“He has covered me with clothes of salvation and wrapped me with a coat of goodness, like a bridegroom dressed for his wedding, like a bride dressed in jewels” (Isaiah 61:10)
Do you ever feel unnoticed? New clothes and styles may help for a while. But if you want permanent change, learn to see yourself as God sees you….wrapped in clothes of salvation… like a bridegroom or bride dressed for their wedding.
Allow God’s love to change the way you look at you!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Poem of the day
Is thy heart right with God,
Washed in the crimson flood,
Cleansed and made holy, humble and lowly,
Right in the sight of God?--Hoffman
Joke of The Day
Face to Face with a Wolf
A tourist guide was talking with a group of school children at Yellowstone Park when one boy asked him whether he had ever come face to face with a wolf.
"Yes," said the guide, "I did come face to face with a wolf once. What made it worse was that I was alone unarmed."
"What did you do?"
"What could I do? First, I tried looking him straight in the eyes but he slowly advanced towards me. I crept back, but he kept on coming, nearer and nearer. I had to think fast."
"Wow! How did you get away?"
"As a last resort, I just turned around and walked quickly to the next cage."
Word of the day
ostentatious:
Part of Speech: AdjectiveMeaning: Spectacularly gaudy, pretentious, showy, tastelessly overdone just to attract attention.
Notes: Today's word is the adjective for the noun ostentation. It differs from hype in that it usually refers to visual overstatement and pretension; that is, it usually refers to show rather than tell. There is an adverb: you may dress or entertain ostentatiously. Do not confuse this word with a related one, ostensible, which means "apparent, seeming".
In Play: Ostentation is luxury overdone: "The hotel we stayed in was luxurious, but when they ran strings of tiny lights around everything in the lobby, it became outright ostentatious." Don't think, however, that just because this word basically means "showy" that it is limited to sights: "The ostentatious lifestyle of Robin Banks ultimately attracted the attention of law enforcement authorities."
Word History: This Word comes from Latin ostentatio "a pompous display" from ob- "before" + tendere "to stretch, extend, spread out". The original Proto-Indo-European stem that tendere comes from was something like *ten- "stretch", also seen in extend and tension. Tetanus comes from Greek tetanos "stiff, rigid", the state of something stretched. When you stretch a string (which in Greek is tonos), you can produce a tone from it. In Persian, the [n] was replaced by an [r], resulting in tar "string", a word found in the Hindi word sitar, a string instrument of India, often intricately carved and bejeweled ostentatiously.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Recipe of the day
Best-Ever Sugar Cookies Recipe
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 teaspoon Spice Island® Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
FROSTING:- 3-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 4 teaspoons meringue powder
- Assorted colors of liquid food coloring
Directions
- In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and extracts. Combine the flour, salt, baking soda and nutmeg; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours or until easy to handle.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with floured 2-1/2-in. cookie cutters.
- Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- For frosting, in a small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, water and meringue powder; beat on low speed just until combined. Beat on high for 4 minutes or until soft peaks form. Cover frosting with damp paper towels or plastic wrap between uses.
- Working quickly, spread or pipe frosting over cookies; let dry at room temperature for several hours or until firm. Use small new paintbrushes or toothpicks and food coloring to make designs on the cookies. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 4 dozen.
Word of the day
Bibelot:
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: 1. A trinket or curio, a small ornament or decoration. 2. A small, decorative book, especially if finely handcrafted.
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: 1. A trinket or curio, a small ornament or decoration. 2. A small, decorative book, especially if finely handcrafted.
Notes: Today's is another word borrowed from French so recently that the French pronunciation [bib-lo] is still possible. Notice that in either pronunciation the final T is silent, again, as it is in French.
In Play: Bibelots are often little gifts we pick up for people we are supposed to love: "Randy Gauntlet thought the little bibelot he picked up in the Paris airport would meet his wife's expectations." Over a lifetime they can mount up: "The home of Lacey Curtains was so filled with bibelots she collected all over the world, Sid Downe was afraid to move for fear of breaking something."
Word History: French bibelot "knickknack" came from Old French beubelet "trinket, jewel". In the 12th century it was belbel, a reduplication of bel "pretty, beautiful". Bel is a historical reduction of Latin bellus "handsome, beautiful". It has been joined by two variants, beau and belle in Modern French. Both of these new forms have been imported unadulterated into English, the masculine beau meaning "boyfriend" and the feminine belle meaning "beautiful woman".
Quote of the day
God doesn't comfort us to make us comfortable; He comforts us to make us comforters.
Poem of the day
The comfort God has given us
He wants us now to share
With others who are suffering
So they will sense His care.--Sper
He wants us now to share
With others who are suffering
So they will sense His care.--Sper
Joke of The Day
Dangerous Polar Bears
A six-year-old boy was standing with his father in front of the polar bear enclosure at the zoo.
The father was telling the boy how dangerous polar bears were and that, of all the animals in the zoo, they were the ones that the keepers feared most.
Eventually, the boy said: "Dad, what if the polar bear escapes and eats you up...?"
"Yes, son?"
"Which bus do I catch home?"
Daily Devotinal
He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. John 7:38, NKJV
Remember the words of Jesus to the Samaritan woman? “The water I give will become a spring of water gushing up inside that personal, giving eternal life” (John 4:14).
Jesus offers, not a singular drink of water, but a perpetual artesian well! And the well isn’t a hole in your backyard but the Holy Spirit of God in your heart.
Remember the words of Jesus to the Samaritan woman? “The water I give will become a spring of water gushing up inside that personal, giving eternal life” (John 4:14).
Jesus offers, not a singular drink of water, but a perpetual artesian well! And the well isn’t a hole in your backyard but the Holy Spirit of God in your heart.
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