Bible Study and my breakfast jars

good morning y'all!!!         I hope you are doing well today.        the sun is shining this morning and it make me wonder if old Punx Phil seen his shadow today.       I say we put too much weight in what a groundhog predicts.       hahahaha        but then again, what do I know.         well, I know that the weather is gonna be what the weather is gonna be, with or without a groundhog.         but I have found that the groundhog is better at predicting weather than most of the weather apps for the phone.       my apps lie to me all the time.         in fact, I call them little liars.         hahahaha        it doesn't hurt their feelings at all, but it makes me feel a little better.        hahahaha          we are supposed to be getting some more rain sometime this week.         we'll have to wait and see.         it's feeling like early spring, but it's still very much winter.        I hope all the trees remember that it's still winter, especially the fruit trees.       oh well, we'll see what happens and just realize that God knows what He's doing, us not so much.         so, let's make today a good day, with it's still today.        sounds like a plan.

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ok, hop to it, you know the drill.        hahahaha        join me in the kitchen for a quick "2 minutes in the kitchen with me".         this is a quick look at what I have for breakfast every morning.        I've been eating this every morning for several years and it just suits me.         there isn't really a recipe, just all the things that I like and a lot of things that are really good for me.  

you can see the oats, then there is peanut butter powder with ground flax on top of that, chia seeds with powdered cranberries on top and crushed stevia on top of that, ginger, real vanilla and then a bag of ginger turmeric shots.        I mix all that together and it's just the flavor I love and all the benefits from all the good stuff in it. 

the stevia I grew and dehydrated the leaves and crushed them.            the cranberries, I dehydrated them and powdered them with some oranges that I also dehydrated.           the cranberry and citrus flavor is something I love.          I also grind my own flax seeds.         I keep that jar in the fridge with ground flax seed all the time.         it's easy to grind them plus it's a whole lot cheaper to grind them than to buy flax meal.          most of the time the flax meal is already rancid.        so that's why I grind it myself.        also if you use flax seed whole, you don't get any of the benefits from the flax seed.         it has to be crushed or ground for the body to absorb the nutrients from the flax seeds.

I mix it with as much water as it takes to get it stirred up real good.         I make 10 of these jars at a time and keep them in the fridge.           every morning I'll take one out and put about 2 tablespoons of coconut milk in and stir it up real good.          the coconut milk will give it a creaminess that I really like too.          this is a breakfast that will keep me going for hours and not get hungry.          plus is also a good breakfast to keep me regular too.         

you can add as little or as much of any ingredient as you want.          you can omit or add anything that you want to add.         it's just a matter of finding what really does your taste buds good.         this is the combo that works with me, but it  may evolve or change with the next batch I make.        it's really good.           give it a try, you may love it too, or do your own version.

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today we pick up at 2 Samuel Chapter 2.         David has been a man after God's own heart.      David lusting after another mans wife lead to murder and blood shed, by David.         David had done evil in the eyes of the Lord.      God reminded David, thru the prophet Nathan, all the things that God had for David and would have continued to bless David.        but he done this heinous thing.        David recognized his sin against God and told him that God would let David live, but the child of his Bathsheba would die.        sin always has a hefty price.        sometimes we see the price, sometimes we don't see the price.       but sin always comes with a hefty price tag.       sin just keeps happening and it was found out.      when others take revenge in their own hands, it's always bad.       but sin has to be dealt with.        it's sad to say, but people have always been ready willing and able to do the wrong thing and we see a lot that happening right here.        brother against brother.     son against father.      and none of it's good.         evil happens when we shut God out of our decision making.    as a matter of fact, we've been seeing a lot that here lately.        but even now, God will exact His revenge.        we just have trust that and make sure that we are not part of the problem against God.        as my husband always says, "people gonna be people".          we just have to make sure that we are God fearing people.

well pick up next time at 2 Samuel Chapter 16.

you know what, we sin.       we all sin.         every day, we sin.        we even choose to sin.       sometimes we set the stage for generational sin, that just keeps happening.        we have the power, with God's help to break those generational sin habits.        but we have to want it.         God still is waiting to help us just as He helped David and his family.        we just have to call on God to help us.       He will.   

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I pray that we all have a wonderful day today.     let's keep God first place in all we do.        enjoy the sunshine today if at all possible.        may mercy, grace and peace be ours today.         

hugs and love, patty