This was just a start but I already love that she learned flavor is simple and no sauce needed!
The email from her husband is hilarious!
Thoughts?
Here is a text sent to me today based on the fast Kim outlined for our group-
"Instead of beans, can sweet potatoes be 1 of my foods lol I just really want some sweet potatoes"
:)
See you tomorrow... Read page 17-25 and let's do this! 7 baby!
I am LOVING this book and Jen Hatmaker's bravery to look at her own life and actually compare it to Christ's, and then write about it! So that people like me, who tend to gloss over my excess in life and ignore it, can be slapped in the face (with comedy AND truth - doesn't get any better in the slapping department!) and take my rosy glasses off to actually SEE the world! I've been reading and praying...for a new perspective on reality. On the real world out there. Actual people who are hurting and lonely and hungry and have real needs. For God to place me in their path. For me to get rid of all that is unnecessarily keeping me "busy." With 3 little ones, I have plenty to keep me busy! Lord knows, I don't need to add any more on my own plate that isn't working toward His kingdom.
ReplyDeleteSo yesterday afternoon, I grabbed the earrings that I had bought from the Hatmaker conference that had been made by the precious girls in an orphanage. And I walked across the street with 2 little boys trailing behind and a little girl on my hip. I'm sure the lady living there was just thrilled to see so many surprise her in the middle of the day on her doorstep! Ha! The sweet lady who lives in this little house is a pastor for a very small 30 member congregation out here. From what I hear, it is a wonderful little church house where the women wear their Easter hats every Sunday and they raise their hands and say "Amen" for at least a couple of hours on Sunday morning. :) Her name is Rosemary, and her daughter lives with her, along with her daughter's 2 little cuties ages 2 and 3. I handed them the 2 pairs of earrings, telling them who made them and thanking them for making us feel so welcome here with their smiles and waving across the street every day. These are 2 beautiful women always happy, always sweet. When I walked in to the house they have lived in for years now, there was basically nothing in there. Nothing on the walls except for lots of crayon markings. 1 couch that she was embarrassed to tell me that she wanted me to sit down, but the couch needed to be re-covered. An old wooden desk in the living room. That was IT! I started thinking about how this woman is supporting herself, her daughter, and her 2 grandchildren on a preacher's salary with only 30 members' tithing support. HELLO REALITY! As I walked back home, I started praying that God would lead me how to serve them in my own excess. Being a friend to the daughter who stays home with her kids all day and doesn't have a car. Giving to them anonymously so that they can afford to have Christmas with each other and those 2 little ones? Inviting them over for dinner? What do I do without making them feel embarrassed or like I'm handing them obvious charity? They are HAPPY. Rosemary is so sweet, so genuine, so smiley. She doesn't gain her joy from materialism. But I know she must have very real needs. And Jesus wants us to be His hands and feet for people just like her. Obviously, she knows Him and serves Him. But He also serves her. And it's through our obedience. Thank you, God, for my slap in the face yesterday! I pray more will come my way and that I will see and will hear from Him what to do. My life is not my own! I need to stop trying to make it that way. When I do, I'm always disappointed!
Love you girls! I'm so excited to be doing this and changing my mindset and heart along with all of you by my side! Where 2 or more are gathered in His name, He is right in the midst of us! :)
Jessica
About 4 weeks ago our family decided to change our eating habits due to some health issues. I thought it would be really hard, but going "all in" with NO sugars and NO grains actually made it easier. I don't crave things anymore like I used to. If any of you decide to go a little further with this eating challenge the 2 cookbooks that really have helped me are: The Wheat Belly Cookbook and The Blood Sugar Solution Cookbook. Blessings and hugs!
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