tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38886386959759449872024-03-18T14:09:04.254-04:00God's Growing GardenBlog Motto: Plant, Grow, Harvest, Preserve, Consume and EnjoyAngieOuellette-Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912106023113749359noreply@blogger.comBlogger5213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888638695975944987.post-63278651002347925022024-03-18T05:00:00.013-04:002024-03-18T05:00:00.135-04:00You're the STAR - Week#3 FAMILY (March 2024)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Even though it's still only March - it feels like April. I hope that you are able to get outside and enjoy God's amazing creation.</span></div><div><em style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Thank you again for joining us!</em></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><em>There are many ways to follow me:</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><strong>Angie @ <a href="http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">God's Growing Garden</a></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog</a> | <b><a href="https://truthsocial.com/@GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TruthSocial </a></b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> | </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook</a> | <a href="http://pinterest.com/angeliquetower/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pinterest </a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/gourdonville" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/store/godsgrowinggarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">zazzle</a> | </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <a href="https://rumble.com/user/GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>RUMBLE</b></a></span></div><div><a data-pin-board-width="400" data-pin-do="embedBoard" data-pin-scale-height="240" data-pin-scale-width="80" href="https://www.pinterest.com/angeliquetower/sweet-recipes/"></a><br /></div>___________________________________________________________________</div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<strong style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share this post from my blog:</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WqNzWKJ1J_4/T3owtp_e3FI/AAAAAAAABhY/wBZ7j9BZz_Q/s1600/DSCF2732.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dea="true" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WqNzWKJ1J_4/T3owtp_e3FI/AAAAAAAABhY/wBZ7j9BZz_Q/s640/DSCF2732.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2012/04/shirley-goodness-hot-cross-buns.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Shirley" Goodness Hot Cross Buns</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s1145.photobucket.com/user/AngieOuelletteTower/media/Title%20Pages%20or%20Buttons/YoureTheStarHopLarge_zpsjbrldhcx.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt="by Angie Ouellette-Tower for http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/ photo YoureTheStarHopLarge_zpsjbrldhcx.jpg" border="0" height="310" src="https://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/Title%20Pages%20or%20Buttons/YoureTheStarHopLarge_zpsjbrldhcx.jpg" width="320" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">WEEK#3 FAMILY - parenting, fitness, health, finances & inspirational (this can include anything about children like: education ideas for children, also self help, beauty etc - anything family friendly)</span></div>
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</div>AngieOuellette-Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912106023113749359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888638695975944987.post-82523820751044481732024-03-17T04:00:00.000-04:002024-03-17T04:00:00.150-04:00My Portion - March 2024 = Chapter 3, Verse 24<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/2da47417-38e2-412c-a9cf-9f6f32c486ed/p/aa7dcad6-59bf-4c6f-b8ea-e5bc24166b2c?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="SundayDateMarch" height="640" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/SundayDateMarch.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="495" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u>My Portion - March 2024 = Chapter 3, Verse 24</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A couple years ago I did a series on this blog called: "Today's Date in the Bible" (click <b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2022/03/chapter-3-verse-20-todays-date-in-bible.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> to view "<b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2022/03/chapter-3-verse-20-todays-date-in-bible.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Today's Date in the Bible</a></b>" from two years ago). Well, I really enjoyed writing that series and felt led to revamp and continue the series. It's kind of like letting God totally guide us in where we should study - which Bible verse or which area of Scripture.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is how it will work - we will have the month represent the Chapter in the Bible and the year will represent the verse. <b>Currently, we are in the month of March 2024, so we will focus on <u>verse 24</u> of the <u>third Chapter</u>. </b>In the previous series, I chose ten different Bible verses that fell into that specification (verse 24 of the second Chapter of any Book in the Bible). This year I felt led to focus on just one verse that falls into that specification and not only will we study that chosen verse in detail, but we will also study the verses or maybe the entire chapter to show the context and meaning behind the featured verse.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Today's featured verse is:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Lamentations 3:24</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/2da47417-38e2-412c-a9cf-9f6f32c486ed/p/0cdd62c2-a205-46df-bba8-7939c87c6db7?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="SundayDateMarchB" height="640" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/SundayDateMarchB.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><u style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Putting it into context:</u></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This book of the Bible was written by Jeremiah. He warned about the destruction of Jerusalem but ends chapter 3 by encouraging with God's mercy.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the featured verse above the word "<b><u>portion</u></b>" is important.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the "<i>Blue Letter Bible</i>" we learn that the original Hebrew word used for portion is:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><em id="yui-gen98" style="border: 0px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: arial, helvetica, "sans serif"; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><u><b>ḥēleq</b></u></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Which is defined as:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b>- portion, share</b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b>- portion, tract, parcel (of land)</b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b>- one's portion, one's possession</b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b>- (chosen) portion</b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i><b>- portion (from God)</b></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In other words - God is all that our soul needs!! His Holy Spirit fills us from head to toe - that is our portion; our slice and that is the hope we need to endure all hardships.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the Scripture passage below we see that God answered Jeremiah the second that he called on God! He said "Do not fear". Remember, in my "FearNot" series on this blog we learned that "<b><i>Do not be afraid</i></b>" (or fear not) appears 365 times which is enough for each day of the year. This means that we should NEVER live in fear!<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>You have heard my voice:</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>“Do not hide Your ear</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>From my sighing, from my cry for help.”</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>You drew near on the day I called on You,</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>And said, “Do not fear!”</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Lamentations 3:56-57</i></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Jeremiah then details some of the destruction that his people are experiencing at that time. "Tears stream" from his eyes and "they will not stop." (see below)</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>"</b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Tears stream from my eyes</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i> because of the destruction of my people!</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>My tears flow endlessly;</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i> they will not stop</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>until the Lord looks down</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i> from heaven and sees.</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>My heart is breaking</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i> over the fate of all the women of Jerusalem.</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Lamentations 3:48-51 (NLT)</i></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">And the constant mockery endured by Jeremiah & his people perpetrated by his evil enemies. (Actually, the description in the Bible verses below sounds exactly how the world treats Christians today): </span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>"Lord, you have heard the vile names they call me.</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i> You know all about the plans they have made.</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>My enemies whisper and mutter</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i> as they plot against me all day long.</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Look at them! Whether they sit or stand,</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i> I am the object of their mocking songs.</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Lamentations 3:61-63 (NLT)</i></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div><span><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finally, Jeremiah ends this chapter with God's promise that He will avenge (see Scripture below):</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Pay them back, Lord,<div> for all the evil they have done.</div><div>Give them hard and stubborn hearts,</div><div> and then let your curse fall on them!</div><div>Chase them down in your anger,</div><div> destroying them beneath the Lord’s heavens.</div>Lamentations 3:64-66 (NLT)</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div><span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div><div><span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Lord is our portion!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Just like it says in the New Testament:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">"<b><i>If God is for us, who can be against us?</i></b>"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">(Romans 8:31)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">With God as our portion - there is NOTHING to fear!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><div><br /></div></div></span></div></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Previous "Today's Date in the Bible" from 2024:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2024/01/gods-choice-january-2024-chapter-1.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">God's Choice - January 2024 = Chapter 1, Verse 24</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2024/02/become-one-february-2024-chapter-2.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Become One - February 2024 = Chapter 2, Verse 24</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><u>Homemade Paneer Cheese DIY</u><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Paneer is a mild cheese used in curry dishes like "Palak Paneer". I noticed that a block of paneer at the store is now $9.00!!!! That's when I knew I had to make it myself. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I have already shared two other types of cheese that can be made at home:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Click <b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2015/03/make-homemade-cottage-cheese-from.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> to read "<b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2015/03/make-homemade-cottage-cheese-from.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Homemade Cottage Cheese from Buttermilk</a></b>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">&</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Click <b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2021/08/herbal-kefir-cheese-spread.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> to read "<b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2021/08/herbal-kefir-cheese-spread.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Herbal Kefir Cheese Spread</a></b>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><u>You will only need 3 ingredients:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>1/2 gallon of milk (whole milk)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Lemon juice (from 1 lemon)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Salt</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Other Supplies:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">- cheese cloth</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">- large strainer</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">- a Paneer mold (the metal item seen in the picture below)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">- optional - cooking thermometer</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/b2345f47-1789-4e07-8545-69433f856b99/p/65b48cfb-79f4-43a4-9b67-5f680e5e9b8d?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="unnamed (40)" height="640" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/unnamed_(40)_wgKwUhZyHDAVdHdoC5XHpr.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="482" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Begin by heating the milk (in a stainless steel pot) to just before boiling </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(about 185 degrees Fahrenheit)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> - gently stirring all the time (NOTE - the picture below is not up to 185 degrees because it was causing my camera lens to steam at that temperature 😆).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/b2345f47-1789-4e07-8545-69433f856b99/p/05a36ca5-2030-4383-ae87-7b9437a67621?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="unnamed (43)" height="400" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/unnamed_(43)_mJbUetdRsjByxdTtrYKMaJ.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the lemon juice - you will notice curds begin to form (see picture below).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/b2345f47-1789-4e07-8545-69433f856b99/p/2c2980bb-6659-463f-96eb-ee7a76ec6bfc?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="unnamed (42)" height="485" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/unnamed_(42)_hjNiD5zzXYxyuBT3F4BmoV.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Allow to cool for 10 minutes. Then, pour the curd formed milk into the cheesecloth (which has been draped over a strainer). Bring the cloth together and gently squeeze out the liquid.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/b2345f47-1789-4e07-8545-69433f856b99/p/6ea2f35e-a787-4cbd-aa1b-67999ae6d42f?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank"><img alt="unnamed (41)" height="241" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/unnamed_(41)_w27UFGtSbXeHEZmBRNQmuE.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Now place the Paneer press/mold in the strainer (making sure to remove the pressing lid). And start to gently unfold the drained cheese into the press. And also sprinkle in a few pinches of salt onto the cheese once the cheesecloth has been removed. 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Keep that weight on for at least 2 hours.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/b2345f47-1789-4e07-8545-69433f856b99/p/cd5e2051-f8d7-4db0-b7be-680f6f1514ef?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="unnamed (50)" height="482" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/unnamed_(50)_9iRKwufcoqiLSW2PzkeZEt.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Take the weight and lid off and gently remove the cheese block (see next 2 pictures):</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/b2345f47-1789-4e07-8545-69433f856b99/p/60529d3d-6417-4139-8e49-aab9283c6f13?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="unnamed (49)" height="638" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/unnamed_(49)_i27awo72UmiYadb2X4jLMu.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/b2345f47-1789-4e07-8545-69433f856b99/p/1bb8f39e-6702-40f2-aeb5-b27c680c8a25?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="unnamed (48)" height="482" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/unnamed_(48)_w3GsrA3vijwuFzyJaMabDF.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Wrap in plastic or put in an airtight container and place in the fridge overnight. 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<div style="text-align: center;"></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">It takes me about 2 weeks before I'm totally used to the time change (can't stand it!).</span></div><div><em style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Thank you again for joining us!</em></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><em>There are many ways to follow me:</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><strong>Angie @ <a href="http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">God's Growing Garden</a></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog</a> | <b><a href="https://truthsocial.com/@GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TruthSocial </a></b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> | </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook</a> | <a href="http://pinterest.com/angeliquetower/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pinterest </a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/gourdonville" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/store/godsgrowinggarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">zazzle</a> | </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <a href="https://rumble.com/user/GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>RUMBLE</b></a></span></div><div><a data-pin-board-width="400" data-pin-do="embedBoard" data-pin-scale-height="240" data-pin-scale-width="80" href="https://www.pinterest.com/angeliquetower/sweet-recipes/"></a><br /></div>___________________________________________________________________</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share from my blog:</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/a78b3648-3402-4372-a994-d6f9f752db34/p/2e1123ec-5e15-4326-897e-23cd59f948a9" target="_blank"><img alt="unnamed_(285)" border="0" height="481" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/unnamed_(285).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2022/03/start-your-own-sweet-potato-slips-with.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Start Your Own Sweet Potato Slips</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://s1145.photobucket.com/user/AngieOuelletteTower/media/Title%20Pages%20or%20Buttons/YoureTheStarHopLarge_zpsjbrldhcx.jpg.html" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" target="_blank"><img alt="by Angie Ouellette-Tower for http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/ photo YoureTheStarHopLarge_zpsjbrldhcx.jpg" border="0" height="310" src="https://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/Title%20Pages%20or%20Buttons/YoureTheStarHopLarge_zpsjbrldhcx.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>WELCOME to the second week of the March 2024 </strong><strong>"<em><u>You're the Star</u></em>" Blog Hop!</strong></span><br /></span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><div style="border-image: none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="border-image: none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">_____________________________________</span></div></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">WELCOME to <strong>CREATIVE</strong> feature week of the March 2024 </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">"<strong><em>You're the STAR</em></strong>" blog hop!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Meet your CREATIVE week Hosts</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/d8928b48-962c-4946-b14a-98d532b203d1/p/541bf11f-5232-4c68-a919-edb083b2b450" target="_blank"><img alt="YoureTheStarCreative" border="0" height="382" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/YoureTheStarCreative.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">This week is CREATIVE feature week</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">
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<span>WEEK#2 CREATIVE - arts & crafts, music, writing &/or dramatic arts (this can include sewing, yarn work, dance, art history, handmade jewelry, painting, computer art, fashion etc - anything creative while remaining family friendly)</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u>TREES #12 - BRANCHES (Part#1)</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Over the past few months we have been studying the different parts of trees like: roots, branches, trunk and leaves.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In today's continuation of the tree series, we will be focusing on <b><i>Branches.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is Trees#12 on "<b><i>Branches (Part#1)</i></b>".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the Old Testament Jesus is referred to as the "<b>Branch</b>" and in the New Testament we (the believers) are called the branches. Today we will be focusing on those two aspects of "branches". Next time we will learn about "ingrafted" branches.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Notice in the Scripture passage below "<b><i>My Servant the BRANCH</i></b>". Also - He "<b><i>will remove the iniquity of that land in one day</i></b>" - that's the Messiah!!:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/2da47417-38e2-412c-a9cf-9f6f32c486ed/p/e0e92e5e-ef8e-4beb-81e4-c696033ebbe5?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="SundayTrees12B" height="495" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/SundayTrees12B.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(click <b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/07/trees6-figs-from-genesis-to-revelation.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> to read "<b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/07/trees6-figs-from-genesis-to-revelation.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FIGS: From Genesis to Revelation</a></b>")</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And it's even clearer in the verses below - "<b><i>a righteous Branch</i></b>" - from David's line. And then precisely stated: "<b><i>The Lord Our Righteous Savior</i></b>" - that's Jesus!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/2da47417-38e2-412c-a9cf-9f6f32c486ed/p/e0d152b4-1894-4dea-ab24-1410008473a4?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="SundayTrees12A" height="640" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/SundayTrees12A.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="495" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the New Testament (John chapter 15) we learn that we are the branches and we must have utter dependence on Jesus (who is the Vine). In order to "bear much fruit" - (not just a mediocre amount of fruit but "much fruit" - a large amount) we must be completely and totally reliant on Him (see verses below): <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div><br /></div><div><span><div><span><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div><span><span><span><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jesus said, "</b></span></i></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in Me </i></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it will be </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Remain in Me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. </i></b></span><b style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"><i>Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.</i></b><i style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">"</span></b></i></div><div><b><i>John 15:1-5</i></b></div></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></i></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you are trimming a grape vine or fruit tree and throw the "bad" branches that you cut off onto a pile; you will notice that these branches will do nothing.</span></span><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's the same with us - without Jesus we can do NOTHING. Another interesting choice of words "Nothing" - I looked up the meaning:</span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>NOTHING</u> - no thing, not anything. No part, no portion. One of no consequence, no significance. Something that has no existence, no quantitative value, zero.</span></i></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Again, that is absolute - no beginning and therefore no ending - NOTHING. </span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another way of looking at this is the opposite of "nothing" - With Jesus all things are possible and when we trust God we can do anything and everything that He wants us to do.</span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When we are talking about the "bad branches" or the "fruitless branches" - those are the areas of our life that need to be changed. When we cut out that sin from our life, then we are building character and learning to endure hardships. It doesn't feel good when that branch is being cut off but then afterwards our whole vine (life) becomes healthy and strong (see Scripture below):</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></div></span></span></span></div><div><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; font-style: italic;"><a href="http://s1145.photobucket.com/user/AngieOuelletteTower/media/Sunday/SundayVine3_zps53326d0f.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt="by Angie Ouellette-Tower for godsgrowinggarden.com photo SundayVine3_zps53326d0f.jpg" border="0" height="395" src="http://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/Sunday/SundayVine3_zps53326d0f.jpg" width="640" /></a> </b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the township where I live, there are a few months in the fall and spring when we are allowed to burn our yard waste. Many of the branches that I trim off during late spring sit in a pile at the back of my urban farm until burning season. I have noticed that many of these branches that I have thrown away struggle to live and hang on to their leaves for many weeks - but they never make it. These cast out branches always end up withering away. </span></div><div><b style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;">These withered & cast away branches symbolize two things:</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;">1. We can try living without our Lord and Savior and struggle along but without Jesus we will eventually wither away.</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;">2. That "bad branch" (or sin), when cast away and when not given any water (or attention) will become weaker and easier to ignore or avoid doing.</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;">When we "remain" in God we are given certain privileges and can "ask whatever we wish." Be careful - we are Christians and must ask according to the Father's will. A branch on a grape vine or fruit tree will draw from the sap of the vine/tree and grow abundant fruit - that branch and the fruit glorify the vine/tree. We must glorify Him (our Heavenly Father).</div></span></b></div><div><br /></div></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Jesus is The Branch and since His Spirit is inside of us, we are also branches drawing from the sap/strength of our Heavenly Father.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><i><div><br /></div></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Previous Tree posts:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/01/trees-1-visual-edible.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part#1 - Visual & Edible</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/02/trees2-from-fall-to-forgiveness.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part#2 - From the Fall to Forgiveness</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/03/trees3-fruit.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part#3 - Fruit</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/04/trees4-olives.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part#4 - Olives</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/05/trees5-mustard-faith-mulberry.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part#5 - Mustard, Faith & Mulberry</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/07/trees6-figs-from-genesis-to-revelation.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part#6 - FIGS: From Genesis to Revelation</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/08/trees7-cypresspinecedar.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part#7 - Cypress, Pine, Cedar</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/09/trees8-tree-of-life.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part#8 - The Tree of Life</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/11/trees-9-zacchaeus-sycamore-tree.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Part#9 - Zacchaeus & The Sycamore Tree</b></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2024/01/trees10-roots.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Part#10 - Roots</b></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2024/02/trees-11-trunkbarkwood.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Part#11 - Trunk/Bark/Wood</b></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><u>The Book of Esther & the Triangle Cookie</u><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A few weeks ago I posted the triangle shaped cookie recipe (click <b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2024/02/triangle-poppy-seed-cookie-recipe.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> to view: "<b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2024/02/triangle-poppy-seed-cookie-recipe.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hamantaschen - Triangle Poppy Seed Cookies</a></b>"). Today we are going to learn about the Old Testament history/symbolism behind this cookie.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In the Old Testament there were many feasts and festivals that God's people observed every year:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">- Feast of Unleavened Bread</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">- Feast of Weeks</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">- Feast of Booths</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">- Festival of Harvest</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">- Festival of Ingathering</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">& "<b>Days of Purim</b>" (which is what we are studying today)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There are so many lessons that can be learned from this relatively small Book of the Bible. There's drama, action, romance, horror, mystery, crime - who needs movies when you can just read the Bible! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Book of Esther can be condensed down to 4 main characters/people:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Esther (Queen Esther)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Mordecai</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>King Xerxes</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Haman</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I'll try to summarize the entire Book of Esther into one post. We begin with queen Vashti being deposed from the throne (read Esther chapter 1). King Xerxes then began a search for a new queen (which is where Esther comes into the picture).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Esther had a difficult childhood - she was an orphan. Thankfully, her relative "Mordecai" raised her as his own daughter (see Scripture below):</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/0101e6de-f9cd-4cd6-aa07-e0bd05394a43/p/431dd294-a9eb-4923-b972-96abcd39363a?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="Esther2" height="640" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/Esther2.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="495" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> The custom in that day was mortifying when comparing to modern standards because the king chose his next wife from a harem of virgins (Esther being the king's choice - see Bible verses below). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>"Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti."</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Esther 2:17</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Just after Esther was chosen by the king, her "father" Mordecai overheard the guards planning a plot to kill the king. Esther warned the king and these criminals were impaled on poles!!! Serious and dangerous times.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Anyway, Haman (the evil character) was appointed to the highest position among the nobles. Mordecai refused to bow down to Haman (see verses below):</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/0101e6de-f9cd-4cd6-aa07-e0bd05394a43/p/0e45622d-828d-4597-9a73-5a8e6a38e1d7?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="Esther3" height="495" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/Esther3.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Instead of dealing directly with Mordecai's refusal to bow down to Hamen - Hamen decides to annihilate the entire Jewish population!!!! (see Scripture passage below) (keep in mind that at this point king Xerxes did not know that his queen Esther was a Jew):</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/0101e6de-f9cd-4cd6-aa07-e0bd05394a43/p/67591f58-3dba-41aa-8f38-f5ba8ad5519e?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="Esther4" height="495" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/Esther4.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is such an important lesson - before Esther went to the king to let him know that she was Jewish, she asked her people (friends, family, maids) to fast and pray (see Bible verses below). She knew that when God is for her nobody can be against her (Romans 8:31).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/0101e6de-f9cd-4cd6-aa07-e0bd05394a43/p/cb42fb2b-5ea1-4f10-9473-003a5b65b60c?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="Esther5" height="640" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/Esther5.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Esther was so clever - she decided to have a banquet for the king and invited all the noblemen (of which Haman was the leader). It was during this banquet that Esther told the truth about who her people were and what Haman planned on doing to them. Read Esther chapter 7 verses 1 to 10 to get the full details of the banquet. It ended in Haman being executed on the "pole" that he built for Mordecai's demise.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><i>"</i></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>the king, said, “A pole reaching to a height of fifty cubits stands by Haman’s house. He had it set up for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king.”<div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>The king said, “Impale him on it!” So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai. Then the king’s fury subsided."</i></b></span></div><div><b><i>Esther 7:9 & 10</i></b></div></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/0101e6de-f9cd-4cd6-aa07-e0bd05394a43/p/04759e2e-5b7c-4365-97af-2c401f3bb690?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="Esther6" height="640" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/Esther6.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="495" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The situation was totally flipped!! The evil obliteration that Haman planned for Mordecai ended up being used on him instead. Also, the abundance that the king had entrusted with Haman became the estate of Mordecai (see verses above).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Notice the king's edict for the Jews listed in the Scripture below. Doesn't "<b><i><u>the right to assemble and protect themselves</u></i></b>" sound familiar?? Almost exactly worded like the American Constitution.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/0101e6de-f9cd-4cd6-aa07-e0bd05394a43/p/ae8a4630-b12e-4c4f-84d1-2243dc0e222d?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="Ester7" height="640" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/Ester7.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="495" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The exact opposite of what Haman had desired occurred - The Jews were filled with happiness, joy, gladness & honor. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Notice that God's saving miracle should be remembered and celebrated by all generations to come! (see Scripture below)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/0101e6de-f9cd-4cd6-aa07-e0bd05394a43/p/32cec838-46c0-4919-aed8-7d8d5fc50709?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="Esther8" height="495" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/Esther8.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">What can we learn from the Book of Esther?:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">1. <b><u>Trust God's Timing</u></b> - God put Mordecai at the exact place and time to be able to overhear the plot against the king. We need to ALWAYS pay attention to what is happening around us - you never know when what you hear or see might be part of God's plan and God's timing. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">2. <b><u>Do What God Asks of You</u></b> - if Mordecai hadn't done the difficult thing of adopting a distant relative in need, then the Jews would have been annihilated. If Esther hadn't cleverly set up that banquet and spoken up as she did to the king, then the Jews would have been annihilated. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">3. <b><u>Pray</u></b> - all of Esther's family, friends and even maids fasted and prayed before the banquet. Prayer is our most powerful spiritual weapon (click <b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2018/11/becoming-christian-soldier-prayer.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> to read - "<b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2018/11/becoming-christian-soldier-prayer.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Becoming a Christian Soldier- PRAYER</a></b>")</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">4. <b><u>Do Not Fear</u></b> - it seemed absolutely impossible that a single Jew could have made it through the plan that Haman had set up but God takes care of His people! We have NOTHING to fear (click <b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2022/10/fearnot-fridays-10-dwell-safely-without.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> to read a post from the "<b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2022/10/fearnot-fridays-10-dwell-safely-without.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fear Not</a></b>" series)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Even these Old Testament happenings are relevant to modern day and have current day lessons to be learned.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><u>What do these cookies have to do with Haman?</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">- the Yiddish meaning of "tash" is "pocket", therefore the theory is that the cookie symbolizes the pocket where Haman kept the money that he offered to pay for the Jews annihilation.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">- the Hebrew meaning of "tash" is "weaken", which could symbolize the weakening of Haman and the weakening of all future enemies of the Jews.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Whichever meaning/symbolism is true doesn't matter because the Feast of Purim celebrates God's protection and abundant provision for His children.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>ENJOY!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Welcome to March! - each day is staying lighter longer - Spring!</span></div><div><em style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Thank you again for joining us!</em></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><em>There are many ways to follow me:</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><strong>Angie @ <a href="http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">God's Growing Garden</a></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog</a> | <b><a href="https://truthsocial.com/@GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TruthSocial </a></b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> | </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook</a> | <a href="http://pinterest.com/angeliquetower/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pinterest </a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/gourdonville" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/store/godsgrowinggarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">zazzle</a> | </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <a href="https://rumble.com/user/GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>RUMBLE</b></a></span></div><div><a data-pin-board-width="400" data-pin-do="embedBoard" data-pin-scale-height="240" data-pin-scale-width="80" href="https://www.pinterest.com/angeliquetower/sweet-recipes/"></a><br /></div>___________________________________________________________________</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share from my blog:</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/5e5bb935-8b3e-4a1d-a811-bddf80bb8bd5/p/fff21c40-173a-47c0-bc40-2ceea11ea8f4?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="VideoSeedPotato" height="358" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/VideoSeedPotato.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/03/video16-preparing-seed-potatoes-for.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Videos - Preparing Seed Potatoes for Planting</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s1145.photobucket.com/user/AngieOuelletteTower/media/Title%20Pages%20or%20Buttons/YoureTheStarHopLarge_zpsjbrldhcx.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt="by Angie Ouellette-Tower for http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/ photo YoureTheStarHopLarge_zpsjbrldhcx.jpg" border="0" height="310" src="https://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/Title%20Pages%20or%20Buttons/YoureTheStarHopLarge_zpsjbrldhcx.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>WELCOME to the March 2024 </strong><strong>"<em><u>You're the Star</u></em>" Blog Hop!</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="border-image: none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="border-image: none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">_____________________________________</span></div></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></div>WELCOME to <strong>GARDEN</strong> feature week of the March 2024 </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">"<strong><em>You're the STAR</em></strong>" blog hop!</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Meet your GARDEN week Hosts</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/d8928b48-962c-4946-b14a-98d532b203d1/p/2bf36750-07b6-425d-ac05-a094fc2e0f7f" target="_blank"><img alt="YoureTheStarGarden(1)" border="0" height="382" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/YoureTheStarGarden(1).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="400" /></a> <br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><strong>This week is GARDEN feature week</strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Swing by the GARDEN Hosts blogs:</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Angie @ God's Growing Garden</a></em></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.stonecottageadventures.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventure</a></em></strong></span><strong><em><a href="http://www.stonecottageadventures.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">s</a></em></strong></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories. <strong>Just to be clear - this is NOT a themed party - you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month.</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The "theme" occurs in our weekly features:</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">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)</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">(These features were chosen from the February 2024 "You're the Star" blog hop)</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I miss the old hymns that I remember from my childhood - there were no drums, no electric guitar and no mind numbing beat. It was just voices and maybe a piano or an organ. The choir led the congregation in singing - and the words of these hymns are poetic. I realize that there is a need for the modern "seeker oriented" worship music - but it is also necessary to have deeper songs (no offense intended to anyone who prefers the newer church songs).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">I decided to have an "Old Fashion Sunday Hymn Sing" once a month on this blog. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"> I personally do NOT have a great singing voice - I used to play the guitar & piano but my voice is NOT an instrument. That's the great thing about this digital hymn sing, you can warble along without being embarrassed or without offending anyone else.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">The hymns that we will be studying are taken from an old hymnal from a Baptist church that is no longer in existence - "The North American Hymnal" published in 1956 by "THE ROGER WILLIAMS PRESS"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">I will also try to find a version of the featured hymn on "YouTube" to share with you each month.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Today's featured hymn is <strong>"Prayer is the Soul's Sincere Desire" </strong>written </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">by James Montgomery (1771-1854) & composed by William A.F. Schulthes (1816-1879)</span><span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";">. James Montgomery lost his parents while he was in boarding school (his parents were missionaries in the West Indies). Like his parents he had very strong beliefs - he protested against slavery, against the work conditions for boys who swept chimneys and also against lotteries.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";">He had more than 400 hymns published!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s1145.photobucket.com/user/AngieOuelletteTower/media/Sunday/SundayPrayContinuously_zpsfrkxind3.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt="by Angie Ouellette-Tower for godsgrowinggarden.com photo SundayPrayContinuously_zpsfrkxind3.jpg" border="0" height="494" src="https://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/Sunday/SundayPrayContinuously_zpsfrkxind3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I have included 2 videos below the lyrics. The second version has a different melody and a few extra stanzas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Enjoy!</span></div></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em>written </em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em>by James Montgomery </em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><em style="font-family: arial;">(1771-1854)</em><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em> </em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em>& </em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><em style="font-family: arial;">composed</em><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em> by William A.F. Schulthes (1816-1879)</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em><br /></em></span></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em>1. Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, Unutter'd or express'd, The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast.</em></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></div><div></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em>2. </em></span></span></span></span><em style="font-family: arial;">Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near.</em></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><em style="font-family: arial;"><br /></em></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em>3. Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try; Pray'r the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high.</em></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><em style="font-family: arial;"><br /></em></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><em><div dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em>4. O thou, by whom we come to God, The Life, the Truth, the Way, The path of prayer thyself hast trod; Lord, teach us how to pray.</em></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" trbidi="on"><em style="font-family: arial;"><br /></em></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" trbidi="on"><em><div dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><i style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </i></div></div></em></div></span></span></span></span></div></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal;" trbidi="on"><br /></div></div></div></div></em></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><em><div dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div></div></em></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I think we're going to be breaking another temperature record again this week - one day is supposed to reach close to 70 degrees!</span></div><div><em style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Thank you again for joining us!</em></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><em>There are many ways to follow me:</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><strong>Angie @ <a href="http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">God's Growing Garden</a></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog</a> | <b><a href="https://truthsocial.com/@GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TruthSocial </a></b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> | </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook</a> | <a href="http://pinterest.com/angeliquetower/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pinterest </a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/gourdonville" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/store/godsgrowinggarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">zazzle</a> | </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <a href="https://rumble.com/user/GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>RUMBLE</b></a></span></div><div><a data-pin-board-width="400" data-pin-do="embedBoard" data-pin-scale-height="240" data-pin-scale-width="80" href="https://www.pinterest.com/angeliquetower/sweet-recipes/"></a><br /></div>___________________________________________________________________</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share from my blog:</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://s1145.photobucket.com/user/AngieOuelletteTower/media/Sunday/SundayPersonalityMalice_zpsyajxuf9i.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt="by Angie Ouellette-Tower for https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/ photo SundayPersonalityMalice_zpsyajxuf9i.jpg" border="0" height="640" src="https://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/Sunday/SundayPersonalityMalice_zpsyajxuf9i.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2020/02/spring-cleaning-our-personality-malice.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spring Cleaning Our Personality - MALICE</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">WEEK#4 HOME - recipes, home décor, antique/DIY &/or travel (this can include anything about your home - even history posts - all while remaining family friendly)</span><br />
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</div>AngieOuellette-Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912106023113749359noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888638695975944987.post-91195620080392691502024-02-25T04:30:00.142-05:002024-03-09T20:18:22.151-05:00God's Power Within Us #6 - THE SURPASSING GREATNESS OF HIS POWER<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/2da47417-38e2-412c-a9cf-9f6f32c486ed/p/bd47a229-9459-4c69-aed0-2b4323d4c0f1?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="SundayPower6" height="640" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/SundayPower6.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="495" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u>God's Power Within Us #6 - The Surpassing Greatness of His Power</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Today we continue learning about God's Power within us. God's Word is full of passages talking about His power and showing us that we have nonstop access to His strength every second of every day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><b>Today we will be focusing on Ephesians 1:17-23</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Remember, </span><u style="font-family: arial;">Jesus said that we (Spirit filled Christians) are able to perform all of the miraculous works that Jesus did when He was here in human form.</u><span style="font-family: arial;"> Actually, Jesus said that we would do EVEN GREATER than what He did (see Scripture passage below).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/0f8b5155-971f-48c2-af5b-d9e08405ee79/p/c10aa1dc-aa27-4bb3-9c1a-a84ff0874109?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="SundayPower" height="400" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/SundayPower.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="309" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">John 14:12-14 also shows us how powerful the name of Jesus Christ is: "<b><i>If you ask anything in My name</i></b>". (It is important to note that these miracles must glorify our Heavenly Father).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Since there are so many wonderful "Power" passages in God's Word, I decided to write a "Power" post on the last Sunday of every month.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u>Below is the featured "power" passage for February:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Ephesians 1:17-23</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the Bible passage below we learn about wisdom and discernment from God. Let's begin by defining "discernment": </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><u style="font-weight: 700;">Discernment</u><span style="font-weight: 700;"> - the quality of being able to grasp & comprehend what is obscure.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Knowledge from God is truth and it is powerful. God's discernment gives us guidance and keeps us safe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Having our <b><i>heart "flooded with light"</i></b> prevents us from being tricked and deceived by the evil ones. (see verses below).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/2da47417-38e2-412c-a9cf-9f6f32c486ed/p/e54cd48b-b15f-4985-b369-c9b36a67bc3c?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="SundayPower6a" height="495" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/SundayPower6a.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Then, in verse 19 (see below) it is clearly states that God's power is IN US and it is also FOR US. How absolutely amazing!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>God's power</u></b>:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">- can NOT be measured</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">- has NO LIMITS</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">- goes above & beyond our wildest imagination</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>And it's this amazing power that is inside of all believers!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/2da47417-38e2-412c-a9cf-9f6f32c486ed/p/fc285526-1b1c-4666-972c-53861a6e7e7e?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="SundayPower6b" height="640" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/SundayPower6b.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the next two verses (see below) we learn that Jesus Christ's Name is above all names and that's not just for today! His Name is above all in the future and forever.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><div><i style="font-weight: bold;">"</i><b><i>Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places, </i></b><b><span style="font-style: italic;">Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to come.</span></b><i style="font-weight: bold;">"</i></div><div style="font-weight: bold;">Ephesians 1:20-21</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400;">Jesus Christ is the "</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>universal and supreme Head of the church</i></b></span><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400;">". (see verse below)</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><u style="font-size: x-large;">Universal</u><span style="font-size: x-large;"> - including or covering ALL</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><u style="font-size: x-large;">Supreme </u><span style="font-size: x-large;">- highest in rank or authority</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><div><i style="font-weight: bold;">"</i><b style="font-style: italic;">And He has put all things under His feet and has appointed Him the universal and supreme Head of the church [a headship exercised throughout the church]</b><i><b>"</b></i></div><div style="font-weight: bold;">Ephesians 1:22</div></div></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/2da47417-38e2-412c-a9cf-9f6f32c486ed/p/8a24a15d-6fed-434a-a315-c8b3ac796fe7?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;" target="_blank"><img alt="SundayPower6c" height="495" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/SundayPower6c.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The surpassing greatness of God's power fills EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE!</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Previous "Power" posts:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/07/gods-power-within-us-1-not-spirit-of.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#1 - Not A Spirit Of Fear (2 Timothy 1:7)</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/08/gods-power-within-us-2-strengthened.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#2 - The Holy Spirit's Might (Ephesians 3:14-21)</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/10/gods-power-within-us-3-gods-divine.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#3 - God's Divine Power Through The Knowledge of Him (2 Peter 1:2-4)</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/10/gods-power-within-us-4-power-to-weak.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#4 - Power to the Weak & Weary (Isaiah 40:28-31)</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2024/01/gods-power-within-us-5-kingdom-of-light.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#5 - Kingdom of Light (Colossians 1:9-14)</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J4o7ckeBD4Tvs4LzfUe1lj7A7Q6LTDzpz8whkMhwkyM/edit" style="font-family: arial;"><strong><span face=""calibri" , "sans-serif"" style="background: yellow; color: blue;">Copyright, Permissions & Disclaimer</span></strong></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s1145.beta.photobucket.com/user/AngieOuelletteTower/media/My%20Blog%20Stuff/Day_zpsb50f87c9.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt="by Angie Ouellette-Tower for godsgrowinggarden.com photo Day_zpsb50f87c9.jpg" border="0" src="https://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/My%20Blog%20Stuff/Day_zpsb50f87c9.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; 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<br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><u>Triangle Poppy Seed Cookie RECIPE - "Hamantaschen"</u><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">These cute cookies are not one of my own recipes. All of the other recipes that I share on this blog are either my own creation, or passed down from a family member. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is a Jewish cookie and it has a very interesting history. Click <b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2024/03/the-book-of-esther-triangle-cookie.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> to read "<b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2024/03/the-book-of-esther-triangle-cookie.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Book of Esther & the Triangle Cookie</a></b>".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">Below, on the right is a picture of this recipe - it was on the inside of the SOLO Poppy Seed can label. (below the picture is a printable link for this recipe)</span><br />
<br /><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/fe0b85ac-fe25-43ec-8b48-6e553e516420/p/396dfb40-ec85-4fca-8d33-09496cdfc0df?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="unnamed (17)" height="320" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/unnamed_(17)_aDGRrJg289A3SNPZRuedhN.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="242" /></a> <a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/fe0b85ac-fe25-43ec-8b48-6e553e516420/p/9014ac85-48f3-4ba4-883c-c91a68cf0b0a?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="unnamed (39)" height="385" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/unnamed_(39)_tKytCGBrTj9dSuvrkDaHr5.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kv6Ih_4QfZ8LSwVpRT-NvWaOFWJUqNYqNpS0x7tQzj0/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Printable RECIPE</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I will not be going into the regular detailed description for this recipe (the reason is that SOLO has the instructions in the recipe above). 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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><strong><span style="font-family: "arial";">1. "<a href="https://thecoppertable.com/avocado-lime-crema/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Avocado Lime Crema</a>" </span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: "arial";">by The Copper Table</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><strong>2. </strong></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: "arial";">"<a href="https://millefiorifavoriti.blogspot.com/2024/02/galway-ireland-along-wild-atlantic-way.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Galway, Ireland</a>" by Mille Fiori Favoriti</span></strong></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">It's starting to look like an early Spring!</span></div><div><em style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Thank you again for joining us!</em></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><em>There are many ways to follow me:</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><strong>Angie @ <a href="http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">God's Growing Garden</a></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog</a> | <b><a href="https://truthsocial.com/@GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TruthSocial </a></b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> | </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook</a> | <a href="http://pinterest.com/angeliquetower/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pinterest </a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/gourdonville" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/store/godsgrowinggarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">zazzle</a> | </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <a href="https://rumble.com/user/GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>RUMBLE</b></a></span></div><div><a data-pin-board-width="400" data-pin-do="embedBoard" data-pin-scale-height="240" data-pin-scale-width="80" href="https://www.pinterest.com/angeliquetower/sweet-recipes/"></a><br /></div>___________________________________________________________________</div><div style="text-align: center;">
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</div>AngieOuellette-Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912106023113749359noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888638695975944987.post-39486866082779358462024-02-18T04:00:00.265-05:002024-02-18T04:00:00.130-05:00Become One - February 2024 = Chapter 2, Verse 24<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/2da47417-38e2-412c-a9cf-9f6f32c486ed/p/a6bab2b8-6297-4b87-8623-a1ada9c6ea81?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="SundayDateFebruary" height="640" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/SundayDateFebruary.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="495" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u>Become One - February 2024 = Chapter 2, Verse 24</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A couple years ago I did a series on this blog called: "Today's Date in the Bible" (click <b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2022/01/chapter-1-verse-16-todays-date-in-bible.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> to view "<b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2022/01/chapter-1-verse-16-todays-date-in-bible.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Today's Date in the Bible</a></b>" from two years ago). Well, I really enjoyed writing that series and felt led to revamp and continue the series. It's kind of like letting God totally guide us in where we should study - which Bible verse or which area of Scripture.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is how it will work - we will have the month represent the Chapter in the Bible and the year will represent the verse. <b>Currently, we are in the month of February 2024, so we will focus on <u>verse 24</u> of the <u>second Chapter</u>. </b>In the previous series, I chose ten different Bible verses that fell into that specification (verse 24 of the second Chapter of any Book in the Bible). This year I felt led to focus on just one verse that falls into that specification and not only will we study that chosen verse in detail, but we will also study the verses or maybe the entire chapter to show the context and meaning behind the featured verse.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Today's featured verse is:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Genesis 2:24</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/2da47417-38e2-412c-a9cf-9f6f32c486ed/p/90c94ae9-c0c5-4a54-84b8-bdb00e836e49?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="SundayDateFebruaryB" height="640" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/SundayDateFebruaryB.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><u style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Putting it into context:</u></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The beginning of chapter two was still detailing the continuation of the creation from Genesis Chapter 1. We will begin at verse 8, which is after the creation but before the Fall of Man (and we will go all the way to the end - verse 25).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We begin learning about what life was like in the Garden of Eden before Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(Click <b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/09/trees8-tree-of-life.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> to view: "<a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/09/trees8-tree-of-life.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Trees#8 - The Tree of Life</b></a>" from my Tree series)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">See Scripture passage below:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>"</b></i><b><i>The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil</i></b></span><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>.</b></i></span><i style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">”</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Genesis 2:8-9</i></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I find verses 10 to 14 very interesting! (see Scripture below before I explain):</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>"</b></i><b><i>Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.</i></b></span><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>”</b></i></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Genesis 2:10-14</i></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I'm trying to picture this in my head - so, let's try to list this out to make it easier to understand. From the Garden of Eden, there were 4 riverheads:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">1. The River Pishon (which surrounds the land of Havilah)</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">2. The River Gihon (going around the land of Cush)</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">3. The River Hiddekel (The N.I.V. lists this as the River Tigris)(this river goes towards Assyria)</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">4. The River Euphrates</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There is a fascinating theory that there is a mountain called: "Rupes Nigra" (a.k.a. Black Rock) located at the North Pole (or maybe it is the magnetic north pole - just theorizing) and all 4 of these rivers stem from that area. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I also think that the detail about the stones is very interesting. Gold, Bdellium and Onyx.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I looked up health benefits of Bdellium. I guess Bdellium is actually a resin from a tree and they extract essential oils from this tree. Those essential oils contain steroid compounds which are very beneficial for many issues (I am NOT a doctor - I simply researched online - see my disclaimer below). </span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”</i></b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Genesis 2:15-17</i></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div><span><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just imagine how amazing that must have been to take care of the Garden of Eden!!!</span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then, after Adam named all of the creatures (see verses below):</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.</span></span><span><i style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">”</i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Genesis 2:18-20</span></i></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Then God created Eve:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>"</b></i></span><span><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.</i></b></span><div><b style="font-family: arial;"><i>And Adam said:</i></b></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;"><i>“This is now bone of my bones</i></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>And flesh of my flesh;</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>She shall be called Woman,</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Because she was taken out of Man.”</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Genesis 2:21-23 </span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">This brings us to our featured verse today - verse 24 (see above Scripture at the beginning of this post). <u>What I am about to clarify is just stating EXACTLY as God stated it - this is NOT hate speech - it is just fact. There is NO HATE inferred anywhere in this post.</u></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">We see that God created a woman for man- <b>not</b> that God created a twin man for man but rather a woman. While "man & woman" are different, they are also BOTH made in the image of God (Genesis 1:27 "</span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them</i></b>.")</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also, notice in verse 24 we have double emphasis about male and female becoming one. 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<span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Learning From History #7 - SEPARATION OF CHURCH & STATE</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><br /></u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Over the past few years I have been very concerned that the world is repeating history. I know that many parts of the history that we are teaching our younger generation has been watered down and even outright twisted into a falsehood. This "history tweaking" is happening just because the truth might "offend" someone. I know for a fact that this "history twisting" has happened because many of my family members lived through and remember World War II.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In this series we are going to study the difficult parts of history that might have recently, intentionally or unintentionally been overlooked. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The topic today is about the American Constitution and specifically "<b>Separation of Church & State</b>" found in the "<b>Bill of Rights</b>" (or the <b>First Amendment</b>).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i><div><b>(The Scripture passage below occurred when the Apostles were on trial for speaking about Jesus Christ):</b></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>And the high priest asked them, saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man’s blood on us!”</b><div><b> But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “<u>We ought to obey God rather than men.</u></b><b>”</b></div></div><div style="font-weight: bold;">Acts 5:27-29</div></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;">Last time we learned about the "</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2022/09/learning-from-history-6-queen-was-worth.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Queen Was Worth TRILLIONS</a></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;">" (click </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2022/09/learning-from-history-6-queen-was-worth.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"> to view that post).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: verdana;"> _______________________________________________________</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Today we will be focusing on the First Amendment and specifically "<u>the separation of church & state</u>".</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Below is the relevant excerpt from the First Amendment that applies to our topic today:</span></b></div><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.5pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">
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<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/6e62c8f7-62c5-477b-ab35-96f935ff52ba/p/4d6ef02f-69ac-4f43-8e14-7f6d7ec4f4b7?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="LearningFromHistory7B" height="640" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/LearningFromHistory7B.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I believe that this statement ("Separation of church & state") has been twisted from what the Founding Fathers originally created it to mean. We have all been deceived into believing that "Separation of Church & State" means that we have to keep the church out of government - I believe that is a lie!!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>"Separation of church & state" actually means </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>KEEPING GOVERNMENT OUT OF CHURCH!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/6e62c8f7-62c5-477b-ab35-96f935ff52ba/p/1aa7ddcf-b852-4244-828d-0524206154ee?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="LearningFromHistory7A" height="640" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/LearningFromHistory7A.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Look at what John Adams said below:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/6e62c8f7-62c5-477b-ab35-96f935ff52ba/p/ca04a97e-a69c-44db-8b55-6cb1d6c88491?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="LearningFromHistory7C" height="495" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/LearningFromHistory7C.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">John Adams' statement makes total sense, since the Founding Fathers left Europe to escape from religious oppression and tyranny of any kind.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I go even farther than our featured line of "separation of church and state" and I believe:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/6e62c8f7-62c5-477b-ab35-96f935ff52ba/p/477949c1-19af-4b70-bf2a-e43e4d32ff10?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img alt="LearningFromHistory7J" height="640" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/LearningFromHistory7J.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We see below that George Washington believed that a religious code or framework had to be present in order for there to be a national moral standard:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/6e62c8f7-62c5-477b-ab35-96f935ff52ba/p/133068df-979d-4f9e-9eeb-6c492bce099b?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank"><img alt="LearningFromHistory7G" height="495" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/LearningFromHistory7G.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alexander Hamilton put it perfectly (see below) - without God's guidance, the American Constitution could never have been agreed to - coming from such a wide range of different people/lifestyles/backgrounds. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/6e62c8f7-62c5-477b-ab35-96f935ff52ba/p/809280c3-6ac7-4516-a739-6ec2b3144c8c?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank"><img alt="LearningFromHistory7H" height="495" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/LearningFromHistory7H.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">John Quincy Adams (who was John Adams' eldest son) said it perfectly (see picture below):</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>"Our constitution was made for a moral & religious people."</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It sometimes helps to understand by saying the opposite - <u>Our constitution was NOT made for political people.</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/6e62c8f7-62c5-477b-ab35-96f935ff52ba/p/48465020-cafe-499c-b12e-0da7bcb27bb4?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank"><img alt="LearningFromHistory7F" height="495" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/LearningFromHistory7F_ei7ecyAvayVdkkQZTpqTw1.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><div style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><div style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">President Reagan always had a way of putting things so simply while at the same time having such a deep meaning (see below).</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; 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I believe this is constant - not just when America was being formed but continuously through present day and into the future. When we put God first - He is with us guiding us every second of everyday!</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/6e62c8f7-62c5-477b-ab35-96f935ff52ba/p/7433a50c-4925-4f31-8341-d013edb9a1d2?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="LearningFromHistory7E" height="495" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/LearningFromHistory7E.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; text-align: center;"><strong style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?"</i></span></strong></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; text-align: center;"><strong style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Matthew 6:26</i></span></strong></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">During the "pandemic" (a.k.a. "PLANdemic") - many churches totally caved in to the government and closed their doors. And this (in my opinion), was the exact time when everyone needed God & His church the most! <b>History repeated itself and in this case totally annihilated the First Ammendment of the American Constitution.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Let's learn from even the recent past (2019-2021) and NEVER allow the government to control our religious freedom ever again!</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J4o7ckeBD4Tvs4LzfUe1lj7A7Q6LTDzpz8whkMhwkyM/edit?usp=sharing"><strong><span face=""calibri" , "sans-serif"" style="background: yellow; color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;">Copyright, Permissions& Disclaimer</span></strong></a><br /><br /></div><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://s1145.photobucket.com/albums/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/?action=view&current=rose.gif" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="https://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/rose.gif" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Linked to:</span></div><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.eclecticredbarn.com/2024/02/tablescapes-on-tft.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;" target="_blank">Thursday Favorite Things</a></span></div><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://esmesalon.com/inlinkz-298-senior-salon-pit-stop/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;" target="_blank">SeniorSalonPitstop #298</a></div><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Happy Valentine's Day later this week!</span></div><div><em style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Thank you again for joining us!</em></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><em>There are many ways to follow me:</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><strong>Angie @ <a href="http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">God's Growing Garden</a></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog</a> | <b><a href="https://truthsocial.com/@GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TruthSocial </a></b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> | </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook</a> | <a href="http://pinterest.com/angeliquetower/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pinterest </a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/gourdonville" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/store/godsgrowinggarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">zazzle</a> | </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <a href="https://rumble.com/user/GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>RUMBLE</b></a></span></div><div><a data-pin-board-width="400" data-pin-do="embedBoard" data-pin-scale-height="240" data-pin-scale-width="80" href="https://www.pinterest.com/angeliquetower/sweet-recipes/"></a><br /></div>___________________________________________________________________</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share from my blog:</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/2da47417-38e2-412c-a9cf-9f6f32c486ed/p/b22f9eb0-c584-48a0-bc35-2ba6d77fadd8" target="_blank"><img alt="SundayAbundantLove" border="0" height="495" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/SundayAbundantLove.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2022/02/gods-abundant-love.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">God's Abundant Love</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://s1145.photobucket.com/user/AngieOuelletteTower/media/Title%20Pages%20or%20Buttons/YoureTheStarHopLarge_zpsjbrldhcx.jpg.html" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" target="_blank"><img alt="by Angie Ouellette-Tower for http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/ photo YoureTheStarHopLarge_zpsjbrldhcx.jpg" border="0" height="310" src="https://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/Title%20Pages%20or%20Buttons/YoureTheStarHopLarge_zpsjbrldhcx.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>WELCOME to the second week of the February 2024 </strong><strong>"<em><u>You're the Star</u></em>" Blog Hop!</strong></span><br /></span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><div style="border-image: none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="border-image: none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">_____________________________________</span></div></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">WELCOME to <strong>CREATIVE</strong> feature week of the February 2024 </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">"<strong><em>You're the STAR</em></strong>" blog hop!</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Meet your CREATIVE week Hosts</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/d8928b48-962c-4946-b14a-98d532b203d1/p/541bf11f-5232-4c68-a919-edb083b2b450" target="_blank"><img alt="YoureTheStarCreative" border="0" height="382" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/YoureTheStarCreative.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">This week is CREATIVE feature week</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Swing by the Creative hosting Team's blogs:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.butterflyintheattic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colleen @ Butterfly in the Attic</a></em></strong></span><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><em><a href="https://decorcraftdesign.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mel @ Decor Craft Design</a></em></strong></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories. <strong>Just to be clear - this is NOT a themed party - you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month.</strong> </span><br />
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<span>WEEK#2 CREATIVE - arts & crafts, music, writing &/or dramatic arts (this can include sewing, yarn work, dance, art history, handmade jewelry, painting, computer art, fashion etc - anything creative while remaining family friendly)</span></span><br />
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</div>AngieOuellette-Towerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912106023113749359noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888638695975944987.post-25267229627897107572024-02-11T05:00:00.207-05:002024-02-22T17:26:30.798-05:00TREES #11 - Trunk/Bark/Wood<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/2da47417-38e2-412c-a9cf-9f6f32c486ed/p/c1be2768-0774-45c0-9735-304abb7e9bdd?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="SundayTrees11" height="495" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/SundayTrees11.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u>TREES #11 - TRUNK/BARK/WOOD</u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We have moved onto studying the different parts of trees like: roots, branches, trunk and leaves.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In today's continuation of the trees series, we will be focusing on the <b><i>Trunk/Bark/Wood.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is Part#11 on "<b><i>Trunk/Bark/Wood</i></b>".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is obviously the most important and practical part of the tree - the trunk, where we get wood with which to build.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is just a small list of the vital items made with wood (both Old & New Testament):</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">- <b>The Ark of the Covenant</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">- <b>Tabernacle</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">- <b>Altar for offerings</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">- <b>Noah's ark</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">- <b>Moses' staff</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">- </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Cross</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> on which Jesus was crucified</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(if you recall, last year we studied: "<b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/02/trees2-from-fall-to-forgiveness.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trees#2 - From the Fall to Forgiveness</a></b>" - click <a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/02/trees2-from-fall-to-forgiveness.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a> to read)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">See the detail in the Scripture passages below:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/2da47417-38e2-412c-a9cf-9f6f32c486ed/p/9ddb0ffe-d208-40dc-acf1-2ca8fd85ea1b?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="SundayTrees11B" height="495" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/SundayTrees11B.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And then, Solomon built a house for the Lord. The house itself was stone but please read 1 Kings chapter 6 and you will see the amazing detail using wood. As an example:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>"He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress</i></b></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>."</i></b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>1 Kings 6:15<br /></i></b></span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And then of course, wood was also used as an energy source. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>"Likewise we cast lots for the supply of wood among the priests, the Levites and the people so that they might bring it to the house of our God, according to our fathers’ households, at fixed times annually, to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law."</i></b></span></span></span></div><div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: xx-large;"><i>Nehemiah 10:34</i></b></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">What about the bark? Cinnamon is also vital in worship. Holy anointing oil has cinnamon as one of the essential oil ingredients. See </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">Exodus 30: 22-25</b><span style="font-size: large;"> but specifically about cinnamon:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>"half as much sweet-smelling cinnamons" </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Horrifically, in the Old Testament, Israel twisted the use of God's beautiful trees for evil. They made images/statues out of wood and worshiped these idols!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(see Scripture below):</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/2da47417-38e2-412c-a9cf-9f6f32c486ed/p/69c23a10-313e-48c9-a6e3-a51a551fd9d0?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="SundayTrees11A" height="640" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/SundayTrees11A.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="495" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It gets worse - they worshiped asherah poles and built altars to sacrifice their children to baal (I purposely used lower case because these evil demons will NEVER receive the respect of a capital letter from me). asherah was the mother of baal - both evil, satanic, false gods.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span><div><span><span><span><i><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">"They have built the high places of baal to burn their children in the fire as offerings to baal—something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind."</span></b></i></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: xx-large;"><i>Jeremiah 19:5</i></b></div></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b style="font-size: xx-large; font-style: italic;"> </b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>God has provided us with trees to use for building and glorifying ONLY Him! Let's make sure NEVER to use God's amazing trees for anything evil.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><i><div><br /></div></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Previous Tree posts:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/01/trees-1-visual-edible.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part#1 - Visual & Edible</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/02/trees2-from-fall-to-forgiveness.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part#2 - From the Fall to Forgiveness</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/03/trees3-fruit.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part#3 - Fruit</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/04/trees4-olives.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part#4 - Olives</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/05/trees5-mustard-faith-mulberry.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part#5 - Mustard, Faith & Mulberry</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/07/trees6-figs-from-genesis-to-revelation.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part#6 - FIGS: From Genesis to Revelation</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/08/trees7-cypresspinecedar.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part#7 - Cypress, Pine, Cedar</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/09/trees8-tree-of-life.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part#8 - The Tree of Life</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/11/trees-9-zacchaeus-sycamore-tree.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Part#9 - Zacchaeus & The Sycamore Tree</b></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2024/01/trees10-roots.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Part#10 - Roots</b></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">We shop at our local "thrift shops" (used/recycled items) often (probably once a week). Recently, I found these precious heart cups or mugs (I call them "inner heart" cups because there is a heart shape on the inner part of the cup where the liquid sits). I enjoy these "Bodum type glass/mug styles. Even though there is a double glass wall they are feather light and so comfortable to drink from. My husband was the first to notice them and I thought "<i><b>that's strange - the inner part isn't perfect.</b></i>" I couldn't see the heart shape until we got home and used them for the first time (after thoroughly washing of course). I bought them for $2 but I have since looked online and found out that they retail about $15.00 each!! What a find! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Below are some pictures - the inner shape doesn't truly show until the hot chocolate has been added (see hot chocolate recipe at the end of this post).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Before we get to the blog hop today - </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">all month I will be featuring a special post about roses:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2012/10/franks-flowers-black-cherry-rose.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frank's Flowers - The Black Cherry Rose</a></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGgoWfBWPRKlLvBAvwnsZqwXDShEhYACYZ2k_2kLjaKsTlkCUXKME_rs73Wb0-EnB14hgnWx2hIs9chZsmfKmrDWW3WZy4HNxeik3jILSJcTJwxhk3MWC9BSPBc0sasclrJBlrKI6scSb/s1600/DSCN2402.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGgoWfBWPRKlLvBAvwnsZqwXDShEhYACYZ2k_2kLjaKsTlkCUXKME_rs73Wb0-EnB14hgnWx2hIs9chZsmfKmrDWW3WZy4HNxeik3jILSJcTJwxhk3MWC9BSPBc0sasclrJBlrKI6scSb/s640/DSCN2402.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Checkout wonderful seeds at Mary's Heirloom Seeds</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>click <b><a href="https://www.marysheirloomseeds.com/?aff=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> to shop for the best seeds</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Or click picture below:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /><a href="https://www.marysheirloomseeds.com/?aff=8" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><img alt="" height="128" src="https://www.affiliatly.com/affiliate_files/banners/13404/Ad.Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;">_____________________________________________________________</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><br /><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Also, checkout one of my Bags/Purses available at Zazzle:</span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">We are having unusually warm weather this week - even close to 60 degrees one day!</span></div><div><em style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Thank you again for joining us!</em></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><em>There are many ways to follow me:</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><strong>Angie @ <a href="http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">God's Growing Garden</a></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog</a> | <b><a href="https://truthsocial.com/@GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TruthSocial </a></b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> | </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook</a> | <a href="http://pinterest.com/angeliquetower/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pinterest </a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/gourdonville" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/store/godsgrowinggarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">zazzle</a> | </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> <a href="https://rumble.com/user/GodsGrowingGarden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>RUMBLE</b></a></span></div><div><a data-pin-board-width="400" data-pin-do="embedBoard" data-pin-scale-height="240" data-pin-scale-width="80" href="https://www.pinterest.com/angeliquetower/sweet-recipes/"></a><br /></div>___________________________________________________________________</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share from my blog:</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/fe0b85ac-fe25-43ec-8b48-6e553e516420/p/70a61e7a-72b6-4fe7-bc84-ca0c0b28c6f2?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" target="_blank"><img alt="2023-1-005" height="360" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/2023-1-005.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2023/02/a-blueberry-pecan-twist-on-strawberry.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Blueberry Pecan Twist on Strawberry Shortcake</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s1145.photobucket.com/user/AngieOuelletteTower/media/Title%20Pages%20or%20Buttons/YoureTheStarHopLarge_zpsjbrldhcx.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt="by Angie Ouellette-Tower for http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/ photo YoureTheStarHopLarge_zpsjbrldhcx.jpg" border="0" height="310" src="https://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/Title%20Pages%20or%20Buttons/YoureTheStarHopLarge_zpsjbrldhcx.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>WELCOME to the February 2024 </strong><strong>"<em><u>You're the Star</u></em>" Blog Hop!</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><div style="border-image: none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="border-image: none 100% / 1 / 0 stretch;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">_____________________________________</span></div></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></div>WELCOME to <strong>GARDEN</strong> feature week of the February 2024 </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;">"<strong><em>You're the STAR</em></strong>" blog hop!</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Meet your GARDEN week Hosts</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/AngieOuelletteTower/a/d8928b48-962c-4946-b14a-98d532b203d1/p/2bf36750-07b6-425d-ac05-a094fc2e0f7f" target="_blank"><img alt="YoureTheStarGarden(1)" border="0" height="382" src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/o501/AngieOuelletteTower/YoureTheStarGarden(1).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds" width="400" /></a> <br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><strong>This week is GARDEN feature week</strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Swing by the GARDEN Hosts blogs:</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Angie @ God's Growing Garden</a></em></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><em><a href="http://www.stonecottageadventures.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventure</a></em></strong></span><strong><em><a href="http://www.stonecottageadventures.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">s</a></em></strong></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories. <strong>Just to be clear - this is NOT a themed party - you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month.</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The "theme" occurs in our weekly features:</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">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)</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I miss the old hymns that I remember from my childhood - there were no drums, no electric guitar and no mind numbing beat. It was just voices and maybe a piano or an organ. The choir led the congregation in singing - and the words of these hymns are poetic. I realize that there is a need for the modern "seeker oriented" worship music - but it is also necessary to have deeper songs (no offense intended to anyone who prefers the newer church songs).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">I decided to have an "Old Fashion Sunday Hymn Sing" once a month on this blog. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"> I personally do NOT have a great singing voice - I used to play the guitar & piano but my voice is NOT an instrument. That's the great thing about this digital hymn sing, you can warble along without being embarrassed or without offending anyone else.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">The hymns that we will be studying are taken from an old hymnal from a Baptist church that is no longer in existence - "The North American Hymnal" published in 1956 by "THE ROGER WILLIAMS PRESS"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">I will also try to find a version of the featured hymn on "YouTube" to share with you each month.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Today's featured hymn is <strong>" 'Tis the Blessed Hour of Prayer" </strong>written </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">by Fanny J. Crosby (1820-1914) & composed by William H. Doane (1832-1915)</span><span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";">. Last month I featured one of Fanny Crosby's hymns but God guided me to another one of her works for today's post. As previously stated - The author of this hymn is probably one of the most well known hymn writers - she wrote about 8,000 poems total (many of which were set to music). When she was only 6 weeks old she became blind but this did not deter her from living her life for God.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Prayer was very important to Fanny Crosby - this is what she said about her writing:</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><div><i><b>"It may seem a little old-fashioned, always to begin one’s work in prayer: but I never undertake a hymn without first asking the good Lord to be my inspiration in the work that I am about to do."</b></i></div><div><br /></div><div>Also, her prayer life started at a young age because of the divine guidance from her grandmother - this is another quote from Fanny:</div><div><div><b><i>"My grandmother was a woman of exemplary piety; and from her I learned many useful and abiding lessons. She was a firm believer in prayer; and, when I was very young, taught me to believe that our Father in Heaven will always give us </i></b><b><i>whatever is for our good; and therefore that we should be careful not to ask Him anything that is not consistent with His Holy Will. At evening-time she used to call me to her dear old rocking chair; then we would kneel down together and repeat </i></b><b><i>some simple petition."</i></b></div></div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I have included 2 videos below the lyrics.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Enjoy!</span></div></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"></span><strong style="font-family: arial;">Turn with me to number 301 in your hymnals and let's sing:</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="font-family: arial;"><br /></strong></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em>written </em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em>by Fanny J. Crosby</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><em style="font-family: arial;">(1820-1915)</em><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em> </em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em>& </em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><em style="font-family: arial;">composed</em><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em> by William H. Doane (1832-1915)</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em><br /></em></span></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em>1. 'Tis the blessed hour of pray'r, when our hearts lowly bend, And we gather to Jesus our Savior and Friend; If we come to Him in faith, His protection to share, What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!</em></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><strong style="font-family: arial;"><em>CHORUS</em></strong><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span></div><div></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em>2. </em></span></span></span></span><em style="font-family: arial;">'Tis the blessed hour of pray'r, when the Savior draws near, With a tender compassion His children to hear; When He tells us we may cast at His feet every care, What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!</em></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><em style="font-family: arial;"><br /></em></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><em style="font-family: arial;"><strong style="font-style: normal;"><em>CHORUS</em></strong></em></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em>3. </em></span></span></span></span><em style="font-family: arial;">'Tis the blessed hour of pray'r, when the tempted and tried To the Savior who loves them their sorrows confide; With a sympathizing heart He removes every care; What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!</em></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><em style="font-family: arial;"><br /></em></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><em><div dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> <strong><em>CHORUS</em></strong></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><em><br /></em></strong></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em>4. </em></span></span></span></span><em style="font-family: arial;">'Tis the blessed hour of pray'r, trusting Him, we believe That the blessing we're needing we'll surely receive; In the fullness of this trust we shall lose every care; What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" trbidi="on"><em style="font-family: arial;"><br /></em></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" trbidi="on"><em><div dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> <strong><em>CHORUS</em></strong></span></span></span></span></div></div></em></div></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><em><br /></em></strong></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" trbidi="on"><br /></div></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" trbidi="on"><br /></div></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><br /></div></div></span></span></span></span></div></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><u style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal;"><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><em>Chorus</em></span></u></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal;" trbidi="on"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal;" trbidi="on"><i>Blessed hour of pray'r, blessed hour of pray'r; </i></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal;" trbidi="on"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal;" trbidi="on"><i> What a balm for the weary! 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