Bible Study and Sweet Potatoes

good morning lovely friends.           I hope and pray that we all had a great night of rest and that we all have a wonderful day today.        we're supposed to have more rain and I figure we'll get it.       some places are still dealing with flooding that we had last week.       so more rain would not be great for them.          we actually had sunshine yesterday and the day was a beauty!!          I look forward to more days like that.          I took my plant starts out of the garage and gave them a little sunshine and I think they enjoyed it.         we got our walk in this morning and I'm always happy to get that behind us.         hahaha         my back was hurting so bad this morning I didn't think I would make it but, finally got my exercises for my back done and that helped tremendously.          sometimes I can't do my back exercise because they mess my knee up.        but fortunately, I done them this morning and my back has been felling better most of the day now.      yay!!!        I hope we get to go see my Momma today.         maybe it won't be raining to bad and we'll get to go.       I don't know what else we'll get into, but if it's fun, I'll share.       

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giggle for the day:

Q - Why couldn't the sesame seed leave the kitchen?

A - Because it was on a roll.

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bada bing bada boom

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ok, let's do another "2 minutes in the kitchen with me".        this is what I done yesterday.    when my aldi has sweet potatoes, I get a bag or two.         and I usually turn them all into my now famous "dehydrated minced onion and dehydrated minced garlic sweet potatoes".         these are the absolute best sweet potatoes ever, if you like garlic and onion.         obviously I do.          I get them peeled and do a pretty good sized dice on them.          I want them to be large enough that they don't fall thru the hole in the plate in my air fryer.  

you can see that they are a pretty good size.          this is with the avocado oil and the minced onion and garlic on them.         I got them mixed up really good and put them on my baking tray and popped them in the oven for 55 minutes at 425 degrees.         sounds like a lot of time and a high heat, but it's perfect for the sweet potatoes. 

the picture below is them baked, out of the oven, then I popped them in the freezer to flash freeze.        so this picture is actually when I took the from the freezer.         I separated them out into 6 flip top sandwich bags with between 95 and 100 grams per bag.       once I got them divvied up, I put those 6 bags in a zip top freezer bag.   

I wish I would have gotten a pic of them all bagged up, but they was starting to thaw, so I popped them back in the freezer as quickly as possible.          that will be 6 meals for me.       and after supper last night, I got my husbands yellow potatoes baked in the freezer too.        we both have 6 bags and that makes 6 meals for both of us.       I love having it ready.        then I toss them in the air fryer for 15 minutes on 400 degrees and it gets a crunchy outside and soft inside and it's wonderful.        I hope you'll try these sometime.  

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picking up with the final chapter of Ezekiel 48,            just as God had a plan for the Israelites, He has a plan for our lives too.          we just have to trust Him and turn to Him daily for His help and direction in our lives.          we can't stress how important godly leadership is.         can we even begin to imagine what our world would be like if we had godly leadership in our churches and every nation across the globe?        we need to pray for our leaders, not only our immediate leaders, but leaders all across the planet.         God is in control and His will be done in every nation on the planet.        "The Lord is There" is where we as Christians want to be.         that Holy City is our city too.        Praise Him!!!          it the presence of God in our lives, daily, something we strive for?        if not, shame on us.          develop a personal relationship with Him by prayer, worship and bible study.        as I've been saying, seek after the heart of God in all things that we do.

Daniel Chapter 1,          we start studying about Daniel and his friends today.         do you stand firm in your faith?         are you a fence straddler, not wanting to hurt anyone's feelings?          do you cave in and conform to worldly pressure when confronted?          a lot of people want to say that there are no absolute truths.         the word of God stands on absolute truth.         you believe it or you don't.        even if you don't believe it, it doesn't make it un-true.          are you seeking God's wisdom and guidance to make decisions that honor Him?        do you believe that God will meet your needs when you decide to follow Him faithfully?          does you integrity and commitment to God influence those around you?      these are some questions to contemplate as we study about Daniel and his friends and their commitment to God to serve Him, no matter what.

Daniel Chapter 2,         in todays times and any uncertain times in our lives, we need to remember that God is in control of all history and our personal lives.        we just have to trust His timing and the reasoning behind it.           everything God does is with purpose.          Daniel made prayer a priority, we need to make prayer a priority too.         God hears the prayers of His people.        we need to ask God for wisdom and understanding in our every day lives.         we need to stand firm in our faith, regardless of the circumstances that we find ourselves in.           Paul said that if he lived, he lived for Christ, if he died, he'd be with Christ.         that's my paraphrase.          but that should be our attitude.         we need to ask God to help us stay faithful to Him even in the most dire circumstances.           we can't do it without the Holy Spirit in us guiding us.       

Daniel Chapter 3,           do you bow down before other gods or idols?          Meshach, Shadrach and Abednego did not bow before the golden idol.          would we?        they had unyielding faith and trust in God!!!!           do we?           God's protection is present even in the most dire situations.         if our beliefs line up with the word of God, we are to stand firm in those beliefs.        God will be with us and He will make a way, He'll be with us in the furnace.          He'll either deliver us or walk with us thru the trials.          our faithfulness can be a powerful testimony for those around us to see that we trust God in all situations, even the uncomfortable ones.           God will be with us in the midst of our problems.

Daniel Chapter 4,            we see that the writing is on the wall, our days are numbered and how we live our days will determine our eternity destination.         we use what God has given us to honor Him, not ourselves.        pride comes before a fall.       God's judgement is always righteous and just.       we have to guard against pride in our lives.        God is the provider of all we have, not us.         God is over all creation including us.        

Next time we'll pick up with Daniel Chapter 5.

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I guess that will just about do it for today.       I hope we all remember to seek after the heart of God.      we can see how important that is in our lives.         we need to study Gods word, pray and worship Him with reverence and awe.         God is holy and we need to treat Him as such.         blessings of wisdom and understanding be ours in all we do.

hugs and love, patty    

Bible Study and eureka!! hahaha

good morning my sweet friends!!!!         well, it's a cold day with snow predicted to start this evening, and lots of it expected, so we'll just have to wait and see.         or as I say sometimes, "hurry up and wait!!"       this is supposed to be a very cold week for us with low's down to 4 degrees and highs up to 14 degrees during the day.         we'll see what it does.          we go from flooding to blizzard conditions in no time flat.         

I think global warming is a made up fallacy from day one.       one thing I definitely know for sure, absolutely nothing happens without God knowing about it.        absolutely nothing we can do will thwart the intentions and actions of God.         if there is something to global warming, then it's God's plan and there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING we can do to correct it!!!!!          there, I said it.        and I stand by what I said.      

a lot of people have a god complex and they think they can change the climate.          trust me, they ain't gonna change anything, if God isn't in their plans.         and most of these people have done everything they can to take God out of everything.         they will be surprised someday.         when they realize there is a God and that He is a holy God and He never lies and He is always right in what ever He does, it may be too late for them.          all these people want to do is take protein sources away from us, such as beef.       and killing millions of chickens when they aren't sick.        we have a lot of sick people in the government and I hope they get to the bottom of all this very soon.        their agenda is to destroy the farmer and to prevent us from growing our own food.        blaming global warming on the belching and passing of gas by cows is the most absurd thing I've ever heard.         

but those same  people also believe that you can be a man today and a woman tomorrow, and that it's ok for men to play in women sports, that their gender is fluid and that it's ok to be homosexual and live perverted lifestyles and push that off on everyone as being ok.         well, it's not ok and hell is real.        there, I said that too.          I make no apologies for saying it.       because God said it in His word!!!        there are sins that are abominable, and those some of those sins are.         if you don't believe me, read about Sodom and Gomorrah in your bible.         it's all there, unless you have one of those books that has been rewritten  to appease  the perverts.        there, I said  that too and I stand beside it all.        sin is sin is sin.        it has to be dealt with as such.      I'll not sugar coat anything because I don't want to be responsible for you NOT hearing the truth when I had the opportunity to tell you the truth.      

I hope as we keep going thru the bible every day, for as long I feel led to do this, that we can see that there are a lot of people, including each one of us, that have a lot of repenting to do.         we've worshiped the wrong things for far too long.        I do believe that the days ahead of this planet as we know are getting fewer with each passing day.       I do believe that Jesus will be splitting the eastern sky some day soon to gather His own and to take us to His home.         that could happen this very moment, while I'm typing, while you're reading.        are you ready?        if not, now is the time to get ready.   

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time for the "giggle for the day".

Where do polar bears keep their money?

In a snowbank.

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let's do another very quick "2 minutes in the kitchen with me" today.       I had a eureka moment!!!!    there are no  pictures, maybe  next time I'll take pics, this time I just wanted to get done with the project.        y'all  know I've been  working on putting  sweet potatoes and regular potatoes in the freezer.       well, I still had the last batch of sweet potatoes that I had made last week, still in the freezer in the bottom of the fridge.        and today I was going to be oven baking regular potatoes.          so I got the sweet potatoes out and I had actually been giving this some brain time over the weekend and I came up with a really good plan.        much better than just bagging them all in one big bag, I weighed them out into flip top sandwich bags in individual servings.        woohoo!!!!         this is a huge game changer!!!!!         what I'm going to do now, is get all the ones that I've previously frozen, and do the same thing with them.         since I flash froze them in the freezer before bagging them, they don't stick together and it will be easy to re-bag them and get them all fixed where there's at least 3 meals for each of us per gallon bag.      then bag them up where there is at least 3 servings of mine and 3 servings of my husbands potatoes in one bag.         it may not make sense to anyone else, but wow wee, this will be a game changer for me.        instead of bringing 2 big bags of potatoes from the freezer, I'll just have to get one bag that has 4 meals per big bag.       that's wonderful.        I hope I can keep on coming up with ways to streamline some of the things I do to help save time, energy and space in the freezer.         I also hope that this will help some of y'all too, with a good idea that you hadn't thought of before.        I weighed the sweet potatoes out in 3 oz serving per flip top sandwich bag.         for the russet potatoes for my husband, I'll weigh those out in 4 or 5 oz bags.         that should be a good serving size.         we could both eat a gallon ziplock bag at one time, they're that good!!!!!         no kidding, but we need to show a little restraint every now and again.          hahahaha          well, we do.        hahahaha           anyway, I hope this helps some of y'all.

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today we start at Esther.          "for such a time as this" is one of most notable quotes from the book of Esther.        I'm not even gonna get into what the book is about.        I'm just gonna tell you that we must, at all times, be ready for such a time as this.        Esther lived in a time when people wanted her race to be exterminated, completely.        but God!!!!!         a funny thing about the book of Esther, is that God is never mentioned.         it makes no difference, this book is full of faith in God!!!         we see it, whether we read God's name  or not, it's there.        without the  book of  Esther, there  could not have been Jesus.        had they exterminated the Jewish race, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior would not have been born.        so, it is without a doubt, the plan of God that the events in this book took place.       who would have  ever thought  a young  Jewish girl  could save the Jewish race?         God did, Mordecai did.        that's all that counts.        this is a firm reminder that one person can make a difference.        we know that this is true, one person making a difference.        and we can make a difference either for the good or the bad of the community, race, nation or world.         

for instance, one woman, back in the 60's, I believe it was, got God removed from the schools and we now see what that has done to the school system.        it opened the door for indoctrination of the worst kind.         then in the 70's,  one woman screamed rape when in reality she was having an affair with another man and became pregnant and took her case to the court system and was able to get an abortion because she was raped by  a man of color.         no she wasn't raped, she had free will sex with him and pregnancy spilled the beans.        several years later, she was saved by the blood of Jesus Christ, and repented of her sins and went to the courts and told them that it was all a lie.        roe v wade was based on a lie and she was trying to do something about it now.         too late!!!!       everyone loves that they can cheat and have extramarital affairs, have premarital sex, have sex with as many men as they wish and they can get rid of the evidence as easy as tossing a piece of paper in the trash.        only it's a human being.        after 100 million or so abortions being performed, women still stand up and scream about their right to health care.      they have the right to kill a human being under the guise health care.        how dare they!!!!      if they took the time to read up on what an abortion does to the woman body, they might not be so all fired ready to have an abortion.          they might even take a little care and keep their legs  together too, because it's not for the faint of heart.      sorry about the crassness of that, but it's the truth, for those who have something to hide.       make no mistake, it's  not about  women's health.          when I see women picketing and carrying signs it's my body and all the vile filth they say, I can say that there is nothing in them that is even remotely godly in any way, form, shape or fashion.        they do not represent me in any way imaginable as a human being.        they are filled with the devil, doing his work and they don't even know it.        a lot of women who have had abortions have been saved and repented and I know that Jesus Christ has covered their sins with His blood, just as He has covered mine with His blood.       and for the ones who have repented, we'll see them in heaven some day.       for the others, hell is waiting.     

I'm just so thankful for people like Esther.         she had a calling on her life, she had an uncle that knew she had a calling on her life and he was a man of faith.        she answered that call by saying whether I live or or whether I die, I'm going to answer the call.        God is faithful and He was with her every second of her life.         guess what, we all have a calling on our lives.          we either answer the call and live and walk in faith, knowing that God is guiding us every step of the way.         or we turn our backs on the call of God and run with the devil.         either way, we have an eternal destiny ahead of us, are we aware of that?         I pray that we are.       

next time we pick up in Job.

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well, that's about all I have for today.        we'll have to see what tonight brings in the form of snow.      I don't know what tomorrows bible study will look like or if there will even be one.        we'll just have to wait and see.        we have  a lot  to do today and I don't know if we'll even get everything done.       so we'll see.   I've been praying against it, but God is in charge of it all.         if it's His will that I make a snowman, then so be it.         hahaha.       no, I can assure you I won't be out making snow men.         but.......on the slim chance we get a good snow, I might make a bite of snow cream for us.        we could go for  that, but  I could  live the rest of my life and never have a bite of snow cream again.      hahahaha          anyway, I have a couple of good bread baking days ahead of me.         snow days are good bread baking days, just because I said so.        hahaha         oh well, if I do something exciting, I'll let y'all know.       until next time, seek after the heart of God.         we won't be disappointed if we make that our life goal.      blessings of joy and grace be upon us all.         hugs and love, patty

Bible Study and Sweet Potatoes again

good morning my lovelies.          first off, I don't know who prayed for me to have a good night's sleep and rest, but I appreciate it!!!!         thank you so much!!!!!        it looks like we're in for a wild ride this week.      we got 7 inches of rain over the weekend, lots of flooding and now, possibly 4 to 6 inches of snow or more.       well, God is in control so I'll let Him decide what's gonna happen.       and in the mean time, I'll try not to worry about, and just let Him take care of it.       please do pray for the families that have lost loved ones due to flooding.        it's so heartbreaking.          on a different note, I have 3 baby pepper plants that just sprang forth  over the last 2 or 3 days.         I'm quite excited about that.        I have 12 tomato plants too.      the tomatoes are doing really good.        I planted 12 seeds and all of them were good ones.      yay!!!        I don't know if all my peppers will come up or not.         I'm using my 2 hydroponic units from amazon and they each hold 12 seed pods.         so getting 12 out of 12 tomatoes, is fantastic.        but I don't think the peppers are gonna be that prolific because it takes a lot longer for them to sprout and I think some of my pods already have mold growing in them.          so I may have to toss the pods and start more.       I really don't want to do that, but I'll keep hanging with them for another few days and see what happens.  

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let's have the "giggle for the day": 

what do you call an angry carrot?

a steamed veggie!

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let's do a quick "2 minutes in the kitchen with me" again.         I needed to get more sweet potatoes in the freezer, so I got out my "starfrit" peeler from amazon and used it on my sweet potatoes.       it does a fantastic job on sweet potatoes that are still nice and plump.         but if the peel is the least bit wrinkled, it want's to kick the blade down the potato and skips the peeling.        these were good, non wrinkled potatoes.        hahaha         plus the peel is good to just drop in my composter and make compost.     

so as I'm peeling, I'm dropping them in a bowl of water to help keep them from turning dark.         and it also washes them.             once done with all that, I start dicing to about the size of my thumb joint.     some are a little smaller just because of the size of the potatoes.          once I get them all diced, I put them in a bowl and put about 2 tablespoons of avocado oil, depending on the amt of sweet potatoes.      then I put a bit of salt and pepper, then my dehydrated minced onion and garlic.       

once I get them all coated nicely with oil and seasonings, I'll put them on a sheet tray lined with parchment paper and try to make a single layer.       I had so many this time that I had to make 2 trays of sweet potatoes.          so I bake them at 350* for 45 to 50 minutes.        these are about as close to candy as you can get.

I hope to get several more bags of these in the freezer before the spring garden push sets in.        I'm also doing regular potatoes for my husband.         I do them the same way.         as a matter of fact, I have another 5 lb bag of each to get done this coming week and get them in the freezer.        I just put them in the freezer, on the baking sheet, to freeze.         then when I take them off the baking sheets and put them in the zip lock freezer bags, they won't be frozen in a big hard ball.       they be easy to get a serving out and seal back up.       there will probably be between 7 or 8 servings per bag of frozen potatoes, of both kinds.       when I get read to use them, I'll drop them in the air fryer along with what ever meat we're having and crisp them up and get some color on them.         wowzers, they are good.         I hope you give it a try.

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picking back up in Nehemiah today.         when I was thinking about what all I've read this go around when doing my bible reading for the year and my bible study, I'm thinking about where Jesus is in the Old Testament and about the sinful nature of God's chosen people, then and now.        at one point in time, in  the book of 1 Chronicles, we see Jabez and he prayed for God to enlarge his territory so that there would be more people for him to have a good influence on.        Jabez isn't talked about much in the bible, but he made a request of God that God honored and answered.        he made a request that was seeking the heart of God.       he wanted to have a good influence on those who need help.        he just had a heart that was  seeking God.        Nehemiah had  that same heart that was seeking the heart of God.       that has become a theme for me.        it really hit me hard this time around while reading thru the bible.       I've been a Christian for many years, 47 years this year, and I praise Jesus Christ for His sacrifice that covered my sins.       now, I have had to re-evaluate if  I am  seeking after the heart of God.       I see some semi strong areas in my life, but I also see a lot of weaker areas in my life that I will need to address.        I hope while you're doing your own study, that you're asking God to show you where your weaknesses are and He will show to you in His word, while you're reading it, if you're serious about it.       we want to be able to boldly come to God with our requests, like Jabez and Nehemiah did.       I don't know what your service to the Lord will look like any more than I know what mine will look like, but God does.       and regardless of the ridicule we get from those around us, like the ridicule that Nehemiah got, we need to stay strong.       we can't stay strong in our own strength, but we can if we rely on and call on God for each breath we take.        I said earlier about looking for Jesus in the book of Nehemiah.          well we see Jesus all over this book.        Nehemiah was all about restoring the temple and getting the people back to worshiping God.         it is thru worship that we find redemption.        Jesus is all about restoration and redemption.        that's  what the   book of Nehemiah is all about and that's what Jesus is all about.        I truly  believe  that's what we  should be all about too.         we may be the only Jesus that some will ever see.        that's why it's important for us to always be seeking the heart of God.       I need to be more aware of the needs around me.          I need to show more compassion over the needs I see.        Lord help me to be the woman that you designed me to be!!

and be very aware, that when you do start seeking the heart of God, the devil will be all over you at every turn, with every breath just about.        he will be using his scare tactics on you.         he will be doing everything he can to destroy your testimony and scare you and make you weak.        stay strong and stay in the word.         just like the Israelites, we can worship our holy God in a holy way.      

next time we start in Esther.

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well, that's just about I have for today.         let's seek the heart of God in all we do.       let's praise and worship God for all He does for us.        I pray we all have a great day today and we will tell someone that God loves them  and wants to be in right relationship with them thru the shed blood of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.        blessings of peace and strength be ours today.          hugs and love, patty

Bible Study and Potatoes for the freezer

good morning my beautiful friends.          I hope and pray that you are warm and cozy this morning.      it's kinda chilly again in my neck of the woods and I'll have to say it again, I'm ready for spring.         I don't care that big old groundhog said, I want me some spring.        hahaha          you know what, it will be spring when God say's it's spring.           so, I'll figuratively and literally have to "hold my taters" and wait for spring before I can plant them.          hahahaha         well, I know I'm right about that, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.      hahahaha         I am looking forward to gardening this year.         I just pray that my knee holds out for me.         I've been having an issue and I'd appreciate it if you would pray for me that I can make it thru this gardening season.         I'd love for the problem to just disappear, and it will, if it's God's will.         anyway, I thank you in advance for your prayers.        now, let's get on with seeing what this beautiful day holds for us.         I sure hope it's a good one for all of us!!

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another "2 minutes in the kitchen with me".           when I went to Aldi the other day I got another bag of russet potatoes and another bag of sweet potatoes.         so I got them peeled, chopped, seasoned and scratched and dug around finally found enough pans to put everything on and have them ready to go in the counter top oven, one tray at a time.        I use about a tablespoon of avocado oil, a palm full of minced dehydrated onions and garlic, and salt and pepper to taste.       mix that all up real good making sure the oil and seasonings are distributed evenly.

I use parchment paper to line my trays for easy cleanup.           plus it makes it easy to use the spatula to take the potatoes from the parchment.         if they stick to the pan, it's a nightmare, but not with parchment.          once they are baked in a 400 degree oven for 45 to 50 minutes, I let them cool to room temp.           then I pop them in the freezer on the tray to flash freeze.        once frozen completely, I take them from the parchment paper and put them in a freezer bag.        the 2 trays of russets filled a gallon size ziplock bag and the same for the 2 trays of sweet potatoes.           I now have 4 gallon sized bags of ready cooked potatoes in the freezer. 

when I get ready to use them, all I have to do is take out a few of each for our meal and pop them in the air fryer along with what ever else we're having, and meal is ready in no time flat.

the reason I'm doing this is to get rid of the expense of keeping ready made french fries in the freezer all the time.          I know all the ingredients in these.          I used a wonderfully healthy oil on them, and not a lot of it at that.         I minced and dehydrated the onions and garlic myself.         so it can't get much cleaner than that.        these will be handy later on when I'm busy with gardening and what ever else may be going on.         I plan to do a bag each a week for the next 2 or 3 more weeks and that should get us set with our potatoes.         oh, I forgot to tell y'all, we enjoy potatoes.       hahahaha

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we pick up in 1 Chronicles  Chapter 5.         we're looking at all the genealogy and talking about all the kings  up to this particular point in scripture.         one of the things to take away from the 2 books of Chronicles is that we can see what obedience to God does and we can see what disobedience to God does.        some that were disobedient lost their birthright, some lost their lives, some lost their position, some lost their families.         I think it's still the same today.        when we blatantly disobey God today, all of those things can happen.        we just don't look at situations today the same way that God looked at them and the same God still looks at those same situations.            we gloss over sin and make it something desirable when in reality, God calls it detestable, abominable and despicable.       if we learn to look at sin thru the same lens that God sees sin, it would change our perspective drastically.         but we see everything thru the lens that everything is acceptable in the eyes of God.         just so you know, that's a  lie straight from the pits of hell.         obedience results in God's blessings.         I always want to be obedient to God.        I know I'm not always obedient, but I do repent and seek forgiveness.        God is always faithful!!!           and in scripture, obedience led to the promises that God had made for the house and lineage of David.          another takeaway, is to look back and see where God is always faithful and to see where we aren't so much faithful.         looking back can be a source a of hope for the future.       I know that on this side of the cross, I do have a future and that future is because Christ died on the cross for me.        so I can look back and see my many fatal flaws and mistakes, but I can also see and know that Christ is my salvation.         He has covered my past with His blood, and my future is full of the hope that I have in Christ.          everything in the old testament was pointing to the cross.         I'm so thankful that Christ was obedient to His Father.          because we all have a future in Christ, if we want it.       we just have to be obedient and accept Christ as our Lord and Savior. 

I don't know what the direction of the next 1 Chronicles study will take.     stay tuned and we'll find out.

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well, this is where we'll wrap it up today.           I hope you seen something useful here today.       I hope that you are doing your own reading and studying while we are going thru the bible.       I don't know how long I'll keep up the pace of posting every day.        I love it, and I also love posting about what I've done in the kitchen too.        but I feel like I'm about to run out of anything to share from there too.       I don't know what we'll do, but hopefully I can keep doing something.        I pray that we all will have a great day today and that we will be obedient to the call of God over our lives.       being obedient to that call will more than likely put us in a position of servitude to others.         are we ready for that?         I sure hope so.       Lord prepare us to serve You today.          be blessed today!!!     hugs and love, patty

Bible Study and our favorite side, again

good morning from the deep dark tundra this morning.          with all this crazy weather and the snow in Louisiana yesterday,  I don't know what to expect any more.         hahahaha         but we'll take what we get and like it.         that's my Momma used to tell us.         you'll take what you get and like it.         so we'll hang in there with that.        hahahaha          the lowest I seen this morning was 2 degrees and at 7:40am, it's now a whopping 8 degrees.          who knows, it may get to 20 degrees today.        I'll take what we get and thank God for it.         right about now, I'd like to ask someone about their global warming theory.         what's up with that?         I don't know about anyone else, but I do know for sure that God knows what He's doing.          the global theorists, nah, I don't they know what they're doing.        but what do I know.         I know that God is in control, that's what I know.           what about you, what do you know?

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this is one our favorite sides to go with any meal.          so, let's do this quick "2 minutes in the kitchen with me".        this is one of the easiest sides for me to make and it's also one of the most delicious.       I take a bunch of russet and sweet potatoes and peel and dice, then I put them in a bag, separately, and put about a tablespoon of avocado oil in with them and a dash of salt and a dash of pepper and than about a good palm full of dehydrated minced onions and dehydrated minced garlic.

I put them on a sheet pan lined with parchment.         it prevents sticking and easy cleanup.         I'm all over that.          I pop that in a preheated 400 degree oven for 45 to 60 minutes, just depending on the size of the dice that I make with the potatoes.          for us, the darker they are when I take them from the oven, the better.           the sweet potatoes doesn't get as crunchy as the russets, but they are like eating candy!!!   

once they are done, I let them cool for a bit and than I scoop them off the sheet pan and into my lock and lock containers they go and they are good for a week.          I wouldn't keep them any longer, but if you're like us, you won't have to worry about that.         they'll be gone all too soon.         hahaha

this is just one more dish that I use to try to keep from buying ready made of something that has bad oils in it and other things.            so, as long as I make these, I no longer have to use store bought frozen fries,  I use these instead.       

when I get ready to use them, I'll put a scoop of each in the air fryer and heat them up.        they will get even darker than they are now and more crispy.          they are so good!!!!         all I have to do is make sure I have russets for hubby and sweet taters for his sweet tater, me.         hahaha         yes, it's a little more work, but it's worth it.        at least as long as I'm able to do it, I'll keep doing it.        and I also love that I'm using my own dehydrated minced onions and dehydrated minced garlic.        it's wonderful way to use these.          what are you making from scratch that's healthier for you, that you are no longer buying ready made?           I hope you're doing something like this.         maybe this will the inspiration that you need.         I hope so.  

next time I throw some in the air fryer, I'll try to remember to take a pic and show you the difference.  

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we're at Deuteronomy 9 this morning and we can see that Israel is already at it again.         God is reminding them, thru Moses, that any victories they have, is NOT because of their righteousness, but because of the pagan countries wickedness.        that's exactly the way it is now.         anything God does for us is based on God's righteousness only.        we are stubborn just as they were stubborn.         we are still stubborn, even after accepting Christ as our Lord and Savior.          Moses is continuing to remind them of God's faithfulness thru everything they had been thru.         Moses told them that God expected them to fear God, walk with God, love God, serve God with their whole being and to keep His commandments and statutes.          Moses is reminding them of what they have witnessed with their own eyes.         they had lived thru all that Moses was telling them and he was reminding them to remember how faithful God is.        he was telling them to remain faithful to God.      he was telling them to stay strong in the face of what was waiting for them.         it was going to be difficult for them, but not difficult for God.           Moses again tells them to remember what God has done.         tie the words God has spoken, to their hands and to their forehead.         for their hands to put the work in and for the heads to remember God and all He has done for them to this point.       Moses was also telling them to pass all this down to the generations after them.         keep telling the stories of how God saved the Israelites.      keep passing down the legacy of God's provision and protection and promises.          instead of telling fairy tales and jokes, pass down the legacy that God had given to them first hand.         the more we tell of the goodness of Jesus Christ in our lives, the more people will come to know Him.          when we tell others, we're planting seeds of hope.       once again Moses is telling them tear down any and all forms of false god worship that they see in the land that they are to possess.         if they don't, they will be cursed, just like the pagans that worship the false gods.         Moses keep reminding them NOT to do as the pagans have done.         are we still reminded today to not live as the world around us lives?       we are.         we have been called  out and set  apart to live  different lives to that  of what we see in the culture.         but so many are drawn to the temptations of the culture.         when a Christians life looks just like the worldly life around us, something is wrong and more than likely, that so called Christian probably isn't a Christian.         just a wolf in sheep's clothing.        so, we still have to be aware today.        do we need to be reminded today to reject idolatry?           we sure do!!!        there will always be people in our lives that are trying to pull us away from the truth of the word of God.        don't let them.        there is a church here in my community and their tag ling on the their church sign says "we are a welcoming and affirming church".         that tag line came about  when they joined cahoots with another church that was mostly from Sodom and Gomorrah.       that tag line is saying that we will welcome and affirm you right straight to hell.       that's not a church.    it's a cult at best, maybe even a club, but it's not a church.     they did not heed scripture at all.       are you strong enough to get up and walk out of a church like that and never look back?         are you strong enough to try to take a few people with you as you leave?      this is what Moses is telling the people, do not let paganism infiltrate all that we know to be true, by the hands and words of God.       are we strong enough to stand firm?         I ask these questions for myself as much as anything.        because, the time will come when I will have to stand up for something and I pray that I am strong enough to stand for God!!!          Moses goes back into some of the same laws already discussed and goes over them again.         why is that?         because most humans have a very short memory and we need to be reminded again and again of what God has done for us.         again, Moses tells them to observe the Feast of Passover, Feast of Weeks and Feast of Booths.         these are 3 feasts that they were to celebrate as a reminder of the goodness of God forever.         we would do well as Christians, if we could figure out how to observe these today.        some churches actually try to do this.      it's very meaningful for them and symbolic of what God has done for HIs people.       and again, Moses is telling them about justice and administering justice.         he also told them that "when" they decided they wanted a king for themselves, and they eventually would, that the king was to copy all of the laws and all of what Moses was going over them with.          that would be one of the duties of their king to copy all of this and then study it for the rest of their lives.         that sounds like a good idea.        wonder how that would work for today?         yeah, right.

next time well pick up on Deuteronomy 18, till them God bless you all.

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I guess that's about it for the day.        I pray we all have a great day and that we keep God first place in all the we do.          hugs, love and warm blessings to all, patty