good morning lovely friends. I hope we all had a wonderful night of blessed refreshing rest and that we are all ready to face this day with confidence. confidence in God, not in ourselves. we went to see my Momma yesterday and visited with her for a little while. it's always good to visit her and I can rest easy after having seen her with my own eyes. other than that, nothing spectacular happened. well, God blessed us with safety to and from, so that was a huge blessing. any time you're on the road, you risk life and limb just because everyone is in a hurry and most people have a cell phone in one hand, cup of coffee in the other hand and driving with one knee and one elbow. that's no joke, sadly. but God kept us safe once again, and for that, we are grateful. still lots of farm land under what looks to be small oceans of water. it's a sad situation. I just pray that God's will be done in all this. after all, we know that He is in charge and in control of everything and He knows what's happening. we was kinda wore out when we got home. I fixed us a bite to eat and then we rested for a bit and got out and went to the dollar tree, and goodness gracious, it was full!!!! I couldn't get outta there fast enough. hahaha it was just too people-y for me. it's kinda small for a dollar tree anyway and when the parking lot is full, you know it will be elbow to elbow in there. I went in for some whole milk, but they didn't have it. I wanted to make some yogurt, but I do have 2% milk and it works well, but I prefer whole, full fat milk. I need to just get some of my whey cubes from the freezer and make yogurt anyway. I guess I'll do that before the evening is over. I use the whey as the innoculant for my milk to make yogurt. then when I make greek yogurt by straining it, I can freeze the whey and have more innoculant for more batches. anyway, that's what we done yesterday. and I did get the yogurt going on friday night and in a few hours this morning, saturday morning, I'll set the pot of yogurt in the fridge too cool off. before bed time saturday night, I'll take it back out and start the strain process and let it strain over night tonight. and then sunday morning, I'll have yogurt to eat and whey to freeze. yay!!!
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giggle for the day:
Q - Why did the tomato blush?
A - Because it saw the salad dressing!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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today we pick up with Daniel Chapter 5, do we have pride and disrespect for God? humility, respect and purposeful intentions is the way to avoid judgement from God and the downfall that comes with God's judgement. worldly power and glory is nothing compared to the sovereignty of God. if you are a Christian, you belong to God and you are a holy vessel and we are to honor God in all that we do. when we are facing uncertain times and days in our lives, we need to pray and study God's word instead of trying to rely on our own understanding. God is control of all things and all nations and we must trust that God has a plan and it will work out to His glory.
Chapter 6, this chapter has it all. political conspiracy, unwavering faith, divine intervention, and ultimate justice, to name a few. make no mistake, God is in control and Daniel knew He was and he stayed the course, not wavering even a little bit. he kept his heart focused on God. he gave God his undivided attention. Daniels courage and faith is on point and we would do well to emulate him with God's help. just like Daniel, we are called to stay the course even in perilous times, especially in perilous times. God is our protector. He will protect us in the lions den. it makes no difference what our den of lions is, God will protect us if we trust Him. character and integrity should be a reflection of our faith. our faith can have a huge impact on those around us if we let God have the reins of our lives.
Chapter 7, you know what, we're gonna have problems, trials and hard times in this life. despite our worldly problems, God justice and promise of an everlasting eternity with Him is certain. as we read scripture, we can see that we will face opposition and more than likely be persecuted, but have to know that God has a plan of salvation for us and that's thru the shed blood of Jesus Christ. we'll face problems and hard times and could even face death and be killed because of our beliefs, but God has an eternal plan and if we know Jesus, we'll have eternal salvation. this is a temporary life and we must be sharing that which is eternal with those around us.
Chapter 8, again and again, over and over we are told that God is in control. we have to remember that, no matter how chaotic it is around us. let us find peace amidst the turmoil by focusing of the triumph of God in all things. God holds our future in His hands, regardless of how it looks with human eyes, God is in control. we have to stay the course by remaining ever vigilant in our faith knowing that problems and opposition will come. we must always look for wisdom and understanding from God. Daniel couldn't have understood any of this without the wisdom and understanding from God and that was because Daniel had an unshakable faith. do we?
Chapter 9, thru it all, God continues to offer hope and restoration to His people. Daniel keeps praying for God's mercy and forgiveness for the people in captivity. are you captive to the sin in your life? God still offers mercy and forgiveness for anyone who repents of their sin. we need to know that prayer can bring about divine intervention and understanding of the word of God. we need to focus on having a right relationship with God and making sure we are living our lives in His will. keep focused on the fact that God is charge of history and His plans will be fulfilled at the right time. if we know Christ, we are a part of His plans. praise God!!!
next time we pick up at Chapter 10.
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well, I guess this is where we'll call it a wrap and see what we can get into today. may we continue to seek after the heart of God in all we do. I don't know what I'll get in to today, but if it's anything fun or exciting, I'll share. blessings of wisdom and unshakable faith be ours.
hugs and love, patty
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