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27 Dec 2011
Internet Cafe Chat

Always Blessings

As I read 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, it is such a reminder, that it’s not just once a year, or around the family table, but at all times that we are to be thankful.

It’s hard though, admittedly.

 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

 

The tears flow, the heart aches, we seek  answers to questions that sometimes are never answered. But as the night slowly falls, and we feel the night wrap around us, not with coldness, but a steady warmth, God is with us and we are not alone.  He is seeing us through.

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03 Dec 2011
12 Days of Eternal Gifts

12 Days of Eternal Gifts-Let my Living Water refresh you.

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We are all to familiar with the story of the Samaritan Woman at the well.
Seeking….

Thirsty….

10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
11 The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? 12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?”
13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
15 The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”
(John 4:10-15, New King James Version)

Many walk upon us, who live their lives, drifting, moving from one flower to another, trying to get their fill, to be satisfy and yet, always craving, thirsting, seeking….

From the Matthew Henry Commentary:

“By this living water is meant the Spirit. Under this comparison the blessing of the Messiah had been promised in the Old Testament.

The graces of the Spirit, and his comforts, satisfy the thirsting soul, that knows its own nature and necessity. What Jesus spake figuratively, she took literally.

Christ shows that the water of Jacob’s well yielded a very short satisfaction. Of whatever waters of comfort we drink, we shall thirst again.

But whoever partakes of the Spirit of grace, and the comforts of the gospel, shall never want that which will abundantly satisfy his soul.

 No past sins can bar our acceptance with him, if we humble ourselves before him, believing in him as the Christ, the Saviour of the world.  via Matthew Henry Commentary

Carnal hearts look no higher than carnal ends. Give it me, saith she, not that I may have everlasting life, which Christ proposed, but that I come not hither to draw.

The carnal mind is very ingenious in shifting off convictions, and keeping them from fastening.” 

It’s so easy to get caught up in the game of, “More”…call it “Keeping up with the Joneses”, or the “Grass is greener on the other side”, whatever it calls itself, its the same thing…thirst.

Think of a hot day.

Maybe out working on the lawn, or out jogging, after being without water for so long, eventually you know what its like to feel the thirst, the parch dryness at the back of the throat and finding something cool, refreshing, to cool the thirst and bring an end to the…thirst.

There is a completeness that is in truly knowing our Father, reading His word, embracing Him and allowing Him fully in our lives…not partially or when convenient, but fully, that can and does and will, quench that thirst.

Although we can live for awhile without food, without water, human beings are unable to survive. It’s a common fact that our bodies are composed of water and that water is essential for our survival.

Without water, we go through stages of dehydration, our body is unable to function and eventually we suffer death.

Sin is death.

 

23 For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23, American Standard Version)

When Jesus approached the Samaritan Woman, as He approaches all of us, He is offer something more lasting, more longer than the temporary reserve of “drink” that is at our disposal.

Think about it….look where most of civilization usually builds their cities and towns…near drinkable water sources. Even if we live near the ocean, the water is not drinkable until the water from the ocean has been processed so we can drink the water, a not great scenario if we were lost and the only resource was salty water or contaminated water.

So is the same with life.

We can wandered through our lives, but what does some of those choices give us? Temporary bliss. Temporary happiness? The market is flooded with feel good this, feel good that and yet, with all the books are out there, one would think, everyone by now would be feeling great.

Yet…many still search and are searching.

One of the common things that sometimes comes up in relationships or friendships? “You don’t make me happy”. Yet…how can anyone make anyone else feel anything that person can or cannot feel. If a person isn’t already happy before knowing someone, they will never really be truly happy or….fufilled.

So they draw water….at the well….not in cups…not in gallons..but in buckets that eventually run out or spill out if they are not careful. If there is a hole in the bucket…there goes…their life giving water….they are still…thirsty.

There is and can be fulfillment in knowing Christ. A life giving refreshment that no matter what, gives more hope and contentment than anything or anyone can ever give….

 

13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks from the water that I will give will never be thirsty again. The water that I give will become in those who drink it a spring of water that bubbles up into eternal life.” (John 4:13-14, Common English Bible)

Don’t you just love that image….a sight for sore eyes…water that bubbles up with something deeper…more eternal…an eternal life.

It’s not about today, it’s not about tomorrow, it’s about forever.

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02 Dec 2011
12 Days of Eternal Gifts

12 Days of Eternal Gifts- Let my Word satisfy you plus a bookmark to download!

12 Days of Eternal Gifts It is safe to say, that for most of recorded history, bread has played a vital role in providing a form of food sustenance for civilizations. It is so vital that according to the History Magazine, there were even special laws governing bread:

“Bread was so vital to people’s lives that it was subject of special laws almost everywhere. As early as medieval times, bakers were subject to regulations which were supposed to protect the consumer. The price of wheat in England has been recorded continually since about 1200 and even in times of generally stable prices, it could fluctuate dramatically. What made the price of bread so sensitive is that most people had little opportunity to substitute other foods.”

 A law from the time of Edward I (1272-1307) states: “If any default shall be found in the bread of a baker in the city, the first time, let him be drawn upon a hurdle from the Guildhall to his own house through the great street where there be most people assembled, and through the streets which are most dirty, with the faulty loaf hanging from his neck; if a second time he shall be found committing the same offence, let him be drawn from the Guildhall through the great street of Cheepe to the pillory, and let him be put upon the pillory, and remain there at least one hour in the day; and the third time that such default shall be found, be shall be drawn, and the oven shall be pulled down, and the baker made to foreswear the trade in the city for ever.”[ref] History Magazine, Bread,history-magazine.com/bread.html

Used as “slang” to mean money, and present in the Lord’s Prayer (“Give us this day our daily bread” to talk about the need for moral sustenance as we make our way throughout the day), bread has played an indelible mark in a good part of our lives.

Go to a restuaraunt and more than likely as you wait for your meal, you would be given either rolls or bread to eat as part of the appetizer and most meals in homes, involves bread of some type.

When Jesus was tempted in the desert by the enemy, Jesus quoted from Deuteronomy 8:3 that went,

” 3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD. (Deuteronomy 8:3, New King James Version)”

The Matthew Henry Commentary shares the following insight:

” Let none of God’s children distrust their Father, nor take any sinful course for the supply of their necessities. Some way or other, God will provide for them in the way of duty and honest diligence, and verily they shall be fed. It may be applied spiritually; the word of God is the food of the soul. Christ is the word of God; by him we live.”

 

We are all, spiritually hungry.

We search for answers and it is a search that when we have a question, it is like a hunger that leaves us searching the refrigerator or pantry for something that will satisfy that hunger.

Our searches and what we find, can often leave us just feeling empty or hungry, maybe its a craving that no matter what we do, isn’t satisfy, but with God’s word, when we have grasp the core of who and what our Father is and what He has to share with us, is enough to fill that hunger, often more than we realize.

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30 Therefore they said to Him, “What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
32 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”
35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. (John 6:30-39, New King James Version)

 

When we feed on His word, and not just nibbles, but really, get into the meat of the sustenance of God’s Word, it is from which we breathe in our encouragement, inspiration, and growth in and through Him.

Christ shows that he is the true Bread; he is to the soul what bread is to the body, nourishes and supports the spiritual life. He is the Bread of God. Bread which the Father gives, which he has made to be the food of our souls.

Bread nourishes only by the powers of a living body; but Christ is himself living Bread, and nourishes by his own power. The doctrine of Christ crucified is now as strengthening and comforting to a believer as ever it was. He is the Bread which came down from heaven.

It denotes the Divinity of Christ’s person and his authority; also, the Divine origin of all the good which flows to us through him. May we with understanding and earnestness say, Lord, evermore give us this Bread. (Jn 6:36-46) via the Matthew Henry Commentary

It is a blessing that one of our Father’s gift to all of us, no matter what translations we prefer or are out there, is His word. It’s a blessing that not a select few, but all of us have access to God’s word, in really, many forms and even languages.

We can read it on our e-readers, on our phones, have more than one in our

To find out more about nations that are restricting to the point of completely banning the bible, drop by Voice of the Martyrs
homes if we want, in any language we choose to read it in, and yet, there are places in today’s world, the 21st Century, where owning a bible is illegal.

This is an eternal gift that is everyday, everywhere that we can carry His word with us and particularly in our heart and a gift that is worth being grateful for.

As a little something to share as a reminder of Jesus being the Bread of Life, I’ve created a little gift for you, a bookmark with John 6:35 on it. Please feel free to download to use!

I recommend using card stock to create a more durable bookmark. Prayers it would be a blessing to you!

If you would like to participate in, “12 Days of Eternal Gifts” or find out more about it, drop by, “More to Be” and follow on Twitter via hashtag #12gifts

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22 Nov 2011
What's On Your Nightstand?

“What’s On Your Nightstand”-Five Minutes For Books

What's On Your Nightstand When I saw this posted on,Homesteading by Faith, I couldn’t pass it up.

I confess.

I’m a bookworm.

I love books…..with a passion.

I read and read and read and even my father in law reads and its funny, because when we go to visit the in-laws, my father in law would ask me what books I had been reading and we would sit down and exchange books that he has read with books I have read.

For my birthday, my mother in law gave me a Nook Color and now in addition to exchanging books, he would go through my Nook Color and see what books I had that he would like to take to his book to read.

There’s really not much I don’t read, a few, but not much.

Not a big romance fan, but lately I’ve read quite a few historical romances and even a few contemporary romance (Christian genre though and are very clean and good), that has changed that.

I’m very big on biographies, non-fiction such as history, cooking, science, and even military; Most of the books I generally read or review are of or within the Christian genre. I’m just conscious of the bible verse:

 8 From now on, brothers and sisters, if anything is excellent and if anything is admirable, focus your thoughts on these things: all that is true, all that is holy, all that is just, all that is pure, all that is lovely, and all that is worthy of praise. (Philippians 4:8, Common English Bible)

Some of the things I honestly think about when reading a book is:

  • Is it entertaining….really, books help us grow, be challenged and a great way to be entertained.
  • I honestly contemplate if the book was written with 1 Peter 3:8-11 in mind. You know the saying, “Garbage in-Garbage out” and its not to say, that the books are evil, but at the same time…is it really edifying and value giving. Some books are just plain entertaining, but there are some that really, aren’t so entertaining.
  • And per the above, is the book geared for shock value or to stumble another-(Romans 14:1-23)

There are good books, but there are bad books too, that at the end of the day, just isn’t worth the time to read or add value to the reader.

With that said, there is a mix of books on my nightstand at any given time; I’m a fast reader so I can read quite a bit and I always have a pile of books for both reviewing or reading so at least for November, going to share what I have to both read and review.

For upcoming reviews in December, I have the following:

There’s still quite a few that I hope to get in before the year is over with, but what can I say:
1. I enjoy reading
2. I love books
3. I love sharing what I have read

Now….for books I am reading on the side, for fun, yes fun:

  • Pride and Prejudice (Insight Edition)
    I really like this version. It’s published by Bethany House and it’s called the “Insight Edition” filled with trivia, notes and inspiration, that are posted as side notes in the book. It’s the holidays, and for me, I love Jane Austen for the romance, and how the setting just takes you away. I remember watching a show on BBC called “Lost in Austen” where a modern day girl finds herself transported to an Austen story and Elizabeth Bennett switches places with her and is in the modern world. I don’t know if it’s available on Netflix or Hulu but there is a dvd out there.
  • Too Blessed to Be Stressed: Inspiration for Climbing Out of Life’s Stress-Pool
    This is a book to read before or during the holidays. I had a chance to review this book, earlier on, and I really enjoyed it that I placed it in my “holiday reading” tote bag I have (really, I do, lol), to read over the holidays. Here’s a link to the book tour, I read the book for,to give you a little insight into the bookTo Blessed to be Stressed, but it’s both a fun and encouraging book to read.

What I like about the holidays, along with the food, the sweets, spending time with family and catching up with others, is that its a great time to catch up on books that have been gathering cobwebs on my nightstands and I just didn’t have the time to sit down and read.

‘Course with what I had to share, is probably a small drop of the books I have or will be reading of.

How about you? Do you use the holidays to catch up on reading you are behind on?

Otherwise, drop by 5 Minutes for Books and find out what else, others have on their nightstands!

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08 Mar 2011
In Other Words Tuesday • In Other Words Tuesday

Mercy-An “In Other Words Tuesday” moment

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This Week’s “In Other Words”

“It is no use walking anywhere to preach
unless our walking is our preaching.”
~ Francis of Assisi ~

Hosted this week at:

Tami of The Next Step

This quote really intrigued me and challenged me and had me looking deeper into understanding, really understanding what Francis of Assisi was sharing with this quote. The result of this lead, me to another blog that shared the following,

“And in the same way, he (Francis of Assisi) knew that, even in the imperfect, clumsy and often sinful lives that we lead, the inherent authority of the Gospel message would still touch the hearts of those who needed to hear it and therefore must be preached.

Inevitably, out of the diversity of our giftings and experiences, out of the brokenness and strengths of our culture and understanding, each of us will find ourselves at different places of emphasis on this issue” from,” Preach the Gospel at all Times

This reminded me so much of the story of the Good Samaritan…we all know it:

25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?”
27 So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’”
28 And He said to him, “You have answered rightly; do this and you will live.”
29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. 34 So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.’ 36 So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?”
37 And he said, “He who showed mercy on him.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.” (Luke 10:25-37, New King James Version)

We have a choice of how we present the Gospel to others….
As MHC shares about the Good Samaritan:
If we speak of eternal life, and the way to it, in a careless manner, we take the name of God in vain. No one will ever love God and his neighbour with any measure of pure, spiritual love, who is not made a partaker of converting grace. But the proud heart of man strives hard against these convictions. Christ gave an instance of a poor Jew in distress, relieved by a good Samaritan.
This poor man fell among thieves, who left him about to die of his wounds. He was slighted by those who mshould have been his friends, and was cared for by a stranger, a Samaritan, of the nation which the Jews most despised and detested, and would have no dealings with. It is lamentable to observe how selfishness governs all ranks; how many excuses men will make to avoid trouble or expense in relieving others. But the true Christian has the law of love written in his heart. The Spirit of Christ dwells in him; Christ’s image is renewed in his soul.
The parable is a beautiful explanation of the law of loving our neighbour as ourselves, without regard to nation, party, or any other distinction. It also sets forth the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward sinful, miserable men. We were like this poor, distressed traveller. Satan, our enemy, has robbed us, and wounded us: such is the mischief sin has done us.
The blessed Jesus had compassion on us. The believer considers that Jesus loved him, and gave his life for him, when an enemy and a rebel; and having shown him mercy, he bids him o and do likewise.
It is the duty of us all , in our places, and according to our ability, to succour, help, and relieve all that are in distress and necessity. (Lu 10:38-42)
When we make the choice…..how not…”37 And he said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.” (Luke 10:37 NKJV)

I hope you will join all of us at, “In Other Words Tuesday” and drop by at this week’s hostess,:

Tami of The Next Step

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27 Feb 2011
Sunday Praise and Worship

Resting

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09 Jan 2011
Sunday Praise and Worship • Uncategorized

A Day of Rest and Worship

Image from About My Father's Business

Just a gentle reminder to take one day out of the week, to rest and spend in His word.

True Sabbath Rest by Ray Stedman

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work (Genesis 2:2).

We must recognize that the weekly Sabbath is not the real Sabbath. It is a picture or a reminder of the real Sabbath. The true Sabbath is a rest; the Jewish Sabbath is a shadow, a picture of that rest. All the Old Testament shadows pointed to Christ. When the work of Jesus Christ was finished, the shadows were no longer needed.

Some years ago when I was serving in the military in Hawaii, I found myself engaged to a lovely girl who lived in Montana and whom I hadn’t seen for three or four years. We were writing back and forth in those lonely days, and she sent me her picture. It was all I had to remind me of her, and it served moderately well for that purpose. But one wonderful day she arrived in Hawaii, and I saw her face to face. When the real thing came, there was no longer any need for the picture.

This is what happened with these Old Testament shadows, including the Sabbath. When the Lord came and His work was ended, the picture was no longer needed. The weekly Sabbath ended at the cross. In the letter to the Colossians, Paul confirms it to us. He says, Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ (Colossians 2:16-17).

The shadow-Sabbath ended at the cross. The next day was the day of resurrection, the day when the Lord Jesus came from the tomb. That was the beginning of a new day–the Lord’s Day. Christians immediately began to observe the Lord’s Day on the first day of the week. They ceased observing the Sabbath because it was ended by the fulfillment of its reality in the cross, and they began to observe the first day of the week.

Though this shadow-Sabbath ended at the cross, the true Sabbath, the rest of God, continues today. That Sabbath is defined for us in Hebrews 4, There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God [it is available to us now]; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. (Hebrews 4:9-10)

That is what the true Sabbath is: to cease from your own efforts and your own works. Well, you say, if I did that I would be nothing but a blob. But the implication is that you cease from your own efforts and depend on the work of Another. This is why Paul cries, I no longer live, but Christ lives in me (Galatians 2:20). This was also the secret of the life of Jesus, as we have seen. He Himself said, It is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work (John 14:10). This is the secret of the Christian who learns it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose (Philippians 2:13). So the secret of true Christian life is to cease from dependence on one’s own activity and to rest in dependence upon the activity of another who dwells within. That is fulfilling the Sabbath.

Lord, teach me to enter into Your true Sabbath rest by ceasing my efforts to please You and serve You in my own strength.

Life Application: Jesus can do much more through us than we can ever do for Him. How do we cease from our own efforts and our own works? Have we found true Sabbath rest in Christ?

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31 Oct 2010
Sunday Praise and Worship • Uncategorized

The Blessing of the Christian Sabbath by Debra Lohrere

This is a beautiful graphic that was posted on:"About My Father's Business" @ aboutmyfathersbusiness.net

The Blessing of the Christian Sabbath

By Debra Lohrere

In Christian circles, even among those who do believe in keeping the ten commandments, there has still been confusion over the fourth commandment and whether we should be keeping the Sabbath on the seventh day that was ordained, sanctified and made Holy by God at the time of creation.

To be able to develop a close relationship with God, we need to spend quality time with Him. He set aside this day as a special time of communion with Him. It is a time where we can study His Word, and let His Holy Spirit speak to us through it. A time that we can spend in earnest prayer, talking to Him, praising and worshiping Him.

It is also a time that we can look at nature and reflect on all the wonderful creations that He has made. And finally, it is a time that we can spend with fellow believers, to worship together in song and have fellowship with each other, encouraging one another and building up each other’s faith by our testimonies.

God also gave us this special day as a day of rest. In this hectic world with our busy lifestyles it is so easy to get so engrossed in other things that we never have time for God and never have time to just stop all our work and let our bodies recuperate.

Some Christians spend a couple of hours of a Sunday morning attending church, but then the hum drum of every day life catches up with them and they start doing household chores like mowing lawns.

Others go to the footy, or do other secular activities where God is just not a part of it. Sunday keeping Christians often claim that Sunday is the Sabbath, but if they genuinely believed this, then it follows that they would demonstrate it by keeping the entire day Holy and devoted to God, without doing secular activities.

With stress related diseases like cancer and heart attacks on the increase every year, the necessity to take a days break, and bask in the presence of our all mighty father in Heaven, has never been so important. We need to spend time with Him to be replenished and rested.

God gave us His Sabbath day as a blessing to all mankind. A day on which we could spend time with Him to get to truly know Him and fellowship with Him. A day on which we do not have to do any work or labour. A day to rest, away from the worries and cares of this world.

God also ordained the seventh day Sabbath as a day in remembrance that He is the Creator of Heaven and Earth. The Bible says, Exodus 20:8-11 “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work…”.

The scriptures also show us the true spirit of the Sabbath. Isaiah 58:13-14 “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight..”

This shows that the Sabbath is a delight and a blessing. It is a wonderful day and something to look forward to each week.

All Bible references are from the King James Version.

For more information on this topic please visit the-ten-commandments.org

Debra Lohrere is the author of Christian Prophecy and Investment books investmentpropertybooks.com/christianbooks.html

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22 Oct 2010
Memes

Sewing Machine-Plastic Bag Caddy Challenge

Welcome to my first bi-weekly Sewing Encouragement/challenge.

For our first challenge, I thought it would be neat to try this,Plastic Bag Caddy P, using whatever materials we may have around the house or even fat quarters that you can buy at your local hobby/fabric store.

To participate, the rules are very simple:

  1. Each bi-weekly post, I will share a sewing project for us to work on (I’m a novice sewer myself so we’ll be starting on a simple project and working our way up).
  2. Work at your own pace and when you finish the project, leave a link for that week’s project to your blog post on the linky that I’ll have posted,so we can have a chance to see what you’ve accomplished.
  3. I’m a busy mom like yourself so don’t feel bad if you can’t get to a project or in the middle of a project, something comes up…for all you know, this may become a “Sewing Encouragement-Tackle those unfinished projects” meme.

Simple as that.

To get directions/patterns for the challenge, just click on the picture and/or name of the this bi-weekly challenge. If you have pictures of your project, I would love to see what you did!

Thank you so much for participating in our first “Sewing Encouragment” and hope to see you in future posts.

If you are a novice or veteran sewer and would like to dust off your sewing machine and grab your sewing basket and participate, feel free to grab the blog hop code to participate, or if you want to just grab the button to place on your blog, feel free to do so.

Place your cursor in the box below and press ctrl+a to copy all and then ctrl+c to copy. To paste the code on your blog or wherever you choose to add the button, press ctrl+v.


I also have a Sewing Exchange Group on Conservative Homeschooler-Raising a Generation for Christ, for the exchange of patterns and material to encourage those who are new to sewing or veteran sewers to the art of sewing/using the sewing machine and to also help out those who either are in need of material or would like to participate in material exchanges with other fellow seamstresses.

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08 Oct 2010
Memes

Sewing Encouragement-What's On Your Sewing Machine?

Welcome to my first bi-weekly Sewing Encouragement. This is really just set up as a “showing off of my current sewing projects” and also with prayer, an encouragement to those who are either new to sewing by sewing machine or using the sewing needle, to pick up the skill and discover a lost art in homemaking.

I begun sewing as a way to not only learn a basic skill,but also to develop a craft of self-sustanability, since we had a lot of clothes around the home that although we do give away to those who are in need, also had me wondering, when times are tight or just being plain frugal, to create new clothing (i.e. skirts and such) from what we had as a way to also practice recycling our clothes.

We are blessed with many and sometimes forget that sometimes we have more at our disposal than we allow ourselves credit, so why not be creative and like the women of old who were never without and learn how to make use of everything from re-crafting a woman’s dress to that which could fit their daughters or in the classic “Gone with the Wind” scene of making a dress out of curtains, rediscover how to make what was once old, new again in our own homes and at our sewing machines or with the sewing needle.

So if you are looking for an excuse to learn how to sew or how to use the sewing machine, dear Sisters, I invite you to join me and other sisters, be it here, at Conservative Homeschooler or even on Facebook for some sewing encouragement.

To start off, let’s get to know each other about why and how we got started sewing to start off this bi-weekly meme with.

  1. What encouraged you to start sewing?
  2. Do you prefer a sewing machine or traditional sewing needle?
  3. If you use a sewing machine, share a picture of it and what type!
  4. Have you sewed anything yet or are you just starting out?
  5. If you had one sewing project that is your goal to work on reaching what is it? (Make a dress, sew straight, make own clothes, etc.)

Thank you so much for participating in our first “Sewing Encouragment” and hope to see you in future posts. Each bi-weekly post,  I will share a sewing project for us to work on (I’m a novice sewer myself so we’ll be starting on a simple project and working our way up). Work at your own pace and when you finish the project, leave a link for that week’s project to your blog post on the linky that I’ll have posted,so we can have a chance to see what you’ve accomplished.

I’m a busy mom like yourself so don’t feel bad if you can’t get to a project or in the middle of a project, something comes up…for all you know, this may become a “Sewing Encouragement-Tackle those unfinished projects” meme. LOL!

If you are a novice or veteran sewer and would like to dust off your sewing machine and grab your sewing basket and participate, feel free to grab the blog hop code to participate, or if you want to just grab the button to place on your blog, feel free to do so.

Place your cursor in the box below and press ctrl+a to copy all and then ctrl+c to copy. To paste the code on your blog or wherever you choose to add the button, press ctrl+v.


I also have a Sewing Exchange Group on Conservative Homeschooler-Raising a Generation for Christ, for the exchange of patterns and material to encourage those who are new to sewing or veteran sewers to the art of sewing/using the sewing machine and to also help out those who either are in need of material or would like to participate in material exchanges with other fellow seamstresses.

If you would like to add the blog hop code to your “Sewing Encouragement post”, feel free to copy the following code: Sewing Encouragement Blog Hop Code

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