When I flip through my bible in the morning I just pray for God's hand to stop me to what he wants me to learn, and I have this cool bible that has inserts and lessons in it and I stopped on Obedience today. Which is something all Christians need to work on! That and patience on the Lord, but just know if you pray for patience he doesn't give that away instead he puts different situations in our life to help us LEARN patience.... Just an FYI. Okay back to obedience, this is some amazing stuff so I want to share it with you this morning, afternoon, evening, whatever time of the day it is.
Obedience
But Samuel replied: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel 15:2
Obedience to God and what his Word tells us is crucial. Obedience shows God we consider him holy and worthy of honor. Obedience shows us that our Faith is Real. So how can you honor God daily? When God says something to you in his Word, take it personally. Reading the passage on honoring your husband or taming your tongue doesn't fulfill your obligation; your actions reflect your heart toward God. Obedience honors God. Disobedience dishonors him. The practice of obedience will align your heart with God's own desires. For "just as he who called you is holy, so be holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: 'Be holy, because I am holy" {1 Peter 15-16}
Reflect & Pray
What was the last command God gave you through his Word? ~ Did you obey or disobey? ~ How did your actions honor or dishonor God?
Study
Here are some additional verses on Spiritual Life. You can look up and pray through some of these verses
Deuteronomy 10:12-13 Gods Command
James 1:22-24 Listen and Do
1 John 5:2-3 To love God is to key his commands
This is verbatim what the study says, hope you can take something away from this.
xoxo
Rachel
March 17, 2012
January 27, 2012
A few of my favorite things.....
Good evening all! I just received s box from nuts.com,and if y'all are like me and even though you know what's in the package, it's still SO fabulous tom open it up and see your prizes from your online purchases {whic I love doing}. so anyways, on Wednesday afternoon after driving down south{yes like where everyone wants to kissnon your babies, where I want to live}to look through a house, more on that later, I remembered that I wanted to incorporate a couple new healthy things, and on my doorstep less than 48 hours it appears, man I love technology! So the two things that I want to share are Chia Seeds and dark chocolate covered goji berries. Both are splendiferous for your health and won't break your budget. So a few of my favorite things {for my health} are Water, Chia Seeds, and Dark Chocolate Covered Goji Berries! Check em' out y'all! Rachel
January 22, 2012
Healthy Eating
As I wrote about a couple of days ago, I am completely changing my life style, my diet, exercise and sleep! So far I have been lacking in the sleep department, due to Netflix+iPad=Vampire Diaries... But anyways I have been doing great otherwise! I am down 2 lbs since Wednesday and I am excited about my goals. I wanted to share what I have been doing. The only changes is, I have not been consuming any of bread, I have scrambled eggs and cheese every morning and a cup of coffee with creamer{if you know me, you know I CANNOT go with out coffee, I am not a nice person}. Have a fabulous day! Enjoy life and live it to the fullest an healthiest.
Healthy Eating Habits
~Consciously proper eating for the rest of your life~
Remember to eat throughout the day focusing on your meals and snacks can be between these meals as well, handful of nuts, fruit, raw veggies {4 cups of veggies a day can help to push out the bad fats in your body} also remember the less sugar the better {an occasional brownie is fine, but also remember that after consuming sugary things, your metabolism shuts down for 4 hours}
WATER, WATER, WATER drink ½ your body weight in oz i.e.: 150lbs = 75oz h20
Breakfast: ONE portion from each of the healthy carbohydrates, fruit and healthy fats food groups.
Example: 2 slices of whole grain bread (real butter), 7oz fresh berries, 6oz milk {also see below}
Lunch & Dinner: ONE Portion of recommended protein with fiber- rich vegetables and unlimited salad plus ONE portion from the healthy fats good group. {see below for more and how to season foods}
Lunch Example: 7oz skinless chicken breast, salmon, alfalfa sprouts, lettuce {any kind}, radish salad topped with handful of nuts.
Dinner Example: 5oz lean beef, strip steak, {up to 2 cups} Asparagus or broccoli, 4oz low fat cottage cheese.
“Repair” Snack: {recommended between 8-10 pm} protein isolate food of your choice
Examples: hardboiled egg, handful of nuts, cheese cubes, cottage cheese {4oz}, scoop of organic peanut butter, pumpkin seeds, chocolate covered goji berries
Recommended Protein: Animal Sources 7oz:
Poultry: skinless chicken, turkey, quail, wild birds, giblets, etc.
Fish: Bass, cod, devil fish, haddock, hake, halibut, perch, pike, ray, shark, smelt, red snapper, sole, swordfish, trout, tuna, turbot, whiting, salmon{limited to 1-2 times week}
Seafood: clams, crab, lobster, mussels, oysters, scallops, squid, etc
Lean Meats {5 oz}: Beef {strip steak, sirloin, filet mignon, 95% lean ground beef, pot roast}, Veal, pork. lamb, wild game, organ meat {heart, liver, kidneys, etc.}
Plant Sources: 1.5 cups of beans {red kidney, Lima, lentils, chick peas, garbanzo beans etc}, 2 cups of tofu etc.
Select Vegetables Unlimited: Alfalfa sprouts, bok/pac choy, celery, cucumber, daikon, fennel, lettuce {all varieties}, radishes, seaweed, soy bean sprouts, and spinach.
One Portion per meal:{up to 2 cups} Asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, garlic, leeks, mushrooms, raw onions and shallots, green peppers, turnips, zucchini {these can be combined as a sautéed vegetable up to 2 cups as well}
Once or twice a week: ½ Avocado, Brussels sprouts, eggplant, 2-3 hearts of palm, orange and red peppers, sauerkraut, snow peas, string beans{yellow and green}, tomatoes, summer squash.
Note: Eating raw, with its pure enzymes is best from a nutritional standpoint, but you can also steam, roast, boil or sauté, them very lightly in a non-stick pan with a drizzle of olive oil. You can also braise them in the oven at 420 degrees for a few minutes until they begin to caramelize. Then serve them with a sprinkle of sea salt, crushed red pepper flakes, and a splash of fresh lime or lemon. You can also, jazz up oil with chili peppers, cumin, curry, rosemary, ginger or fresh lemon grass.
Seasonings: There are endless possibilities to vary the taste of your foods: sea salt, pepper, garlic, fresh or dried ginger, zest of lemon or lime, your favorite spices, fresh or dried herbs, chili peppers, curry, hot mustard, wasabi, even soy or tamarind sauce, used sparingly. Be cautious of commercial condiments with hidden sugar content!
Food Groups:
Group 1 - Healthy Carbohydrates: 2 slices of whole grain or sprouted bread, 2 oz of whole grain sugar free cereal, 5 oz of whole grain pasta, brown rice, cooked legumes{chick peas, pinto beans, lentils etc}, corn,1 medium potato. 2 pancakes, 1 medium whole grain muffin.
Group 2- Fruits: 1 apple, banana, orange, nectarine, peach, mango or passion fruit, 2 apricots or plums,, 7oz of fresh berries, papaya, melon or pineapple, 1-2 kiwis, 10 cherries or grapes, ½ grapefruit.
Group 3- Healthy Fats: 1 sugar free yogurt, 6oz milk, 2oz low fat cheese, 2% cottage cheese {4oz}, 1 avocado, small handful of assorted nuts and seeds.
The vegetables at lunch and dinner are not optional. The lean cuts of meats, poultry and fish or seafood {when indicated} are not optional either. The pancreatic Protocol has been calibrated with specific times throughout the day to produce specific results in your body. Follow the protocol faithfully and you will see quick satisfying results. Don’t let sugared gum, condiments and commercial salad dressings spoil your efforts. Also, if you have known allergies, please avoid them!
Healthy Eating Habits
~Consciously proper eating for the rest of your life~
Remember to eat throughout the day focusing on your meals and snacks can be between these meals as well, handful of nuts, fruit, raw veggies {4 cups of veggies a day can help to push out the bad fats in your body} also remember the less sugar the better {an occasional brownie is fine, but also remember that after consuming sugary things, your metabolism shuts down for 4 hours}
WATER, WATER, WATER drink ½ your body weight in oz i.e.: 150lbs = 75oz h20
Breakfast: ONE portion from each of the healthy carbohydrates, fruit and healthy fats food groups.
Example: 2 slices of whole grain bread (real butter), 7oz fresh berries, 6oz milk {also see below}
Lunch & Dinner: ONE Portion of recommended protein with fiber- rich vegetables and unlimited salad plus ONE portion from the healthy fats good group. {see below for more and how to season foods}
Lunch Example: 7oz skinless chicken breast, salmon, alfalfa sprouts, lettuce {any kind}, radish salad topped with handful of nuts.
Dinner Example: 5oz lean beef, strip steak, {up to 2 cups} Asparagus or broccoli, 4oz low fat cottage cheese.
“Repair” Snack: {recommended between 8-10 pm} protein isolate food of your choice
Examples: hardboiled egg, handful of nuts, cheese cubes, cottage cheese {4oz}, scoop of organic peanut butter, pumpkin seeds, chocolate covered goji berries
Recommended Protein: Animal Sources 7oz:
Poultry: skinless chicken, turkey, quail, wild birds, giblets, etc.
Fish: Bass, cod, devil fish, haddock, hake, halibut, perch, pike, ray, shark, smelt, red snapper, sole, swordfish, trout, tuna, turbot, whiting, salmon{limited to 1-2 times week}
Seafood: clams, crab, lobster, mussels, oysters, scallops, squid, etc
Lean Meats {5 oz}: Beef {strip steak, sirloin, filet mignon, 95% lean ground beef, pot roast}, Veal, pork. lamb, wild game, organ meat {heart, liver, kidneys, etc.}
Plant Sources: 1.5 cups of beans {red kidney, Lima, lentils, chick peas, garbanzo beans etc}, 2 cups of tofu etc.
Select Vegetables Unlimited: Alfalfa sprouts, bok/pac choy, celery, cucumber, daikon, fennel, lettuce {all varieties}, radishes, seaweed, soy bean sprouts, and spinach.
One Portion per meal:{up to 2 cups} Asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, garlic, leeks, mushrooms, raw onions and shallots, green peppers, turnips, zucchini {these can be combined as a sautéed vegetable up to 2 cups as well}
Once or twice a week: ½ Avocado, Brussels sprouts, eggplant, 2-3 hearts of palm, orange and red peppers, sauerkraut, snow peas, string beans{yellow and green}, tomatoes, summer squash.
Note: Eating raw, with its pure enzymes is best from a nutritional standpoint, but you can also steam, roast, boil or sauté, them very lightly in a non-stick pan with a drizzle of olive oil. You can also braise them in the oven at 420 degrees for a few minutes until they begin to caramelize. Then serve them with a sprinkle of sea salt, crushed red pepper flakes, and a splash of fresh lime or lemon. You can also, jazz up oil with chili peppers, cumin, curry, rosemary, ginger or fresh lemon grass.
Seasonings: There are endless possibilities to vary the taste of your foods: sea salt, pepper, garlic, fresh or dried ginger, zest of lemon or lime, your favorite spices, fresh or dried herbs, chili peppers, curry, hot mustard, wasabi, even soy or tamarind sauce, used sparingly. Be cautious of commercial condiments with hidden sugar content!
Food Groups:
Group 1 - Healthy Carbohydrates: 2 slices of whole grain or sprouted bread, 2 oz of whole grain sugar free cereal, 5 oz of whole grain pasta, brown rice, cooked legumes{chick peas, pinto beans, lentils etc}, corn,1 medium potato. 2 pancakes, 1 medium whole grain muffin.
Group 2- Fruits: 1 apple, banana, orange, nectarine, peach, mango or passion fruit, 2 apricots or plums,, 7oz of fresh berries, papaya, melon or pineapple, 1-2 kiwis, 10 cherries or grapes, ½ grapefruit.
Group 3- Healthy Fats: 1 sugar free yogurt, 6oz milk, 2oz low fat cheese, 2% cottage cheese {4oz}, 1 avocado, small handful of assorted nuts and seeds.
The vegetables at lunch and dinner are not optional. The lean cuts of meats, poultry and fish or seafood {when indicated} are not optional either. The pancreatic Protocol has been calibrated with specific times throughout the day to produce specific results in your body. Follow the protocol faithfully and you will see quick satisfying results. Don’t let sugared gum, condiments and commercial salad dressings spoil your efforts. Also, if you have known allergies, please avoid them!
January 19, 2012
New Year
I know.. such a lame Post title.. but it literally reads: New{space/pause} Year. So with that being said, we had a great start! We had a fun party while my sister was here visiting, ate lots of food, made the traditional crab legs, had a mini dance party with the kiddos and then we sent fireworks off into the night {really it was like a giant sparkler with mini fireworks}.
I am not going to set any "New Year Goals", I never have and people who I have met that usually do, don't ever follow through with them.. more like a "New YearGoal fail" I try to say that without sounding like a pessimist... just a realist. Anyways, I set little mini goals for myself weekly throughout the year anyways. Okay now that we are past that! I am changing my lifestyle... I did it really well in October/November and then we switched houses and moved into another family member's house I just stopped all together {enter excuses} its really hard to keep up with a certain eating lifestyle when {your respectively} living in someone else home. They buy the groceries and if I buy groceries I am most certainly not going to label them, or turn away food that has been made for me if I don't usually eat that kind of food or who is going to say {i don't need any brownies thankyouverymuch, that would be crossing the line} but seriously. I recently have been feeling like God has laid it on my hear that my family needs to eat more natural foods, not necessarily organic because we would have to take a loan out to afford that, however more natural foods... which means excluding items such as these:
Canned Vegetables and fruits
processed cheese
frozen fish (cause who really knows how long its been in there)
white flour
packaged lunch meat
candy
anything with un~natural dies ie: any fruit drinks (which we only stick to apple and cranberry juice anyways, or orange juice) NO KOOL AID, fruit punch.. you get the point
Milk (Unless organic, or Lactose free, which we aren't huge milk drinkers)
Sugary Cereals
Potato Chips (minus kettle chips, if it has less than 3 ingredients I'm good)
All of these will not be too hard to maintain considering we do most of these things already but when, once again, living with someone and they do eat all of these things, I will not complain.
I have had this new found love for know what I am putting into my body since 2009 when I really started watching calories and getting into fitness. I recently decided that I would love to go to school to be a Dietitian. I am really starting to learn a lot of neat things... just by reading random books, I can't even imagine what I can learn in school! {go figure}
Nutrition Fact for the day: Brown rice is really good for you, here is why, but did you know that if you take the brown rice and pour it into a skillet (no oils or anything) and essentially "brown" the rice, till it turns a pretty golden color, it no longer turns to sugar once processed through your body it then turns into a protein! So after you brown the rice store it in a container and then go about making it the normal way and viola! Pretty cool huh!
Next think I am going to try is Chia Seeds! I guess its the new found {old Mexican} healthy thing for you! I am going to do some more research and try them out!
I am not going to set any "New Year Goals", I never have and people who I have met that usually do, don't ever follow through with them.. more like a "New Year
Canned Vegetables and fruits
processed cheese
frozen fish (cause who really knows how long its been in there)
white flour
packaged lunch meat
candy
anything with un~natural dies ie: any fruit drinks (which we only stick to apple and cranberry juice anyways, or orange juice) NO KOOL AID, fruit punch.. you get the point
Milk (Unless organic, or Lactose free, which we aren't huge milk drinkers)
Sugary Cereals
Potato Chips (minus kettle chips, if it has less than 3 ingredients I'm good)
All of these will not be too hard to maintain considering we do most of these things already but when, once again, living with someone and they do eat all of these things, I will not complain.
I have had this new found love for know what I am putting into my body since 2009 when I really started watching calories and getting into fitness. I recently decided that I would love to go to school to be a Dietitian. I am really starting to learn a lot of neat things... just by reading random books, I can't even imagine what I can learn in school! {go figure}
Nutrition Fact for the day: Brown rice is really good for you, here is why, but did you know that if you take the brown rice and pour it into a skillet (no oils or anything) and essentially "brown" the rice, till it turns a pretty golden color, it no longer turns to sugar once processed through your body it then turns into a protein! So after you brown the rice store it in a container and then go about making it the normal way and viola! Pretty cool huh!
Next think I am going to try is Chia Seeds! I guess its the new found {old Mexican} healthy thing for you! I am going to do some more research and try them out!
December 28, 2011
Early
So... It's kind of early... For me... For bedtime. I think the biggest thing right now is the fact that we are living in such close quarters with each other that it's hard to let Kate cry a little if she wants to stay up because she would wake up Faith and so I am staying up late with her and by the time she's asleep and I have picked up toys, gotten a bottle and formula ready for her morning feeding which is at like 730 and I should just force myself out of bed at that time, finish my nightly rituals and crawl into bed, it's midnight! I need some accountability for getting into bed at 1030 and getting out of bed after I feed Katie bug. That way I can go for a run, get myself some coffee and be ready for the kiddos to crawl out of bed, ya know! Enough of that! Here are a few "wordy Wednesday" pictures! Making a sign for Aunt Rebekah to visit us! My little Monkey taking a napper and a couple Christmas pictures.
Night to all!
Rachel
Night to all!
Rachel
December 11, 2011
Deprivations
Things I feel as though I am depriving myself of, sorry this isn't a very positive Christmasy feel type post.
I need sleep {as I write this it is 334am} I get so caught in what I'm doing and stay up way into the hours of the morning and then I'm exhausted the next day, which leads to eating! I mean eating, not just here and there but, everywhere! Sorry had to say it, slap happy 3am remember. Anyways, then I'm just eating horrible, so number 2 I deprive myself of nutrients. Good for you,wholesome nutrients, I've even had this little prompting {okay not so little} that we as a family need to eat healthier, change our lifestyle and go organic, I put things into my body that I know is not healthy and will not be good for me but that doesn't stop me... Riduculously disappointed in myself for this one. Then I'm crabby cause I'm not sleeping and instead I don't want to go anywhere during the day and I yell at Joshua and Faith all day and I deprive myself on these relationships and being a positive light in their life, cause honestly I'm not reflecting Jesus for them at all. These are the top 3 that I want to touch on. I will be fair to myself and realize that this season of our lives right now is stressful. Living with family, afraid we are a burden, moving things here {Georgia} from Chicago {which family packed so we don't know where anything is, but a huge blessing}
Okay; this is depressing and sad, sorry not meant to be. I will encourage myself and pray that I get to taking care of my "temple" and sleep and eat better, workout again and be sweet to my sweeties!
Can you pray for me too? Thanks!
Rachel
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. " Romans 12:12
I need sleep {as I write this it is 334am} I get so caught in what I'm doing and stay up way into the hours of the morning and then I'm exhausted the next day, which leads to eating! I mean eating, not just here and there but, everywhere! Sorry had to say it, slap happy 3am remember. Anyways, then I'm just eating horrible, so number 2 I deprive myself of nutrients. Good for you,wholesome nutrients, I've even had this little prompting {okay not so little} that we as a family need to eat healthier, change our lifestyle and go organic, I put things into my body that I know is not healthy and will not be good for me but that doesn't stop me... Riduculously disappointed in myself for this one. Then I'm crabby cause I'm not sleeping and instead I don't want to go anywhere during the day and I yell at Joshua and Faith all day and I deprive myself on these relationships and being a positive light in their life, cause honestly I'm not reflecting Jesus for them at all. These are the top 3 that I want to touch on. I will be fair to myself and realize that this season of our lives right now is stressful. Living with family, afraid we are a burden, moving things here {Georgia} from Chicago {which family packed so we don't know where anything is, but a huge blessing}
Okay; this is depressing and sad, sorry not meant to be. I will encourage myself and pray that I get to taking care of my "temple" and sleep and eat better, workout again and be sweet to my sweeties!
Can you pray for me too? Thanks!
Rachel
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. " Romans 12:12
November 2, 2011
Changes
Sorry its been a couple of months since I have posted. My husband has been working in Georgia since about Mid September and he called me after he was there a couple of weeks and asked me to come and join him. So within a week, I notified Faith's prek, dance on hold, told my Womens Bible Study that I was leaving town for a little bit, did a million loads of laundry, packed up me, my 3 kids and our lab and jumped into my mother in law's van and headed to Georgia. It was an amazing drive. We took 2 days and stopped at some fun things along the way, got to see my kids' god-sister at College and arrived safe and sound before dusk. After being here for a while (and from my past posts in 2009 Im sure you know how much in love with GA I am) we have done a lot of praying, found a Church that we LOVE and decided that we are going to move here. WHEW, that's the first time have said that without a percentage to follow of how sure we are. I just want to make sure that this is God's will for us and not what we want. So we are now Georgians (not quite officially) but I'm just sayin' it all the same. The kids absolutey love it here!
Cousins
Katie~bug and Mimi
With that being said, OFFICIALLY the fundraising has begun for Whitney!!! From Nov 1 thru Dec 31 the "goal" is to raise $1000 for her. I am totally new at this but I am going to do lots of research on exactly what types of things that I can do and I know that God totally provides! Every person that donates 35$ gets an ornament for their tree with Whitney's picture on it to be a wonderful reminder to pray for her and how you helped her find her forever family.
Love to you all,
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