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Thoughtful Thursdays: Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord is Peace

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I have been sharing the notes I prepared for a ladies book study I did about the names of God for several months now. The main book that we used was Kay Arthur’s book, Lord I Want to Know You; however, I used several other books to do my study. At the bottom of the post, you can see links to all of the other posts I have written so far and to the post that shares all of the books that I used to study the names of God.

This week’s study is on the name of God, Jehovah-Shalom.

God can give us peace as He is Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord is Peace.

You probably know that shalom is used by the Jewish people as their “hello” and “goodbye.” The word literally means “peace.” Therefore, this name of God obviously means The Lord is Peace.

As we go along in this busy life, we all have times — usually daily — where we need to experience the peace of God. We all desire to have this peace that passes all understanding. If we want to have lasting, real peace, then we should strive to know Jehovah-Shalom.

Did you know that this name of God is used only one time in the Old Testament?

I had assumed that this name of God was used often in the Bible as shalom was such a common word for the Jews to use. However, this name of God was only used one time. Even though the name of God Jehovah-Shalom was used only one time, the word shalom, translated as “peace” is used about 170 times in the Bible, and derivatives of the Hebrew verb shalem, “to be whole, healthy, at peace,” occur about 400 times in the Bible.

We see the name of God Jehovah Shalom in Judges 6 in the story of Gideon. In this story, God has allowed the Midianites to oppress the Israelites because of their sin. Gideon is hiding from the Midianites while he threshes some wheat. The angel of the Lord appears to Gideon and tells Gideon that he will use Gideon to save the Israelites from the Midianites.

Gideon did not recognize right away that he was speaking to an angel of the Lord. When he lays food on a rock which the angel then consumes with fire coming out of the rock and the angel of the Lord suddenly departs, Gideon recognizes that he had been speaking with the angel of the Lord.

At this point, he is humbled and afraid. He says, “Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face. ” Jehovah-shalom immediately relieves his fears by responding, “Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. “

Gideon claims this peace of God. He builds an altar to God and names it Jehovah-shalom.

Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. Genesis 6:24

Gideon will go on to do many hard things, but he knew he had Jehovah-shalom with him. The Lord is peace gave him peace through the difficult circumstances. He learned that peace only comes by knowing the God of peace. Do you know the God of peace? We cannot experience true peace without Him.

God can give us peace as He is Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord is Peace.

With this divine name, Gideon expressed His confidence that God intended to bless him and to strengthen him for the task to which he had been called.

Next week, I will share ways that we can apply this name to our lives today and I will share some more verses that talk about the peace of God. I will also share the printables I handed out with this lesson. Here are all of the lessons on the names of God that have been shared so far:

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Tasty Tuesdays: No Bake Cheesecake in a Jar + Giveaway

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Last week, I shared how I received a free copy of The Clean & Simple Diabetes Cookbook for my honest review.

This week I am allowed to share a recipe from the cookbook and offer a giveaway of the cookbook. The recipe they sent me was No Bake Cheesecake in a Jar. Doesn’t it look good?

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No Bake Cheesecake in a Jar
Prep Time
15 mins
 
Course: Dessert
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 110 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 10 oz. package frozen whole strawberries, thawed (2 cups)
  • 1 tbsp bottled lemon juice (not from concentrate)
  • 4 oz. Neufchâtel (light cream cheese) divided
  • 1/2 c plain 0% fat Greek yogurt
  • 2 tbsp fruit-sweetened apricot fruit spread (jam)
  • 1 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1/3 c Homemade Fruit-Sweetened Granola in the same cookbook on page 106 or no-sugar-added granola
Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl, stir together the strawberries with 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Spoon into juice glasses, about 1/3 cup each.

  2. In a large mixing bowl, add the Neufchâtel, yogurt, fruit spread, vanilla, and remaining 2 teaspoons lemon juice. Blend with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Spoon on top of the strawberries, about 3 tablespoons each.

  3. When ready to serve, sprinkle with the granola, about 1 tablespoon each.

Here you can see what kind of recipes are included in the cookbook:

The Clean and Simple Diabetes Cookbook

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The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 281

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Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

  • This week on Tasty Tuesdays, I shared about a new cookbook: The Clean and the Simple Diabetes Cookbook. I will share a giveaway of it on Tuesday. You can link up to the Tasty Tuesday’s linky party HERE.
  • On this week’s Thoughtful Thursdays, I shared some of my favorite thoughtful posts that have been linked up the past couple of months. You can go see that post HERE and link up any thoughtful posts you have written.

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Thoughtful Thursdays: Favorite Thoughtful Posts

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School is back in session; my parents have arrived for a month long visit as they try to avoid the cold and snow up north, and we are in our busiest church season.

With sleep deprivation, I now have a cold. So today, I am going to share a few of my favorite posts from the last month of parties.

Thank you for linking up your thoughtful posts. I hope you enjoy these posts!

Here are some of my favorite posts linked up to the last 3 months of Thoughtful Thursday's linky parties.
  1. How to Successfully Read Through the Bible in 2020 even if you’ve tried and failed in the past from Soul Survival
  2. 7 Scriptures and Prayers to Protect Our American Troops from Unshakeable Joy
  3. Living Life in the Midst of Waiting from A New Lens
  4. Best Books of 2019 from Jennifer Lambert
  5. 5 Unique Ways to Honor Family Members at Your Wedding Who Have Passed on from K’Mich Wedding Soiree Blog

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Tasty Tuesdays: The Clean & Simple Diabetes Cookbook

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I was given a copy of this book for my honest review. I received no monetary compensation.

I’m sure you all know someone who is diabetic — and most of you probably have someone very dear to you affected by diabetes.

For my family, my mother-in-law is diabetic. After having it for 25 years, she has had problems with her sugar crashing in the past few years. That is very scary!

My sister was just diagnosed with diabetes and is insulin resistant, so she is on different medicines to control it.

When you see firsthand how it changes your loved ones lives — plus the expense associated with diabetic medicines if you do not have good insurance– it makes you more determined to avoid diabetes if you can.

Sometimes avoiding diabetes is not possible. However, some people who have Type 2 diabetes (It sometimes used to be called “Adult Onset Diabetes.”), can go off many if not all of their medicines when they change their lifestyle habits. Eating healthier, exercising, and as a result, losing weight all aid a person in his quest for a healthier life, but it also may help diabetics live a healthy and long life.

Whether or not diabetics are able to ever reduce their medicines, the one thing they all should try to do is have good eating habits. Sometimes that is easier said than done. I know that for my mother-in-law, giving up eating white rice was hard. She is Asian and has eaten white rice all her life. Sometimes, a person needs a little bit of help.

That’s where the book, The Clean & Simple Diabetes Cookbook: Flavorful, Fuss-Free Recipes for Everyday Meal Planning, comes into play.

Written by Jackie Newgent who is a registered dietitian nutritionist, this book gives information on how to manage diabetes. It gives hope to all those who are diabetic or prediabetic that they can eat well and it isn’t hard to do.

“The good news is that diabetes is fully manageable with proper treatment and lifestyle changes, which include following a healthful eating plan.”

This book gives you that healthy eating plan. There are over 100 recipes, and 50 of those recipes are main dishes.

If you are a pro at eating healthy, get this cookbook for some more recipe inspiration. If you don’t know what to do, get this cookbook, because it gives practical instruction on how to start. It’s written in everyday English, and the healthy ideas are simple to implement. There are also many easy recipes that require 15 minutes or less of prep time, and provide detailed, easy-to-understand instructions. 

Here are some pictures of the pages.

The Clean & Simple Diabetes Cookbook will help those who are diabetic fix easy and healthy meals to eat. If you are not diabetic but want to prepare healthy foods, then this cookbook is also for you!

Next week, I am planning to share a giveaway of this cookbook as well as a recipe from it!

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The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 280

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Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

  • This week on Tasty Tuesdays, I shared a new giveaway .   You can link up to the Tasty Tuesday’s linky party HERE.
  • On this week’s Thoughtful Thursdays, I shared thankful thoughts on how G. You can go see that post HERE and link up any thoughtful posts you have written.

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Thoughtful Thursdays: Jehovah-mekoddishkem: The Lord Who Sanctifies You, Part 2

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A couple of weeks before Christmas, I wrote the first post about the name of God, Jehovah-mekoddishkem which means “The Lord Who Sanctifies You.” I really enjoyed studying this name of God. I think sometimes the fact that God expects us to be holy and to live a separate and sanctified life is overlooked. I also know that I need God’s help in His work of sanctification in my life. It is an ongoing process.

Jehovah-mekoddishkem: The Lord Who Sanctifies You study. Free Printables!

This name of God is not talking about His saving power. That is a one-time event. It is talking about our daily process of growing to be more Christ-like after we are saved.

So how does the name Jehovah-mekoddishkem apply to our everyday lives?

It is God who sanctifies us. We can only be sanctified through Jesus. We have no power to be holy on our own.

  • Whereby are given unto us: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 2 Peter 1:4
  • But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Rom. 8:9
  • But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 1 Corinthians 1:30

God sets us apart as a chosen people, a royal priesthood, holy unto God, a people of His own.

  • But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; I Peter 2:9
  • “Holiness is not an option; it is a requirement!” Kay Arthur

Our daily sanctification and growth comes from being in God’s Word.

  • Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. John 17:17

As the Lord Who Sanctifies, He has the right to demand loyalty and commitment from His people.

  • But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. I Peter 1:15-16

As God sanctified Israel, so He sanctifies the church.

  • By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Hebr. 10:10-14

You can print out a sheet for your own study or for a group study HERE. You can print out the graphic HERE.

Come get 2 free printables to be used with the study of the name of God, Jehovah-Mekoddishkem, The Lord Who Sanctifies You

Here are all the other posts on the names of God:

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Tasty Tuesdays: Favorite Recipes from December

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Does it seem weird to you that we are already in 2020? Time goes by so fast!

Last year we had a great year of parties. I’m so thankful for everyone who comes and shares their great recipes by linking them up. I get great new meal inspiration weekly! Here are the favorite recipes linked up to December’s parties:

Here are all of the favorite recipes linked up to December's Tasty Tuesday linky parties.

December 3rd’s party had 3 favorite recipes:

December 10th’s party had one favorite recipe:

There was also one favorite recipe from December 17th’s party:

Since last week’s party was low due to it being a holiday, here are a couple of my favorite recipes from that party:

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The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 279

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Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

  • This week on Tasty Tuesdays, I shared some favorite recipes linked up to our Tasty Tuesday parties from 2019.   You can link up to the Tasty Tuesday’s linky party HERE.
  • On this week’s Thoughtful Thursdays, I shared how I only made 2 goals this year. You can go see that post HERE and link up any thoughtful posts you have written.

Thank you for participating in The Ultimate Pinterest Party!

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HERE ARE SOME FAVORITE PINS FROM THIS PARTY:

I went and checked the stats from the past 90 days on Pinterest. BY FAR, The Ultimate Pinterest Party board out-performs all the other boards. Look at the stats below. Plus, you can see just 3 of the pins that have performed well over the past 90 days. The top 2 are the most repinned pins from the past 90 days, and the third one was farther down the list, but it still had several click to the website — and it was from an old party.

I think this party is awesome. Obviously, some pins don’t perform well; but others do great. You just have to keep pinning!

Remember, all of these stats are just from the past 90 days.

Favorite pins from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 278

HERE ARE THE FEATURED PINS FROM LAST WEEK’S PARTY:

Featured pins from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 278

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  • 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.
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Thoughtful Thursdays: Do You Set Goals?

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It’s another new year — a time when many people set goals. Many people set detailed, specific goals. Some people do a few big goals. Others may choose a word for the year that encompasses the big area of concentration for the following year.

I used to do all of it. I would do a monthly blog post and share how I was doing with my goals. I would also do a word of the year. As my children get bigger, my life has actually gotten busier. I no longer am home all day with the babies. I miss that time of my life. Sometimes, I feel that my main goal is survival. Did I get done what I needed to get done that day.

I also feel that many of my goals are made for me. I have to teach 4 days a week my 4 children and 5 other children. I have to get my Sunday School lesson ready. I have to get our dinner made, laundries done, and everything for school done. Those are things that are just part of my life. And those things leave little room for much of anything else.

Just the thought of making more goals seems overwhelming at this stage of my life. Does anyone else feel that way?

Sometimes setting goals seems too overwhelming because our lives are too full of things that must be done -- even before we set goals. However, there is always one goal that must be set.

However, I know I am not doing some things well. I know I need to do better. I did not sit down and spend a lot of time thinking about my goals for the next year. I have just two basic ones for now:

  • Do Inductive Bible studies 4 times a week. To do this means I want to go to bed by 10:30 p.m. so that I wake up at 6:30 a.m. four times a week.

    I use a subscription to Mama’s Refill for the Inductive Bible Studies, but Kay Arthur also has many inductive Bible studies (look for ones that say “The New Inductive Study Series”) and Pam Forster who writes the Bible studies for Mama’s Refill has many of the Bible studies in a book format that can be bought as well (look for “Bible Study for Busy Mamas). You can do an inductive Bible study without a book, but I like the direction these devotionals give me.
  • I want to exercise 3-4 times a week. Right now, I am just walking. We have a new-to-us Jack Russell Rat Terrier. I take him for walks, but we are looking into joining a gym so that all of us can get exercise as well as do some weights. My husband is close to 50, I am almost 45, and we need to lose weight as well as get fit. My oldest children would like to be more physically fit as well.

Besides the activities that I have to do, these are the only two goals I am making this year. I want to have people over to my house. I am hoping that I will be able to do that, especially in the summer. However, I also know that I head up our VBS program in the summer, and I spend many hours preparing for the next school year. Those are things I do without setting goals.

I would like to make more homemade meals, have a cleaning schedule, and do many more things. But I also know that I only have 24 hours in a day. I have to take care of my five children’s needs, get one kid to work, get one child ready for college, take care of my husband, lead a Bible study, teach a Sunday School class. Those are my must-do’s.

Sometimes God sets the goals for our lives.

He gives us responsibilities we must do, and those take up all our time. That’s His will for our lives, and we should do those things with a good attitude, not wishing that we can live a different life by setting goals that we know we don’t have the time to accomplish. In those seasons of our life, let’s follow God’s path that He has set up for us.

Maybe the one goal we should have in those busy seasons of life is just to let God direct our path.

Proverbs 3:5-6: Verses that help us to remember to trust in God's guidance and leading.

And of course, our ultimate goal should always be to know God better and to glorify Him in everything we do.

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