I have done some posts about life insurance before and I have stated that many people don’t carry life insurance on their children. I think in most cases, people probably just don’t think about it. In some cases,though, I think people don’t want to think about it!! What about you? Do you carry life insurance on your children?? Do you have any on your spouse or yourself?
Life Insurance is something we don’t like to think or talk about, because we feel in some way that it makes dying more real or that it might jinx us in some silly way. I think it’s necessary, though,because the cost of EVERYTHING is so high!!
So, Memorial Weekend is here!! This is the jump start of our summer camp season here at Fort Faith Camp!! It’s so exciting!! =)
I won’t be around much in the next few days because I am the head cook at camp and I will be slaving in the hot kitchen all weekend!! I love my “job”!!! Plan to help out some, too, with the chores as I am able!!
Let us not forget the “reason” for this weekend and remember all the fallen heroes that make this country what it is!! I believe our country is, always has been, and always will be the greatest!!!
Someone asked me the other day if I could give them any fresh ideas on how to lose weight fast. They have a reunion to go to this summer and want to lose a few pounds quickly. I just laughed and said, “Look at me (persons name), do I look like I know how to lose weight fast?” LOL I am 5′ 1″, and I weight just about 200 pounds. I don’t think I am in any position to give any one weight loss tips!! Do you??? =)
Every year, since he went to heaven, we go and plant flowers at my sons grave site. We take “the girl” (my daughter) out of school and we go with my mother-in-law, my husbands grandma, his sister and some cousins of his and we all go down to the cemetery to plant flowers. Several other family members are buried in this same cemetery so, we visit all of the grave sites and put flowers on all of them.
We don’t visit Eli’s grave very often because it makes us sad to be there and because we know it’s only his earthly body there. He (his soul, his spirit, all that made him him) is in heaven where we will join him someday when we are done with this earthly life.
Why God chose to take my son home at the tender age of 10, I may never know, but I trust that He has a reason and that He is in control. Nothing happens in my life that doesn’t have His stamp of approval on it. Anyway, I thought I would share these photos with you …
In the first one, you can actually see all four of us!! (Eli’s picture is engraved in the stone) =)
We have faith that our son is in heaven with his Saviour, Jesus Christ…Do you know where you are going when you die?? You can!! Leave me a comment if you don’t know or to tell me why you do!!
One thing my neighbors don’t have in their gorgeous log home is a fireplace. I often wonder why they don’t have one. I am going to have to ask them about it. There is nothing like cuddling in front of a warm fire on a cold winter night. And they just give off such a cozy feeling in the home, too!!
I like the good old fashion fire places that you actually put wood in and burn the wood to make a fire. My sister-in-law and her husband have a gas fire place. I think it’s hooked right into their propane. Those are nice, but I don’t like it when it’s really obvious that they are gas. Some of them have really cool fake logs that look like the real thing!! I only recently heard that they make an electric fireplace . I don’t think those look real at all, but they are effective as a means to heat an area that may otherwise be cold!!
What do you think? Do you like wood, gas or electric fireplaces???
This is a super-great-fantastic-wonderful-DELICIOUS recipe especially for this time of year!! Early rhubarb is a treat for us around here!! WE LOVE IT!! I got this recipe several years ago from my MIL. She is a great cook/baker!!! Today I share with you…..
Rhubarb Upside Down Cake
What you need:
4-6 cups rhubarb (washed and cut into 1/2 inch pieces)
1- 1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 – 3/4 cup flour
1 yellow cake mix (can use recipe for 9×13 yellow cake from scratch instead if you desire)
What to do:
wash and cut rhubarb
toss rhubarb, sugar and flour together in a large bowl
grease and flour your 9×13 pa baking pan
add rhubarb, sugar and flour mixture to your pan; pouring the extra sugar and flour over rhubarb in pan
prepare cake mix as directed and pour over rhubarb in 9×13
bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean…will take a smidge longer than if you made just the plain cake
my in-laws love to serve this cake with a dab of vanilla ice cream, you could also use cool whip!
today i write for me….not because i have a deadline or a certain meme i want to link up with, but for me. this week i haven’t joined in on the weekly memes i usually do and i did that on purpose. i needed a break, i needed to be free from my “obligations”, if you will. and before i get comments and e-mails saying i don’t have to link up every week….i know that, really i do…but today i blog because i want to, because i need to, for myself…
i find that blogging gets my thoughts out of my head where they can be dangerous and gloomy and threatening and it puts them out somewhere where i can look at them in a different way and deal with them in a healthier way….it kind of separates them from me. it probably doesn’t make sense to some, but it works for me!! =)
believe it or not, and some of you will not, and that’s OK. but, believe it or not, i have a good heart (as good as a sinful, but saved by grace, human being can have anyway). i think all people should be treated equally, regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, wealth and anything else that can separate one group of people from another. that’s not to say i agree with everything a particular group does or doesn’t do, but they should be treated with respect and dignity. they should be prayed for and loved just like anyone else.
i try my very hardest to find the good in everyone, no matter how long or hard i have to look. and up until recently, i thought that everyone possessed at least some good in them. i felt that God makes people and God would never make something that didn’t have at least some redeeming value in it, right? i have recently realized that some people have taken the good God gave them and either destroyed it completely or buried it so deep that it can’t get out anymore. i have found that some people have let the devil take over their lives and given him the place that God should have had. they lie, steal, cheat, manipulate, cast blame, and just in general are not nice people. they are selfish and bitter and lash out to hurt others. and as a part of that, they don’t see this in themselves but seem to project it onto others and claim to see it in their lives. it is so very sad to me that they can’t even see that they are like this. the devil has tricked them into thinking they are right and anyone who isn’t like them is wrong or bad.
people who “suffer” in this way often blame it on something that happened to them in their childhood and/or a condition they have. someone molested them or beat them or hurt them in some other way. or they suffer from a mental disorder. that is a cop-out!! i can say that because i had a very tough childhood and i am also diagnosed with and documented to have bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder (among other things). my parents were separated and/or divorced either just before i was born or just after, i am not sure which but i know they were not together when i was taken from my mother at 18 months old for neglect because then i was placed in my father’s care for several years after that and was taken from him for physical and sexual abuse. from there i went to a “foster” home and the woman who took care of me there ended up adopting me. at 17 i left home after enduring years and years of physical and emotional abuse.
i am NOT in a any way shape or form saying i was a perfect child or teen(or that i am perfect now, for that matter, because i wasn’t, am not,and never will be while i am here on this earth)!!! i was naughty just like everyone else. and because of everything i went through as a child, i did have a lot of issues to deal with through counseling and therapy and such. and i did have to have therapy and medications and counseling and things like that for the “mental issues” i have. and yes, i got rude with my parents just like EVERY child does at one time or another. i didn’t do what i was told to do from time to time, just like EVERY other child does!! i lied to my parents occasionally, just like EVERY other child does (for the most part). i am ashamed to say it, but i did have a problem with stealing as a child and a teen but i have admitted it, repented and asked for forgiveness for it, which is all i can do now. BUT, considering where i came from and what i went through, it could have been a lot worse. i didn’t drink and party and and sleep around and do drugs, or any of those kinds of things. although, i did not have a good grasp on the difference between right and wrong, lies and truth, good and bad. i had been taught by example that lies were OK, that in a lot of cases bad was good and wrong was right. and i thought that the way i was brought up was normal. it was hard to keep everything straight.
then through some good relationships i slowly learned that lying is wrong and that i don’t have to lie to make and keep friends, in fact that is a good way to LOSE friends!! i learned that lesson the hard way in high school, unfortunately. but i learned it nonetheless. and i am so thankful i did, because now i have so many healthy relationships. i learned that there are people who will love me unconditionally, faults and all. that i don’t have to be perfect to be loved. i learned that everything good in my life comes from God and that He has allowed everything that has happened for a reason. i have learned that God doesn’t make mistakes and He is always in control, even though i may not always understand. i learned that with God’s help i can be different than those that hurt me, so i don’t have to repeat that cycle. i learned that i can forgive those who hurt me and not let that hurt and pain define who i am. i can CHOOSE to let my past hurt me and prevent me from doing God’s will for my life by being bitter and mad and depressed and feeling sorry for myself or i can allow God’s love and grace to wash all that away and I can live my life for Him. that is what i choose!! because being bitter and depressed and feeling sorry for myself only hurts me, it only makes my life miserable, and it gives satan reason to rejoice because i can’t effectively live my life for God if i live that way! and personally, i don’t want to give satan glory, i want to give God glory!!!
thanks for stopping by, sorry you didn’t find my “normal” posts this week about random things like weight loss and recipes, but fear not, i will likely be back in the swing of things next week!! thanks for “listening” to my ramblings. please vote on my new poll and let me know what you think…
It has been my experience that you don’t get permanent results as often with quick weight loss, as opposed to weight loss over a longer period of time. By that, I mean that the longer it takes t lose the weight, the longer it stays off. As least that is what I hear most often. And also that has been true for me, for the most part.
Someone asked me what my feelings are on the importance of being happy and healthy or skinny or both. And if I feel you have to be skinny to be healthy. Not necessarily is my answer. I feel that you can be “skinny” and not healthy or “fat” and unhealthy. Healthy doesn’t mean you have to be a tooth pick. I think someone who is 10 pounds over their “ideal” weight can actually be healthier than someone who is their “ideal” weight.
Of course it depends on the person, too. MY goal for this next year is to eat things I know are healthy for me (fruit, vegetables, lean meat, more fresh food/less processed, and whole grains) and to get more exercise (walking, gardening, jogging, jumping on my trampoline). And if I don’t lose a lot of weight even though I do all these things, then I will at least be healthier!!! Healthy is what is important to me!!
What lengths would you go to to be thin? Or skinny, or whatever word you want to use?? Would you ever go as far as to buy a diet pill. Would a drug company convince you to buy phentermine?? Or another diet pill?? Would you ever have surgery to help you lose weight?? How important is being skinny to you??
Now another question….do you think it’s more important to be skinny or healthy?? Or are you someone who thinks they are one and the same? Can you be healthy and not skinny? Can you be skinny and not healthy?
That is my poll question for the day, which is more important to you … being skinny, healthy or happy. Or is it a combination??? You can find my poll over there —————————————————>>>>>
Did you know you COULD know for sure…many don’t!! There are just a few things you need to do in order to know that!! The actual work has already been done, but you must accept what has been done!! Let me show you…
First, you must realize that God loves you. ~John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosever believeth in Him should not perish , but have everlasting life.”
Secondly, you must realize that everyone is a sinner. ~Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”
Thirdly, you must realize that sin has a price that must be paid. ~ Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Fourthly, you must realize that Jesus Christ died and rose from the dead to pay your sin debt for you. ~ Romans 5:8 “But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Finally, you must pray, ask Jesus Christ to be your Saviour, and claim His promise of eternal life. ~Romans 10:9, 13 “Thas if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him form the dead, thou shalt be saved…For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
If you have already accepted Christ as your Saviour, Congratulations!! If you are not yet, I would recommend you get into a good, Bible believing, Bible preaching Church and find out how you can serve those in your community. If you have just asked Jesus Christ as you Saviour as a result of reading this , please leave me a comment so I can pray for you. I would also recommend that you get into a good, Bible believing, Bible preaching Church and find out how you can serve those in your community. I would also suggest you talk to someone about scriptural Baptism. If you have questions about that, I can help you, just let me know!!
If you know anyone who isn’t sure they would go to heaven when they die, please share this important information with them. I know it can be a daunting task, but isn’t it worth it to be secure in where you/they will spend eternity? Because, hey , weWILL ALLhave to spend eternitySOMEWHERE!! I preferHEAVEN!!
Due to some stress going on my life right now, I feel the need for EASY….I am feeling quite down and have no desire to do ANYTHING I don’t have to!! Having the hubby pick up something simple for the next few nights. Maybe frozen pizzas, Banquet Chicken, frozen lasagna, who knows what….hope everyone has a fabulous week!! I don’t ask for this often but please keep me in your prayers…
Maybe it’s just me, but I am kinda getting sick of kids (mostly boys, but I am seeing more and more girls , too) wearing their pants around their hips. I mean, listen boys….I.Do.Not.Care.To.See.Your.Boxers. No matter how “cool” you think they are. They are your underwear!!!! They are supposed to be UNDER your clothes, not hanging out all over!!
I can understand (a little) wanting to fit in and be cool. And I can understand ( a little) if you want to wear hip hop clothing, because you want to fit in and be “cool”, but COME ON!!! This is one trend that IS.NOT.COOL. It’s actually quite annoying. I am not one of those old fuddy-duddys that thinks girls should wear skirts to the ankle and long sleeves and boys should wear long pants and button up shirts 24/7 or anything fanatic like that, but I do think you should wear clothing that fits properly!!! And if your pants are to big, they make things to help that….It’s called a belt people!!! And they aren’t that expensive!!!
