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The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 338

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Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

  • Come link up your recipes to this month’s Tasty Tuesdays linky party!
  • On this week’s Thoughtful Thursdays, I shared a Children’s Bible Lesson on I Corinthians 13:4-7 as well as a printable that goes along with it.. 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 THE FAVORITE PINS FROM LAST WEEK’S PARTY:

Favorite pins from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 338

Both of the favorite pins from last week’s party are from Hello Sewing:

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

Featured pins from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 338

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 this week’s party on SATURDAY or SUNDAY. Click HERE: WEEK 338, THE ULTIMATE PINTEREST PARTY
  • 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.
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Thoughtful Thursdays: Children’s Bible Lesson on I Corinthians 13:4-7

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I have thoroughly enjoyed an inductive Bible study I just finished on I Corinthians 13. I use Mama’s Refill, a subscription based devotional site. The devotions are all inductive Bible studies, but Pam Forster lays out daily what you are to do, so it is easy to participate even if you have never done inductive Bible studies before.

If you would like to try out her inductive Bible studies, she has a free study on Psalm 91 HERE.

Since she originally made this site for busy mama’s to be able to get into God’s Word, she has at the bottom of each day’s Bible study a devotional you can do with kids. Even if you don’t have kids, you could use the Bible studies that are made for adults. She does direct some thoughts to ladies, but learning how to look up meanings of words, using commentaries and cross references could be done by anyone.

The past month, I have been teaching the children’s church program at our church as the lady who normally does it just lost her husband. I decided to use some of the devotionals that could be done with children from the I Corinthians 13 study.

This is a lesson you can use to teach children about love (I Corinthians 13:4-7). There is a printout that you can use as well.

These lessons would be great to do before Valentine’s day as they talk about what love is. The first thing I did was write I Corinthians 13:4-7 on the board. I used the NKJV as it uses the word “love” instead of “charity,” but you could use whatever version you like best.

I would leave space above and below each line of words so that you can write above and below the verses to add synonyms later for different words.

When the kids came in, I read about the passage and then talked about what the verses meant. Most of this information I got from doing the adult inductive Bible study on I Corinthians 13.

Love is necessary when upholding truth. Without love, truth will not even be heard. It will be done in vain -- it will be empty or meaningless. Here is what love is.

Below are verses 4-7. In parentheses are some of the synonyms/explanations I gave for the meanings of the words. The underlined words I wrote above the words that were already on the board so that as we went to the next step, the synonyms appeared with the verses. Hopefully, the kids would be able to look at this to remind them what the verses meant.

  • Love suffers long. (This means love is patient with others. It is patient when others offend have offended it. It is slow to anger and slow to react.)
  • and is kind; (This is active kindness. It’s not just thinking kind thoughts; it is doing kind deeds for others. It is useful and pleasant.)
  • love does not envy; (It is not jealous. It does not talk maliciously about others.)
  • love does not parade itself, (It does not boast or brag.)
  • is not puffed up; (It is not inflated in its opinion about itself. It is not arrogant. It does not put itself on display.)
  • does not behave rudely, (Does not bring disgrace or dishonor on on someone.)
  • does not seek its own, (Does not insist on its own way.)
  • is not provoked, (is not irritable or resentful. It does not get angry easily.)
  • thinks no evil;  (It refuses to believe lies about others; it doesn’t remember or record the wrongs others have done against us. It lays down or forgives the offenses people do against it. It does not look for hidden motives in the the things people say and do. It believes the best in others.)
  • does not rejoice in iniquity, (Love does not delight in evil or wrongdoing. It takes no pleasure in evil. It takes no joy in doing injury or hurt to anyone. It wishes ill to no one. It will not rejoice at the faults or failings of others.)
  • but rejoices in the truth; (It rejoices whenever the truth wins out. It is highly satisfied when we see truth or justice prevail. It rejoices in the success of the Gospel and when others have shared the truth and people have turned to God. It is highly delighted when others do well.)
  • bears all things, (It covers with silence. It endures patiently without having to tell everyone about the hardship. It keeps every confidence and protects others by not telling their secrets.)
  • believes all things, (It has faith. It thinks to be true of another person what they have said is true.)
  • hopes all things, (It trusts in. It expects the best. It continues to expect good in someone else even when others have given up on that person.)
  • endures all things. (It remains even when times are hard; it perseveres. It endures persecutions in a patient and loving spirit.)

After we discussed what the verses meant, I handed out a copy of the verses. It had I Corinthians 13:4-7 printed out twice. In the top section of verses, I had them cross out the word love and put in their name instead of the word love. Then they were to read the verses to themselves. Could they always say that they are kind or that they don’t brag? No, they couldn’t could they?

Then in the 2nd section of verses, I had then cross out the word love and put in Jesus’ name. Then they were to read it to them to themselves as I read it out loud. Were these verses now true? Was Jesus always kind? Yes Did Jesus brag? No.

So we are not always loving, but Jesus always was. That’s because God is love. He is (or is not) all those love phrases. It is His nature. So if we want to be more loving, then we should study Jesus’ life and try to become more like Him.

I then challenged them to purposefully work on just one or two of the phrases every week. It may be overwhelming to try to remember everything, but if they know they are someone who brags or they are unkind to others, start with the one thing and ask God to help them to change.

In our class, as I was filling in for the teacher who just lost her husband, we went and made cards for her that we could send to her in the mail. That was an active kindness we could do for her to show that we loved her and were praying for her.

If you would like a copy of the bullet points above, you can get one here. It also includes a copy of the NKJV verses if you want the children to cross out the word love and put in their names and Jesus’ name. If you want to edit it, you would go to “File” and “Make a copy” and then you can edit your copy.

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 *

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The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 337

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Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

  • This week on Tasty Tuesdays, we shared the new Tasty Tuesdays party for March.  You can link up to the Tasty Tuesday’s linky party HERE.
  • On this week’s Thoughtful Thursdays, I shared some joyful thoughts from Exodus. 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 link up only here this week — Ali is still not feeling well.

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.

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

Favorite pin from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 337

25+ Creative Upcycled Garden Ideas to Add Whimsy to Your Garden Space from Mom Does Reviews had the most saves from last week’s party.

HERE ARE THE FEATURED PINS FROM LAST WEEK’S 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 this week’s party on SATURDAY or SUNDAY. Click HERE: WEEK 337, THE ULTIMATE PINTEREST PARTY
  • 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.
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Thoughtful Thursdays: Joyful Thoughts from Exodus

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As I walk my dog, I sometimes listen to Scripture from my phone’s Bible app. I don’t get as much out of it as when I do my inductive Bible devotions, but it is at least something.

Right now, I am listening through Exodus. Here are some truths that brought me joy as I walked the other day:

  • Just like the tabernacle was sanctified (or set apart) by God’s glory, we are sanctified by the God’s glory when we are saved. The Holy Spirit comes to indwell us just like the presence of God dwelled the tabernacle. Our body is now the temple of the Holy Ghost.

And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
Exodus 29:43, 45

  • More than any other thing, we should desire the presence of God. Like Moses, our heart cry should be, “If I don’t have the presence of God, then I don’t want to go anywhere! I need His presence first!”

And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. Exodus 33:14-15

God knows me by name! The fact that we have found grace in His sight and He knows each by name should give us great comfort!
  • I want to find grace in God’s sight like Moses did. I know that I have found grace in His sight by receiving His salvation. But I also want to find daily grace by abiding in His Word and obeying His commandments. It is also comforting to know that God knows me by name!

And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. Exodus 33:17

  • Moses desired to see God’s glory — and God showed it to Him. Do I desire to see the glory of God? I should!! God will show me His glory — maybe not by God hiding my face in a rock and passing by like He did with Moses, but I will still the glorious workings of an almighty God in my life when I ask to see His glory. The glory of God will be evident when it is desired.

And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. Exodus 33:18

The Lord is merciful, gracious, and longsuffering still! He is abundant in goodness and mercy. Praise His Name!
  • God is so merciful and gracious with me. When I consider how many times I have sinned just like the Israelites have sinned, He is longsuffering and forgiving. He is abundant with His goodness to me. It is amazing to consider how kind He is with me — just like He was with the Israelites.

And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. Exodus 34:6-7

  • It was obvious to the Israelites that Moses had been with the Lord. He did not know that his face shown as he had no mirror, but others saw right away that he had been with the Lord. When we spend time with the Lord, it will be obvious to others. Our demeanor will change, our actions will change. We will start to reflect the Lord more and more. Am I shining with God’s love and light? Am I reflecting my Savior to those around me?

And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. Exodus 34:29-30

When we take time to read His Word, He will speak to our hearts. I hope you are encouraged by these verses like I was!

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

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Tasty Tuesdays: March Linky Party and Favorite Recipes from February

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Last month, we had a great party. About 120 recipes were linked up and all were of those were saved to the Tasty Tuesday’s Pinterest board.

Here were the 2 favorite recipe posts from last month’s party:

Favorite recipe posts from February's Tasty Tuesday's linky party.

In February’s linky party, I shared several recipes from January’s linky party that I wanted to try. I’m in a really busy part of the year with teaching, so I was only able to try one recipe. I tried Leftover Candy Cane Cookies from Walking on Sunshine Recipes. They were a hit with everyone who ate them — my mom, dad, kids, husband, and even people at church!

Candy Cane Cookie recipe from Walking on Sunshine

Here are some recipes linked up to last month’s party that I would like to try:

Here are 6 recipes that I want to try!!

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The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 336

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Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

Thank you for participating in The Ultimate Pinterest Party!

Ali has been sick and so she is not able to host the party for a couple of weeks.

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 ARE THE FAVORITE PINS FROM LAST WEEK’S PARTY:

Favorite pins from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 336

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

Featured pins from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 336

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 336, THE ULTIMATE PINTEREST PARTY on SATURDAY or SUNDAY. (Re-pin from the pins that say “The Ultimate Party, Week 336 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!
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Thoughtful Thursdays: Are You Disciplined Enough to Have a Fixed Heart?

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Have you ever wondered what made God say that David was a man after His own heart? (1 Samuel 13:14, Acts 13:22)

We know David loved the Lord. Maybe because of his joyful, exuberant love that he had for God, God said that David was a man after His own heart. Dr. Sproul believes that it is because when David sinned, he was heartbroken over his sin and sought forgiveness.

Chuck Swindoll said this about a person who has a heart after God:

What does it mean to be a person after God’s own heart? It means your life is in harmony with the Lord. What is important to Him is important to you. What burdens Him burdens you. When He says, “Go to the right,” you go to the right. When He says, “Stop that in your life,” you stop it. When He says, “This is wrong and I want you to change,” you come to terms with it because you have a heart for God. That’s bottom-line, biblical Christianity.

In Psalm 57, we see some of David’s core qualities that made him a person after God’s own heart. He disciplined himself to have a fixed heart toward God.

When we keep a heart that is fixed on God, He will strengthen us to triumph over our trials.

Because He was disciplined to have a fixed heart, we see in Psalm 57 three things that a fixed heart will do. A fixed heart will:

  1. Trust in God
  2. Be concerned with God’s glory
  3. Seek to praise God

57 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. 2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. 3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

First of all, we see that David trusted in God.

It is believed that David wrote this psalm when he was on the run hiding from Saul in caves. Instead of opening his prayer to God asking for deliverance, he starts with asking for mercy. He acknowledges from the beginning that God is great and that he needs God’s mercy. He is humble in acknowledging that he needs God’s mercy and only God can save him.

He also compares himself to a chick that hides under its mother’s wings. He is hiding under God Almighty’s wings until the trouble is past. He would wait for God to intervene. Our protection also is from God. We can trust in God to protect us.

 David doesn’t trust in the shadow of the cave — only in God. The cave became his holy place because God was with him. Wherever we are, that place can be a holy place where we meet with God — because God is with all who have received Him as their Savior.

In this psalm, we notice that David is magnifying and exalting God before he brings up any of his problems. He knows God will send help and has a confident belief that God will work all things out for good. No one or no thing can stop God’s work from happening and others will see his great God and magnify God even more. Here are some of the positive things that David proclaims about God:

  • God is a merciful God. (v. 1)
  • He is the most high God. (v. 2)
  • He is the God that performs all things. (v.2)
  • He trusted that God that would send from heaven and save him. (v. 3)

When we are times of trouble, we need to ask ourselves: What is bigger? Your problem or your God? David’s God was bigger than his problems.

A fixed heart is confident — it trusts God. A fixed heart doesn’t stop us from experiencing trials, but it does strengthen us to triumph over the trials.

When we pray, we need to remember who we are talking to. It is good to start our prayers like David did: praising God for who He is. We see that Jesus in His model prayer also does this. He starts off His prayer by saying, “Our Father which art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name.”

Secondly, we notice that David was concerned with God’s glory.

4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth. 6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

He started this section of verses talking about his formidable enemies. He had big problems. His enemies were ruthless — they had previously killed 85 defenseless priests. In the middle of verse 4 where he is talking about these terrible enemies, he says he will lie down! His trust in God is so great that He can lie down in peace. After he described his enemies, he exalted God in verse 5. He is more concerned with God’s glory than what his enemies can do.

We should praise God and lift Him up. He is greater than anything else.

Thirdly, David sought to praise God.

David continually prayed to God, but he made a practice of starting every day praising God.

7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. 8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. 9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. 10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. 11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.

His heart is fixed and focused on God’s glory, so he praises God. When he wakes up, he praises God. He praises God in front of others. All the nations will see his praise to God.

Here he is in the middle of running from the enemy and hiding in a cave, yet he is praising God. He keeps his heart fixed on God no matter what the circumstances are around him.

When the dark cave experiences happen to us, we can be take confidence that they will eventually pass, and we will be able to praise Him for getting us through them. We need to keep our heart fixed on God during these dark cave trials we go through so that we can trust in Him during the difficulties and give Him glory for delivering us out of those trials.

A fixed heart will seek to praise God. It has the discipline to seek His glory no matter what cave it is going through, whether it is the cave of fear or the cave of sorrow or the cave of sickness.

God doesn’t always remove the problem or remove us from the cave;  but He is always there. Because of that we can fix our hearts on Him and trust Him during the hard times, give Him glory during and after the hard times, and praise Him daily whether it is a good or bad time.

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The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 335

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  • On this week’s Thoughtful Thursdays, I talked about how when one knows it is time to quit. You can go see that post HERE and link up any thoughtful posts you have written.

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This pin from week 191 has started to do really well this past month. It's almost Easter!

This pin from Mom Does Reviews from week 191 has started to do really well this past month. It’s almost Easter, so start saving all your Easter pins!

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The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 334

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Favorite pin from The Ultimate PInterest Party, Week 334

Black Forest Brownies- Rich, Gooey and Delicious! from Mom Does Reviews from Week 217 has done really well this past month on Pinterest.

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

Featured pins from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 334

RULES:

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  • Rule #2: Do NOT re-pin from the linky below.
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  • 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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host of The Ultimate Pinterest Party

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host -- Ali from Home Crafts by Ali

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Thoughtful Thursdays: Ministry Can Be Hard. How Do I Love like Christ?

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I don’t like conflict. However, I also don’t give in when it comes to truth. Yesterday was hard. The whole day was going well, and then it kind-of all blew up. It was in a group setting, a question was asked, and when Biblical truth was shared, feelings were hurt, there was a combative spirit, and there was a divisive attitude.

Even though one-on-one, the individual who was upset was fine, there is still a group dynamic that has to be dealt with. And so when I came home, I was spiritually beat. I just wanted to go to bed, and when I did, I couldn’t sleep. The incident kept playing itself over in my head.

Love is necessary when upholding truth. Without love, truth will not even be heard. It will be done in vain -- it will be empty or meaningless.

I am also studying I Corinthians 13, and in my head, I was thinking —

“How could I have been more loving while standing for the truth of God’s Word with someone who turns combative?”

It’s not always easy. Truth must be upheld, but I Corinthians 13 says that without love I am nothing.

Love is necessary when upholding truth. Without love, truth will not even be heard.

It says, “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.” So I need to make sure that I speak the truth in love, and I know that although the one person knows that I love them, it did not look like that in a group setting. If Christ is not glorified by my words and actions, then I have done something wrong in trying to do what is right.

Obviously, I don’t have the answer. I’m still a work in progress, because I didn’t do it right. I need to keep working on this dynamic of holding forth the Word of God but also having love that does not insist on it’s own way, of having love that is not rude, of having love that is patient and kind.

Love is necessary when upholding truth. Without love, truth will not even be heard. It will be done in vain -- it will be empty or meaningless. Here is what love is.

We never arrive. We never will be perfect, and there is always more to learn. Sometimes those lessons are hard and ugly. So we’ll go on today and keep at it. We’ll try to please God with the aftermath and learn what we could’ve done better.

How could we have loved more? How could we have spoken the truth in a kinder, gentler way? It’s something I need to get better at.

As Valentine’s Day is this weekend, let’s all try to love the way Christ loved us. He loved us with a sacrificial, I Corinthians 13 love.

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