Happy New Years to everyone! We have been so busy over here and just finally just got over everyone in the house being sick. New Years Eve here was quiet, and we failed to stay awake until midnight. We made pizza and watched some I Love Lucy. The little people went to bed and the adults watched Some Like It Hot. An all-around fun evening!
We did post a couple of recipes over at our other blog though. We did this recipe last year, and LOVE them! Fried Pasta, the best snack! We hardly ever fry food though, so this really was something that we might only make once a year ;) Go over to Joyous Notions and see how to make it! :)
What did everyone else do for New Years? :)
Many blessings! ~*~Jessica
I posted over at our other blog, Joyous Notions ~ making simple ornaments. Be sure to leave a comment and tell us what some of your family's Christmas traditions are! http://www.joyousnotions.com
Many blessings, ~*~Jessica~*~
My mother wrote this earlier today, a very good read.. we love A.W. Tozer~~
At this time of year, more hearts seem to be open to listen to the message of the gospel. Although we need to use every opportunity given by the Lord to spread God's love everyday, this is a time where there may be a chance to act in love toward someone who would never otherwise receive the message. Christmas is the chance to share the birth of Christ. Let us pray for quiet "hearing" hearts, presenting ourselves to the Lord in humbleness as He works every good thing for His purpose.
I was reminded in this great read that people cause more damage than good among God's people, among people looking in at us, and just in general, get in the way of the Lord working because they strive to stress their own voice, instead of hearing the voice of the Lord.
A.W. Tozer pastored from 1929 to 1967. His intellectual biblical insight amazes me. The reminder was "Courage with Moderation." This excerpt was taken from "God Tells the Man Who Cares."
"The inability of even the most devout souls to show forth the Christian virtues in equal proportion and without admixture of unChristlike qualities has been the source of heartache to many of God's believing people. The virtues before us, courage and moderation, when held in correct proportion, make for a well-balanced life and one of great usefulness in the the kingdom of God. Where one is missing or present in only minute degree, the result is a life out of balance and powers wasted.
Almost any sincere writing, if examined closely, will be found to be autobiographic. We know best what we have ourselves experienced." {I'm moving to a new paragraph.}
"Briefly, I have seldom been called a coward, even by my most cordial enemies, but my want of moderation has sometimes caused grief to my dearest friends. An extreme disposition is not easy to tame, and the temptation to bring severe, immoderate methods to the aid of the Lord is not one easily resisted." {my note: How often do we think we are running to 'aid' our Lord in His Work, when our tone and disposition is completely without moderation and our thoughts are not taken wholly before God before opening our mouths? Lord have mercy on me, a sinner.}
He continues.."There is a ministerial immunity accorded a man of God which may lead a 'Son of Thunder' into extravagant and irresponsible language unless he uses heroic measures to bring his nature under the sway of the Spirit of Love. This I have sometimes failed to do, and always to my own real sorrow. Here again the contrast between the ways of God and the ways of man is seen. Apart from such wisdom as painful experience may give, we are prone to try to secure our ends by direct attack, to rush the field and win by assault. Of Christ it was said, (Matthew 12:19-20: "He shall not strive, nor cry, nor any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till He send forth judgment into victory." {Amen} He achieved His tremendous purposes without undue physical exertion and altogether without violence. His whole life was marked by moderation; yet He was of all men the most utterly courageous. He could send back word to Herod who had threatened Him, "Go ye and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I will be perfected." Luke 13:32 There is no sign of contempt, no extravagance of word or act. He had courage with moderation."
A.W. Tozer (A man in touch with God}my note{
As you celebrate the birth of our Savior, let your inner humble light shine forth. Glory to God in the Highest, Theresa
Hello everyone,
I've spent the good portion of today cleaning up the mess I've had here... I'm just about done. I still have other things to add to the side bar, not to mention my header is still missing.. I'll do that later :).
I'm working on two other sites right now, I'll have links up to all of that later too! I'm going to be setting up a blogroll for stay-at-home daughters as well. So, if you are a stay-at-home daughter and have a blog and would like to join you are welcome to! Email me at: swtjes@msn.com
We have been so busy around here with all of the website stuff we have been doing, plus doing some fun Christmas projects and baking (I've only scratched the surface of the baking I want to do!). On another happy note, we have finally begun to get some snow, and more is starting to move in for tonight (YAY!), so perhaps we'll get a few inches of snow today and tomorrow.
Dinner is waiting to made.. hope everyone is having a lovely weekend!
~*~Jessica~*~
Just a quick drop-by to let everyone know that today is the last day of the 12 Days of Holiday Homemaking on Joyous Home! Today's freebie is Holiday Bread ~ An Almond Braid. So stop by and pick up the download :)
Happy Thanksgiving!
I just stopped in real quick to say that the first day of Holiday Homemaking freebie is up!! So go stop by our website and pick up the ebook :) Today's ebook is "Be An Indian!" We have easy indian costumes and a woodworking project for the boys to make a pioneer gun!
I'm temporarily changing this template to one that I (and everyone else for that matter) can stand to look at without getting a headache! I'm not a procrastinator, I'm itching to fix this thing, but there are only so many hours in the day. The Holiday Homemaking deal has consumed our attention! So, till the day before Thanksgiving, the occupied sign shall be on my door!
Have a blessed day everyone! And enjoy the free ebooks!
Alrighty, anyone looking at this blog will notice my progress in fixing it. I'm having technical difficulties with another blog that has consumed my attention. If anyone knows anything about setting up a custom domain name on Blogger (for blogspot) then please let me know (swtjes@msn.com). I bought a domain name through Blogger, but my site is not showing up. I understood that you didn't need to do anything to make this work!!! AHHH! I'm sure it's something fairly simple, I just thought I would ask in case anybody knew off the top of their head :).
We are busy this week getting ready for the 12 Days of Holiday Homemaking! So hopefully I will be getting the rest of my graphics for here done before the end of the week. Mom also just finished doing the Making Memories online seminar with Cindy Rushton, which we just had so much fun doing! Busy busy week!
In the meantime, we are finally enjoying some seasonal weather around here. Snow and rain is in the forecast for the next two days. YAY!!!
How's everyone else's weather? Have a lovely day everyone!
~*~Jessica~*~
Hello again!
I decided I wanted to put my blog back up here again... and smart me, I saved my old template, but I deleted ALL of my images. So pardon the mess, I will be doing a lot of replacing and renovating. I hope everyone does come back to visit me in my messy blogging abode!
My Mom is also going to be messing around with her template (so she told me ;)).
I do have another blog (which was temporarily abandoned due do busy times) ~ www.thebeautyofhome.blogspot.com I am working on another blog that is going to take it's place.
Have a lovely day...
~*~Jessica~*~
