The girls had a two hour dealy this morning because of the Ice which is encased most everything. Oh .........I am longing for spring !!!!!!!!
Hugs, GG
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Sledding
The Only picture that come out from yesterdays snow day. Son-in- Law and our Grand-daughters having a ball.
The girls had a two hour dealy this morning because of the Ice which is encased most everything. Oh .........I am longing for spring !!!!!!!!
Hugs, GG
The girls had a two hour dealy this morning because of the Ice which is encased most everything. Oh .........I am longing for spring !!!!!!!!
Hugs, GG
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
It's Snowing.............Again.
It is the Winter that never ends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No School. for the kiddies. Me and Papa are taking them Sledding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whoo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs, GG
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Baking Cookies at Grammy Goo's
The house smells just lovely and I am up to my ears in cookies.
Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip and today's featured cookie:
Oatmeal Almond Raisin Cookies
1 cup margarine or butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups Quicker Quaker Oats or Old-Fashioned Quaker oats, uncooked
1 cup raisins
1 cup shaved or slivered Almonds
3 Tablespoons Maple Syrup
Heat oven to 350°F.
Beat together margarine and sugars and syrup until creamy.
Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well.
Stir in oats , almonds and raisins; mix well.
Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to wire rack.
Makes about 4 dozen.
All lovingly prepared today but Grammy-Goo in anticipation of 3 cookie-monsters coming for the weekend. Well, one is a cookie monster in the making, he doesn't have his teeth yet.
Hugs & Prayers, GG
Friday, January 16, 2009
Personal Evangelism ....Sharing our Faith
I got to thinking yesterday about the many opportunities that the Lord gives us to share our faith.
I know some people struggle in this area. I never really did, as young girl ( was saved when I was a teenager) many moons ago.
I wanted everyone to know about Jesus!!.
One of my favorite places to go was to the Christian Book store to buy tracks and if I could save $30.00 I could get a case of Black NIV Bibles. Whoo Hoo!
I'd spend days just taking the bus back and forth across the city dropping tracks, talking about Jesus and giving out Bibles to anyone that asked Him to be their Lord and Saviour. I loved it .
As I got older and spent some time in corporate America I realized not everyone wanted to "talk" about Jesus. Everyone knew I was a "Christian", and if they had family problems or illnesses they would come and ask me to pray for them.
Several of my co-workers came to Christ over the years. The most significant was when Rita ( my first boss) developed bone cancer. By that time we had both left our jobs at this company. Rita's cancer progressed fast. I knew Rita was a 'religious' lady, but I was not sure in my heart that she knew Jesus as her Lord. We had talked about God and religious "things". For years I talked to her about a relationship with Jesus.
I loved this lady like another Mother, she was just a kind-hearted woman. Always wonderful to me. She made sure the years I worked I never missed a program the children we doing , never a play, never missed one thing the children had at school.
It was a Saturday morning and I was doing dishes and Rita had been in the hospital a couple of days and I had such a sense of urgency to go see her immediately in the hospital. I remember going quickly into the Living room, and telling John I needed to go see Rita right away.
I left for the hospital and found Rita listening to "old" songs on a little radio in her room. Her husband Bob had died the year before. As soon as I entered her room I was overcome with emotion.
Literally sobbing, I just loved her so much and knew she was not ready to go home. She held my hand trying to comfort me. My dear friend , that was so like her.
After small Chit-chat , I got up to leave never having told Rita why I was really there, never telling her I knew God sent me there to share the gospel with her once again. I got up kissed her check and tenderly hugged her frail body. I knew she would not be with us long. I quietly left her room .
As I got directly outside her room , I was racked with sobbing I could just not control. My dear friend, I loved her so much, I had failed her , I had not shared Jesus with her. I didn't want her to think I thought she wasn't going to heaven, I was scared to face this eternal question with her when I knew she was at deaths door. I never felt so empty.
As these thoughts whirled about in my head I heard the faint sound of crying coming from Rita's room. It was her. Quietly crying. I do not know how quickly it happened , but the next thing was I found myself beside her bed telling her how much I loved her and what an inspiration she had been in the life's of so many people and that now was the time to make sure that when she passed from this life she would be received into the loving arms of Jesus.
Both of us were gently sobbing now and Rita prayed with me and asked Jesus to come into her heart and life and to be her Lord and her Savior.
The room became full of the peace of God that passes all understanding. I knew without a doubt that Jesus was there and that He heard Rita's prayer and He had saved her. We stay for quite a while after that just looking at each other , holding each other's hand no words needed.
Two days later at Rita's funeral when the minister was saying . Our Beloved sister Rita is in the arms of Jesus. I knew without a doubt it was true.
Sometimes God sends us. Sometimes it is pretty and sometimes it is not. Sometimes we are the only glimpse of Jesus that someone will see.
Ask God in your prayer time with Him to make you ready to always be able to have the gospel on your lips should God open the door.
Hugs, GG
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Friday January 16th ....A Time of Prayer and Fasting.
Dear Friends,
If you feel led of God would you like to join me in a time of prayer and fasting this Friday. I will be in prayer for my family and all of your families .
As well as several specific family prayer requests I have from friends IRL as well.
I am fasting "food" from early am this Friday January 16th until 5:00 p.m. on Friday January 16th.
Some of my family are also fasting and are doing 1/2 a day fast .
Some are able to fast a meal. Some fast until 5:00 pm but will have fruit juices.
If you feel lead of God to join in that is awesome.
Praying for God's Protection, Provision and Direction for our family in these uncertain times. God is Faithful.
I often, while in fasting am more aware of God's presence . I am aware that I am fasting for a specific reason and in obedience to God's Word.
There can be several reasons why we fast and this is in no way an complete study on the subject of "Fasting". But is just my personal opinion and thoughts on the matter.
I have been a Christian for close to thirty years and never realized the importance of fasting.
And had never seen the results I had seen in my prayer life until our Pastor did an extensive study on it in January of 1998.
At that time our Church was in a "corporate fast ", the entire Body of believers that were able .
For up to eight days as each member was lead and able. As a church we were fasting seeking God's face for our nation , our church , the Church leadership and for our evangelistic efforts in the coming year.
The results were incredible. And I became persuaded of the power of God through prayer and fasting.
There are several reasons we may fast, We fast in obedience to God's Word.
Joel:2:12: Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
2Co:6:4: But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,2Co:6:5: In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
2Co:6:6: By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
M't:9:15: And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.We fast to humble ourselves before God and obtain His grace and power .
We fast in times of crisis:Es:4:15: Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,Es:4:16: Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
We fast seeking God's direction.Ezr:8:21: Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.Ezr:8:22: For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. Ezr:8:23: So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us. We fast for understanding and revelation .Jer:36:6: Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
So there are many reasons to fast. What quicken in my spirit to ask you all to join me in a one day fast or whatever you feel led to do by the Spirit of God, was the amount of prayer requests regarding our family situations. Knowing that God is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him, I felt led in my heart to fast and pray for our families this Friday. I am a member of a Christian Woman's Forum as "Corporately" several of us fasted in August of 2008 for our families, our nation and our future. The results were wonderful.
Respecting our Bodies in a Fast
Dear Friends ,
Just a word about respecting our bodies during a fast.
If you feel led of God would you like to join me in a time of prayer and fasting this Friday. I will be in prayer for my family and all of your families .
As well as several specific family prayer requests I have from friends IRL as well.
I am fasting "food" from early am this Friday January 16th until 5:00 p.m. on Friday January 16th.
Some of my family are also fasting and are doing 1/2 a day fast .
Some are able to fast a meal. Some fast until 5:00 pm but will have fruit juices.
If you feel lead of God to join in that is awesome.
Praying for God's Protection, Provision and Direction for our family in these uncertain times. God is Faithful.
I often, while in fasting am more aware of God's presence . I am aware that I am fasting for a specific reason and in obedience to God's Word.
There can be several reasons why we fast and this is in no way an complete study on the subject of "Fasting". But is just my personal opinion and thoughts on the matter.
I have been a Christian for close to thirty years and never realized the importance of fasting.
And had never seen the results I had seen in my prayer life until our Pastor did an extensive study on it in January of 1998.
At that time our Church was in a "corporate fast ", the entire Body of believers that were able .
For up to eight days as each member was lead and able. As a church we were fasting seeking God's face for our nation , our church , the Church leadership and for our evangelistic efforts in the coming year.
The results were incredible. And I became persuaded of the power of God through prayer and fasting.
There are several reasons we may fast, We fast in obedience to God's Word.
Joel:2:12: Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
2Co:6:4: But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,2Co:6:5: In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
2Co:6:6: By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
M't:9:15: And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.We fast to humble ourselves before God and obtain His grace and power .
We fast in times of crisis:Es:4:15: Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,Es:4:16: Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
We fast seeking God's direction.Ezr:8:21: Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.Ezr:8:22: For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. Ezr:8:23: So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us. We fast for understanding and revelation .Jer:36:6: Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
So there are many reasons to fast. What quicken in my spirit to ask you all to join me in a one day fast or whatever you feel led to do by the Spirit of God, was the amount of prayer requests regarding our family situations. Knowing that God is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him, I felt led in my heart to fast and pray for our families this Friday. I am a member of a Christian Woman's Forum as "Corporately" several of us fasted in August of 2008 for our families, our nation and our future. The results were wonderful.
Respecting our Bodies in a Fast
Dear Friends ,
Just a word about respecting our bodies during a fast.
If you are pregnant or nursing or have a medical condition that would prevent you from not having "solid" food. Use common sense and respect your body.
In general, most people can go one day or 1/2 a day without food , if they are having water, fruit juice or vegetable juices to supplement.If you must eat "solids" , perhaps you could commit to limiting your food intake to salad or vegetables.
These are all pleasing to the Lord as we are looking to Glorify God , putting the Lord first and our appetite second.Also remember if during the fast you become extremely nauseous, light headed or dizzy to please get something to eat and/or drink.
Friends if you have a prayer request, spoken or unspoken and you would like us to pray. Friday is also the day of the week we come together for our Home Bible Study and we would be happy to pray for your needs. Just leave a comment it does not need to contain much detail. God knows who you are.
Hugs & Prayers, GG
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Contest Alert
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Hugs, GG
Chowders, Stews and Soups........
Today I am making Corn Chowder..........I have been promising my Family for over a week. I have several different recipes I use for this . But this is my Grandma Ella's Original recipe this is my Favorite.
Corn Chowder
4 tablespoons Butter
2 Small Onions 4
4 Large Potato's
6 Cups Chciken Stock
4 cups of Corn, fresh ,frozen or canned
2 pints of cream , milk or half & half
Salt and Pepper to taste, If I have fresh chives I add them on the top with a few slices of bacon well done and crumbled. This is basic but yummy!!!!
Serves about 10-12 .
Melt butter in soup kettle and saute onion until limp. Add potatoes & Chicken Stock to kettle, season with salt and pepper, and bring to a boil. Simmer over medium heat until potatoes are tender, about 30-40 minutes. Add corn and cream.Heat, stirring frequently, for ten minutes.
Hugs, GG
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Family.......
It has been non-stop at our home right now. We have several family members here from all over.
I have been thanking the Lord for my family and thinking how very blessed that I am that although we are not a perfect family, we love each other and are always there for each other.
Life can be so very short. Those I Love You's, you have been meaning to say. The letters you have been meaning to write. The phone call you keep putting off, The sorry's you think you have time for ......... do today.
Love each other now.
Hugs, GG
Eph:2:20: And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;Eph:2:21: In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:Eph:2:22: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
I have been thanking the Lord for my family and thinking how very blessed that I am that although we are not a perfect family, we love each other and are always there for each other.
Life can be so very short. Those I Love You's, you have been meaning to say. The letters you have been meaning to write. The phone call you keep putting off, The sorry's you think you have time for ......... do today.
Love each other now.
Hugs, GG
Eph:2:20: And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;Eph:2:21: In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:Eph:2:22: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
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