You're the STAR - Week#1 GARDEN (July 2023)

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WELCOME to the July 2023 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!

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WELCOME to GARDEN feature week of the July 2023 "You're the STAR" blog hop!
Meet your GARDEN week Hosts 

 
This week is GARDEN feature week
Swing by the GARDEN Hosts blogs:
Angie @ God's Growing Garden
Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures

This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!

There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories.  Just to be clear - this is NOT a themed party - you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month. 
The "theme" occurs in our weekly features:
WEEK#1 GARDEN - gardening, homesteading, recycling, outdoor activities &/or preserving (this can include any type of green living,  repurposed ideas, outdoor concerns, posts relating to farm animals etc all while remaining family friendly)




(All features were chosen from the June 2023 "You're the Star" blog hop)

Delicious Spicy Roasted Kale Chips by Fresh Vintage By Lisa S

A Week of Garden Projects & a Few Weird Smoky Days by Debbie-Dabble Blog

Sprague Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park by Mille Fiori Favoriti

Sky Is On Fire by Comfort Spring Station

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All Hosts/CoHosts will post this blog hop on every Monday of each week.

Please link up your family friendly blog posts below!

It wouldn't be a linky party with YOU!

(IMPORTANT NOTE: by linking up you understand that you might be featured next month and if so, we will use some of your photos from your post - rest assured - we will always link back to your lovely blog.  We might also share your fantastic posts on social media.  Also, you may link up as many family-friendly posts as you like & YES - other blog hops &/or giveaways are welcome {giveaways and blog hops will NOT be featured though}  Thank You & ENJOY! )

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DAY#29 - Freedom Quotes: Don't Use Freedom For Evil

DAY#29 - A Month of Freedom Quotes:

Don't Use Freedom For Evil

We are more than halfway through the month long series focusing on Freedom.  I realized that we are on the verge of losing our liberty after only one week of doing these posts.  This is a serious subject - I hope that you will pray for discernment and then stand up with strength from God to preserve our freedom.

We will begin with the basics by defining "freedom".

Freedom - the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action

- liberation from restraint/slavery from the power of another

click HERE if you missed yesterday (DAY#28)

I'm sure that we can all think of at least one time in our life when we have been mocked for what we believe.  The first part of this passage is so perfect for those situations.  By doing good, (by making sure that our actions are in accordance with God's Will for our life) we are shutting up the foolish mockery.  

The second portion of this Scripture passage is just as important as the first portion.  Let's define the word "vice":

Vice - moral depravity;  wickedness

In other words, that verse is saying that we should never cover up our evil ways with the freedom from our sins.  It's kind of like saying "I've been forgiven, so I can act and do whatever I want".  That is morally depraved.

Other Bible versions do not use the word "Bondservant" - they say "you should be slaves of God".  I believe that "bondservant" is the correct word.  In the first part of my Jude series we talked about what "bondservant means".  This is the exerpt from that post:

"Notice that the word "bondservant" is used.

The Dictionary defines "bondservant" as a person who is bound to serve without wages.  In this case, "bondservant" was not a dreaded position to be in because  Jude was NOT a slave  - he wanted to serve Jesus Christ in this manner without pay.  I look at it in modern terms - I believe it was like a "Surety Bond."  Did you know that every elected public official today MUST have a surety bond?  That means if these public officials do not live up their oath of office then they will be financially accountable for their failed actions.  And we're talking substantial amounts (see this website for more information about our current elected officials' bonds: "Bonds For The Win")."

  

Click HERE to view the entire post: "JUDE - Greeting to the Called"

 

Let's make sure that we NEVER use our freedom from sin for evil.

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DAY#28 - Freedom Quotes: No Use If You Have Lost Your God

DAY#28 - A Month of Freedom Quotes:

No Use If You Have Lost Your God

At the beginning of this series I thought that we (society as a whole) were just unappreciative of our freedom.  Then, that quickly changed to thinking that we are on the precipice of losing our freedom to now, realizing that we have already lost many of our freedoms.  This is a serious subject - I hope that you will pray for discernment and then stand up with strength from God, to preserve our freedom.

We will begin with the basics by defining "freedom".

Freedom - the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action

- liberation from restraint/slavery from the power of another

click HERE if you missed yesterday (DAY#27)

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States.

I fear that many Americans have "lost their God."  Let's pray continually for revival across the world! 

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DAY#27 - Freedom Quotes: Liberty Endangered

DAY#27 - A Month of Freedom Quotes:

Liberty Endangered

At the beginning of this series I thought that we (society as a whole) were just unappreciative of our freedom.  Then, that quickly changed to thinking that we are on the precipice of losing our freedom to now, realizing that we have already lost many of our freedoms.  This is a serious subject - I hope that you will pray for discernment and then stand up with strength from God, to preserve our freedom.

We will begin with the basics by defining "freedom".

Freedom - the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action

- liberation from restraint/slavery from the power of another

click HERE if you missed yesterday (DAY#26)

James Madison was the 4th president and is known as "The Father of the Constitution".

I think that both of these abuses are atrocious but the abuse of power might slightly be the worst.  I am reminded of "Animal Farm" by George Orwell and specifically this quote:

"Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

I fear that we are living under the tyranny of the "absolute corrupted" today. 

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DAY#26 - Freedom Quotes: Like Sheep to the Slaughter

DAY#26 - A Month of Freedom Quotes:

Like Sheep to the Slaughter

At the beginning of this series I thought that we (society as a whole) just weren't appreciating our freedom.  Then, that quickly changed to thinking that we are on the precipice of losing our freedom to now, realizing that we have already lost many of our freedoms.  This is a serious subject - I hope that you will pray for discernment and then stand up with strength from God, to preserve our freedom.

We will begin with the basics by defining "freedom".

Freedom - the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action

- liberation from restraint/slavery from the power of another

click HERE if you missed yesterday (DAY#25)

This is already happening today!!  How many times have you been "fact checked" or censored on social media?  I can't count how many times that has happened to me.  Usually, it is because of some stretch of the truth - like taking a quote from a different refutable site that social media deems "false" and then social media placing a "dangerous" label on your post. (click HERE to read what social media did with DAY#16).

I am NOT a "sheeple" - I pray that you are not one either. 

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DAY#25 - Freedom Quotes: Becoming What God Intends

DAY#25 - A Month of Freedom Quotes:

Becoming What God Intends

We only have a week left of the month long series focusing on Freedom.  I realized that we are on the verge of losing our liberty after only one week of doing these posts.  This is a serious subject - I hope that you will pray for discernment and then stand up with strength from God to preserve our freedom.

We will begin with the basics by defining "freedom".

Freedom - the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action

- liberation from restraint/slavery from the power of another

click HERE if you missed yesterday (DAY#24)

The "American dream" model has been twisted into a lie over the past few decades.  It has been mangled into socialism or even communism where everyone must have equal parts, or be on the exact same level.  Excelling at something is now labeled as being "privileged"  or even "racist".

We need to allow God to transform us into exactly what He intends without consulting "society" first. 

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DAY#24 - Freedom Quotes: When One Man Is Enslaved

DAY#24 - A Month of Freedom Quotes:

When One Man Is Enslaved

We only have a week left of the month long series focusing on Freedom.  I realized that we are on the verge of losing our liberty after only one week of doing these posts.  This is a serious subject - I hope that you will pray for discernment and then stand up with strength from God to preserve our freedom.

We will begin with the basics by defining "freedom".

Freedom - the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in choice or action

- liberation from restraint/slavery from the power of another

click HERE if you missed yesterday (DAY#23)

Let's begin by defining the word: "indivisible"

Indivisible - incapable of being divided, separated or broken

That's pretty powerful! - Freedom can NEVER be separated.  No walls or divisions can come between us if true freedom exists.  What President Kennedy said is profound but so simple - it only takes ONE person to be a slave for freedom to NOT exist for ANYONE.  

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