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Tasty Tuesdays: January Linky Party, New Recipe Books for 2021, and Favorite Recipes from December

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This year, we are going to change this party up!

I will post only once a month — the first Tuesday in the month will be a new Tasty Tuesdays linky party, but I will leave that party open all month so you can come by and link up a couple of new recipes weekly. Your recipes will still get pinned to the Pinterest board, and I will still share the monthly favorite recipes.

Here are the favorite recipes for the 3 parties we had in December:

Favorite recipes linked up to December's Tasty Tuesday's linky parties.

I’ve also had 3 new cookbooks/food books donated to me for me to share with my readers and give my honest review.

Two of the books are Keto books. Some of you may want to try doing a Keto lifestyle this year or you may already be doing it, and you may find these books interesting.

The Dirty Lazy Keto No Time To Cook Cookbook: 100 Easy Recipes in Under 30 Minutes

The Dirty Lazy Keto No Time To Cook Cookbook: 100 Easy Recipes in Under 30 Minutes

Each of these recipes contains 10 grams of net carbs or less and can be made in under 30 minutes (including prep time!) The recipes use everyday ingredients.

Just looking through the cookbook, I can tell that the claims are true. The recipes are easy, I have many of the ingredients already, and I would like to eat many of the recipes once prepared.

Keto Diet Hacks: 200 Shortcuts to Make the Keto Diet Fit Your Lifestyle

Keto Diet Hacks: 200 Shortcuts to Make the Keto Diet Fit Your Lifestyle

Maybe you want to adopt the Keto lifestyle this year, but you are afraid you will fail. For many Keto is not just about losing weight. It’s about eating healthier; it may be that you have a gluten intolerance. However, you don’t know if you can really do it.

Then this is the book for you. It tells you how to meal plan and prep, how to go grocery shopping, how to deal with eating out, how to curb your hunger (I’m going to read that chapter for sure!), how to deal with your carb cravings, and much more.

This book is NOT a cookbook, but a lifestyle, motivational book.

And . . . on the opposite spectrum . . . here is a bread cookbook!

Maybe Keto is not your thing, but you would like to learn either how to make homemade bread or you just want to find some more recipes for bread, then this is the cookbook for you! The cover says that it is “A Beginner’s Guide to Bread Making.”

There are 100 recipes for bread including sourdough recipes, your normal white bread recipes, pita bread, panini, tortillas, flatbread, and every other bread recipe you might be able to think of.

This is a hardcover no-frills cookbook.

Bread: Mix, Knead, Bake — A Beginner’s Guide to Bread Making

100 Recipes, Including Sourdough, Cinnamon Swirl, French Baguettes, and More

PLEASE LINK UP TO THREE FOOD POSTS TO THE TASTY TUESDAYS’ LINKY PARTY! Three recipes can be linked up every week.

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The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 328

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Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

  • This week on Tasty Tuesdays, I shared some recipes for Christmas.   You can link up to the Tasty Tuesday’s linky party HERE.
  • On this week’s Thoughtful Thursdays, I shared thoughts on adoring Christ at Christmas time and how many Christmas carols help us to adore Him. 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!

Aliza from Home Crafts by Ali is sick this week, so she is not hosting the party this week.

WE WILL NOT BE HAVING A PARTY THE NEXT TWO WEEKS! HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS!

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

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

Favorite pin from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 328

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

Featured pins from The Ultimate PInterest Party

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 WEEK 328, THE ULTIMATE PINTEREST PARTY on SATURDAY or SUNDAY. (Re-pin from the pins that say “The Ultimate Party, Week 328 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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  • 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

  • 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!
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Thoughtful Thursdays: Adoring God through Christmas Carols

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One of many people’s Christmas traditions is singing Christmas carols.

Besides singing them in church services, there is the tradition of caroling, listening to the carols as one decorates or cooks or drives in the car, as well as singing them in schools and nursing homes.

In the little school that I teach in, we have read the history of just a couple of Christmas carols this past week. In our ladies’ Christmas party, we heard the backstory of some of the carols and sang a few of the carols. For a couple of Sunday nights, our church has gone to sing a few carols at the homes of our shut-in members.

There have been a few observations I have made as we sing these wonderful songs:

  • Some of the carols are theologically rich in their text.
  • Singing the carols brought joy to the ones singing as well as to the listeners.
  • Many of them were filled with praise to our God.

Of course we know that Christmas is not about the cookies and the presents but instead about Jesus being born as a baby so that He could save us from our sins.

But if you are like me, Christmas can be very stressful. There is so much to do for the season that it can be hard to enjoy it. For many people, Christmas can be sad. They miss loved ones who are no longer here. Others find Christmas hard as they do not have the finances to do what they would like to do.

So how do we keep our thoughts on what Christmas is truly about? We sing the Christmas carols and meditate on the true meaning of Christmas through the words of the songs. Look at the following words in some of the carols:

Reflect on the words of this Christmas carol and we will be filled with praise towards our Great God. The First Noel

Then let us all with one accord
Sing praises to our heavenly Lord;
That hath made heaven and earth of naught,
And with his blood mankind hath bought.

The First Noel

Here we are reminded that God made everything out of nothing and has paid for our salvation with His blood. We can all praise God for that!

Reflect on the words of this Christmas carol and we will be filled with praise towards our Great God. Hark the Herald Angels Sing

Hail! the heav’n born Prince of peace!
Hail! the Son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
Risen with healing in his wings
Mild he lays his glory by,
Born that man no more may die:
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King!”

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

What great words are in this song! He is the Prince of Peace! He is the only perfect, righteous, without sin Son of God. Everyone who will accept His salvation will receive His eternal life and light. He can heal our broken hearts. Yet He chose to come down and live as a man, to give up His glory so that He could die for us. He did that so we would not have to have eternal death or separation from Him in hell. He was born so that we could experience our second birth of salvation. Just like the angels, we should give Him glory!

Reflect on the words of this Christmas carol and we will be filled with praise towards our Great God. O Come All Ye Faithful

Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning;
Jesus, to Thee be the glory giv’n;
Word of the Father,
Now in the flesh appearing,

O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.

O Come All Ye Faithful

I love “O Come All Ye Faithful! It’s such a happy song to sing with great harmony parts. When we sing it, we reflect on Jesus’ birth as a baby; yet we also give praise and glory to the Son of God who took on flesh for our sake. Our natural response is to adore Him!

Reflect on the words of this Christmas carol and we will be filled with praise towards our Great God. O Holy Night

Truly He taught us to love one another
His law is love and His gospel is peace
Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother
And in His name all oppression shall cease
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
Let all within us praise His holy name

O Holy Night

When we consider how He broke our chains of slavery to sin; how one day He will come back, make a new heaven and earth, and rule in holiness; how He teaches us to love others, then we can lift our songs of praise and gratefulness to His holy name.

This Christmas, sing these wonderful carols and reflect on all God has done for you! Singing and meditating on the truths of some of the lyrics will lead to adoring our great Savior and praising Him for His goodness to us.

I will take the next couple of Thursdays off to celebrate Christmas with my family. Have a great Christmas celebration!

Come link up your thoughtful posts to Thoughtful Thursdays linky 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.
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Tasty Tuesdays: Recipes for Christmas

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I’m going to leave today’s party until the end of the month!

I will not do a new Tasty Tuesdays until January, and then I will do only one party a month. I will have it “stick” to the top of the home page, which means you can see it all month. It won’t disappear. You can come back every week and add a few new recipes, and I’ll send you emails every week (if you have signed up for them) reminding you to link up.

Today’s party will also “stick” to the top of my home page and you can link up the next 3 weeks to this party. We are taking a mini-break from blogging to have a wonderful Christmas celebration with our families.

Thank you to my hosts, Audrey and Lisa. They have been with me for a few years, and have been very faithful to this party and wonderful to work with.

I love sharing the recipes you link up. Here are some recipes you may want to try this Christmas!

Here are some Christmas recipes that include candy recipes, cookie recipes, hot chocolate recipes, and recipes that have peppermint in them!

Peppermint Recipes:

Cookie Recipes

Candy Recipes:

Cocoa Recipes:

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)**
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**Audrey from That Recipe (Blog)**
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**Lisa from Blogghetti (Blog)**
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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 would like to receive an email reminding you to link up to this party, please click HERE and add your email address to the list! I will only send you an email about linking up to this party.

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The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 327

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Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

Thank you for participating in The Ultimate Pinterest Party!

Please share this party with your blogger friends!! If you would like to receive an email reminding you to link up, you can sign up HERE.

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

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

Favorite pin from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 327

DIY Christmas Tree Ornament for Bright and Happy Holidays from Hello Sewing

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

Featured pins from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 327

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 WEEK 327, THE ULTIMATE PINTEREST PARTY on SATURDAY or SUNDAY. (Re-pin from the pins that say “The Ultimate Party, Week 327 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

  • 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!)

Please sign up HERE to receive emails about the party being open on Friday morning! An email will also be sent on Saturday morning to remind you to repin a few links!

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Thoughtful Thursdays: Thanks be to God for His Unspeakable Gift

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This Christmas is feeling a little sad. We canceled our flights to go be with family for family — something my kids always look forward to doing. I am ordering gifts to be shipped, but it’s just not the same.

Then our church had it’s first COVID scare — it was mild, but it was there. One person was at an activity on one day; and the next day, it was confirmed that they were positive. Praise the Lord, there were only about 20 people at the activity, many were not close to that person, and we found out quickly so that we could take appropriate measures.

Since I was one of the people at the activity, we had to restructure life which meant a little more work on my part, but we are thankful that everyone is healthy so far. But this whole mask stuff and avoiding people adds a strain that is not normally there.

Then it seems like there have been so many heart attacks and cancer diagnoses in the past few months. In our church of 120 people, we have had a handful of open heart surgeries and stents put in people’s hearts. I have seen friends who parents have been diagnosed terminal cancer. One just passed away yesterday at 64 years of age. We have a 10 year old boy in our church going through aggressive chemo. It can be a sad world.

It just doesn’t stop! With all the cares of life and then the turbulence in the world around us, it can get overwhelming. What are we to do?

Most of us know what we are to do — it’s just doing it.

We have to life out eyes to the Lord — that is where our help comes from.

What should we do when we are discouraged? Lift our eyes to God. He is our help!

We are to offer praise to Him for all that He has done for us. When we remember His goodness to us, then we keep our minds fixed on what is good and right and truthful.

We can always thank God for all that He has done for us. God has given us everything -- our thanksgiving is one thing we can give Him!

And when we are worried, we are to turn our cares over to Him for He cares for us.

God cares for us and He wants us to put all our worries on Him!

Maybe of all of the Christmases I have celebrated in the past few years, this one will be more precious than the others. With all the sadness and strain around me, I have to take my eyes off of missed celebrations and traditions and put my eyes on the Savior, the whole reason for Christmas!

We have so much to be thankful for when we consider what God did in sending His Son to die for us.

Since we can’t do many of our traditions, kids (and maybe adults) are tempted to say, “It doesn’t feel like Christmas.” Or “This Christmas isn’t fun!” But then as an adult, I say to myself, “That’s not why we celebrate Christmas.” Christmas isn’t about fun or presents or celebrations. It’s about Jesus being born so that He could save us from our sins.

When I keep my eyes on that fact, then it’s easy to be joyful on Christmas. Thanks be to God for His unspeakable gift!

Come link up your thoughtful posts to Thoughtful Thursdays linky 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!
  4. If you wish, please follow Creative K Kids by subscribing to our newsletter or following us on social media.

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: Fun Fondue!

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A nice perk of blogging and sharing recipes is that I get to review new recipe books.

The newest one that I was sent is called The New Fondue Cookbook by Simon and Schuster. It is actually being released today on Amazon!

I received this book from Simon & Schuster, Inc. in exchange for my honest review.
I received no monetary compensation. All opinions are my own.
Check out this new cookbook: The New Fondue Cookbook, 100 Recipes for Fondue Fun! Start a new Christmas tradition! #fonduerecipes

I have never done true fondue at home. I make our favorite caramel dip a couple of times a year, but that is the closest to fondue we get. Since we are staying at home by ourselves this Christmas as all of our family is in 1,000 miles away, I thought doing fondue might be fun. I even have a tiny crockpot that would work to keep a fondue dip warm!

The New Fondue Cookbook includes 100 classic as well as more experimental recipes for fondues There are hot and cold as well as sweet and savory recipes. There are recipes that would be perfect for appetizers or desserts and also main dishes.

Here you can see a list of the 100 recipes included in this book.

There is a savory section of fondue recipes and a sweet section.

Here’s a few recipes I want to try:
  • Three Cheese Fondue
  • Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp
  • Queson Chili Con Carne
  • Pizza Fondue
  • Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate Fondue
  • Key Lime Pie Fondue
  • Chocolate Peanut Butter Fondue
  • Marshmallow Fondue
  • Homemade Butterscotch Fondue
  • . . . and more!
Check out this new cookbook: The New Fondue Cookbook, Here's a list of 100 Recipes for Fondue Fun found in the new recipe book: The New Fondue Cookbook. #fonduerecipes

If you want to get this book, you can find it HERE on Amazon.

Here are some items you may want to have on hand if start doing more fondue recipes:

Have fun with fondue!!

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.
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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 would like to receive an email reminding you to link up to this party, please click HERE and add your email address to the list! I will only send you an email about linking up to this party.

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The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 326

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Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

  • This week on Tasty Tuesdays, I shared all of the favorite recipes from last month’s parties.  You can link up to the Tasty Tuesday’s linky party HERE.
  • On this week’s Thoughtful Thursdays, I shared a post called, “God Scatters the Proud” from studying Mary’s Magnificat in Luke 1. 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!

Please share this party with your blogger friends!! If you would like to receive an email reminding you to link up, you can sign up HERE.

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

HERE IS THE FAVORITE PINTEREST PIN FOR THE PAST MONTH:

Favorite pins, The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 326

This 41 Delicious Fudge Recipes that will WOW Your Taste Buds pin was saved back in September, 2018 from Mom Does Reviews. Last month it had 183 clicks, 159 saves, and 13.84k impressions in the past 30 days — per analytics that may or may not be working well. It wouldn’t show me any analytics on the recent pins.

You can also see the stats for this party board for the past month. The Ultimate Pinterest is always my top performing board — which means it is your pins that are getting saved and clicked on. Thanks for participating and making this party such a wonderful party.

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

Featured pins for The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 326

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 WEEK 326, THE ULTIMATE PINTEREST PARTY on SATURDAY or SUNDAY. (Re-pin from the pins that say “The Ultimate Party, Week 326 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.
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Thoughtful Thursdays: God Scatters the Proud

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I’m going through an inductive Bible study on Mary’s Magnificat in Luke 1. I have not studied this passage before, and I am really enjoying going through this study.

Mary’s Magnificat is found in Luke 1:46-55:

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He hath helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

We started off looking at Mary; and although she was young and probably scared, she did not focus on herself or her feelings. Instead she focused on her great Savior.

We moved on from the beginning and studied each verse. This week, I was studying the middle of the song. What I found convicting was the day I studied verse 51: “He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.” We looked at definitions, commentaries and concordances.

At the end of that day’s study, Pam Forster who writes the studies for a membership site called Busy Mama’s Refill asked these questions:

  • How important do we consider ourselves?
  • Do we live as though we don’t really need God, functioning in our own strength and “wisdom” instead of acknowledging our utter dependence on Him? What will be the result of that sort of mindset?
  • Are there people we look down on in any way?
  • Do we measure our merit and the merit of others based on accomplishments, wealth, intelligence, clothing, etc.?
  • Do we grow discouraged or angry in our relationships with the proud and haughty? We need to remember that God is not overlooking their sinful attitude. When appropriate, we can speak truth into the lives of the proud, but we can trust that God is the one who will ultimately deal with their pride.

I would like to think that I am not a proud person. I definitely do not want to be scattered. But these questions were very thought-provoking. How often do I make decisions without praying and asking God for His help? Do I every show preference to certain people?

God gives grace to the humble, but He resists the proud. Something to think about! (James 4:6)

I went on a walk after doing this Bible study, and meditated more on this verse as I walked. I thought of people that I am probably not as kind to as I should be. I considered if I am sometimes proud of an ability or feel superior to others. I realized that I need to be more sensitive to making sure that I do not act out of pride or act haughty — even unknowingly. I should never look down on others but instead make sure that I am shining the love of Christ to everyone!

The only thing we should take pride in is that we know God

This Christmas season, glorify God with your words and deeds and be humble: acknowledge that everything we are and everything we do is only because of God’s great goodness to us.

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Tasty Tuesdays: Favorite Recipes from November

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Thanks for linking up to this party — I appreciate your support! Here are the favorite recipes linked up to the parties in November.

Favorite recipes from November's Tasty Tuesday's linky parties

Here are the favorite recipes from November 3rd’s party:

November 10tb’s party had some fun recipes that were your favorites:

November 17th’s party had a lot of clicks for some of the recipes. Here were the recipes that received the most clicks:

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