE LIGHT WE JUST SWITCH ON.

THE POWER FOR ME IS ALSO CONNECTED TO THE DIGITAL THERMOSTAT ON THE WALL, SO SOON OUR HOME FILLED WITH THE COLD THAT WAS FROM OUTSIDE. STILL I PRESSED ON AND MADE DINNER BY CANDLE LIGHT ON OUR GAS STOVE YEAH!!! I AM THANKFUL FOR A GAS STOVE AND STILL BEING ABLE TO COOK. I TELL YOU IF YOU WANT SOMETHING CHALLENGING TO DO NEXT TIME TRY COOKING FRENCH TOAST IN A PAN OVER A GAS FLAME LOL. NEVER THE LESS I DID MANAGE NOT TO OVERCOOK ALL OF THEM.... NOW FOR THE REST OF THE MEAL IT WAS TOMATO SOUP FROM A CAN AND THROW THE LEFT OVER VEGETABLES, RICE IN THE POT WAA LA DINNER!

MY DAUGHTER AND I SAT DOWN TO EAT AND KEEPING AN EAR OUT TO A RADIO BY BATTERY POWER.... LISTENING TO WHY THE POWER WENT DOWN AND TO FURTHER NEWS. MY DAUGHTER'S OUT- LOOK WAS INTERESTING... SHE SAID WERE SITTING DOWN TO A MEAL IN HYRULE IN A CAVERN Legend_of_Zelda GAME AND IT WOULD BE DRAFTY... I LOVE THE IMAGINATION THE LORD HAS GIFTED HER WITH... FOR A LITTLE WHILE WE WERE TIME TRAVELING IN ANOTHER LAND.

LATER AFTER OUR MEAL WE WATCHED A MOVIE FROM MY DATA STICK WITH MY DAUGHTER'S LAPTOP... THANK -YOU MICROSOFT....WE HAD A LAUGH AND DRANK HOT CHOCOLATE YUM YUM:). THE POWER WAS BACK UP AFTER 4 HOURS AND WE WERE THANKFUL FOR THE EXPERIENCE...IT IS JUST THE WAY YOU CHOOSE TO LOOK AT IT... YOU LEARN SO MUCH MORE OUT OF A CHALLENGE AND JUST WHAT YOUR MADE OF... AMEN.

BLESSINGS AND PROSPERITY TO ALL :)

>>)))>





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BLESSINGS                            DEVOTION TIME WITH THE LORD TO GROW IN KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING





JUST REFLECTING IN MY DEVOTIONS TIME WITH THE LORD AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT HIM. I WATCHED THE VIDEO ABOUT RANDY TALKING IN DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THE LORD IS DOING IN THE EARTH.... HE IS STILL IN CONTROL AMEN.





JUST CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR COPY THE LINK AND PASTE IN YOUR FAVORITE BROWSER.




Hosea 4:6, 1 Corinthians 8:1

For Lack of Knowledge


Some passages of Scripture demand to be read in tandem with each other. Two such are Hos. 4:6 and 1 Cor. 8:1. For lack of knowledge my people perish; but knowledge puffeth up, and charity edifieth. Now, Scripture never contradicts itself. When it seems to, there is always an important lesson behind the appearance. These passages raise the question, "What is the role of knowledge in the Christian life?" Which is really another version of "What is the role of truth in the Christian life?" We need both verses to get an answer that is balanced and whole.
First, 1 Cor. 8:1. Knowledge puffeth up. Well, it can. But this verse has been used by legions of conservative Christians to make knowledge seem suspect in and of itself. It is obviously not that important; in fact, too much isn't good for you. After all, it only puffeth up. Neither my parents (who were good people) nor the church I grew up in could understand why I needed to go to seminary. After all, its pastor only had a Bible college degree. Why wasn't that good enough for me? I was constantly subjected to veiled warnings, horror stories about people who had gone to seminary and lost their faith. If they didn't lose their faith, they at least lost their zeal. With heads stuffed full of "head knowledge," they became useless for ministry. Imagine the consternation when I decided to go on for a PhD! Knowledge and zeal were treated as a zero-sum game: the fuller the head, the emptier and more barren the heart. This was a self-evident equation that couldn't be challenged, and verses like 1 Cor. 8:1 were quoted in support of it.
But look more closely at the verse. I find it interesting for what it does not say: it does not say that knowledge puffeth up but ignorance edifieth! Ignorance is one of the most unedifying phenomena you will ever encounter. The problem with the Corinthians was not the presence of knowledge, but the absence of love.
This verse certainly teaches us the limitations of knowledge. In the fist place, knowledge alone is not sufficient for living the Christian life. It is not even sufficient for living human life. Ancient Greeks like Socrates believed that human nature was morally neutral, and that our chief problem was ignorance. If people chose evil over good or lesser goods over greater, it was because they were confused. So they just need to be enlightened. Strangely, Socrates so enlightened the Athenians that they murdered him on trumped up charges. Now, I am all for clear thinking, I agree with Socrates that the unexamined life is not worth living, and I honor him for having said it. But human nature is fallen, i.e., twisted and perverse. It is entirely capable of choosing evil even when it knows better. So knowledge alone is not enough, and history has been working overtime for at least the last 2500 years to provide us with examples to prove this point.
Second, this verse teaches us that knowledge alone (without love) can be ugly. It certainly was in Corinth, and it has been since. But love without knowledge can be just as deadly. See Rom. 10:2-3. The Jews had zeal (a form of love); but without knowledge it led them only to condemnation.
Finally, knowledge alone cannot save. The demons know their theology better than I do, but this avails them nothing. The Bible does not say "Know about the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." It does not say, "By grace are ye saved through knowledge." What we need is faith. But what is faith? In English we treat it as something less than knowledge; some things I only believe, others I know. But biblically this is entirely wrong. Faith is more than knowledge, not less. I cannot believe in what I do not know about. Faith is not less than knowledge; in fact, knowledge is a prerequisite to faith. What does faith add? We could define it as "Knowledge plus commitment," or knowledge acted on.
Well then, knowledge without love does not edify; neither does ignorance. What does edify, then? Loving knowledge, a knowledgeable love.
Hos. 4:6 adds the other side of the coin. For lack of knowledge, my people are destroyed. Knowledge can be a life or death issue. The story is told of a man trapped out in a blizzard. He got exhausted, gave up, lay down, and froze to death--just 100 feet from a farmhouse. If only he had known!
Not all knowledge is that important. Some is merely trivial. The mere possession of gigabytes of factoids does not equate to wisdom. I heard a trivia question on the radio in the car while driving, but got to my destination before they gave the answer, and it's driving me crazy: Who is the major league pitcher who won the most games in a season without a loss, but who is famous for something else? Well, I will probably survive ok if I never find out. But the great themes of Scripture, and much else beside, is of a different order indeed.
So what then is the nature of the knowledge without which we perish? Hosea, like Paul, presupposes that people possess, or at least have accesss to, the relevant information. But they have rejected it (v. 6b), and they are contentious about it (v. 4b). This is willful ignorance.
The knowledge we need is personal knowledge of God (Hos. 4:1). This is more than factual knowledge, but not less. If I claimed to know a friend well but couldn't tell you where he lived, what his favorite books were, his favorite foods, or what he did for a living, you would rightly conclude that my claim to personal knowledge of this person was a complete delusion. It is exactly the same with people who claim to know God but who do not have or feel a need for any knowledge of his Word, his ways, the history of his dealings with his people, etc.
What then should we do? We should not warn people away from knowledge but encourage them toward love, with the warning that no love can be real which does not become knowledgeable. We should strive to learn as much as we can about God, his Word, his ways, his world. But we must be sure that this knowledge flows from, is rooted in, and has its uses conrolled by Love. Knowledge without love is ugly; love without knowledge is impotent. We should simply refuse to accept the dichotomy between them any longer.
Richard Sibbes, the great 17th century Puritan pastor, gives us a sentence that puts it in a nutshell: "The whole Christian life consisteth of naught by knowledge digested into affection [i.e., love], will, and practice." Let us never be satisfied with anything less.


Closer Than a Brother

Proverbs 18:24
. . . there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
What a Friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry Ev'rything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry Ev'rything to God in prayer!
Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged-Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness-Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Are we weak and heavy laden, Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge-Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee? Take it to the Lord in prayer;
In His arms He'll take and shield thee-Thou wilt find a solace there.
-Joseph Scriven, written 1855

LORD JESUS WATCH OVER ALL THAT ARE FAITHFULLY IN YOUR ARMS OF LOVE.. DRAW THEM CLOSE TO YOUR SIDE AND BRING COMFORT THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN AMEN.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Blessings To All :)

Just letting you know what is happening in my Shop this week! I am working hard to even list a few more items in my shop :)  Hope this helps with your :) Christmas Shopping :)


 *** CYBER MONDAY TO BLACK FRIDAY*** SPECIAL SALE PRICES   *** ITEMS STARTING FROM $30.00 OFF*** in my Shop
 Begins Monday,November 21st and Ends Monday, November 28th.

Gemstone Jewelry Fashioned by me, Vintage Jewelry, Accessories, Housewares, Agates, Pearls, Other Unique One Of A Kind (OOAK) ********s Created in Canada.
*WOW! WERE ALREADY SLIDING OUT OF SUMMER AND SNOWBALLING INTO NOVEMBER... CHRISTMAS  VERY SOON!.
*WOW! WERE ALREADY SLIDING OUT OF NOVEMBER AND  SNOWBALLING INTO DECEMBER SOON... CHRISTMAS IS COMING IT IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!

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This child, this time, this day, we are all here,
grace, all grace, and this fountain of Great Grace
fills all around and it could flow through us and on,
into the world, and with borrowed breath I am fueled.
Recount how we laughed today. How we cried today and it too was grace. How He fed us. We ate. We filled. We swept up the crumbs. So He lays us down to sleep. Trust tucks in. He has blessed today. Will He not bless again tomorrow?



Hope To See You There!

Peace and Prosperity >>)))>

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

WARM BLESSINGS


NOW THAT THE DAYS ARE GETTING SO COLD HERE IN MY LITTLE TOWN OF HOPE... IT EVEN SNOWED A LITTLE YESTERDAY. SO HERE IT IS MY RECIPE FOR STAYING WARM... ADD ONE CAT TO YOUR LAP AND BOTH OF YOU COZY UP TO THE FIREPLACE....DON'T LAUGH IT REALLY WORKS. I WAS BROWSING THE ETSY SITE AND THESE ARE THE ITEMS I DISCOVERED FOR STAYING SNUGGLY :)

JUST COPY AND PASTE INTO YOUR FAVORITE BROWSER OR CLICK ON THE LINK AND TAKE A SPY!




I ALSO HAVE LISTED SOME MORE ITEMS IN MY SHOP FOR CHRISTMAS THIS IS MY MONOGRAM PENDANT ON A LOVELY BLUE AGATE STONE. TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OR WHAT YOU EVEN LIKE ABOUT IT?

WARM HUGGIES


BLESSINGS >>)))>

Thursday, November 10, 2011

BLESSINGS TO ALL :)


                  REFLECTION TIME


TIME TO QUIET OURSELVES AND OUR MINDS. ONE OF THE MANY THINGS I AM THANKFUL FOR IN THE LORD IS THAT PEACE CAN BE FOUND. WE HAVE TO SLOW DOWN..... JUMP OUT OF THE WORLDS HAMSTER WHEEL AND  STOP!.    

JOHN 14:27

27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you:  not as the world giveth, give I unto you.   Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.  

WITH ALL THE CHANGES TAKING PLACE IN AND AROUND US WE CAN HAVE PEACE. WE JUST NEED TO DRAW CLOSE TO THE LORD AND HE WILL DRAW CLOSE TO US AMEN.

THE DEVOTION BROUGHT COMFORT TO ME I PRAY IT WILL DO THE SAME FOR YOU :)


WINTER IS HERE NOW AND THE COLD... WE WILL SOON SEE THE SNOW FALLING. I MISS THE SUNSHINE AND THE SUMMER DAYS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A NICE REMINDER OF THE FLUTTER OF BUTTERFLIES YOU MIGHT LIKE MY NEW PENDANT IN MY SHOP.. TAKE A LOOK AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK?


JUST GO AHEAD AND CLICK OR COPY AND PASTE IN YOUR FAVORITE BROWSER.


http://www.etsy.com/listing/84321649/butterfly-amethyst-silver-pendant?ref=pr_shop
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CHRISTMAS STOCKING STUFFING IDEAS


I LIKE THE FLASH DRIVES AND ALL DIFFERENT KINDS YOU CAN PICK UP...FOR VERY  LITTLE COST. 

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Today's Turning Point
Thursday, November 10
Falling Apart at the Seams

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
John 13:34

Recommended Reading
John 13:31-35
After Jennifer Lopez ended her marriage to the Latin singer Marc Anthony, fans studied her newest album looking for signs that her marriage had been troubled. They found hints everywhere. In one song, Jennifer Lopez sang, "He's all right / He's all wrong. / He's a player / He's a dog." And she admitted her dreams about her marriage were "falling apart at the seams." The rich and famous are often threadbare when it comes to love. All the romantic songs and fabulous mansions in the world can't build a happy home without Christ. Romantic love is portrayed as the ideal love, when in reality our relationships must be based on the love Jesus displayed toward the Church.

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The apostle Paul told husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church (Ephesians 5:25). In John 13:34, Jesus extended the truth to us all: "As I have loved you...also love one another." When romantic love falters, turn to the real love of Jesus; and remember that if your world falls apart at the seams, His love can be the mending thread.

The more intimate acquaintance we have with Christ's love to us, the more our love will be drawn out to Him, and to those who are His, for His sake.
Matthew Henry

Read-Thru-the-Bible
Romans 15:1-1 Corinthians 1:31

Saturday, November 5, 2011


BLESSINGS TO ALL




BLESSINGS TO ALL

I WAS HAVING FUN LAST NIGHT, CREATING A TREASURY OF IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS. MY THEME WAS FAMILY, KIDS AND LOTS OF SMILES. THIS TREASURY OF GIFTS WILL NEED NO BATTERIES... JUST IMAGINATION AND FUN.

... I HOPE YOU WILL FIND SOME GIFTS YOU CAN SCRATCH OFF YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTQ2NTQ3MDF8MTAzMTgxNzM0Nw/gifts-of-learning-and-creativity-in-your?ref=pr_treasury

PEACE AND PROSPERITY >>)))>

CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE AND WAIT FOR THE PAGE TO LOAD.

JUST PASTE THE LINK IN THE BROWSER AND YOUR GOOD TO GO.

HAPPY HUNTING :)
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STOCKING STUFFING IDEAS

HERE IS ANOTHER IDEA FOR STUFFING THE SOCKS.GO SHOPPING AND PICK UP SOME SMALL CHOCOLATES THAT ARE INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED. I BUY THE HERSEY KISSES BUT ANY SMALL CHOCOLATE WILL DO.

WHEN YOU GET HOME LOOK AROUND TO SEE IF YOU HAVE SOME PRETTY CLOTH LEFT OVER FROM YOUR OLD SEWING PROJECTS. I HAVE EVEN USED COLORFUL PAPER, SMALL PLASTIC BAGS. WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS LITTLE GIFT YOU GIVE, IS YOU DECIDE THE PORTION FOR EACH BAG . THAT WAY YOU CAN GIVE A TREAT TO THE KIDS JUST NOT TOO MUCH.


PEACE >>)))>
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

                                            BLESSINGS TO ALL :)

WE HAVE ARRIVED AT AT THE TIME TO START WRITING CHRISTMAS CARDS... FOR NOVEMBER HAS ARRIVED. I HAVE A REALLY NICE E-CARD SITE I CAN RECOMMEND. JUST CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW AND CHECK THEM OUT.
http://ecards.dayspring.com/ecards/subcat.asp?CategoryID=3&SubCategoryID=1&CardID=400988&Widescreen=False&CurPage=1
I SEND CARDS FROM HERE ALL THE TIME AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIGN UP.... OF COURSE YOU CAN IF YOU WANT TO. IT IS A REALLY
NICE SITE :) ENJOY.

                          CHRISTMAS STOCKING STUFFING

I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT STOCKING STUFFING THE LITTLE ITEMS AND TRINKETS YOU PUT IN CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS. I HAVE A NICE IDEA FOR YOU AND FUN TO MAKE. WE AS WOMAN ALWAYS HAVE LITTLE SCRAPS OF CLOTH FROM OUR SEWING PROJECTS LEFT OVER. TAKE THE CLOTH AND CUT IT INTO SQUARES ABOUT 7 INCHES BY 7 INCHES BIGGER IF YOU WANT BIGGER SACHETS. OH! YES MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ELASTICS OR BITS OF LACE, YARN OR STRING EVEN LEFT OVER CHRISTMAS RIBBON... TO TIE UP THE SACHETS.

GO BUY A BAG OF SOME POTPOURRI FOR THIS CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEA AND TAKE IT HOME.WHILE SITTING AT YOUR CRAFTING TABLE. JUST PORTION IT OUT ABOUT 1TBSP AND 1/2. OR MORE EVEN 2 TBSP IF YOU LIKE :). JUST KEEP IN MIND THE MORE YOU PUT ON THE CLOTH THE STRONGER THE AROMA.

NOW WITH THE BITS OF CLOTH  YOU CUT PUT A PORTION OF IT ON THE PRETTY CLOTH... PULL THE ENDS TOGETHER AND WRAP WITH RIBBON OR BITS OF YARN YOU HAVE. YOU CAN GET REALLY CREATIVE AND MAKE TASSELS OR ATTACH BEADS IF LIKE. DEPENDING ON WHOM THE SACHETS ARE FOR YOU COULD EVEN PERSONALIZE THEM. GIVE A LAVENDER ONE WITH ATTACHED NOTE: SAYING PUT INSIDE YOUR PILLOWCASE TO HELP YOU FALL ASLEEP AT NIGHT.

THE SACHETS CAN GO IN DRAWERS, PURSES, CARS EVEN THE BOTTEM OF THE GARBAGE CAN IN THE BATHROOM UNDER THE BAG. TOSS ONE IN THE GYM BAG OR HOCKEY BAG IT IS REALLY JUST UP TO YOU. FOR THE GUYS CHOOSE CEDAR WOOD OR PINE AROMAS THEY LIKE. BUT ALL IN ALL A NICE IDEA FOR STUFFING IN THE STOCKINGS HANGING OVER THE FIREPLACE. OH! YOU COULD ALSO PUT THEM ON TOP OF THE SPECIAL PRESENT YOU GIVE SOMEONE HOLDING THE NAME TAG.


 I WAS READING ALL ABOUT LUCITE AND HOW IT WAS MADE....

 FOR THIS IS WHAT I  USED FOR MY NEW PENDANT I LISTED IN MY SHOP. I MADE IT OUT OF A KEY-CHAIN AND A PAIR OF EMBEDDED LUCITE EARRING.. I AM VERY PLEASED, IT IS OOAK AND THE ONLY ONE... HANDMADE BY ME. I MADE ONE PENDANT AND ONE RING I KEPT THE RING FOR MYSELF. CHECK IT OUT THE LINK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK :) JUST COPY AND PASTE INTO YOUR FAVORITE BROWSER.. OR CLICK THE ONE AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE WITH THE PICTURE OF THE PENDANT.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/84762542/vintage-time-travel-pendant-madallion

LADIES BRACELETS, EARRINGS NECKLACES, BROOCHES, AND EVEN PURSE HANDLES... WERE MADE OUT OFF LUCITE. YOU SEE LUCITE WAS NOT HEAVY AND WOULD HOLD THE SHINE AND NOT SCRATCH. THE LADIES WERE WEARING JEWELRY MADE OUT OF THIS. IT WAS USED TO MAKE THE TOPS FOR THE PLANES IN WORLD WAR TWO. THE  PARTS THAT COULD NOT BE USED... JEWELRY WAS MADE OUT OF.

THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF LUCITE ARE CONFETTI LUCITE WITH BITS OF CONFETTI, MOON GLOW LUCITE, GRANITE LUCITE, SOLID LUCITE PIECES LIKE THE COLOR OF JADE OR TURQUOISE OR CORAL. THE ONE I FIND MOST UNIQUE AND INTERESTING IS EMBEDDED LUCITE. TURNS OUT... THAT IT IS THE ONE MOST COLLECTORS WANT TO GET THERE HANDS ON. THIS EMBEDDED LUCITE WOULD HAVE LITTLE SEASHELLS IN IT OR EVEN FLOWERS AND MOSS AND NOT A LOT WAS MADE LIKE THIS. YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT LUCITE ON THE WEB HERE IS THE STORY OF LUCITE.


The Lucite story

Lucite acrylic was invented by the DuPont Corporation in 1931. It was crystal clear with a 93% transparency rate, resistant to water and UV rays, and was low density yet stronger than previous plastics. It quickly became the material of choice for WWII aircraft windows because of its clarity, weight savings, and bullet resistance. Shortly after WWII other uses for Lucite were found including embedments. It has remained one of the best kept manufacturing secrets, handed down through trusted associates. Because of the tremendous technical knowledge required and the highly labor intensive nature, the total number of actual manufacturers are only a couple in the US. While much of the process is technically demanding, a basic overview is helpful to enhance understanding of the finished product. A Better Idea has been selling Lucite for over 35 years.


BLESSINGS AND STAY WARM

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