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Tasty Tuesdays: Easy, Delicious Fruit Smoothies

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My daughter loves to come home and make herself a smoothie. I don’t mind as it’s a lot better to drink a smoothie than to eat junk food.

This fruit smoothie is the one that she usually makes for herself.

You only need 3 ingredients and a blender to make this smoothie! One day, she took pictures and made this little video to show you how easy it is to make this smoothie for yourself!

You can see in the video that she used some frozen fruit that I had bought in the freezer section of the grocery store, but usually she just uses frozen strawberries that we picked when it was strawberry season here.

This fruit smoothie is super easy -- only 3 ingredients! It's delicious too!

Try it out and let us know how you liked it!

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Easy, Delicious Fruit Smoothie

Ingredients

  • 1 cup plain or vanilla yogurt*
  • 1-2 cups frozen fruit
  • Vanilla extract (if using plain yogurt)
  • *Sweetener (sugar, Stevia, or honey) may be desired if plain yogurt was used.

Instructions

  1. Put all ingredients into a blender.
  2. Blend until it is a smoothie consistency.
  3. If needed, add ice to make it thicker or water to make it smoother.
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  • As a thank-you for linking up, we will pin your recipe to the Tasty Tuesdays at Creative K Kids Pinterest board.  Please follow the board to see all the great food recipes!
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The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 200!

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Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

  • This is our 200th party of The Ultimate Pinterest Party!! That is so amazing! I am so thankful for all my hosts throughout the year, but especially right now for Ali. She is super faithful and will cover for me anytime I need help and never gets upset when I forget to send her the script early.
  •  You can still link up to our Tasty Tuesday’s party HERE. This week, we shared our favorite Chocolate Caramel Cookies.
  • This past Thursday, I reflected on God’s Amazing Love. Go HERE to link up to the Thoughtful Thursday’s party!

 Thank you for participating in The Ultimate Pinterest Party!

This week, we are offering a Amazon gift card giveaway to celebrate our 200th party! Go enter it below!

Link up 2 pins to The Ultimate Pinterest Party from Friday at 8 am ET - Saturday 8 am ET

HERE WAS THE FAVORITE PIN FROM LAST WEEK’S PARTY:

Favorite pin from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 199

Berry Yogurt Breakfast Pops from My Mommy World

MY FEATURED PINS FROM LAST WEEK’S PARTY:

The Ultimate PInterest Party, 30

Here are the MAIN RULES:

  • Rule #1:  Link up only 2 PINS (not blog posts. Pins that are duplicates from a previous week will not be repinned.)
  • Rule #2:  Do NOT re-pin from the linky below.
  • Rule #3:  You must commit to re-pinning from THE ULTIMATE PARTY BOARD on SATURDAY or SUNDAY. (Re-pin from the pins that say “The Ultimate Party, Week 200 pins.”)
  • Rule #4: Please only link up your own original pins that contain your images to this party.  Do not link up pictures of other bloggers that you may have included in a round-up.  Your collage of pictures for a round-up would be fine.
  • Rule #5: Please do not link up sale posts from your blog or sale posts that go to Etsy or Ebay –only pins that go to actual blog posts on your blog. Thank you.

Details to Observe:

  • Before you link up the pin, click on the pin and make sure it takes you to your post, not your home page.
  • Linking up to this party gives the hosts permission to use a picture and a link to your post if they feature your post on their blogs or social media.
  • Creative K Kids is not responsible for stolen images or the mis-use by others who have found your image through CreativeKKids.com.

Thanks for making this party such a success!!

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Tammy from Creative K Kids — Click HERE to follow on Pinterest.

host of The Ultimate Pinterest Party

Ali from Home Crafts by Ali — Click HERE to follow on Pinterest.

host -- Ali from Home Crafts by Ali

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  • I can decide to not pin a pin if it goes against my beliefs or against the rules of this party.
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Thoughtful Thursdays: Amazing Love!

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What does it mean to be despised?

We know the Lord was despised. It says in Isaiah 53:3:

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

The Biblical definition is that He was held in contempt and in disdain by men. He was scorned by His own. He was treated as a vile person.

We see many other verses that talk about how we as the human race despised Jesus and His sacrifice. Here are just a few of them:

  • But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. Psalm 22:6
  • Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, Matthew 26:67
  • And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, Matthew 27:39
  • Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2

He who did no sin, became sin for us. He was despised — so that I might not be despised!

“Man of Sorrows!” what a name
For the Son of God, who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned He stood;
Sealed my pardon with His blood.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!”

When I consider how we treated Him, it is amazing to me how He still died for us, forgave us, and treats us in a completely opposite manner in which we treated Him. Even though I despised Him, He does not despise me!

Look at these verses in which it says He does not despise us:

  • The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psalm 51:17
    Even though we deserve His disdain, He instead forgives those who are truly repentant.
  • For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. Psalm 22:24
    He will hear when we call!
  • For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. Psalm 69:33
    God cares for those who are poor!
  • He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. Psalm 102:17
    God listens to those who are in need!

I hope this encourages you to think on how we despised Him, the perfect One; yet He forgave us, the ones who deserved His disdain!

Amazing love! How can it be, That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

God's love is so amazing! He loves me -- though I should be condemned; and I have despised Him -- even though He should have been adored!

“Guilty, vile, and helpless we;
Spotless Lamb of God was He;
“Full atonement!” can it be?
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Lifted up was He to die;
“It is finished!” was His cry;
Now in Heav’n exalted high.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!”

Come link up your thoughtful posts to Thoughtful Thursdays linky party!

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Chocolate Caramel Cookies

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These Chocolate Caramel Cookies are some of our family’s favorite cookies.

And they are super easy! My daughters make these all on their own because it is just a cake mix with a few other ingredients along with Rolo candies.

Typically, we make these cookies every Christmas with red and green M & M’s on them:

Chocolate Caramel Cookies -- Guest post for The Taylor House

Our kids’ friends have come to love these cookies as we share plates of cookies with our friends each Christmas. Since a couple of the friends had a going away party, my daughter decided to make these cookies for them and she also made a video of making these cookies at the same time:

No matter the occasion, these cookies are the perfect party dessert!

Just change up the M & M’s and they are perfect for any holiday — or just because you want to eat some chocolaty goodness with gooey caramel!

These Chocolate Caramel cookies are easy to make and so delicious! Who doesn't love chocolate and caramel together? Cake mix + Rolo candies = yummy cookies!

You can print out this recipe by clicking on the picture below or by clicking on the print symbol below!

Click on this picture to print it on an 8" x 11" piece of paper.

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Chocolate Caramel Cookies

Chocolate Caramel Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 package devil's food cake mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 42 Rolo candies
  • mini M & M's or regular size M & M's

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, and oil. Roll tablespoons of dough into balls. Press a candy into each ball. Make sure each Rolo is covered with dough. Press 4 mini M & M's into the top of each cookie.
  2. Place 2" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until tops are cracked. Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.
https://creativekkids.com/guest-post-chocolate-caramel-cookies/

You can also see more Christmas desserts that I have made here or here.  Or you could follow my Christmas pinterest board!

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  • Please link up to three food-related posts that have never been linked up here before.  Posts containing alcohol also will not be pinned.
  • Place this button or a link to this post somewhere on your site–either on the actual post or on your sidebar or on your party page.

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  • As a thank-you for linking up, we will pin your recipe to the Tasty Tuesdays at Creative K Kids Pinterest board.  Please follow the board to see all the great food recipes!
  • Creative K Kids is not responsible for stolen images or the mis-use by others who have found your image through CreativeKKids.com.
  • By linking up, you agree to let any of the hosts or co-hosts  use your pictures and links if they decide to feature your post.   Your photo may also be used for promotion on any of their social media outlets.
  • If you include your e-mail in the linky form below you will be added to a weekly reminder e-mail when the link party goes live. Your e-mail will not to added to any other lists or given out.


The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 199

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Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

 Thank you for participating in The Ultimate Pinterest Party!

Link up 2 pins to The Ultimate Pinterest Party from Friday at 8 am ET - Saturday 8 am ET

HERE WAS THE FAVORITE PIN FROM LAST WEEK’S PARTY:

The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 198

DIY Liquid Laundry Detergent with Essential Oils from The Hollow Road

MY FEATURED PINS FROM LAST WEEK’S PARTY:Featured pins from The Ultimate PInterest Party, Week 198

Here are the MAIN RULES:

  • Rule #1:  Link up only 2 PINS (not blog posts. Pins that are duplicates from a previous week will not be repinned.)
  • Rule #2:  Do NOT re-pin from the linky below.
  • Rule #3:  You must commit to re-pinning from THE ULTIMATE PARTY BOARD on SATURDAY or SUNDAY. (Re-pin from the pins that say “The Ultimate Party, Week 199 pins.”)
  • Rule #4: Please only link up your own original pins that contain your images to this party.  Do not link up pictures of other bloggers that you may have included in a round-up.  Your collage of pictures for a round-up would be fine.
  • Rule #5: Please do not link up sale posts from your blog or sale posts that go to Etsy or Ebay –only pins that go to actual blog posts on your blog. Thank you.

Details to Observe:

  • Before you link up the pin, click on the pin and make sure it takes you to your post, not your home page.
  • Linking up to this party gives the hosts permission to use a picture and a link to your post if they feature your post on their blogs or social media.
  • Creative K Kids is not responsible for stolen images or the mis-use by others who have found your image through CreativeKKids.com.

Thanks for making this party such a success!!

PLEASE SHARE!    You can share on all the social medias (facebook, google+, etc.) but  here is a Twitter button to make it easy!

NOW LET’S GET TO OUR PARTY!

  • Follow your hosts on Pinterest.  (Click “Follow All” and then go back and unfollow individual boards if you don’t want to see some of our pins):

Tammy from Creative K Kids — Click HERE to follow on Pinterest.

host of The Ultimate Pinterest Party

Ali from Home Crafts by Ali — Click HERE to follow on Pinterest.

host -- Ali from Home Crafts by Ali

  • Tammy will send out an email to everyone that has ever participated in this party on Friday morning when the linky is open.  She will also send an email on Saturday morning reminding everyone to re-pin some pins.   There will be a link to the party in case you haven’t linked up and there will be a link to the Pinterest board. 
  • We will have all the pins pinned by 8 am Eastern time Saturday morning.
  • Please re-pin sometime on Saturday or Sunday.  If you know that you do not have the time to re-pin pins, then DO NOT LINK UP!
  • I can decide to not pin a pin if it goes against my beliefs or against the rules of this party.
  • Please grab the button to help bring awareness to this party.  Put on your party page, sidebar, or post!
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PLEASE LINK UP ONLY 2 PINS! (THAT ARE NON-ALCOHOLIC!)

For this party, we use an “text-only” linky. Please link up your Pinterest URL below. You will not see a picture below, but we will go to your pin from the text-link and re-pin it. Thank you for participating in The Ultimate Pinterest Party with us!

Thoughtful Thursdays: The Arm of the Lord

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 Last week, I shared how my inductive study is helping me glean truths from God’s Word that I have never learned before. One day this past week, I had fun studying the phrase, “the arm of the Lord.”

The verse I was studying was Isaiah 53:1,
“Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?”

The arm of the Lord is a symbol of strength and force. There are many other verses where we see the phrase, “the arm of the Lord.”

  • Exodus 6:6, Deuteronomy 5:15 and 26:8 — God redeemed the Hebrews out of slavery from the Egyptians with a stretched out arm.
  • Deuteronomy 4:34 — God protected the Israelites from the Egyptians with a stretched out arm.
  • Isaiah 30:30 — God will judge with His arm. (“shall shew the lighting down of his arm“)
  • Isaiah 33:2 — He is our continual strength every day. (“be thou their arm every morning”)
  • Isaiah 40:10 — God rules with his arm. (“his arm shall rule for him.”)
  • Isaiah 52:10 — God’s arm signifies His victory in the eyes of all who see. (“The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.”)
  • Isaiah 62:8 — God’s arm is a picture of His strength. (“The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength,”)

As I was doing this study, the verse that struck me the most was Jeremiah 32:17:

Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

God's power and stretched out arm that created the earth has the same power today to answer prayers and to show itself strong to us!

The God that created the earth with His stretched out arm and delivered the Israelites from the Egyptians with His stretched out arm is the same God that can answer my prayers and work in my life today! If He can create the world, then He can answer my prayers if He sees fit. Nothing is too hard for Him!

I know my mind can put limitations on His power, but His stretched out arm is all-powerful! Let’s not limit Him, but instead let’s rely on His stretched out arm!

Come link up your thoughtful posts to Thoughtful Thursdays linky party!

Post that made me think from last week’s party:

The thoughtful topics for your posts could be related to but not limited to the following topics:

* homemaking * homeschooling * devotional or Biblical posts * Christian in nature * family/marriage * inspirational *

  1. Do NOT link up recipes, reviews, giveaways, diy, or crafts.
  2. Link up to three posts that have not been linked up to this linky previously!
  3. We would love it if you visited a couple other posts and left a comment or shared/pinned the post!
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If you link up, we would love if you put this button somewhere on your blog (sidebar, post, or party page) or provide a text link so that others can also find these great posts.

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Tasty Tuesdays: April’s Favorite Recipes

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Last week, I shared a giveaway for a cookbook called Siriously Delicious, so I pushed off sharing the favorite recipe posts from April to this week. You can still enter that giveaway for 2 more days. There is also a Mother’s Day gift card giveaway HERE.

Here are the favorite recipe posts that were linked up to our Tasty Tuesday parties in April:


 There were many favorite posts from April 3rd’s party:

Homemade Parmesan Bagels from had the most views from April 10th’s party.

These two yummy recipes had the most views from April 17th’s party:

April 24th’s parties had the 3 recipes that tied for the most views:

PLEASE LINK UP TO THREE FOOD POSTS TO THE TASTY TUESDAYS’ LINKY PARTY!

Tasty Tuesday's hosts

  • PLEASE follow the hosts of this party through one of their social media listed below. They will visit your post and pin it.  Just pick one (or more) of the options below and please follow them.

**Tammy from Creative K Kids (Blog)**
Pinterest/Facebook/Google+/Twitter/Instagram

**Audrey from That Recipe (Blog)**
Pinterest/Facebook/Google+/Twitter/Instagram 

**Lisa from Blogghetti (Blog)**
Pinterest/Facebook/Twitter/Instagram

  • Please link up to three food-related posts that have never been linked up here before.  Posts containing alcohol also will not be pinned.
  • Place this button or a link to this post somewhere on your site–either on the actual post or on your sidebar or on your party page.

Creative K Kids

  • As a thank-you for linking up, we will pin your recipe to the Tasty Tuesdays at Creative K Kids Pinterest board.  Please follow the board to see all the great food recipes!
  • Creative K Kids is not responsible for stolen images or the mis-use by others who have found your image through CreativeKKids.com.
  • By linking up, you agree to let any of the hosts or co-hosts  use your pictures and links if they decide to feature your post.   Your photo may also be used for promotion on any of their social media outlets.
  • If you include your e-mail in the linky form below you will be added to a weekly reminder e-mail when the link party goes live. Your e-mail will not to added to any other lists or given out.


The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 198

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Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

 Thank you for participating in The Ultimate Pinterest Party!

Link up 2 pins to The Ultimate Pinterest Party from Friday at 8 am ET - Saturday 8 am ET

HERE WAS THE FAVORITE PIN FROM LAST WEEK’S PARTY:

The Ultimate PInterest Party, Week 197

MY FEATURED PINS FROM LAST WEEK’S PARTY:

Featured pins from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, 197

Here are the MAIN RULES:

  • Rule #1:  Link up only 2 PINS (not blog posts. Pins that are duplicates from a previous week will not be repinned.)
  • Rule #2:  Do NOT re-pin from the linky below.
  • Rule #3:  You must commit to re-pinning from THE ULTIMATE PARTY BOARD on SATURDAY or SUNDAY. (Re-pin from the pins that say “The Ultimate Party, Week 198 pins.”)
  • Rule #4: Please only link up your own original pins that contain your images to this party.  Do not link up pictures of other bloggers that you may have included in a round-up.  Your collage of pictures for a round-up would be fine.
  • Rule #5: Please do not link up sale posts from your blog or sale posts that go to Etsy or Ebay –only pins that go to actual blog posts on your blog. Thank you.

Details to Observe:

  • Before you link up the pin, click on the pin and make sure it takes you to your post, not your home page.
  • Linking up to this party gives the hosts permission to use a picture and a link to your post if they feature your post on their blogs or social media.
  • Creative K Kids is not responsible for stolen images or the mis-use by others who have found your image through CreativeKKids.com.

Thanks for making this party such a success!!

PLEASE SHARE!    You can share on all the social medias (facebook, google+, etc.) but  here is a Twitter button to make it easy!

NOW LET’S GET TO OUR PARTY!

  • Follow your hosts on Pinterest.  (Click “Follow All” and then go back and unfollow individual boards if you don’t want to see some of our pins):

Tammy from Creative K Kids — Click HERE to follow on Pinterest.

host of The Ultimate Pinterest Party

Ali from Home Crafts by Ali — Click HERE to follow on Pinterest.

host -- Ali from Home Crafts by Ali

  • Tammy will send out an email to everyone that has ever participated in this party on Friday morning when the linky is open.  She will also send an email on Saturday morning reminding everyone to re-pin some pins.   There will be a link to the party in case you haven’t linked up and there will be a link to the Pinterest board. 
  • We will have all the pins pinned by 8 am Eastern time Saturday morning.
  • Please re-pin sometime on Saturday or Sunday.  If you know that you do not have the time to re-pin pins, then DO NOT LINK UP!
  • I can decide to not pin a pin if it goes against my beliefs or against the rules of this party.
  • Please grab the button to help bring awareness to this party.  Put on your party page, sidebar, or post!
Creative K KIds

PLEASE LINK UP ONLY 2 PINS! (THAT ARE NON-ALCOHOLIC!)

For this party, we use an “text-only” linky. Please link up your Pinterest URL below. You will not see a picture below, but we will go to your pin from the text-link and re-pin it. Thank you for participating in The Ultimate Pinterest Party with us!

Thoughtful Thursdays: Humble Yourself

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God is so amazing in how He continually makes His Word exciting and new to those who study His Word.

This past week, I was doing a couple days of my devotion that I am working through in Isaiah 53. The one day, we studied the phrase, “Behold, my servant shall deal prudently” that we see in Isaiah 52:13. If I was reading that without digging any deeper, I would assume that “prudently” would mean “wisely”, which is one of the meanings for “deal prudently” in the Strong’s Concordance.

However, did you know in this verse, “deal prudently” means “prosper”?

Here are some cross references:

  • that thou mayest prosper [deal prudently] whithersoever thou goest. Joshua 1:7
  • for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous [deal prudently], and then thou shalt have good success. Joshua 1:8
  • Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, [deal prudently] Jeremiah 23:5

This 2nd part of Isaiah 53:13 makes more sense when we know that “deal prudently” here means to prosper.

Behold, my servant shall deal prudently [prosper], he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

The prosperous Son of God will be lifted up and extolled.

Look how He will be exalted and extolled:

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Ephesians 1:20-22

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9-11

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Hebrews 1:3

Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. Revelation 5:12-13

When I consider Christ’s example here it reminds me that I must strive to be humble and not lift myself up. Here Christ humbled himself and took upon Himself the form of servant, and God exalted Him. He exalted Jesus to the highest exaltation ever! One day, every creature will be praising Him.

When we humble ourselves, God will lift up up!

As I consider those in ministry, I have seen two extremes. I have seen those who want the glory now. They lift themselves up and are offended if they do not get the praise they think is due them. I have also seen the humble. Those who have many talents, use them for the Lord’s service, yet they desire no praise. Those who are humble, God will prosper or exalt. Those who exalt themselves, God will humble.

I want God’s exalting and praise. I want to hear, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant!” For this to happen, I need to keep my eyes on the heavenly prize, the truly prosperous prize, and daily forsake the fleshly temptation of the pride of life so that I may be humble in the sight of God.

Next week, I’ll share another one of these little phrases, what I learned from it, and how it blessed someone else that I shared it with — not knowing that it would be such a blessing! Keep digging for treasure!

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