When dreams become reality…
Cooking rice can be sticky, and preparing brown rice usually takes an hour to cook. After I made a huge container of brown basmati rice during last years Daniel fast, I decided I would purchase a rice cooker. There are several things that make it nice.
Target has a rice cooker by Oster that steams veggies in the top while cooking the rice. I like this feature as well. The cost is $19.99 and I think it will be worth it for this year. I could cook all my rice on one day and freeze it in individual containers. I think this is a win!
Several years ago, Bryan and I did the weight loss and exercise plan “Body for Life”. One of the main themes throughout the book was to plan your meals, exercise and snacks. There is a proverb that says, “He who fails to plan, plans to fail.”
Last year, I found with the Daniel Fast there was a lot of meal preparation involved. I have figured out how to cook many of the meals one day a week and do some of the preparation ahead of time for others. How much easier would it be if you came home from work and dinner was already cooked?
Having snacks on hand will help when you are ravenous and think you will starve before you get dinner on the table. Maybe it’s your family who will starve, but keeping healthy snacks handy will help you and your family.
Starting tomorrow, I will walk you through my menu, shopping list and snacks for 21 days of the Daniel Fast. Please leave comments if you have questions or send me an email.
Tonight, my Expedition will be full of friends my son invited to Flipside Live! with him. The young men and ladies are from different backgrounds, but they all have something in common, they are teenagers. Being a teenager brings with it many challenges adults forget about. I am guilty of forgetting what it was like being a teenager.
Flipside Live! gives teenagers an opportunity to spend time together, sing music that reaches them and gives a relevant message. Adults come to serve them and love them like Jesus does. Jesus told us to love one another as he has loved us. I don’t know about you, but Jesus has loved me a lot.
I have heard many times that change is constant. Over the 14 years of ministry, I have tried to be flexible. Sometimes I have had to do something with my actions and let my heart catch up, but this is not one of those times.
Sunday we announced at Vision Night, I will be full time wife to Bryan, mother to Gabriel, Noah and Adam, and first lady at ROCK Church. On June 22nd, Helen Fuller will become the Kid’s ROCK Director. I am so excited for her and I.
Yesterday, I had a choice to make would I choose the ministry or my son? Would I stay at church and see Kid’s ROCK take communion or take my son to receive an award?
In February, we were notified Noah had won Mid south region Pop Warner Little Scholars. For him to receive the award we would have to travel to Winston Salem, North Carolina on Saturday night and miss church on Sunday. I began searching to find out the levity of the award. I didn’t even tell Noah for several weeks he had won the award.
Finally, I discovered it was a big deal and made our arrangements. Noah and I left on Saturday and drove 3 1/2 hrs with only a 15 minute stop. We went to a nice restaurant to celebrate and then played miniature golf.
Sunday morning we made our way to the Benton Convention Center for the ceremony. Noah found his assigned seat and I found a seat as close to the front as I could. The event began and I was in awe.
Louis Frazier who played offensive guard for Wake Forest gave an inspiring speech. He shared his life story about growing up in the ghetto and graduating from high school with a 4.5 GPA. He told of the challenges that faced him, and how he perservered. His favorite scripture is found in Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
