TWENTY Top 20 - SPRING

TWENTY Top 20 - SPRING

This is the fifth post in my blog series called "TWENTY Top 20"..  We are celebrating 2020 (and celebrating the beginning of a new decade) with this series.  In this series there will be a total of twenty different categories featuring the top 20 previously published posts on that topic.  Once or twice a month I will feature a new category.  
Today we are focusing on SPRING - anything having to do with this beautiful season (recipes, gardening tips and more).
ENJOY!

click on each title to view the entire post:

20 Springtime Sweet Treats
Spring Cleaning the Garden
Springtime Chicken Pot Pie with Parsnips
Easter Egg Decorating - Electric Tape Stencil Method
Springtime Cherry Blossom Tarts
PARABLE of The Sower - SOWN ON GOOD SOIL
Maintaining Spring Flowers
SONrise Easter Eggs

Jam'n Molasses Cookies - A Sprintime Tonic
Red Admiral Butterfly

Fruity Cream Cheese Filled French Toast
Spring Thaw of 1986
Granola Cookies
Orange Parsnip Cake with Cocoa Hazelnut Crumb Topping

German Egg Tree OR "Osterstrauch"

Cashew Parsnip Chocolate Chip Cookies
My Favorite Garden Tools
One Dozen Smoothie RECIPES
Larger Than Feet PARSNIPS
Asparagus - From SPRING to Winter



Other TWENTY Top 20 posts:
WINTER
CHOCOLATE
LOVE
GREEN

Copyright, Permissions& Disclaimer



Shared with:
Happiness is Homemade
Over the Moon Link Party
Thursday Favorite Things
Friday Feature Linky Party

_____________________________________________________________________

Are you in need of Online Counseling?

Professionally Licensed
Spiritually Informed
Readily Accessible

 click logo image above 
or 
click HERE to view Faithful Counseling website

TWENTY Top 20 - WINTER

TWENTY Top 20 - WINTER

To celebrate 2020 and the beginning of this new decade, I thought I'd start this new series called "TWENTY Top 20".  There will be a total of twenty categories featuring the top 20 previously published posts on that topic.  Once or twice a month I will feature a new category.  We will start with WINTER.
ENJOY!

click on the following title to view the entire post:

The Blizzard of 1978 Replaced by January 2014

Snow Buried Chalet

Soup Season - RECIPES

Orange Hot Chocolate with Cocoa Cream

Snow Shoveling Basics

Ice Pile Up

CHANGE - 4 Truths

Pepparkakor - Swedish Ginger Cookie

Cross-country Skiing with a Great Pyrenees

Don't Become "Warped & Frustrated"

How To Make Homemade Egg Rolls RECIPE

One Piece Snow Suit

A Joyful January with No Complaining

Maple'n Bacon Biscuits with Poached Eggs & Cheese RECIPE

Bundle Up, It's January

Dry Roasted Peanut Thai Chicken RECIPE

Cheeky Squirrel Posing For Pictures

Canadian Hemlock - Winter Splendor

Give Careful Thought To Your Ways - Be Practical

Sweet Potato Chips


Copyright, Permissions& Disclaimer


Shared with:
You're the STAR
Friday Feature Linky Party

Happiness is Homemade
Over the Moon Linky Party
Thursday Favorite Things

_____________________________________________________________________

Are you in need of Online Counseling?

Professionally Licensed
Spiritually Informed
Readily Accessible

 click logo image above 
or 
click HERE to view Faithful Counseling website

PARABLE of the Sower - SOWN ON GOOD SOIL

PARABLE of the Sower - SOWN ON GOOD SOIL

 

"The Parable of the Sower" is about faith & unbelief.  It's about sharing our faith with others and dealing with the trials and tribulations that come along with witnessing.  We are all part of God's Growing Garden and the types of seeds that we are planting in His garden are:  grace, mercy and forgiveness.

In this Parable there are 4 different ways to receive the gospel or 4 different sorts of people who come in contact with the gospel.  Today we will be focusing on the seeds sown on good soil.

The seed is always the same:  the gospel is the seed, which is the saving grace and mercy of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.  The soil types are different.  I was going to say that we are the soil but I think that the environment that we live in is the soil.  Once this seed sprouts and a plant appears - this symbolizes our birth as a Christian.  How that plant continues to grow is the type of believer that we become.  Together we are all part of the garden which is the family of God.

Explanation
ON GOOD SOIL:  This seed has fallen on good soil - the perfect spot in the garden with the best sun exposure; the ideal moisture availability and the correct soil type.  This is the type of person that is responsive, hears, understands and is transformed by the Word of God.

I find the numbers that are used in these verses very interesting:  "yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."  Wow - that is exponential!  Just think about 1 sunflower - one flower head can produce hundreds of seeds.  By the next year, (with perfect soil and weather conditions) you could have 100 sunflowers and then the year after that it could be 100 times 100!!  That's how it is with us - sharing God's love - planting that seed - we could be planting 100 times 100 believers! 

Sunflowers are one of my favorite types of flowers - they literally grow towards the sun......we as Christians are like sunflowers - growing towards the Son.

You can be the tall, strong & bold sunflower growing among the thorns, stones & pathways - spreading seeds for miles and miles.


Previous PARABLE posts:PARABLE OF THE VINE - "The True Vine & the Father Gardener"
PARABLE OF THE VINE - "Be a Fruitful Branch Instead of a Withering Branch"
PARABLE OF THE VINE - "Producing Joyful Fruit - God's Love Remains Forever"
PARABLE OF THE VINE - "Everlasting Fruit & Everlasting Friends"
The Prodigal Son PARABLE - The Son Who Ran Away
The Prodigal Son PARABLE - The Son Who Stayed Home
PARABLE of The Good Samaritan - Love God First
PARABLE of the Good Samaritan - Love Others
PARABLE of the Sower - Along the Pathway
PARABLE of the Sower - On Rocky Places
PARABLE of the Sower - Seeds Among Thorns

Copyright, Permissions & Disclaimer



Linked to:
Happiness is Homemade
Over the Moon Linky Party
LouLou Girls #207
You're the STAR
Tuesdays with a Twist
Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop
Oh My Heartsie Girls Wonderful Wednesday
Friday Feature Linky Party
Pretty Pintastic Party #201
__________________________________________________________________

"Prayer Warriors United" is a google+ Community where Christians come together in prayer. 

Click HERE to view or join this community

If you need prayer please fill out this

Prayer Request form