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Yesterday's Trip

I took a trip to visit my ob. I had an ultrasound.
I know I saw 2 babies but only one had a heartbeat.
They said I ave a subchorionic hemorrhage or hematoma.
I am taking it easy and not lifting the kiddos or anything heavier than a gallon of milk, waiting on the blood to be reabsorbed by my body and not get worst.
I am praying that both babies are okay and that the blood just made the scan harder to visualize.
But I am at peace regardless. I have had a prior twin pregnancy where I loss one twin and went on to deliver the other child at 36 weeks.
That is all for now.


Hi Kerri!!
I am very tempted to join you on those sew crafty days. I pulled out my sewing machine who has been in hiding for the past 18 or so months.

Great Spirits

I am feeling really queasy, but in great spirits despite my physical. I know this is only temporary. Maybe it means the baby is well? I promised God that I would keep my eyes on him and not on my physical senses.
I am pressing my children especially the older ones to help out more so things don't pile up ,like they usually do when I am down. We are all working together. The girls and the boys can help. All can cook,clean house,dishes,laundry,etc. I try to do what they can't and let them help with the rest.

The Lord has granted me the petition that I made to him. 1 Samuel 1:27

Paul wrote: We know that suffering produces endurance, and endurance
produces character, and character produces hope. Romans 5:3,4

Blogging is Difficult right now

I am expecting a new wee one May 2008.
I seem to be experiencing this odd thing called morning sickness.
My sofa and I are now very best friends.
If I can pull away a bit and share myself I may post other life happenings.
Hi Kerry! Love Ya!!
Blessings,
Angie

Finally!!

We can actually see teeth.
Noah has 4 visible teeth and 2 lumps.
I hope the worst is over!

Life

Its getting busy around here again. We are stating school,restarting dance class,Sunday School,children's church.
I am determined to make my entire household healthy!
I am in research mode again.
I am taking lots of note and plan to printout a notebook to use for references.

I am working really hard on a good schedule.

The Wall

Their wedding picture mocked them from the table,

These two whose minds no longer touched each other.

They lived with such a heavy barricade between them

That neither battering ram of words

Nor artilleries of touch could break it down.

Somewhere, between the oldest child’s first tooth

And the youngest daughter’s graduation,

They lost each other.

Throughout the years each slowly unraveled

That tangled ball of string called self,

And as they tugged at the stubborn knots,

Each hid his searching from the other.

Sometimes she cried at night

And begged the whispering darkness to tell her who she was.

He lay beside her, snoring like a hibernating bear,

Unaware of her winter.

Once, after they had made love,

He wanted to tell her how afraid he was of dying,

But, fearing to show his naked soul,

He spoke instead about the beauty of her breasts.

She took a course in modern art,

Trying to find herself in colors splashed upon a canvas,

Complaining to other women about men who are insensitive.

He climbed into a tomb called “The Office,”

Wrapped his mind in a shroud of paper figures,

And buried himself in customers.

Slowly, the wall between them rose,

Cemented by the mortar of indifference.

One day, reaching out to touch each other

They found a barrier they could not penetrate,

And recoiling from the coldness of the stone,

Each retreated from the stranger on the other side.

For when love dies, it is not in a moment of angry battle,

Nor when fiery bodies lose their heat.

It lies panting, exhausted,

Expiring at the bottom of a wall it could not scale.

By Anonymous

My baby is now 11 months old. Boy does time fly!

Dinner

One day for dinner I made stroganoff with ground turkey.

From my reading:

Luke 23:28-29 (New International Version)

28Jesus turned and said to them, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.
29For the time will come when you will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'

Ouch. I hear these things a lot. It makes me sad.

June 28th

Will be our 17th wedding anniversary
We had a very small candlelight ceremony
Lots of live fresh flowers and lots of candles
All in attendance cried and said it was one of the most beautiful they'd ever seen

Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain! Psalm 127:1

Wedding Vows: (my part)

In the presence of God and these witnesses,

and by a holy covenant,

I Angela (my entire name) joyfully receive you Ron (his entire name)

As God’s perfect gift for me,

to have and to hold from this day forward,

for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer,

in sickness and in health, to love you, to honor you, to respect you,

forsaking all others as long as we both shall live.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

Matthew 7:12
Do for others what you would like them to do for you. This is a summary of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.

I Peter 4:8
Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.

John 13:14,15
And since I, the Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other's feet. I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.

Galatians 6:9
So don't get tired of doing what is good. Don't get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time.

John 13:34
So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.

Romans 12:9,10
Don't just pretend that you love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Stand on the side of the good. Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.

Romans 12:20,21
Instead, do what the Scriptures say: "If your enemies are hungry, feed them. If they are thirsty, give them something to drink, and they will be ashamed of what they have done to you." Don't let evil get the best of you, but conquer evil by doing good.

Marriage

Genesis 2:18,24
And the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion who will help him. This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.”

Matthew 19:4-6
“Haven't you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. "They record that from the beginning 'God made them male and female.' And Jesus said, 'This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.' Since they are no longer two but one, let no one separate them, for God has joined them together."

Ecclesiastes 4:9-11
Two people can accomplish more than twice as much as one; they get a better return for their labor. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But people who are alone when they fall are in real trouble. And on a cold night, two under the same blanket can gain warmth from each other. But how can one be warm alone?

Proverbs 31:10,11
Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is worth more than precious rubies. Her husband can trust her, and she will greatly enrich his life.

Ephesians 5:25
And you husbands must love your wives with the same love Christ showed the church. He gave up his life for her.

Ephesians 5:31-33
As the Scriptures say, "A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one." This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one. So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and she must respect her husband.

1 Peter 3:7
In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat her with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God's gift of new life. If you don't treat her as you should, your prayers will not be heard.

Genesis 2:23-24
"At last!" Adam exclaimed. "She is part of my own flesh and bone! She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of a man. This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.

Matthew 18:19
"I also tell you this- if two of you agree down here on earth concerning anything you ask for, my Father in heaven will do it for you.

Amos 3:3
Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction?

Angie's Ponderings?

Is suffering a blessing?
What should our attitude be towards it?

Angie's Musings

Psalm 149

1 Praise the LORD. ^[a] Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saint

2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;

let the people of Zion be glad in their King.

3 Let them praise his name with dancing
and make music to him with tambourine and harp.

4 For the LORD takes delight in his people;
he crowns the humble with salvation.

5 Let the saints rejoice in this honor
and sing for joy on their beds.

6 May the praise of God be in their mouths
and a double-edged sword in their hands,

7 to inflict vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples,

8 to bind their kings with fetters,
their nobles with shackles of iron,

9 to carry out the sentence written against them.
This is the glory of all his saints.
Praise the LORD.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.


-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Isaiah 62

Zion's New Name

1 For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,
for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet,
till her righteousness shines out like the dawn,
her salvation like a blazing torch.

2 The nations will see your righteousness,
and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name
that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.

3 You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD's hand,
a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

4 No longer will they call you Deserted,
or name your land Desolate.
But you will be called Hephzibah, ^[a]
and your land Beulah ^[b] ;
for the LORD will take delight in you,
and your land will be married.

5 As a young man marries a maiden,
so will your sons ^[c] marry you;
as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,
so will your God rejoice over you.

Psalm 32

7 You are my hiding place;
you will protect me from trouble
and surround me with songs of deliverance.
Selah

Psalm 64

1 Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint;
protect my life from the threat of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,
from that noisy crowd of evildoers.

3 They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim their words like deadly arrows.

4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent man;
they shoot at him suddenly, without fear.

5 They encourage each other in evil plans,
they talk about hiding their snares;
they say, "Who will see them ^[a] ?"

6 They plot injustice and say,
"We have devised a perfect plan!"
Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning.

7 But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly they will be struck down.

8 He will turn their own tongues against them
and bring them to ruin;
all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.

9 All mankind will fear;
they will proclaim the works of God
and ponder what he has done.

10 Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD
and take refuge in him;
let all the upright in heart praise him!

1 Corinthians 10

11These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. 12So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

Let Us Reason Together

We have been asked alot of times over the past month or so by church members and family about why we avoid eating certain things. People quote the scriptures to us alot Acts 10:9-17.
So we decided to really study these and a few other scriptures and found things in there we did not even see before just reading through it.
Peter had a vision when he was hungry waiting for his meal to be prepared.

Peter's Vision

9About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. 10He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. 12It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air. 13Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat."

14"Surely not, Lord!" Peter replied. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean."

15The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."

16This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven.

17While Peter was wondering about the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found out where Simon's house was and stopped at the gate. 18They called out, asking if Simon who was known as Peter was staying there.

19While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Simon, three^[a] men are looking for you. 20So get up and go downstairs. Do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them."

21Peter went down and said to the men, "I'm the one you're looking for. Why have you come?"

22The men replied, "We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to have you come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say." 23Then Peter invited the men into the house to be his guests.

These scriptures have been quoted to me,us as to why it is now okay to eat unclean animals,pigs,shellfish,etc. I never believed it but I won't argue with you if you'd quoted these either. Seemingly convincing scriptures. But we sat and read the entire passage in context and found that the answer to the vision was given right there in the scriptures.

NIV 27Talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people. 28He said to them: "You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with a Gentile or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean. 29So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. May I ask why you sent for me?"

NASB 28And he said to them, "You yourselves know how ^(AL)unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; and yet ^(AM)God has shown me that I should not call any man unholy or unclean.

AMP 28And he said to them, You yourselves are aware how it is not lawful or permissible for a Jew to keep company with or to visit or [even] to come near or to speak first to anyone of another nationality, but God has shown and taught me by words that I should not call any human being common or unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean.

It wasn't about the food. It was a lesson on race relations. Are there some people who we will not associate with because of their race?

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So about the unclean food. We realized you can eat what you want and it isn't a salvation issue. But there are consequences to everything that goes in your mouth. Either we pay now or later.
Like my dh family. Rail thin people with a "familial hereditary" cholesterol problem. After lots of research we found a connection between pork cnsumption and high cholesterol and also sugar consumption.
Later after reading in the bible we saw that there is a list of unlawful foods to eat. We felt G-d would not have put dietary laws and cleanliness laws in there just to put them there. We realize that we are
no longer under the law for salvation. The dietary and cleanliness laws make sense for good health and long life.

Isaiah 65

1 "I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me;
I was found by those who did not seek me.
To a nation that did not call on my name,
I said, 'Here am I, here am I.'

2 All day long I have held out my hands
to an obstinate people,
who walk in ways not good,
pursuing their own imaginations-

3 a people who continually provoke me
to my very face,
offering sacrifices in gardens
and burning incense on altars of brick;

4 who sit among the graves
and spend their nights keeping secret vigil;
who eat the flesh of pigs,
and whose pots hold broth of unclean meat;

5 who say, 'Keep away; don't come near me,
for I am too sacred for you!'
Such people are smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that keeps burning all day.

6 "See, it stands written before me:
I will not keep silent but will pay back in full;
I will pay it back into their laps-

7 both your sins and the sins of your fathers,"
says the LORD.
"Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
and defied me on the hills,
I will measure into their laps
the full payment for their former deeds."

8 This is what the LORD says:
"As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes
and men say, 'Don't destroy it,
there is yet some good in it,'
so will I do in behalf of my servants;
I will not destroy them all.

9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,
and from Judah those who will possess my mountains;
my chosen people will inherit them,
and there will my servants live.

10 Sharon will become a pasture for flocks,
and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds,
for my people who seek me.

11 "But as for you who forsake the LORD
and forget my holy mountain,
who spread a table for Fortune
and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,

12 I will destine you for the sword,
and you will all bend down for the slaughter;
for I called but you did not answer,
I spoke but you did not listen.
You did evil in my sight
and chose what displeases me."

13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
"My servants will eat,
but you will go hungry;
my servants will drink,
but you will go thirsty;
my servants will rejoice,
but you will be put to shame.

14 My servants will sing
out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out
from anguish of heart
and wail in brokenness of spirit.

15 You will leave your name
to my chosen ones as a curse;
the Sovereign LORD will put you to death,
but to his servants he will give another name.

16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land
will do so by the God of truth;
he who takes an oath in the land
will swear by the God of truth.
For the past troubles will be forgotten
and hidden from my eyes.

1 John 2:6 (New International Version)

6Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.

1 John 3:21-22 (New International Version)

21Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.

If G-d gives you something pertaining this...PLEASE feel free to share it.

Blessings,

Angie

Monkey Bread

Monkey Bread

RECIPE INGREDIENTS:

Dough 1 1/3 cups milk 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces 1/4 cup sugar 1 (1/4-ounce) packet active dry yeast (not rapid-rise) 1/4 cup lukewarm water 2 large eggs, at room temperature, lightly beaten 4 3/4 to 5 cups (approximately) flour 2 teaspoons salt

Glaze 1/3 cup light brown sugar 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 tablespoons heavy cream

Nut and Sugar Coating 3/4 cup chopped pecans 5 tablespoons melted unsalted butter 3/4 cup sugar

1. Heat the milk in a saucepan until hot but not scalded. Then pour it into a large bowl. Add the butter and sugar, stirring until the butter is nearly melted.

2. Sprinkle the yeast over the lukewarm water, stir briefly, and then set it aside to dissolve for 5 to 10 minutes.

3. When the milk mixture has cooled to slightly warmer than body temperature, stir in the yeast and the lightly beaten eggs. Add 3 cups of the flour and beat the ingredients well with a wooden spoon for 100 strokes. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and set it aside for 10 minutes.

4. Stir the salt into the dough. Now stir in the remaining flour, about 1/3 cup at a time, until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl and is firm enough to knead.

5. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead it for about 8 to 10 minutes, until it is elastic and supple. Use more flour, if needed, to keep the dough from sticking. Then put the dough in a large, oiled glass or ceramic mixing bowl and turn it to coat the entire surface. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set it aside in a warm, draft-free spot until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.

6. While the dough rises, generously butter the entire inside of a large Bundt pan (it should have a capacity of about 12 cups). Do not use a tube pan with a removable insert, such as an angel food cake pan, because the glaze will run out of the pan.

7. Now make the glaze by heating the brown sugar, butter, and heavy cream in a small saucepan, stirring continuously. As soon as the glaze comes to a boil, pour it into the Bundt pan so that it puddles evenly in the bottom (a parent's job). Sprinkle half of the chopped pecans over the glaze.

8. When the dough has doubled, punch it down and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead the dough for 1 minute. Cut off golf ball-size pieces of dough and roll them into rough balls.

9. Now prepare the coating. Pour the melted butter into one bowl and the sugar into another and place them in the work area. Dip the dough balls into the butter and then roll them in the sugar, placing them in the pan as you go. Once you've covered the bottom of the pan, start a new layer.

10. When you've used half of the dough, scatter the remaining pecans over it. Then continue adding layers until the pan is two thirds full. Ideally, you will have used all the dough. If you happen to have excess dough balls, layer them in a small, well-buttered loaf pan or casserole.

11. Cover the pan with plastic wrap and let the dough rise until doubled in bulk, about 35 to 45 minutes. Start heating the oven to 375º about 10 minutes before the dough is fully risen.

12. Remove the plastic wrap and bake the bread on the center rack for 45 minutes. Don't worry too much if the top gets quite brown, but if it starts to look scorched, lay a piece of tinfoil over the bread to deflect the heat. (If you're baking a small loaf alongside, it will take only about 30 minutes.)

13. Transfer the pan to a cooling rack and gently run a butter knife down the side here and there to loosen the loaf. Carefully flip the bread over onto the rack and remove the pan (another job for parents); it should lift right off. If there is excess glaze left in the pan, immediately spoon it onto the bread.

14. Cool the bread for at least 20 minutes. Then pour glasses of cold milk, put out some plates, and help yourselves by pulling off pieces of the bread. Any leftovers can be wrapped in tinfoil and reheated later in a warm oven. Makes up to 9 servings.

Scriptures-KJV

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. Proverbs 31:26


“Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way” (Ps. 119:37)

“Rid me and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace.” (Ps. 144:11,12)

“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” (Ps. 1:1-3)

“I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.” (Rom. 16:19)

“I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.” (Ps. 119.101)

“Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.” (Deut. 7:26)

“Abstain from all appearance of evil.” (I Thes. 5:22)

“Keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith.” (I Tim. 6:20,21)

“But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. And their word will eat as doth a canker.” (II Tim. 2:16,17)

“If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed.” (II Jn. 1:10,11)

“I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.” (Ps 101:3)

“One sinner destroyeth much good.” (Eccl. 9:18b)

“For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Ps. 11:2,3)

“They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them” (Ps. 106: 34-36)

“The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.” (Luke 11:34-36)

“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.” (I Cor. 15:33)

“Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us.” (I Cor. 5:6,7)

“Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.” (Gal. 5:7-9)

“Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.” (Rom. 1:33)

“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.” (James 4:4)

“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness” (Matt. 6:22,23)

“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.” (Gal. 6:7,8)