12/12/09 Needs of Women, Blessing Little Ones, Recipes, Games, God, V isualizing, Gems
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ENCOURAGEMENT TO WOMEN
Compiled especially for you with love by Lois Breneman
12/10/09 Needs of Women, Blessing Little Ones, Recipes, Games, God, Visualizing, Gems
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30 DAYS OF THANKFULNESS AND SERVICE
16 WAYS TO BLESS, ENCOURAGE AND INFLUENCE LITTLE ONES
HAM BISCUITS
GOD IS NOT ONLY GOOD ..... HE IS AWESOME!
PROFOUND QUOTES
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH BROKEN CRAYONS?
VISUALIZING OUR ANSWERS TO PRAYER - WITH HOPE
This will be the first month in eleven years that only one newsletter is being sent. Ever since December 3, I've been trying to send this newsletter through the server I use, but for some unknown reason, it will not go. I hope it will go today after reworking it once again. Since you already received 8 Christmas newsletters earlier and are so busy this month, I'm sure you won't miss it.
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30 DAYS OF THANKFULNESS AND SERVICE
by Lois Breneman, © 2008, Heart to Heart Newsletter, [email protected]
16 WAYS TO BLESS, ENCOURAGE AND INFLUENCE LITTLE ONES
by Lois Breneman, © 2009, Heart to Heart Newsletter, [email protected]
Sometimes we get way too busy and the little ones in our life may get overlooked, and not feel as loved as they should. Parents, grandparents, big sisters and brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins, teachers, friends, and babysitters can bless, encourage and influence little ones in these ways! Some of these ideas can even be used to encourage teens and spouses!
Pray aloud for your little ones in their presence, thanking the Lord for their good qualities as you name them.
If you offend a little one, tell him you're sorry and ask for his forgiveness. Then thank him for forgiving all the mistakes you make.
When your little one does well, praise him, saying something like, "What a remarkable job!" or "Fantastic job!"
Bless your little one by placing your hand on her head and praying for her aloud, mentioning her name and thanking God for such a wonderful child He had placed in your life. End the blessing by kissing her on the head.
When your little one asks you endless questions, say, "You ask the best questions! Being curious means you are smart and I'm so glad you're not afraid to ask! That's how you learn!"
When your child makes a wise choice, praise her with a comment like, "That's really using your brain to its fullest!" or "What a wise choice you made just now!" Then voice to her what her wise choice was.
Leave a note for your little one on the bathroom mirror such as, "Good morning, Daniel! What a nice smile you have!"
Every time your child tells someone about Jesus, tell him, "Oh my goodness! What beautiful feet you have!" Then tell him what Isaiah 52:7 says. "How beautiful are the feet of them who bring good news!"
Write your little one's cute quotes and words of wisdom in a special book, and read them aloud in the car on family trips.
As you're tucking your little one into bed, pretend your "mailing" her in a package to Grandma, folding, stuffing, sealing and stamping her into bed for special delivery, saying, "You know how Grandma would love opening her mailbox and seeing you!"
Sometime when you see your little one, say, "How did I get such a great kid? What a special gift God gave to me!"
Tell your little one that she must be your reward for eating all your broccoli and green beans when you were a child!
Record your little one's laughter, then play it back and tell him, "Your laughter is such beautiful music to my ears!"
Make a "Kid Sandwich" with two people and the little one in between. Then squeeze out all the pickles and mayonnaise!
Color in a coloring book with your little one and let him ask questions and just talk while you listen.
Hug your little one and tell her, "I can't imagine my life without you in it!"
DISCIPLINE OR DESTRESS?
Noticing more screaming, tantrums, resistance, nightmares, bedwetting, defiance, whining and cantankerousness in kids this time of year?
(c)Copyright, 2009, Brenda Nixon. The Birth to Five Book: Confident Childrearing Right from the Start is available at bookstores and online at Amazon. Follow my work and life in 140 characters at http://www.twitter.com/BrendaNixon. For Brenda's Discipline Tip, each week: [email protected]
HAM BISCUITS
A favorite recipe for Christmas gatherings! Thanks to Lynne McDaniel in Virginia for sending it!
This makes 24 ham "biscuits."
2 pkgs. dinner rolls
1 lb. ham slices
1/2 lb Swiss cheese (I get the packages that have 12 - 16 slices)
2 sticks butter
3 tsp. dry mustard
2 tsp. poppy seeds
4 tsp. onion flakes
3 tsp. Worchestershire sauce
Layer slices of ham and cheese inside rolls. Melt butter in saucepan, add mustard, poppy seed, onion flakes and Worchestershire sauce. Heat until it begins to boil. Spoon over top of rolls and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
2 bags fresh cranberries, chopped in food processor
2 cans crushed pineapple in it's own juice, drained partially
1 large jar natural applesauce (I use Kroger brand)
CHRISTMAS PARTY GAMES by Julie Druck in Pennsylvania, Editor of a free newsletter, "A Heart for Home," shares this tip. To subscribe, send a blank e-mail to: [email protected] * Memory Game – Place 15 small, Christmas-related games on a tray such as an ornament, candy cane, candle, tree light, etc. Give players a few minutes to look at the things and then cover or remove the tray. The players are given a pencil and paper and must try from memory to list as many of the items as they can. * Christmas Carol Scramble – Scramble the titles of 20 different Christmas songs by mixing up the letters in each individual title; for example, “EW ETREH GSKNI” is “We Three Kings.” Copy enough for each player and give them a few minutes to try to unscramble as many songs as they can. The one with the most correct is the winner. * Wrapping Presents – This is a fun game to watch and a frustrating one to play! Pair each player up with a partner. Place in front of each pair a box, a large sheet of wrapping paper, a scissors, a roll of tape and a roll of ribbon. Each partner must keep one hand behind their backs at all times and the pair must work together to wrap the box with the sheet of wrapping paper using the tape and then tie the ribbon around the box into a bow. The first team to accomplish the feat satisfactorily (according to the judge) is the winner! * Unwrapping Presents I – Have all players sit around a table or in a circle on the floor. Hand someone a die and each person in turn must try to roll a “5.” If they do, they get to unwrap ONE layer of paper from a package that has been wrapped in multiple layers ahead of time. If they roll other than a “5,” the die gets passed to the next person to try. The die goes round and round the table until someone removes the last layer – that person gets to keep the gift. * Unwrapping Presents II – Wrap several gifts in various amounts of layers of wrapping paper. Have players sit in a circle. Handing the gifts to various people around the circle, start some Christmas music playing. As it plays, guests keeping passing around the gifts. When the music stops, each person holding a gift should unwrap ONE layer. The music begins again and the gifts are passed. Keep stopping and starting music and passing and unwrapping gifts. When someone gets to the last layer of a gift, they get to keep it. The music and passing continues until all gifts have been wrapped. * Christmas Scavenger Hunt – My mother researched and prepared this game last year for us to play on Christmas Day. The hunt involved answering questions that could be found out by asking various guests, by inspecting my sister’s Christmas decorations (where we held our celebration), and by walking around the outside of my sister’s home. The questions included things like: How many birds can you find in Jenna’s Christmas decorations?; Find someone who is wearing Christmas jewelry.; Find someone who has played Santa Claus in the past; How many Christmas figurines and wreaths does Jenna have outside? The possibilities for these fun questions are nearly endless! My mother gave us a time limit and then we met together in the living room to see who came up with the most correct answers. Enjoy! |
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This is almost overwhelming when you think about it. You must read to the end:
Moses and the people were in the desert, but what was he going to do with them? They had to be fed, and feeding 2 or 3 million people requires a lot of food.
According to the Quartermaster General in the Army, it is reported that Moses would have to have had 1500 tons of food each day. Do you know that to bring that much food each day, two freight trains, each at least a mile long, would be required!
Besides you must remember, they were out in the desert, so they would have to have firewood to use in cooking the food. This would take 4000 tons of wood and a few more freight trains, each a mile long, just for one day. And just think, they were forty years in transit.
And Oh yes! They would have to have water. If they only had enough to drink and wash a few dishes, it would take 11,000,000 gallons each day and a freight train with tank cars, 1800 miles long, just to bring water!
And then another thing!
They had to get across the Red Sea at night. Now, if they went on a narrow path, double file, the line would be 800 miles long and would require 35 days and nights to get through. So there had to be a space in the Red Sea, 3 miles wide so that they could walk 5000 abreast to get over in one night.
But then, there is another problem! Each time they camped at the end of the day, a campground two-thirds the size of the state of Rhode Island was required, or a total of 750 square miles long. Think of it! This much space for camping!
Do you think Moses figured all this out before he left Egypt? I think not!
You see, Moses believed in God. God took care of these things for him.
Now do you think God has any problem taking care of all your needs?
WHAT CAN WE DO WITH BROKEN CRAYONS?
by Lois Breneman, © 2009, Heart to Heart Newsletter, [email protected]
A subscriber asked me this question, so I thought maybe some other moms could have been wondering the same thing!
When our children were small, we took the paper off the tiny pieces of crayon and filled small glass cylinders with them, put them on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper, and melted them in the oven. We froze them and they popped right out. The kids used them as fat crayons of all colors to color pictures. I really don't know where those glass cylinders came from, but I suppose even a custard cup could be used to make a really fat crayon.
Another thing we did with broken crayons was to shave them onto wax paper in a design, cover with another piece of wax paper and iron them. They made pretty designs! I'd advise using an old towel on the ironing board, and a press cloth on top of the art work to save the ironing board cover and the iron plate from a colorful mess. The small crayons could also be hammered between plastic wrap. All shades of blues would be pretty, with touches of yellow and orange, etc.
We've also used small pieces of crayons to color paraffin when making cake candles or dipping pine cones.
Small crayons can still be used for coloring, using the sides rather than the tips.
Dolly Butterbaugh in Virginia has two gems from her great-granddaughter, Jaiden, who won't be 3 until January, but she comes up with some real zingers. Cris Jones is the grandma of Jaiden and Carianne is her Mommy.
Jaiden: Mommy, I want cereal for breakfast.
Carianne (Mommy): Sorry, Jaiden, we ran out of milk so we have nothing to put on it.
Jaiden: I think orange juice will do the trick.
They went outside and there was no snow left on the ground.
Jaiden: Aw, Mommy, is Christmas over? 🙁
Carianne: No, Christmas isn't over; the snow is just gone. It might come back again before Christmas.
Jaiden: Look, Mommy! The trees are dancing because Christmas isn't over!
Daniel, 20 months, is very concerned about the beans that are soaking in the kitchen. I was letting him stir the pot earlier. Now he keeps walking around saying, "Beans. Go! Beans. Go!" He's grabbing my hand and trying to get me to go to the kitchen. ~ Rachael Breneman in Ohio (Sweet grandson of Lois)
Susie said, "King Solomon."
"Can you tell us why?"
"Because he was so nice to ladies and to animals."
"What do you mean?"
"He had six hundred wives and three hundred porcupines." ~ Thanks to Annamarie Kresge in Virginia for sending this one!
Have a Very Merry Christmas, Ladies!
Many Heart to Heart ladies and their families need our prayers,
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