This Bible Verse tugged at my heart strings today!
"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people..." ~Ephesians 1:18
When the eyes of our hearts are opened, we can appreciate the love and riches that He sends to us, even in the mess of this Earthly life. Adjusting our attitudes to look for the blessings, results in us actually experiencing MORE of the blessings and riches, because we are more aware of them.
I pray that today the Lord will open the eyes of my heart, and yours, that we might appreciate the blessings and riches our Father bestows up on us.
Amen
Showing posts with label blessings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blessings. Show all posts
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Mommy's Inexpensive Blessing Recipe #2
Homemade Pizza!
In an effort to bless my family and the budget, I am posting some recipes we are using to save money and eat healthy at home!
One of my best tips is to portion out the meats you buy, and not use an entire package, but save some for other recipes! I did that with 1 lb. of sausage in this recipe! We used about 1/3 of the pound for the pizza - the rest is cooked in my fridge ready for another recipe later this week!
Okay - here is what we used:
Packaged Pizza Kit - 2 dough, 2 sauce = $2.75
1/3 lb. of sausage = $.75
1 package of pepperoni = $.98
Shredded cheese = $1.50
Can black olives = $1.00
Grand Total for meal feeding a family of 5 = $6.98
We made 2 pizzas! The first was all pepperoni and 1/2 with sausage for the adults.
The 2nd pizza was for the kids. They then got to "decorate" their own 1/4 pizza with whatever they wanted!
I used sauce to divide the pizza into fourths and wrote their initials on their pieces. The kids loved choosing what to put on - and did not complain at all about eating their pizza! :)
The pizza turned out really delicious - and my budget was happy too! :)
Blessings!
~Kristen
In an effort to bless my family and the budget, I am posting some recipes we are using to save money and eat healthy at home!
One of my best tips is to portion out the meats you buy, and not use an entire package, but save some for other recipes! I did that with 1 lb. of sausage in this recipe! We used about 1/3 of the pound for the pizza - the rest is cooked in my fridge ready for another recipe later this week!
Okay - here is what we used:
Packaged Pizza Kit - 2 dough, 2 sauce = $2.75
1/3 lb. of sausage = $.75
1 package of pepperoni = $.98
Shredded cheese = $1.50
Can black olives = $1.00
Grand Total for meal feeding a family of 5 = $6.98
We made 2 pizzas! The first was all pepperoni and 1/2 with sausage for the adults.
The 2nd pizza was for the kids. They then got to "decorate" their own 1/4 pizza with whatever they wanted!
I used sauce to divide the pizza into fourths and wrote their initials on their pieces. The kids loved choosing what to put on - and did not complain at all about eating their pizza! :)
The pizza turned out really delicious - and my budget was happy too! :)
Blessings!
~Kristen
Friday, March 25, 2011
Mommy Guilt...Blessing Your Family Your Way!
Lately, the guilt of not having enough time with God has been weighing heavily on my heart.
My children have been sick. I have been sick. My mommy responsibilities do not end just because I don't feel well...and I feel guilty about it! I also feel guilty that I barely have enough time to physically care for my family, let alone spiritually nurture them and myself.
There are so many life coaches, spiritual leaders, and influential speakers who insist that taking time early in the morning to have that all-important one-on-one time with God, is the most important thing a mom can do to bless her family.
I have gone through the process of feeling very guilty that I am not a morning person, and that I am failing to bless my family because I don't enrich my own relationship with the Lord each morning.
Well, I have to admit, that I no longer feel this guilt!
I have found many other ways to spend that time with God, praying over my family, my house, and enriching my own spiritual life!
Here are just a few examples of what I have started to do as a busy mom to enrich my own daily journey with our Lord:
1. Praying over each room of the house as I clean it!
2. Praying as I fold the laundry, blessings for each body part that the laundry touches!
3. Keeping a Bible in each bathroom, and reading a bit whenever I am heeding my body's call of nature. If I am doing a Bible study, I keep that book there too.
4. Blogging about the scriptures that reach out and grab a hold of my heart.
5. Blessing each child and my husband by praying with them at bed time, and for them after they are sound asleep.
I don't have to feel guilty that my morning does not start with the Lord...because it DOES!!! I say a prayer before I get out of bed, that the Lord will bless my day, and that everything that I do will bring Him glory!
I don't spend an hour, or even half an hour, basking in the Glory of the Lord, to start my day. That's okay.
Spread the Glory and Blessings throughout your day, and be continually reminded of the Love He bestows upon us every moment of every day.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
"Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus."
My children have been sick. I have been sick. My mommy responsibilities do not end just because I don't feel well...and I feel guilty about it! I also feel guilty that I barely have enough time to physically care for my family, let alone spiritually nurture them and myself.
There are so many life coaches, spiritual leaders, and influential speakers who insist that taking time early in the morning to have that all-important one-on-one time with God, is the most important thing a mom can do to bless her family.
I have gone through the process of feeling very guilty that I am not a morning person, and that I am failing to bless my family because I don't enrich my own relationship with the Lord each morning.
Well, I have to admit, that I no longer feel this guilt!
I have found many other ways to spend that time with God, praying over my family, my house, and enriching my own spiritual life!
Here are just a few examples of what I have started to do as a busy mom to enrich my own daily journey with our Lord:
1. Praying over each room of the house as I clean it!
2. Praying as I fold the laundry, blessings for each body part that the laundry touches!
3. Keeping a Bible in each bathroom, and reading a bit whenever I am heeding my body's call of nature. If I am doing a Bible study, I keep that book there too.
4. Blogging about the scriptures that reach out and grab a hold of my heart.
5. Blessing each child and my husband by praying with them at bed time, and for them after they are sound asleep.
I don't have to feel guilty that my morning does not start with the Lord...because it DOES!!! I say a prayer before I get out of bed, that the Lord will bless my day, and that everything that I do will bring Him glory!
I don't spend an hour, or even half an hour, basking in the Glory of the Lord, to start my day. That's okay.
Spread the Glory and Blessings throughout your day, and be continually reminded of the Love He bestows upon us every moment of every day.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
"Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus."
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