Radical changes

I knew, as I held my dying father's hands this Spring, I KNEW that his death would bring radical changes to my life.  The good, the bad, and the ugly of those changes all seemed terrifying at the thought of him not being in the world to help me know what to do. 


I have prayed more earnestly than I recall ever praying before about ANYTHING (except to get well), that I would know how to spend my inheritance wisely.  I have cried out to God for wisdom to know what to do with it so that every penny spent would please HIM!!!


I have picked out a brand new house, and then kissed it GOODBYE, and finally after weeks of crying I slowly became neutral.  After all, what in the world would I know what to do with a brand new house.  Right?  Me who has lived pinching pennies very tightly most of my life!!!


I have pushed the money away in my mind not wanting to make anyone jealous or seem like my parents seemed to others.  I have screamed out to God for the proper way to go gracefully into a higher income bracket.  This Summer I have read more about how to be at peace with a lot of money than I ever even knew was written. 


It all helped a little but this helped a LOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!  I will always cherish those who work!  I will always cherish those who do the "Dirty" jobs in life.  I will always do my best to take care of myself so that others won't have to do my dirty work!  I honor those of you who went to work today to support your family!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I think that this lesson will stick with me forever.  I sincerely hope that I have tempted you enough to take the next 17 minutes of your life and learn what makes this millionaire GREAT in my opinion!


God bless you all!!!


Dawn 

WOW

WOW.  I have a new heroine!  Just listen to THIS!

Another rich blessing from Pastor Prince

                                          Don’t Let Your Past Rob You

20 Sep Philippians 3:13–14 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Are you living a life of regrets thinking, “If only…”? “If only I had that college education…If only I had married the right girl…If only I had taken up the other job…If only I had not made that stupid mistake…” Is your past robbing you of the joy of today? Then forget your past! You might say, “But Pastor Prince, you do not know what I have done in the past!” Consider Paul. If the devil had anything to bring against Paul, it would be reminders of how he had persecuted the early church and caused the deaths of many, including Stephen, the first Christian martyr. Paul had done horrendous things that were hard for him to forget. But he had such a revelation of God’s awesome forgiveness that he could say, “forgetting those things which are behind…I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus”. Beloved, God has forgiven you of all your sins. He has completely forgiven you and declared, “Your sins and lawless deeds, I will remember no more.” (Hebrews 10:17) Like Paul, you can forget your past, the wrongs you have done and the hurts you have caused others or been through yourself. God can take the tears of yesterday and transform them into the miracles of tomorrow. He can restore to you in all abundance what you have lost. He can cause all things, even the painful events of your past, to work together for your good. (Romans 8:28) God’s Word says, “The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.” (Isaiah 58:8) His glory will cover your past. Wherever you go, His glory covers your past. It is no longer the same past that you know of because His glory has descended on it. Your past is past. It has been wiped out. It is gone! So don’t let your past rob you of today’s joy any longer!

 

Jogging in a jug

Guess what I did today?  NO, you will never guess.  Well, maybe if you read the title of this post but does it mean anything to you?


Anyway, Cora and I have been digging in our natural health books for tips on dealing with MS and she found a tip in my book, MIRACLE FOOD CURES FROM THE BIBLE.  I haven't thought of that book in years but it had some very encouraging things to say about consuming apple cider vinegar (the side effect of which is weight loss) to help bring down the inflammation that MS causes.


This got me thinking about a product I bought years ago whose primary ingredient was apple cider vinegar.  It was called, "Jogging in a Jug."  SOOOOOOOOO I went online to see if they still make it when what to my wondering eyes did appear but about 10 recipes with which to make it myself.  YIPEEEEEEEEE!


Well, after an hour or so studying them all, I settled on this one because it uses more apple juice than any of the others of which I have a great abundance.  Also, it was the one that called for the least amount of grape juice of which I have hardly any. 


I made up a double batch and got started right away.  You would have to know me, and the amount of pain that I have, to grasp why I took a double dose right off the bat.  YUP and now my belly isn't none too happy so I DON'T recommend that. 


However, it does feel like my knees are hurting a little bit less.  In other words, on a pain scale from 1 to 10, the pain in my legs fell from 1,200,000 to about 1,000,900.  Now that's not nothing to snort at, as Robert would say, so I decided to share the recipe with you.  Just remember to stick with the recommended dosage and I'm sure you'll do fine.  ;)


Also, the recipe doesn't mention it, but I keep this refrigerated because I used my home made juices without preservatives.  Perhaps the vinegar would prevent them from spoiling but I'm not taking any chances. 


Glug, glug, glug your way to health right along with me!!!  LOL


Dawn

JOGGING IN A JUG
64 oz. apple juice less 1 1/2 c. juice 3/4 c. apple cider vinegar 1/2 c. grape juice Mix. Drink 1/4 cup daily.

A wonderful discovery

Recently a friend told us that this series is on youtube and we were delighted as we watched the DVDs several years ago!  I share the first segment with hopes that it will encourage everyone to begin to ponder the 4th commandment as they do all of the others.  After all, God DID say to remember it.


Rich blessings,


Dawn

You've got it all, girl!

Hi everyone,


I'm not out at the range this morning because I need to soak after shooting all day yesterday.  That, plus the first frost coming this morning, sent me out to water down my flowers; Cora's citrus plants; and the entire garden.  Did you know that, on the mornings of a light frost, you can prevent the loss of your plants by lightly watering them before the sun hits the plants?  Well, it's true but it's NOT very pleasant to be out watering on a frigid LATE SUMMER morning when you'd rather stay in your toasty warm bed!!!


Anyway, I decided to write quickly this morning because of something that was said to me last night as I grilled the burgers for supper with a new shooting buddy.


Here I've been feeling sorry for myself because of the MS and because we won't be able to buy the new house we had picked out after all.  Our house is sooo old and sooo in need of much work, which would cost a lot of money, so we had decided to purchase a brand, new modular home with my inheritance called the Sunken Watson. 


Anyway, hobbling around gets old so I was a pretty shocked last night when my new friend said to me, "You've got it all, girl!" 


"What do you mean?" I stammered.


"You got it all," she said again as she gestured at our farm with her arm.


I let it go at that but got to pondering on this as we ate supper together in the shop.  Here I saw friends from several states who came together to learn what makes America great and how to preserve it!!!  Our oldest shooter was 69 years old and the youngest 21.  We had male and female shooters.  There are tall and short shooters.  We have thin and pudgy shooters but all shooters have one thing in common--we LOVE America with it's more freedoms than any other country has EVER enjoyed!!


Here then is a list of things that I think may fit into my friends', "You got it all, girl," category.  In other words, her words made me grateful for all of these things this morning.  Now, these aren't all the things that I am grateful for but, by looking at my life through my friends' eyes, I see new blessings that I most likely would not have seen had she not said that I have got it ALL!


1.  I'm an American.


2.  I'm a farmer and live in the country.


3.  I have a loving husband (she is divorced).


4.  I have 3 incredible children.


5.  I know how to shoot & have my own private range to do it in complete with flags & an outhouse.


6.  I know how to garden and have space for a large one


7.  I have a nice, large yard


8.  I have my own playground--volleyball court; massive swing set; teeter totter; and swimming pool


9.  I have a house to live in which keeps me warm, safe, and dry


10.  I have lots of pretty plants to cheer me and give me a fresh supply of Oxygen


11.  I have a grill to add that wonderful flavor to our burgers.


12.  I have burgers.


13.  I have friends to eat my burgers with.


14.  The last to come to mind, of course, is that I'm a part of the Appleseed program!


The list could go on and on down to the clothing that I was wearing and the rifle I shot and the ammo that I shot in it and the blanket I was lying on and the hay bales that held up the targets and the targets and the Appleseed program and the Appleseed instructors and my sling and my glasses and my ear protection and my memory that most of the time remembered where everything was at and where it was to go.


 The point is that one chooses their attitude constantly!  I can either be glum because I'm hurting or I have to spend another Winter in this old house or that certain people were not able to attend the shoot and they are being missed OR I can choose to think the opposite.


Look at how God chased the rain away and sent us the sunshine that many of us were praying for.  Look at the new folks who showed up for an Appleseed shoot that never attended one before.  Look at how much LESS pain I have now that I'm on the Stemtech products and doing my Kyroback than I had at the last shoot!!!  Look at the man who flew from Georgia to be our shoot boss and bless us with his wisdom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


WOW!!!  I really DO have it all!!!


Praise God from whom ALL blessings flow!


Dawn


PS  Now I'm going to go take a soak in my whirlpool which is NOT a new blessing but I am even more thankful as I ponder the many ways that I "Have it all!"

Last 2014 ND Appleseed this weekend at the Bornemann farm

Hey everybody,




If YOU are wondering what YOU can do to help YOUR country, then YOU need to come to OUR place this weekend!  We're holding the last Appleseed of the year here in North Dakota and YOU will miss out on a LOT if you miss this opportunity!!!




If that did nothing for your sense of patriotism, then don't bother watching this very short video, because nothing will.  Then when we live under a dictator, you can kick yourself all you want, but it will be too late!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 


If there IS some sense of responsibility to our country out there in cyberspace, then I urge everyone to go to www.appleseedinfo.org to learn more and to register for this shoot by clicking on North Dakota!  I figure that, if I can shoot with MS, there aren't too many excuses that seem relevant at this time with our country in great peril!




See YOU on the firing line!!!


Dawn

Prayers not cares

Oh how I LOVE Pastor Prince!!!  This morning I worked with a client who has had headaches for YEARS.  As I worked through the session, I suddenly felt led to pray for her (although I begin every BodyTalk session I do with a word of prayer) and the Lord began to heal her at a VERY deep level!!!  Then He showed me some reflexology tools to help release the tension in her head! 

I praise God for this devotional! It was the reminder that I needed today not to keep on worrying over her (or my other ill clients) but rather to keep praying for them earnestly and expect miracles of healing in their lives!  God can do ANYTHING that we ask Him to do and He does it in His special way!  I urge you to read this story and become inspired to ask God for ALL of the answers that you are needing in your life!

God bless,

Dawn   

                                            Turn Your Cares Into Prayers

3 Sep Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; My friend, God doesn’t want you to be fearful, fretful or anxious. Instead, He wants you to “be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God”. So when you have a care or worry, straightaway, turn that care or worry into prayer. That is supplication. And when you are troubled by a care or worry that you don’t know how to pray for, pray in the Spirit or tongues. And in the midst of that prayer, thank God that He is already your healing, provision, good success and victory. That, my friend, is thanksgiving. “Pastor Prince, if I am worried about something, how long should I pray?” Keep on praying. Pray in the Spirit until the worry lifts or dissipates, “and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus”. (Philippians 4:7) This was what one of our church members did when he found himself anxiously trying to access some important data in his USB flash drive. After a whole day at it with no results, he finally stopped himself from being anxious and instead, turned his worry into prayer, asking the Lord to settle it for him. As he prayed in tongues, he was also thankfully repeating in his heart that having the Holy Spirit—the Helper—with him was to his advantage. (John 16:7) Later that evening, using his wife’s computer, he succeeded in accessing the data in his flash drive after a few attempts. He quickly backed up the data. It was only when subsequent attempts to use the flash drive on his wife’s computer failed did it suddenly dawn on him that God had “resurrected” his flash drive that one time, just for him to recover his data! Beloved, I believe that we would all worry a lot less and enjoy our lives a lot more if only we realized this truth: Our Abba Father is so strong that there is nothing He cannot do, and He is so loving that there is nothing He will not do for us!