Joyfull Living

This weekend allergies invaded our home and family! My poor husband suffered the itchy eyes, headache, nasal congestion and sinus pain all weekend. He took the allergy over the counter medications which offered some relief, but he was still miserable. Although we do take over the counter medication, I prefer to seek out natural remedies for some of our ailments. After doing some research for sinus pain, I came across a Tomato Tea. The ingredients are: 1 cup - 8oz. tomato juice 1 tsp - raw, chopped garlic 1 - 2 tsp. - lemon juice cayenne pepper - as much as can be tolerated a pinch of salt to taste Heat briefly and sip This tea is full of vitamin C which is wonderful for the immune system, garlic which is a natural healing food and the cayenne pepper will bring fast relief for nasal congestion. So, he sipped his tomato tea, rested much of the weekend and is back to the regular schedule of work

At the Well is the place where women gather to discuss and share godly wisdom between one another. Today's At the Well is hosted by Heather at Emotional Purity. The discussion questions for today are: * Have you noticed a pattern of when you find yourself spiritually dry? * What do you do to move quickly through that season of dryness? These are fantastic questions and I am excited to read what others are sharing on this topic. Spiritual dryness is a difficult time for a Christian and can be difficult to understand. It is a time when you feel alone and frustrated and feel a lack of peace and joy and just cannot put your finger on what is wrong. As you pray and continue in God's Word, but feel as if you just "can't get through". You just don't "feel" the presence of the Lord. Now we know that we walk by faith and not by sight - or by feelings. When spiritual dryness comes, our emotions can kick into high gear! Thoughts and questions can bomb...

Spiritual Sundays is hosted over at Blogger Spirit and there is an abundance of inspirational posts which are shared each week. I like to read these and be encouraged to be filled with praise for the Lord which prepares my heart for Sunday worship. Today I want to share with you some of my plants: This plant was at first a thriving geranium. It was big, bushy and full of blooms in a gorgeous shade of pink. It started withering away and there was nothing I could do to stop it. I watered, fertilized, moved to a sunny location, all to no avail - it died. I don't know why I didn't throw the plant away, I just didn't want to admit defeat I guess, but I left the pot where it was. You can see the dead half which was the geranium. One day I started to notice some green in the pot. Upon closer examination, these were little impatiens. There is a big impatiens plant next to it and the seeds blew from the big plant into the pot where my dead geranium was. Look - the impatiens are ta...

I saw a yummy recipe this morning for homemade donuts. When I was a child, I had an aunt who would make these and it was so much fun! I haven't thought about them for years until I ran across this recipe today. There are not healthy by any means...but a great indulgence for a fall weekend. Refrigerator Biscuits (any brand) Oil (for deep frying) To prepare each biscuit, cut the middle out using a water bottle lid. You will have the outside of the biscuit that looks like a donut. Use the middle tiny dough to make donut holes (just like the donut shops). **We place 1/4 cup granulated sugar to 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon in a bowl. When each donut is lightly browned in the oil, we roll it in the sugar/cinnamon mixture. ** You may use powdered sugar as well!

Happy Wednesday! Over at The160 AcreWoods it is Word Filled Wednesday where a great time is had being filled with God's Word in pictures and verses. Go check it out, you will be blessed! As we celebrated the beginning of Autumn this week, and today is the first day we felt a touch of fall in the air in the deep south, I am so excited. The changing of the seasons is a wonderful blessing from our Creator. Here is a beautiful reminder that there is a season for everything. Isn't it wonderful to know that God is in control of all things?

“Hospitality is becoming an almost forgotten Christian virtue in our style of life today… In the New Testament, however, hospitality was a distinctive mark of Christians and Christian communities.” ~Alexander Strauch That is the quote for today over at Joyfully Living where many are gathering to discuss the quote and what it means to them. I wish I had more time to do this topic justice, but I have had a very busy morning. Let me briefly share some things that I have done. After getting the kids to school, I vacuumed out the car, came home and scrubbed the spots in the carpet of the car, mopped my whole house, cleaned bathrooms, vacuumed rugs, washed sheets and other laundry, vacuumed . I have unloaded my fall decorations and put them out and have a ham and sweet potato dish ready to go into the oven for supper. I feel great, my house is showroom clean, a fabulous dinner is ready to go and now I get to blog! So, speaking of hospitality, I feel absolutely ready to be hospitable. Isn...

Today At the Well is hosted by Laurie Ann over at A Magnolia's Heartbeat The Topic: The Words We Speak Discussion Questions: Do the words you speak reflect your reverence for Christ? Would you consider your speech to be self-controlled and pure? Do you find gossip and slander hard or easy to avoid? I am so excited about this topic! This is something very dear to me heart - our words. This is a characteristic or attribute that is one of the most desired in my life. To have godly speech. It is also an area where I struggle the most. The more I read the Word of God, the more I am convinced of the great power of words. Proverbs is full of wisdom about our words. Here is briefly highlighted some of my favorite Proverbs about the power of words: The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, In the lips of him that hath understanding, wisdom is found, The tongue of the just is as choice silver, A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth... the tongue of the wis...