Whatever Wednesdays!!

I decided to change my Workout Wednesday to Whatever Wednesdays!! I just want to post WHATEVER I feel like on today!! :) I was so blessed by this song this morning and I had to post it. Take a listen to it and really allow it to speak to you. This is the way God desires us to live our lives; without worry or anxiousness, realizing that He has the whole thing in His hands!! I love this song!! I hope you all are having a wonderful Wednesday so far! Remember that God loves you and desires to be close to you! Draw near to Him and He will draw near to you!

Not Gonna Worry by Gaither Vocal Band

Tasty Tuesday

BBQ Chicken Sandwich

photo:(www.comfyinthekitchen.com)

Our Meal for tonight, minus the salad. I have salsa and tostitos with our BBQ chicken sandwich. I chose this meal for tonight because we had fried chicken last night and there was left over chicken.

Ingredients:

Shredded cooked chicken

1cup of BBQ sauce

1 Tbs of brown sugar

Shredded cheddar cheese(or any kind of shredded cheese you like)

Mix all ingredients and heat on stove or in oven. Once heated through place mixture on buns or dinner rolls(we didn't have any buns so I used dinner rolls)

Quick and simple meal that everyone will enjoy.

 

He Is My First Human Priority!



Good Day Ladies!! Sometimes we forget but, yes our husbands are our first human priority! As of late I have gotten into the habit of breaking my priorities down by numbers. It helps me to organize my time and duties. For instance, God is my main priority and then my husband is human priority numero UNO and my children are priority numero DOS, spiritual growth, relatives, friends, ministry,etc... is further down the list of priorities. So through out my day I am focusing on what I can do to please my first human priority, who is my husband, this is after I have had time with my MAIN priority(God, through Jesus Christ) I wash things, fold things, tidy up things because I know that this pleases my husband. I try and have dinner ready for him or at least know where we will get something to eat from(#don'tjudgeme:) I go through my day thinking of him and what makes him happy. Of course physical intimacy is something that I must prepare myself for in case he desires that. I cannot say I am tired or I don't feel like it. My body belongs to my husband and he can have it anytime he desires! :) (1 Corinthians 7:4)

We must remember that marriage is a gift from God and it is like a garden. Seeds are planted and they must be tended to in order for something beautiful to come forth. Marriages don't make themselves, we must plant seeds of love, faith, hope, etc.. in order to reap such. The bible has told me that I must be obedient to my husband, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. (Titus 2:5) I must be subject to him in all things. This is a hard concept for many wives to follow and it certainly was for me in the beginning. I had no idea how to do these things, but then I met Christ and it was through His word that He showed my how I must go about living and prioritizing my life. It was Christ who showed me that my husband must be number one and I must be submissive to him in ALL things. I now treat my husband with a much deeper reverence than I ever have before. I now see him in another light. I see him the way Christ sees him and that helps me to respect and revere him. Not because he is perfect but because God has placed him in authority over our family. I respect him for who God made him to be and I honor his position in our household. Wives if we make our husbands our first human priority we will see a change in our home environment, you will even see a change in your children. Let us lift up our husbands and even if he is not where you think he should be, that should be more reason for you to pray for him, obey him, and submit to him. God has a way of working things out when we are obedient to Him. If we submit and obey our husbands, we will see them rise to the occasion and become the men God desires them to be! We will see a change in our men, if we would allow God to change us within!

Verses to Chew: Ephesians 5:22-24, Titus 2:4-5, 1 Peter 3:1-6

Wifey Wednesday!!



It is Christ who lives in me that does the work!

Hello ladies, today is Wifey Wednesday and I wanted to post something today to encourage women to love their husbands, their children, and the life that God has given them. While thinking on what to post God gave me a revelation: I cannot love my husband, I am not capable of loving my children, I am not a good wife, or a good mother. I am foolish and unwise. It is Christ who lives in me that loves these people and performs these tasks. It is only in Christ will my husband be admired, respected, loved, and cherished. If we do not have Christ then we do not have anything, and we will find that loving our husbands and children is an impossible thing to do on a consistent basis. Sure we can show some outward sign that we love them, sure we can give hugs,etc... but when any of those things are done in our own strength we will find that we cannot bear to do it under strenuous circumstances. It's hard to love or be kind to a husband who has cheated on you, it is hard to love or be kind to children who are disobedient to you. This is why we must allow Christ to live His life out of us. We must allow Him to love those whom we cannot. We have to realize that it is Christ who will love our husbands the way they are supposed to be loved. I cannot depend on myself for one moment to accomplish this, the minute I do, that is the minute I will fail. Sure it is easy to say all of this, but how do we apply this? How do I let Christ live?

We let Christ live by looking up to Him and saying" Lord, I am sorry for having lived my own way and in my own strength for all this time. I am foolish and I need you to live your life out of me. Lord be whatever I need today. You love my husband, my children, and any person that I may encounter today. Lord YOU LIVE!! Amen!

It is that simple. It is just allowing Christ to do what He desires to do. Christ didn't come to make us more loving, more patient, a better person. Christ came so that He can live this life for us! It is He who desires to live for you, so why don't you let him? Allow him to live His life through you and you will see that all the things you struggle with now, will no longer be a struggle. You won't have to fight anymore, you can just breathe easy and know that everything you need is taken care of. What a wonderful life this is wives!! We can truly love, be patient, kind, and generous to everyone we encounter, because it is no longer we who live, but Christ! (Galatians 2:20)

So the word for Wifey Wednesday is for us to remember that we have been crucified with Christ and that we no longer live, but He lives in us. And because He lives in us we can love our husbands and our children perfectly!

Be encouraged and look to Christ to be all that you need! Amen!

Tasty Tuesdays!!!!

I hope you all are having a wonderful day!! I am trying to collect healthy recipes for my kitchen. I have relied on recipes that I grew up with to feed my family and let's face it southern cooking is not the healthiest. I am, now, more health conscious than I have ever been in my life, mainly because of my children, but I guess also because I am a Health Coach!! LOL! What a hypocrite I would be if I wasn't doing anything that I suggest to other people, when it comes to the foods they eat (sadly, I am a hypocrite!)

Though I am not a steak lover I found a recipe over at http://www.skinnytaste.com/ that looks delicious! It is Skinny Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy! I love mushroom gravy and this recipe is a healthy version. Check it out!!

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 tsp oil
• 3/4 cup onions, minced
• 1 lbs 93% lean ground beef
• 1 lb 93% lean ground turkey
• 1/2 cup dry breadcrumbs
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg white
• 2 cups beef broth
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp ground black pepper, to taste
• 8 oz sliced mushrooms
• 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tsp red wine vinegar
• 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce, to taste
• 1/2 tsp mustard powder
• 1/4 cup water
• chopped parsley for garnish (optional)

Directions:

Sauté onions in oil over medium heat until golden brown, about 5 minutes

In a large bowl, combine half of the sautéed onions, ground beef, ground turkey, bread crumbs, egg, egg white, 1/4 cup beef broth, salt and black pepper.

Shape into 8 oval patties.

In a large deep skillet over medium-high heat, brown both sides of patties. Set aside on a dish.

Add mushrooms to the skillet, season with salt and pepper and sauté 2-3 minutes.

Return patties to the skillet with the mushrooms.

In a small bowl, blend flour and remaining broth until smooth. Mix in remaining onions, tomato paste, vinegar, water, worcestershire sauce and mustard powder.

Pour over meat and mushrooms in skillet.

Cover and cook on low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve over Skinny Garlic Mashed Potatoes with a vegetable on the side. Enjoy!!

I hope you guys head on over to Gina's blog, at http://www.skinnytaste.com/ ,to discover more of her delicious recipes!! Happy Tuesday!! Now go cook!! ;)

Encouraging Leadership from Your Husband



But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God." 1 Cor. 11:3


This verse, along with a few others, prove to us wives that our husbands are to be our, "Fearless Leaders." We go through a process of coming to Christ and learning our role as wives. If it were laid out in a 5 step program it might look something like this:

1. Redemption
2. Learning our roles as wives
3. Reverence for our husband
4. Submission to our husband
5. Letting our husband lead in everything

It's interesting how the enemy uses the same lie on each of us, and I'm going to guess that at some point, each of us have believed one or both. When we learn that we wives are to "submit in everything to [our] husbands," (Ephesians 5:24) this is the lie we hear:

"You will be a doormat. Surely God didn't say, 'in everything.'"

But when we come to the point that we reject that lie, and we truly want to be that joyful, submissive wife, "in everything," it's then that we hear the other lie:

"You surely are an amazing woman of the Lord. Just look at yourself, submitting to that wishy-washy man of yours. He really isn't much of a leader, is he? He doesn't even read the Bible to the family, and when he does he doesn't do it right. You need to take control here, for your family's sake."

We must recognize this deception as just that, deception.

For Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. 1 Timothy 2:14

Once we see the lie, we can overcome. We can be the godly, encouraging wife. And we can actually assist our husbands in their call to lead our families. A major road block for our husbands not taking leadership as we had hoped they would lies with us.

Yes, us. We wives can actually hinder our husband's progress in this area.

In order to encourage our husbands to lead, we.must.let.them.lead.in.everything.

We need to let our guys take the lead.

"But I've tried that!" you say. "He just won't lead! So, somebody has to do it."

If wives were to step back and actually let the men lead, after a while, they would. It may take years, long long years. But it is not only essential, it is commanded.

Here are a few of the most common complaints, with my suggestions in parenthesis:

• "He finally decided we'd go to church as a family, but he won't pick a church." (That's ok, just stay home.)
• "My husband won't lead us in Bible reading." (He may try again if he knows you won't correct him.)
• "My husband won't make any decisions, he can't even decide where to go on vacation." (That's ok too, if he doesn't pick some place, he has chosen to stay home.)
• "My husband just doesn't care to lead, he's too busy with work." (Pray for him!! Continue to follow any lead he does take, and be supportive.)

Wives play such an important role here, and many don't realize it. Men desire their wives to be true help meets. They need our encouragement!! Be his cheerleader! They need our respect too. We make it difficult for them to be the godly leaders if we are often critizing them to our friends or family.

And ladies, I've just got to say it, they need us alone! We must make time for our husbands without the children around. Not always just in an intimate, physical way, but to just be with them, talking, spending time together.

Here's a little story I'd like to share:

Several years ago we had a fish tank with 1 single male guppie. He was the fancy kind. And boy was he pretty!! After a week or so, we decided to get a few females as we knew they would breed and thought it would be a good science experiment.

You should have seen Mr. Guppie when we dropped in those females!! He would swim past with his fins fanned out and upright. And just as he got within cenemeters of her he would flutter those fins! It was a sight to behold.

He would do this for hours on end! And she would act as if she didn't even see him!! Oh, I felt so bad for that little fish sometimes! But when he saw just a spark of interest from her, just a hint that maybe she noticed him, then watch-out-world because that little guppy looked like he was ready to take on anything! Just for her!

In the world of guppies he wanted to be her fearless leader. In the world of people, husbands do want to lead their wives, and they would do so joyfully, if only we would cooperate.

*courtesy of http://www.timewarpwife.com/*

Fashion Friday!

I am a fashion blog lover and I love eclectic styles. I am not into fashion that has no originality. I love for people to stand out and to wear what feels good to them and on them as long as it's modest. I am dedicating Fridays to fashion and I will be featuring looks from across the web and maybe some of my own from time to time. But to start this Friday off I am heading over to Diya In Her Stilettos where fashion blogger Diya shows off her style. While I am not into the tutu craze, I do love this outfit on Diya. It is original and it looks nice on her! This is my style choice for today! I hope you guys enjoy your Friday!! Go out and paint the town with your fashion today!! Happy Friday and see ya'll soon!

Check out Diya at http://www.diyainherstilettos.com/