http://davevoetberg.blogspot.com/2010/12/lenses-god-wears.html
a must read...
Super Easy, Super Moist Chocolate Cupcakes
4 years ago
His Word and Our Studies
Totally not here to try and write something new or even improved...we have such a wealth of resources on the web, blogs, etc.. that really this one is not needed...so with that...I have had friends ask some different question about how we home educate our kids so here is something that has been working for us. This week the older girls and I have been in Proverbs chapter 1...we have been focusing in on the scripture pressing into God and asking for eyes to see what He is showing us about Himself. I have been so blessed this week by chapter 1 and just what He has there for us. We also try to impart to them that when we approach His word to not approach it in a manner of asking "how does this apply to me" but to first seek Him...seeking to love and know Him more... He is graciously giving us just a unquenchable hunger for Him and His word...and then trusting that we would impart that and be in the word with our kids...as well as live this out in our home, neighborhood, etc..So this is more of an ideal than anything...the most profound part of our day is being in the word...that has found us this year reading through Mark, Luke, Matthew and now Proverbs. I can honestly say being in His word and praying is the most important aspect to educating our kids. We don't set a timer for this but instead read and discuss and study the context to what we are reading...seeking Him just desiring to know Him with both heart and mind. Please don't get sidetrack into thinking about the "doing" part..really if you know me then knowing I just desire this to be about being with HIM and being able to impart this with our girls. Allowing Him to reveal Himself to them and me....
Great & tasty family fun....
A friend shared this with us...it is by far the best homemade pizza I have ever had...the girls love getting in on this...
1 -28 oz can diced tom.
2 bay leaves
1tsp basil
2 tsp oregano
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp honey
Drizzle a bit of oil into pan add minced garlic turn to medium high heat.
Let cook a few min. and add rest of ingredients.
Stir and let simmer on low for an hour. Sauce doubles nicely
The Bestest Pizza Dough Ever....
1tsp dry yeast
1tsp dry yeast
1 1/3 cup warm h2o
1 tsp honey
1 tbl olive oil
1 tsp sea salt
3 cups wheat flour
3/4 bread flour
(you can double this...we make up a double batch and that way we have some for later in the week lunch)
Put yeast and water honey and oil in bowl.
Stir a little and let stand until foamy.
Add salt and flour and knead for 3-5 minutes.
Drizzle oil in ziploc or bowl and put dough in cover the dough in the oil and let stand for 8 hrs or over night in fridge.
Roll out and cook on stove top on hi heat. about 30 secs each side.
Put ingridents and favorite toppings on pizza and cook in 425 degree oven for about 5 min on rack.
The bestest sauce as my Ana would say...
olive oil 2 cloves garlic minced1 -28 oz can diced tom.
2 bay leaves
1tsp basil
2 tsp oregano
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp honey
Drizzle a bit of oil into pan add minced garlic turn to medium high heat.
Let cook a few min. and add rest of ingredients.
Stir and let simmer on low for an hour. Sauce doubles nicely
Soloman
(1 Kings 4:29-34 ESV)
[29 ] And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore, [30 ] so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. [31 ] For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. [32 ] He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. [33 ] He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish. [34 ] And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
After reading 1 Kings 4, I am amazed by the wisdom and depth to Solomon....wow that God would give to him wisdom and understanding beyond measure...That people from all nations came to hear the wisdom he spoke...could you imagine having such wisdom...but yet just 6 chapters later we read this:
(1 Kings 11:1-8 ESV)
[11 :1] Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, [2 ] from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the people of Israel, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love. [3 ] He had 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart. [4 ] For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. [5 ] For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. [6 ] So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and did not wholly follow the LORD, as David his father had done. [7 ] Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem. [8 ] And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods.
It sadden me to see how Solomon turned from the Lord. Here is this man who God gave great wisdom to yet he didn't always follow it for himself... So applicable in my own life and the lives of others. We seek after Lord and His wisdom only to reject it when it doesn't fit into what we want for our lives. It is a trust & heart issue that we must work out with the Lord. Oh, that our hearts would turn from being adulterous...and turn to the Lord. That we would repent of seeking out are own way and turn to seeking Him and Him alone...trusting Him fully....
[29 ] And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore, [30 ] so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. [31 ] For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. [32 ] He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. [33 ] He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish. [34 ] And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
After reading 1 Kings 4, I am amazed by the wisdom and depth to Solomon....wow that God would give to him wisdom and understanding beyond measure...That people from all nations came to hear the wisdom he spoke...could you imagine having such wisdom...but yet just 6 chapters later we read this:
(1 Kings 11:1-8 ESV)
[11 :1] Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, [2 ] from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the people of Israel, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love. [3 ] He had 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart. [4 ] For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. [5 ] For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. [6 ] So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and did not wholly follow the LORD, as David his father had done. [7 ] Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem. [8 ] And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods.
It sadden me to see how Solomon turned from the Lord. Here is this man who God gave great wisdom to yet he didn't always follow it for himself... So applicable in my own life and the lives of others. We seek after Lord and His wisdom only to reject it when it doesn't fit into what we want for our lives. It is a trust & heart issue that we must work out with the Lord. Oh, that our hearts would turn from being adulterous...and turn to the Lord. That we would repent of seeking out are own way and turn to seeking Him and Him alone...trusting Him fully....
A note from:The Bragg Family
We are hoping to use this as a tool to let you into our lives....come along for the journey as we are sure it will be full of oh so many seasons...we are woven beautifully by HIM...between being a wife, being a mommy of 4 daughters, being a family, home educating kiddos and just embracing life with everything in between...we invite you to join us......
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