Some of God's Blessings

Any day is a day that is a gift from God. So today I was just thinking of some of the many blessings that God has given me. So today I will share some pictures of some recent blessings. I have been blessed with a wonderful husband of just over 2 months. Most people would just say oh your still in the 'honeymoon' stage. However, the man I married, treats me like a princess, the way a man should treat his wife. Which leaves me the challege of treating him like the king that he is in return. Non the less the blessing that he is, blesses me with a challenge.

Gerber Daisy's are my favorite flower. So last friday my husband got my this lovely vase full of them. Definatly makes me feel like a princess. <3

 
Chocolate, Chocolate chip.white chocolate chip, coconut, and walnut cookies. I made these for Ryan as a way of thanking him for the beautiful flowers.

The Reciepe for double deluxe cookies

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour {i used 1 1/2 whole wheat flour, & 1/2 all purpose}
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup coconut

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2. In a medium bowl, cream together the margarine, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Sift in the flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder; mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips white chocolatechips, walnuts, and cocnut. Roll tablespoonfuls of dough into balls and place them one inch apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

And last but not least of my blessings for today, RUTHIE, she is my 12 week old Golden Retriever pupper. She is so sweet and loveable.

Take some time today and Thank God for your blessings~

Somethings to think on...

Matthew 5:44 " But I say to you: Love your enimies; bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you." -- Theses are the words said by our Lord Jesus, Our example that God send down from Heaven. The fact that we are to love our enimies, bless the ones that curse me, do good to the ones that HATE me, and pray for the ones that uses and persecute me, well that definitaly takes the Lord in my heart to do. Even with Christ in my heart it is a challenge for me. I think that my prayer to start needs to be " Dear Lord, Please give me a heart to be genuine when I pray for my ENINMIES,those people that CURSE me, those who USES and PERSECUTE me. Without you LORD there is not a way that I can do this.

I THESSALONIANS 5:17 "pray without Ceaseing". We are not to end our communication with our Lord. Some times its easly to lose that time of communication, but in reality, why would we not want to be in constat communication with the one who controls the universe. I know for me God is the one that is always there for me. Through thick and thin, He is the one that is always the constant. He is there when my husband is at work, when my best friend is not around, when my mom is busiy, MY Lord is ALWAYS there for me. What a Great blessing to have him always there. I need to make sure that I am always communitcating with out times of cease.


~ Chelsea