Saturday, March 8, 2008

Recipes

*Honey Dijon Marinade
Use equal parts honey and Dijon mustard. Spread over chicken when baking or
grilling.

*Honey Butter
In a small bowl, cream 1/2 cup of butter until soft. Slowly beat in 1/4 or 1/3 cup of honey.
Beat on high speed until light.

Tip: Add a little of Vanilla to fresh fruit.


*Cheddar Apples
8 cups ch0pped peeled apples (I might leave on the peels)
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup of sugar
1 stick of butter
3/4 cup of self rising flour

Place apples in a greased 9x13 baking dish.
In a medium bowl, stir together remaining ingredients and sprinkle over apples. Bake in preheated oven 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes, until golden brown.


*New Orleans Pralines
8 oz. whipping cream
16 oz. brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter
2 cups chopped peacans or walnuts

Mix cream and sugar in microwave for 13 minutes at full power or cook on stove....be careful not to burn cream and sugar on stove. Remove from heat, mix in butter and pecans. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper.


*Honey Lemon Basil Sauce
2 tablespoons chopped onion
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cuphoney
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon dried Basil

Cook onion in butter until onion is translucent. Stir in remaining ingredients and bring to boil. Serve over carrots, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, squash. Makes 1/2 cup.


*Honey Ham Marinade
1 cup ketchup
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup prepared mustard


*Frozen Peach Delight
1 (16 oz) can peach pie filling
1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (8oz) cran crushed pineapple, drained
1 (8oz) whipped topping
Peaches for garnish, optional

In a medium bowl, combine peach pie filling, sweetened condensed milk, and pineapple. Fold in whipped topping. Pour into 8-inch square glass container lined with plastic wrap, (hummm I wonder if parchment paper would work?) Freeze 24 hours. Cut into squares and serve. Let set 5 minutes prior to serving. Yield: 9-12 servings.





Scriptures

"From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother's womb."~~Psalm 71:6

"I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord,
make me dwell in safety".~~Psalm 4:8

"In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation".~~Psalm 5:3

"It is because of the Lord's mercy and loving kindness that we are not consumed, because his
tender compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great and abundant is Your stability and faithfulness".~~Lamentations 3:22-23

"Cause me to hear Your loving-kindness in the morning, for on You do I lean and in You do I trust. Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for I lift up my inner self to You."
~~~Psalm 14:3-8

"Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing, for joy and be glad
all your days".~~Psalm 90:14

"Let my prayer be set forth as incense before You, the lifting up of my hands as the evening
sacrifice". ~~Psalm 141:2

"I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth {recount and tell aloud} all Your marvelous works and wonderful deeds".~~Psalm 9:1

"Let each one of us make it a practice to please {make happy} his neighbor for his good and for his true welfare, to edify him {to strengthen him and build him up spiritually}.~~Romans 15:2

Temptation Is Not Sin~~we sin when we give in to temptation.
"In the day when I called, You answered me; and You strengthened me with strength {might and inflexibility to temptation} in my inner self".~~Psalm 138:3

True Christian
Desire to obey God~~I John 2:3-4
Desire to study the Bible~~I Peter 2:2
Will increasingly understand the Bible~~I Cornith. 2:14
Admit the sin~~I John 1:9
Sin less and less and less~~I John 2:1
Love others~~I John 4:8
Not Love the World~~I John 2:15
Have the Fruits of the Spirit~~Gal. 5:22

Lessons to learn: The Holy Spirit is the real teacher~~I Cornith. 2:13 John 6:6
How to abide~~Ephesians 1:4-5
The SEAL~~The Holy Spirit~~I John 4:13
We cannot jump out of the Father's hand~~John 10:29 Philippians 2:12-13

Trials in the life of a Christian produce endurance~~Hebrews 10:24-25

"Psalm 91"~~read and keep in your heart. This was a life saver for me after my brain injury. My friend Drenda mailed me a card in March 2003 of encouragement.......and she said the Lord laid upon her heart for me to read Psalm 91. I was saved then and I wondered why I needed to read that chapter. I was doing great serving the Lord and working for him and my job and etc. Then less than two months later I fell at my office and suffered a traumatic brain injury......the Lord saved my life that day and weekend and its close to 5 years and I am still alive and doing better than was thought. About 6 months after my head injury, I found that card that I was saving and then I knew GOD was preparing me for the different journey ahead. Praise the Lord for his goodness, he cares so much for us. I will never understand the depth of love Jesus has for me; even though my family loved me (the ones who have gone to be with Jesus) and still loves me (the family I have on earth), God loves me more than that. I have never loved anyone the way Jesus loves me/us. If we really could consume the Love God has for us, I don't think we would ever be sad.

Children and family saved. "He will defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; he will crush the oppressor."~~Psalm 72:4

When I said, "my foot is slipping," your love, O Lord, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul."~~Psalm 94:23

UNANSWERED Prayers. "If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened."~~Psalm 66:18

Troubles~~"in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?~~Psalm 56:11

"Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall`"~~Psalm 55:22

Anxiety~~Psalm 94:19; 2 Timothy 1:7; Joshua 1:9

FAITH
Visible Faith~~Luke 5:20
Renew your mind~~Romans 12:2
Restore your health~~Jeremiah 30:17
Measure of faith~~Romans 12:3
Strength~~Psalm 27: 1 & 3
Faith can see the future~~Hebrews 11:22; faith future, Genesis 50:25
Do not doubt~~Mark 11:23
Little Faith~~Matthew 6:26; Matthew 6:30
Mustard Seed Faith~~Matthew 17:20 (Mustard seed controls the taste of what its in.)
Great faith can speak from distance-speak the word-take God's word-he said it and I will believe it-God will not fail.
See through the eyes of faith. Everyone has a measure of faith. READ Gideon's story.

Woman Enterpaneur~~Proverbs 31.

Lack of Knowledge~~Hosea 4:6

"Since he knows the secrets of the heart`"~~Psalm 44:21

"Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me."~~Psalm 27:10

"May the words of my mouth and the meditiation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer."~~Psalm 19:14

Pray for the lost ask the Lord to send laborers they're way. "The sorrows of those will increase who run after other Gods."~~Psalm 16:4

GOD rides the storm. "He mounted the cherubim and flew:; he soared on the wings of the wind."~~Psalm 18:10

"The Lord is known by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands."~~ Psalm 8:16

GOD WILL DEFEND our rights~~~"For you have upheld my right and my cause; you have sat on your throne, judging righteously."~~Psalm 9:4


"I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety."~~Psalm 4:8

"The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still"~~Exodus 14:14

"Do not let this Book of Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."~~Joshua 1:8,9

"No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you or forsake you."~~Joshua 1:5 THANK YOU LORD......I PRAISE YOU THE GREAT I AM

"God sets the lonely in families"~~Psalm 68:6

"My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him.
He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never
be shaken.~~~Psalm 62:1,2

"Record my lament; list my tears on your scroll--are they not in
your record.~~Psalm 56:8 God records every tear we have ever shed. Amazing.

"In God I trust; I will not be afraid, what can man do to me?"~~Psalm 56:11

"The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his
bed of illness"~~Psalm 41:3

"Since he knows the secrets of the heart"~~Psalm 44:21

"Deliver me from my enemies, O God; protect me from those who rise up against me.
~~~Psalm 59:1

"Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens."~~Psalm 68:19

Today I was at my cousin Pam's home. What a beautiful place and so peaceful. She sure has design talents along with great cooking and well just everything. She is so beautiful and loving and caring. I am so blessed to have her in my life. We pray together and eat at times and then exercise. She and her husband moved to this town in August. I can tell you its so very important to spend time with your family and friends. If you are one that does not have family near you or family, please take the time to choose a FAMILY OF CHOICE. And stand on the scripture that tells us God puts the lonely in families. Today she gave me a copy of this talking about our Lord and Savior:

Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting FATHER who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow and every day. Either he will shield you from suffering, or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, then, put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations, and say continually; "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart has trusted in Him and I am helped. He is not only with me but in me and I in Him."

Resist satan by being alert~~~I Peter 5:8-9
Give satan no foothold~~~Eph. 4:27
Talking to God~~Matthew 26:41
Trusting our Father for power~~I John 5:4
God's Great Promise~~I John 1:9
satan is a liar~~John 8:44
satan's goals~~John 10:10

"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in ALL circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Jesus Christ".~~I Thessalonians 5: 16-18

One Day At A Time
Proverbs 27:1
John 16:33
Matthew 6:19 Matthew 6:33
I Corinth 12:26
I Peter 5:7

For the Aging
Lev 19:32
Isaiah 46:4
Psalm 92:12-14
Proverbs 16:31

TOO BAD A SINNER~~Jesus forgives
Isaiah 1:18, 44:22
Romans 5:8
Luke 19:10
I Timothy 1:13, 15

Don't ever forget God works in storms. Whatever you are going through HOLD ON. God is with you!

Adversity means something acting against me. satan sends adversity to try to get us to sin and sometimes God will allow it. Sometimes we bring adversity on ourselves by acting foolishly or sinfully. There is also adversity that comes out of nowhwere through no fault of our own. The one thing we can count on about adversity is that it will come.......the issue.....what are we going to do when it comes? JESUS gives us strength to overcome adversity. Remember, demons are invited in by persons who yield to sin continually. God says "if you keep your mind fixed on me, I will keep you in perfect peace. Thank you Heavenly Father, in JESUS name, Amen.

PULL OUT PRAYER, PULL OUT FAITH and use it to tie the devil in knots! Use the uncommon power of God to keep satan bound and he will not be able to put anything over on us. Study Eph 6:10-18.

Sorrow/Lost Joy read I Peter 4:12-14

Quotes

"Virtue is very beautiful and very attractive"~~Victoria

"True friendship is a powerful force for
strength and encouragement"~~Victoria, Notes From My Heart

'Tis the last rose of summer, left blooming alone; all her lovely companions are faded and gone.~~Thomas Moore (1717-1852)

"Delay from Christ is not denial"

"The bluebird carries the sky on his back"~~Henry David Thoreau

"Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded
on the principle, and cemented by time".~~unknown

"It ever has been since time began, and ever will be, till time lose breath, that love is a mood~~no more ~ to man. And love to women is life or death"~~Ella W. Wilcox, 1850-1919

"Trials equip us and make us usable for the sake of others"

"We are not responsbile for other people's responses"

"When we walk in the will of God, we are protected"

"Nobody ever loved anybody like everybody wants
to be loved"~~Mignon McLaughlin

"I am part of all that I have met"~~Tennyson

"Respect is love in plain cloths"

"We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us~~Joseph Cambell ( I don't know if this man is or was saved-----but its the truth if you are looking to Jesus to fill your life.)

"We are tangled up in others and have forgotten what our heart once knew"~~Kabir

"Letting Go" Journal of Victoria "A release, a personal New Year's Day. Freedom--
has its seeds in summer."~~Victoria

"It is a delicious moment, certainly, that of being nestled in bed and feeling that you shall drop gently to sleep"----Leigh Hunt

"It is astonishing how short a time it takes
for very wonderful things to happen"---Frances Hodgson Burnett

"Among flowers, we live graciously again"---Susan Kinsolving, "Among Flowers"

"We use books like mirrors, gazing into them only to discover ourselves"---Joseph Epstein

"When we are collecting books, we are collecting happiness"---Vincent Starrett

"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me
there lay an invincible summer"---Albert Camus

"What is a friend, a single soul dwelling in two bodies"--Aristotle

"There are friends of the road and friends of the heart---you are in my heart"

"For memory has painted this perfect day/with colors that never fade/and we find at the end of a perfect day, the Soul of a friend we've made"---Carrie Jacobs Bond

"Fine manners are not to be kept for stangers"---Victorian Etiquette Book

"The value of a man is the sum of his commitments, Martin Buber onc said "I am what I do" Men who are loving make their women bloom" ---Martin Buber

"For those who have loved me, but especially for those
who have let me love them"--Merle Shain I love this author about men and women in love. V

"Only Passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things"---Dennis Diderot

"Fear is a form of slavery"

"As long as your worried what others think of you, you are owned by them. Only when you require no approval from outside yourself can you own yourself and be truly be free"
-------Victoria B ( Did I really write this? It's in my journal of the 90's).

"Failure is just a way for our lives to show us we're moving in the wrong direction, that we should try something different" Fear has no more power than we give it----Victoria's Journal

"All choices have consequences. We are responsible for our choice"--Deuteronomy 30:19

"It's not the moments in our life that we breathe, but the moments that take our breath away that's important." author unknown but my dad loves this and so do I.

"Never take a sleeping pill and a laxative in the same night"....my dad is a funny man.....another quote he found. He finds some really great jokes......laugh and live longer or have fun. The bible tells us Laughter is like a medicine.






"Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart"~~Coco Chanel

"Hope is the essential ingredient to make it through life.
It is the anchor of the soul"~~Barbara Johnson

"How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something
but to be someone"~~Coco Chanel

"Few , save the poor, feel for the poor"~~Letitia Elizabeth Landon
I am so thankful to God that he gave me a heart for the poor. I could never look down on the poor and I will help those before anyone else.~~Victoria

"A man who honors God privately, will show it by making good decisions publicly."~~Ed Cole

"A man's affections follows his money"~~Ed Cole

"A man's word is the expression of his nature"~~Ed Cole

"A palace does not make a king"~~Ed Cole

"A person's beliefs hold the greatest potential for good or harm in life"~~Ed Cole

"A river is always purest at its source and least pure at its mouth"~~Ed Cole

"A sin mentally results in poor self image"~~Ed Cole

"Above the clouds, the sun always shines"~~Ed Cole

"Ability to resist temptation is directly proportionate to your submission to God"~~Ed Cole

"The fault finder will find fault even in paradise"~~~Henry David Thoreau

"I realize that a sense of humor isn't for everyone~it's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive"~~Anne Schaef

*Think you can, think you can't; either way you'll be right"~~Henry Ford

"Hitch your wagon to a star"~~Ralph W. Emmerson

"Attitudes are contagious. Do you want people around you to catch yours?"~~Bob Moawad

"You may live longer than I do, but I will live more"~~James McConnell

"Never take hope away from any human being"~~Oliver Wendell Homes, Sr.

"Write on your heart that everyday is the best day of the year"~~Ralph Waldo Emmerson

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer"~~Henry David Thoreau

"Christians are not patched sinners, they are new creations"~~Edwin Louis Cole

"You don't drown by falling in the water, you drown by staying there"~~Edwin Louis Cole

"Let the rain kiss you.....
with silver liquid drops. Let
the rain sing you a lullaby"
~~~Langston Hughes

"I love Spring anywhere, but if I could
choose, I would always greet it in a garden"
~~~Ruth Stout

"Earth laughs in flowers"~~Ralph Waldo Emmerson

"Scatter your flowers as you go~for you will not pass this way again"

"Pearls, the gem which dims the moon"~~~Ralph Waldo Emmerson

"I woke this morning with this extraordinary fragrance around me,
and it was the ROSE"

"Pink is a color just born"

"Writing ......is but a different name for conversation~~Lawrence Sterve

"Friendship is love without wings"~~Lord Baron

"Love, the essence of God"~~~Ralph Waldo Emmerson

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is invisible to the
eye"~~~Antoine De Saint-Exupery

"Lace, designed for the grand ceremonies of life"

"There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will
catch your heart"~~~Ben Crenshaw

Quotes

"Some friends you just don't introduce to your friends"--Victoria

"Ah, there is nothing like staying at home
for real comfort?~~~Jane Austen "Emma"

"More than kisses....
Letters mingle souls"~~~John Donne

"It is a great delight to dwell in
a picture"~~D.H. Lawrence

"Ah, you flavor everything, you are the
vanilla of society"~~Sydney Smith

".......And like the snow falls in the river, a moment white~~~
then melt's forever"~~~Robert Burns

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor
touched....but are felt in the heart"~~~Helen Keller

"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered"~~~ Ralph Waldo Emmerson

Quotes

"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury"~~Coco Chanel
"There are people who have money and people who are rich"~~Coco Chanel
"A woman has the age she deserves"~~Coco Chanel

"Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door"~~Coco Chanel

"A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous"~~Coco Chanel
"A woman who does not wear perfume has no future"~~Coco Chanel

"Fashion fades, only STYLE remains the same"~~Coco Chanel
"Great loves too must be endured"~~Coco Chanel
"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different"~~Coco Chanel

"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."~~Coco Chanel

"If a man talks bad about all women, it usually means
he was burned by one woman"~~Coco Chanel

"Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable"~`Coco Chanel

"There are some things you learn best in the calm,
and some in the storm"~~~Willa Cather

"She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me.
I ought never to have run away from her" ~~~Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince

"Winter is an etching, Spring a watercolor......
Summer an oil painting and autumn, a mosaic of them
all"~~~Stanley Horowitz

First Entry

Hello,
I am so excited to have my own blog. Thanks to one of my precious sisters Debbie who helped start the creation of Life With Victoria. This blog is a safe haven for expressing your thoughts too. I will be sharing my favorite scriptures and hope to encourage each one that reads this blog. Welcome to LIFE WITH VICTORIA.