Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday which is the Tuesday before everyone prepares for Lent. When people prepared for Lenten they used up their eggs, milk and fat up to Fat Tuesday since those items are not allowed during Lent. Pancakes became a traditional way of using these items up, so the day is also known as Pancake Day.

1 Kings 17: 7-24 "Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the Lord came to him; "Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food." So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, "Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?" As she was going to get it, he called, "And bring me, please a  piece of bread." As surely as the Lord your God lives," she replied, "I don't have any bread--only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it--and die." Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small cake of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord gives rain on the land.' " She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah. Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing. She said to Elijah, "what do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son? "Give me your son," Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on the bed. Then he cried out to the Lord, "O Lord my God, have you brought tragedy also upon this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die? Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried to the Lord, "O Lord my God, let this boy's life return to him!" The Lord heard Elijah's cry, and the boy's life returned to him, and he lived. Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, "Look, your son is alive!" Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth."

The story makes you wonder why she said her and her son would die and why she did what Elijah told her to do; I know that you do trust in God to provide for your needs.

The food groups are very important! Everyone should know what the food pyramid is and how many servings they should have each day!

We should also say a prayer for all of the widows, widowers and single parents out there!

National Music Month

Since it is National Music Month we are going to spend the day listening to our favorite Christian station 93.7 WDJC! Our favorite way to praise the lord is through music.

Psalms 98: 1-9 says "Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. The Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations. He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the neds of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; make music to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, with the trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn--shout for joy before the Lord, the King. Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; let them sing before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equality."

Doesn't that just touch your heart?! Just A Little Talk With Jesus is one of our favorite Hymns. It makes me smile when Blake and I sing it while driving down the road and Paxton joins in. I feel like God gets so happy when we sing to him and I feel so energetic when I sing to him all day. You can make a shoebox guitar for your kids to join in and sing along like the one above. They can feel like they are playing the harp like in the verse above. Teach them what a whole note, half note, quarter note and sixteenth note are and make them really feel like they are playing a harp for God.

Ephesians 5:19 states " Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always give thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."
After reading this and doing the activity I hope you find it in your heart to say a prayer for the musicians in our lives.

Coffee-Mate House Party

#CMFFFParties --------I was thankful to be chosen to host a Coffee-Mate House Party, or as my boyfriend calls it- a Hen Party. They sent a box of wonderful goodies and games to play. My friends, family and I had a blast! Drinking coffee with tasty creamers and playing Cranium! I had never played Cranium before or had a chance to sample some of Coffee-Mates Creamers that were really good! I am thankful that we learned a new family game and have tastebuds for certain creamers like Cinnamin Bun and Chocolate Rasperry! Cannot wait to have another Hen Party with the girls :)