DIY: Royal Wedding

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DIY: ROYAL WEDDING     
Stitch Together Your Own Celebration     

Prince William and Kate Middleton

are mum about what they'll serve after their April 29 nuptials,

but British insiders have some tasty ideas:

ROYAL WEDDING BREAKFAST MENU

Everything you wanted to know and then some...

TIME counts down to the most highly anticipated union of the year — the April 29 wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton — with a host of royal-related features

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Soul Surfer

Soul Surfer


Determine a plan of action in the morning
and then evaluate yourself at night.
How have you behaved today?
What were your words, your deeds, your thoughts?
Thomas a Kempis


The man (or woman) who doesn't like self-examination may be pretty certain that things need examining. Charles Haddon Spurgeon

What poison is to food, self-pity is to life.  Oliver G. Wilson

Self-centerness completely vitiates communication --with either God or man. Hubert van Zeller


Self-pity . . . cuddle and nurse it as an infant and you'll have on your hands in a brief period of time a beast, a monster, a raging, coarse brute that will spread the poison of  bitterness and paranoia throughout your system.  Charles R. Swindoll

Do not think of the faults of others but of what is good in them and faulty in yourself. St. Teresa of Avila


Incline in us, Oh God!, to think humbly of ourselves, to be severe only in the examination of our own conduct, to consider our fellow-creatures with kindness, and to judge of all they say and do with that charity which they would desire from them ourselves.  Jane Austen

A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning. Thomas a Kempis

Beware of no man more than yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.  Charles Haddon Spurgeon

We should think about others and not about ourselves. 1 Corinthians 10:24

Once Upon A Time: Storybook Cottages

Photographer: Michael Graydon

Charming Living Room

A recovered 19th-century English sofa and a tufted ottoman create a cosy look.

Photographer: Michael Graydon

Warm & Cosy Kitchen

A Swedish grey-blue shade is the perfect colour to complement warm wood tones

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Photographer: Ted Yarwood

Summery Cottage Dining Room

A fresh blue and yellow table setting coordinates with patterned linen drapes.

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Photographer: Angus Fergusson

HOUSE & HOME


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"Imagine strolling through the countryside and stumbling upon a home packed with old world charm — except unlike Hansel and Gretel, you won't need to worry about a wicked witch inside. Instead, you'll find exposed stone walls, wood beams, painted furniture, numerous antiques and floral prints, all combined to create a pretty and idyllic retreat. See how various homeowners and designers have acheived this rustic look in living rooms, dining areas, kitchens and bedrooms. Even if you don't have a cottage of your own, you can still incorporate many of these elements in your home."

Simply The Best

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The Best New Nonstick Pans

The Best Color For Your Home

prettylittleflower

There is only one way

I can get ready for immortality,

and that is LOVE THIS LIFE,

and LIVE it BRAVELY

and CHEERFULLY

and as FAITHFULLY

as I can.

Henry van Dyke

I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail, he is immortal, not because he along among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of COMPASSION and SACRIFICE and ENDURANCE. 

 William Faulkner

Simply The Best Song...

Broken Hallelujah
A beautiful song by Mandisa


"Worshiping God through the hard times.

And then in doing so we find healing
and we draw closer to God in these painful times.
I pray this encourages you as it encouraged me."
kool christian girl

Garden Celebrities

'Incrediball' hydrangea

 25 hot plants to grow now - Sunset.com Garden
From wild and eclectic like Lady Gaga, to seemingly innocent like the characters from Glee, these plants are destined to be garden celebrities.

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 Some of my favorites plants  are:

Little Shark agave   

'Pinstripe' petunia  
Fire and Ice Echeveria 
'Campfire' Crassula 

No Man Is An Island

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is apiece of the Continent, a part of the main.  John Donne


No true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the corps, but the kind of man that the country turns out. Ralph Waldo Emerson


To seek the society of others and to shun it are two blameworthy extremes in the devotion of those who live in the world.  St. Francis de Sales


God is the judge of all social systems. -- Oscar Romero


Civilization is always in danger when those who have never learned to obey are given the right to command.  Fulton John Sheen


Therefore, as opportunity offers, let us work for the good of all, especially of the household of the faith. Galatians 6:10


We have the gospel of Jesus Christ which transforms society, not just glues all the bits together.  Elaine Storkey

Just Another Mountain by Jami Slocum

"Yes, we will have struggles in this world. That's what John 16:33 says. But as this song says, God is in control. And what John 16:33 also says is "Take heart, for I have overcome the world!" My favorite line in this song is "How Your grace fills me with hope." Yes, we will have mountains to climb in this lifetime, but God will help us to reach the mountaintop." - coolram52


Prayer Request   Like a woman in labor the tiny island nation of Japan has had over 700+ earthquakes since March 22th,2011.   


C.S. Lewis writes "The divine art of miracle is not an of suspending the pattern to which events confirm but to feeding new events into the pattern. God shapes the world by prayer. As believers let us feed new events into this pattern through prayer.


It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23


Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. Matthew 5:7


He that demands mercy and shows none ruins the bridge over which he himself is to pass. Thomas Adams

 When adverse circumstances suddenly arise My children should immediately get "into faith" [love] rather than "into fear".


...."'In righteousness you will be established; You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear; And from terror, for it will not come near you. If anyone fiercely assails you it will not be from Me. Whoever assails you will fall because of you. Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals and brings out a weapon for its work; And I have created the destroyer to ruin. No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,' declares the LORD".... Isaiah 54:14-17 NASB


...."For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind".... 2 Timothy 1:7 KJV

Purity of Heart

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Spiritual truth is discernable only to a pure heart, not to a keen intellect. It is not a question of profundity of intellect, but of purity of heart. Oswald Chambers

He (or she) who would be serene and pure needs but one thing--detachment. Meister Eckhart

There cannot be perfect transformation without perfect pureness. St. John of the Cross

 

Simplicity reaches out after God; purity discovers and ENJOYS him. Thomas a Kempis

Still to the lowly soul He doth Himself impart, And for his cradle and His throne Chooseth the pure in heart. John Keble

Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot counternance wrongdoing. Habakkuk 1:13

I am not judged by the light I have, but by the light that I refuse to accept! Oswald Chambers

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Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psalm 51:7

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Matthew 5:7