Theme Song Thursday -- The Sovereign LORD Reigns!

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The Super Lord Reigns

Isa. 50:4-5a

"The Sovereign LORD has given me His words of wisdom, so that I know how to comfort the weary. Morning by morning He wakens me and opens my understanding to His will. The Sovereign LORD has spoken to me, and I have listened."

Grabbed by these verses today, I began to imagine and to ponder. . .then did some hurried research about the word "Sovereign," after noticing the word "reign" inside the larger word.  Have I seen that before?  I do not remember, but it captivated me.

Tummy Pleasing Tuesday Tip

Alongside of my current cranberry craving is a muffin hankering.  Often these two marry into delicious bliss.

Freestyling Trim Healthy Mama produces satisfaction, energy and health, but sometimes produces challenge, like finding a toothsome E muffin.

As of the time of this writing my two favorite E muffins are:

Chocolate Banana Muffins (p. 283 in the THM Cookbook; I make 1/3 or a recipe)

Strawberry Muffins (p. 281), which I tweak by adding more fruit like blueberries, cranberries, peaches, apples, etc.  Because this recipe is a FP, I know that adding non-FP fruit, I can safely stay in E mode.  And I love the texture and flavor of this muffin.

What tweaks are you making in your THM journey?


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Neglected

It feels great to be writing consistently lately.

Of course, you wouldn't know about that here, because I have taken a writing challenge outside of this realm.  I believe it will help me to post more consistently here, just not during November.

That being said, I will encourage you to check out a fabulous THM friendly recipe, which I made this afternoon, and which you can find at alldayidreamaboutfood.com .

Here's what mine looked like; I made a 1/2 recipe and baked it in an 8" round cake pan for 25 minutes:

Cranberry Orange Coffee Cake; recipe from All Day I Dream About Food.

On the topic of THM, I am gearing up for my next Fuel Cycle, which will start immediately after Thanksgiving Day.  My first one was incredibly hard initially, and incredibly beneficial finally.  Otherwise I would not be planning another one! Planning ahead to have the right items on hand will be a key.

What new THM recipes have you tried lately?

What feedback or questions do you have about a THM Fuel Cycle?


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Invisible Savings

Breaking one of my unwritten rules here, I am posting this article on both blogs.

For the sake of context, though, I will tell you here that I have been shopping for a bookend or bookends for weeks now; I have a collection of writing-related books stacked on my desk, which I want organized bookshelf-style instead.  The price of $10 or more prevents me from buying a set of bookends, because I'd rather spend that $10 on food or clothes.

This morning I spent approximately 30 seconds from the time I Google searched "diy bookends" until I found the following brilliant idea at Lifehacker.com:

It works incredibly well, and I am at least $9.00 richer because of this hack.

What hacks are you employing lately?



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Bread for Today

In the natural, I made a loaf of THM Sprouted Wheat Bread, something I have not taken the time to do for months.  The process was simple, yet fulfilling; the resulting loaf was delicious and nourishing -- truly a BLISS, which I need to pursue more regularly.

Supernatural bread for today started as a musing about how to love the broken in our world.  Jesus' wise instruction to love others as I love myself reminded me that self love is the beginning of pouring the Father's heart upon others. Every one of us is broken and traumatized to some degree and in need of a Physician.  Tenaciously pursuing wholeness and healing for myself truly must be a priority; our family's beloved first pediatrician continually exhorted me to take care of me/Mom, so that I could take care of our kiddos.  The flight attendants remind us to put our own oxygen mask on before we try to help someone else. Yes, current culture understands this concept.

Why is it so difficult for Christ followers?  One reason, I believe, is the stigma, the SHAME, that religious culture affixes to people "who don't have it altogether."  The enemy loves this lie and works with religious culture to perpetrate it far and wide.  The TRUTH is that we all are in need of the Physician -- that's why He came to save the WORLD.  Shine the light on SHAME, dare greatly and run after personal wholeness and healing.  You will be amazed at the good that will result.

When I mentioned "religious culture," I was not meaning the church, the Body of Christ.  Nope.  I was speaking of a mindset that is empowered supernaturally.  At itmes this culture/mindset does show up in our local churches, though. Sadly church people will sometimes treat other church people worse than a stray dog, despite the model we see in how Jesus loved His disciples and those who followed Him. (You might want to read up on how He dealt with the religious culture of His day chronicled in the stories of most of His interactions with the Scribes and Pharisees, too.) Christ also said to love each other as He loved us.  Unfortunately, the church is known as being the only army that shoots its own wounded.  This should not be!  Come alongside those in the Body of Christ who are pursuing wholeness and healing.  They are part of the group of people that you and I are meant to love as we love ourselves.

The other part of that group are those who are not part of His Body.  Guess what?  The same instructions apply in regard to them.  Love them as you love yourself.  Because it's the kindness of God that leads people to Him, we are to be the conduits of His Kindness.  Be famous for love, as Sherri Silk says.  See people the way He sees them -- created in His image and likeness.  Honor, respect and love everyone around you, brokenness and all.


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Found it!

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Miscellany

WARNING:  I cannot remember, nor verify if I blogged about the following gems, "freebies," or not. The new layout of my blog has me flummoxed; do you feel the same way?
 
Officially The Ark Christian Academy opened for classes on Monday, August 17.  Happily The Ark Christian Academy logged in two days of field trips mid-week last week.  Never having started school in this relaxed manner before, I find it exactly what I need this year, especially given that I have been sick for a week now.  Thanks be to God, I am steadily improving!

Freebie #1:

If your dentist offers you Nitrous Oxide before your dental procedure, gladly accept.  You will thank me later!  (Now you can write me and tell me all of the reasons this is a bad health decision -- I am that certain that it won't change my mind:)

Freebie #2:

Are you a Google Calendar and an Outlook Calendar user?  (Yes, I do keep two different calendars on two different platforms; it works for me.  I have tired various approaches over these many years. Feel free to make other suggestions!)  If so, you might want to try initially scheduling your appointments and events on the Google Calendar, and then invite yourself via an email address that you open with Outlook's inbox.  You can then simply accept the invitation with the drop down choices that show up in the email; I choose "accept and do not send a reply," since I am the one who invited myself.

Freebie #3:

Bullet Journaling is worth a "look-see" if you are some who writes things down even though you use other digital means to organize other parts of your life.  There are many, many fabulous videos and blogs out there with lots of amazing ideas about how to use a Bullet Journal.  Find the originator's video here:  http://bulletjournal.com/.  I pretty much follow his basic plan, though I love the creativity and beauty of other bullet journals I have seen.  When I find that I have time to make mine more beautiful, I'm sure I will.  For now my simple analog journal is keeping me on track in this digital age!

As a matter of updating on some topics I know I have blogged about before, I am still living the Trim Healthy Mama way, though I don't always stay on plan.  I hope to do better now that we have more of a routine.  Ultimately I know that it is what's inside of me that will determine how diligently I follow the plan.

Also, I have not written much about our summer adventures as of yet -- finding it difficult to put into words.   I can say, however, that something I blogged about earlier is something I seem to be putting into practice more and more.
(http://abdemoss.blogspot.com/2015/04/fingerprints-and-next-dot.html)
Saying "yes" to God, even when every part of my soul and body are saying "no" is a faith builder. And faith is most definitely spelled "risk."  More on this in a soon-coming post.

Gotta dash out to the bank and to buy some beloved local farm-raised EGGS!

What'supwi'you?

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This is my prayer this week!



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Did You Notice?

 This is ONLY for my regular readers and followers. . .ok, the rest of you can read this, also.  I was only teasing.  Who am I to discourage anyone from reading my little ol' blog?

  I chose a different blog template recently; did you notice?  I'd love your thoughts and feedback in regard to it.  I feel like I need change often, so my blog reflects that at times.


And today's random:

  I was grocery shopping this morning, using my re-usable shopping bag horde. The cashier who was waiting on me does NOT like the re-usable shopping bags.  I have been in her "line" before, and each time she comments offhandedly about how she does not like those bags.  Honestly I try to avoid her line because I know it pains her to wait on someone like me.  As far as that goes, I'd rather we both be enjoying the shopping experience as much as possible.  As I could not avoid being in her line (read that as not enough lines open), there I was.  She grudgingly greeted me, and I cheerily replied.  She began listlessly loading my frozen and cold items in one of my freezer bags; "great!" I silently cheered.  After she filled one of my "least of these" bags, I re-positioned my bag o' bags (whilst she was busy and NOT looking) with the other freezer bag on top and my best bags next; in her defense, the "least of these" was the next one in the pile.  I said nothing except cheerful thank-you's as we both endured the process -- me with a smile and her with lips in a grim line.  Then I heard her sadly mutter, "I don't pack these kinds of bags very well." My heart stirred with compassion for her -- silently I released blessings and peace over her.  And I am thankful that I was privileged to be in her line this morning.  She needed me and what I carry of the #Kingdom.  I needed her to stir my compassion and to give away what Jesus gave me.

  Someone once told me that I pick up on lots that is going on in a given situation, which seems to be true.  What I have realized is that I often misinterpret after the observation.  This morning I was reminded that even Paul did not always hear and discern correctly, (it's right there in The Book).  I need Holy Spirit and His gifts soooooo much!  Still a work in progress here:).

So, what do ya think about the new template?

What's your random from today?


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Closure, Commencement and a Freebie

  Students are finishing their school subjects and turning in books, notebooks, papers and textbooks.

  I taxi persons to the local community college for a registration advising appointment and to the BMV for an ID card.

  Another birthday and another graduation ahead.

  Sorting, packing away and tidying are soon to follow.

  Final prep for the Fall semester awaits -- only approximately 2% left undone.

  Dressed in spring green, purples, pinks, white and yellow, nature beckons, suggesting a nice long visit.

  These are some of my joys of this spring day.

  What's blisses are you experiencing today?

  Today's Freebie:  If you have ever opened up Microsoft Word to find that your cursor has inexplicably grown rotund or skinny:

• Open your Control Panel's Ease of Access.  
• Find "Make the Computer Easier to See" or something similar to that verbage.  
• Scroll down to the part about the width of the cursor, which has a drop down numbered selection box and corresponding example box. 
• Choose your preferred visually pleasing size, select Apply and viola!  And don't wait for months to fix this; it's not worth it for such an easy-peasy adjustment! 

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Your Love is better than life!!!


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Planting a Faith Seed

  It's a small seed, but it's mine.

  Today's lesson so far is:  take time to understand; pray (listen), think deeply and talk out loud to myself about it before talking to someone else in any format, written or spoken.

  Some lessons recent:

• say "yes" to God.  All of your "yes"es add up to steps on your journey.
• listen and believe
• my negative feelings are often misguided

    What lessons, insights are blooming inside of you today?

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OH YES!!!  COME ON!!!

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Theme Song Thursday on Friday:)

LOVE THIS!!!  Soak and enjoy, friends.


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