OLE', Mole'!

I've always loved Mexican Food. Living in Texas has allowed me to indulge in this wonderful cuisine more than I normally would. I not only enjoy eating Mexican food, I've been learning how to cook it (as authentically as I can).

Last year, my friend Novia, introduced me to Mole'. I'd NEVER heard of it before, but when I tasted it, I was addicted! Mole' has become one of my favorite Mexican dishes of all time.

What is Mole', you might ask? It's a thick, rich, chocolate-tinged sauce that is served with chicken (or turkey) over a bed of rice. Weird, huh? Chocolate sauce with chicken and rice! IT IS SO GOOD! The recipe I am sharing is the recipe my friend Novia introduced me to (and is very easy to make!) using a pre-made sauce base (from a jar).

Mole Poblano

(Chicken with Chocolate Sauce)

• 2-3 lbs. Chicken (I use boneless/skinless)
• 8 cups chicken broth (from cooking the chicken)
• 1 Jar 9oz *GOYA Mole' (see note below)
• 2-3 TB creamy Peanut Butter
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 cup Granulated Sugar
• 1/2 cup flour

Cook Chicken in approximately 9 cups of water. After Chicken is cooked, take chicken out of broth and set aside. Measure out 1 cup of chicken broth in mixing bowl; set aside. Add jar of mole', peanut butter, salt, and sugar to remaining pan of chicken broth. Heat on medium heat, stirring constantly, until everything is dissolved. Add 1/2 cup flour to the reserved 1 cup chicken broth; mix thoroughly until smooth. Add to large mole' mixture, stirring on low-med heat until well mixed and sauce begins to thicken. Add chicken back to Mole' mixture. Serve over rice and with flour tortillas if you wish. Serves 8-10.

*I use Goya Mole' (see picture); found in the Mexican isle of my local grocery store. If your store doesn't carry this brand, any brown color (chocolate base) Mole' sauce would work. If you still can't find the mix and are real interested in this dish, you may make your own mix with this recipe (click link) ... you may have to improvise with the ingredients.

History on this dish:
Legends say this concoction was made so famous in the 16th century, in the colonial mountain city of Puebla, Mexico by some desperate nuns who upon learning that the Archbishop was coming for a visit, went into a panic because they had nothing to serve him. The nuns started praying desperately and an angel came to inspire them. They began chopping and grinding and roasting, mixing different types of chiles together with spices, day-old bread, nuts, a little chocolate and approximately 20 other ingredients...

Today, there are a number of variations of Mole'. Mole is considered a unique feature of Mexico’s culinary heritage served or weddings, festivals and national holidays.

can anyone relate?

I should be doing MANY other things today, but I get sucked in...

Music Monday! All That Matters

All That Matters by Addison Road



Think About This~ Are YOU "Free 2 B U"... or do you fall into the trap of being a "people pleaser"?

As a former "people pleaser", I know the "Love that's set me free" As a result, "I am FREE2Bme" ... I have an audience of One, "changed by grace, saved by Love"..."that's all that matters to me".

This week's MEMORY VERSE

This is week 10 for my challenge to Invest in my Walk with God by memorizing scripture every week...

Finally, be strong in the Lord

and in his mighty power.

Put on the full armor of God

so that you can take your stand

against the devil's schemes.

(Ephesians 6:10-11NIV)

I am also having fun with the Siesta Scripture Challenge on the LPM Blog (we're on week 6).

TEXAS in March

Gotta love south Texas in the winter!

Our pool is officially open as of February 27!

The flowers in the yard provide beauty

and the perfect tropical oasis...

The palm trees look awesome against the

backdrop of a clear or cloudy sky.

The weather temperatures in February-March

are nice and warm (often in the 80's F),

but not too hot yet... humidity is still on the low side.

Not to mention the beach... which will

be packed with "spring breakers" over the

next couple weeks!

The only sad thing about Texas in March is we don't have our families and close friends here to enjoy it with us (they all live elsewhere).

Come for a visit, ya'all!

(My Mom and Dad WILL be here next month from WA state! YEAH... can't wait!)

Music Monday! Go Light Your World

I love music, especially Christian music.

So starting today, I will feature a music video every Monday, that has a great message and is inspirational. Often times when I listen to a certain song, I shut my eyes, internalize the message, and pray the lyrics back to God with heartfelt worship... it really is powerful and uplifting.

This following video helps us to remember to "take your candle and go light your world". MAY YOU BE ENCOURAGED!

Go Light Your World by Chris Rice

...let your light shine before men,

that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:16 NIV)

THINK ABOUT THIS~ Where will you shine your light this week?

This week's MEMORY VERSE

I'm a little late on posting this for the week... I started planting this verse in my heart several days ago... I hid 2 Corinthians 10:4 in my heart several years ago, and this verse right after it adds so much more power to it for me to pray it and live it. I constantly need to, "take captive EVERY THOUGHT to make it obedient to Christ", since the enemy's battle always starts in the mind.

We demolish arguments and every pretension
that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,
and we take captive every thought
to make it obedient to Christ.
(2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV)

OUCH Moments with God

Have you ever had one of those times when you prayed to God for Him to show someone the "error of their ways" and "lead them down the right path"... you pray God will give them a revelation so they would confess their sin, learn from their error, and repent? It's for their own good, after all! It's when God disciplines the sin because he loves us and wants us to learn from our mistakes. I call these times, "OUCH" moments; when we realized we've sinned against God (we then confess, repent, and learn our lesson through God's discipline) and we're better from the OUCH. Here's what recently happened to me regarding some "OUCH" moments.

Last night I could not sleep! I laid in bed an hour pondering my unsettled spirit over a situation where I'd been praying about, for someone "to learn the error of their ways", "to be led on the right path" and to realize they have been sinning before God through pride and wrong motives. To hopefully realize it's been effecting those around them in an ungodly way. This person had frustated me to the point that I struggled to even be in their presence. I would literally pray Scripture in my head just to get through the battle in my mind that was bulilding up. At one point I even thought my memory verse, 2 Timothy 3:16, was God's way of telling me I need to be the person to help "teach, rebuke, correct, and train them in righteousness" using His word to show them the way. The person I'm speaking of is another Christian woman who I felt was in a position to know what she was doing. As I laid in bed, I finally got up and the Lord spoke softly to my spirit to watch some "Wednesday's with Beth" (from the Life Today program) on the computer. I absolutely love these teachings and have watched many of them over the past year, and could watch them endlessly, because they're filled with so much Truth and encouragement straight from God Himself. When I got to the website, I prayed, "which one do you want me to watch, Lord?"... He directed me to a 3 part series I needed to hear! I soaked in all three (it was 2:30 am!)...I was alert and awake... I internalized them. Thank You, God for how you speak Your profound Truth through Beth Moore! and, Thank you, Beth, for being such a servant to the Lord that magnifies God from glory to glory.

As I finished the last of the three part series, I realized it was I that needed to be "shown the error of her ways" and "be led on the right path" .

I had several OUCH moments with God last night.
*FIRST- He showed me that my memory verse for this past week was (and is) for Him to teach, rebuke, correct and train ME in righteousness, not for me to use it on others in self righteousness. I am not her or any one's Holy Spirit.
*SECOND- God also showed me in 1 Peter 5:5 that I am to ...clothe myself with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." OUCH! God, I have been filled with pride these past weeks as much as she has! I'm finally getting it! The verse goes on to say, "Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." (1 Peter 5:6-7) I knocked MYSELF down by allowing the enemy authority to work through the situation; and only God can lift me up.
*I was casting my anxiety on Him (kept praying Phil 4:6-8), but it was with wrong motives, in the manner of "fix HER, Lord" to be right in my sight, rather than, "FIX ME" to be right in your (God's) sight... a THIRD OUCH! Funny how easy it is to see fault in others and critize what we think their motives are and not as easy to see it in ourselves until we allow God to peal the scales off our eyes.

So here I am, a self righteous, prideful, sinner with messed up motives... OUCH!

As I have gone to the Lord for direction over the past number of weeks, He had given me a number of Scriptures, but I was somewhat hard headed to see the message in them for me; I was too focused on HER wrong doings and the message for her. Now that I feel as though He's shown me a fresh revelation of where my heart and attitude have been, I will back track these verses and pray them out loud so that I will be lined up with God's heart and character and no longer be played by the enemy who was devouring me through this situation (1 Peter 5:8).

I asked God, "should I approach this fellow Christian and tell her what's occured?... " I asked, "Lord, do I say something to her about this?" At this time, I believe God said, "No... (the reason)- He has me in the process of taking the planks out of my own eyes at this time, that trying to take the specks out of another person's eye is wrong and hypocritical (Matthew 7:3-5). Even as I write this, I still know I've got some pride issues He's still emptying me of. God will show her through "OUCH" moments of her own in His time, His way. He is in control. At some point He may lead me to speak the truth in love to her; for now, I will wait for His direct lead.

Prayer: Thank You God for Your Truth. Thank You that you discipline those you love- and by Your Holy Spirit in me, I was able to recognize my sins against You through the "OUCH" moments you allowed me last night and today. Thank You that you give grace to the humble and have brought me to this place to grow me up more in Christ. Please forgive me for my sins against you- in my feelings toward a sister in Christ who I truly don't know very well. You know her heart and motives; and though my feelings were real, only You know if they were "Holy". My heart is deceitful and I ask you to create in me a pure heart and renew a steadfast spirit within me. I know that my feelings led to sin, and for that I repent. I lift this Christian woman in prayer that you will continue to wrap her in Your love, and that she has overflowing favor from you. Lord Thank You for the wonderful people you've placed in my life, for the privilege of prayer and for Your love and grace that is never ending. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

LAUGHTER...good for the soul

Happy Monday!
I ran across this video and had to share it! Enjoy.

A cheerful heart brings a smile to your face;
a sad heart makes it hard to get through the day. (Proverbs 15:13 -MSG)



If there is a blank space where a video box should be, click here.

This week's MEMORY VERSE

I've been memorizing Scripture for the past five years with some getting planted in my heart word-for-word and others I've honestly not remembered all too well. This week, I ran across my little "Memory Verse" booklets (little 3"X 5" spiral memo pads) from the past several years and had a fun time refreshing my "memory" on God's Word and what I committed to my memory at those particular times in my life. The neat thing that God spoke to me through finding these booklets, is that even though some of my "memory verses" I couldn't recall word-for-word, the power of these verses have left an imprint on my heart and impacted how I live my life. God's WORD never comes back void! I actually surprised myself that I remembered more than I thought- they'd been "written on my heart"! God wants us to hide His words on our hearts so we might not sin against Him (Psalm 119:11). I thank God daily for giving us His Word in the BIBLE (Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth), the ultimate "how to do life right" guide. I thank God also for Jesus- The Only One who bridges the gap for us to be in God's presence... the Way, the Truth, and the Life... our Perfect example of how to live life right. With that said, here's my memory verse for this week:

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

(2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV)

Prayer: Lord help me continue to hide your word in my heart so that I might not sin against you. Help me to have enough brain cells to actually remember what I learn from Your word this year and live it in my everyday. As I refresh my memory on past memory verses, help me remember them as well, that the ones I've forgotten, will get hidden in my heart. I can't do this on my own, Lord, I need you. I know I can do all things through You and You alone give me everything... Thank YOU that you are my EVERYTHING! May all the glory be Yours! In Your Name I pray, Jesus. Amen.

Chore Charts

Since being "Mortified", we have been making changes around our house hold to keep up on cleaning duties! I am happy to report that the chore charts for my four kids have been somewhat effective as a motivator in getting them accountable and responsible for doing their part (except for my 4 year old, Joe, who thinks the goal of his chore charts to put his stickers any old place he chooses)...

There are a variety of categories included and for each task accomplished, the child earns a sticker. By the end of the week, a minimum of 20 stickers for older kids (10 stickers for younger kids) must be achieved in order to earn their allowance ($10.00 for two older kids- 2 top level charts; $5.00 for two younger kids- 2 lower level charts) Good behavior/attitude is also considered in these chore charts for earning stickers. Getting and KEEPING this house cleaned up is an ongoing process; doing it as a team is definitely the way to go!

Therapy~Chenille Jackets

Many of the activities I do in life,

are like therapy for me...
sewing is definitely one of them!
When my daughter Jessie was born in 2001,
she recieved a little chenille jacket as a baby gift.
Every where we went, she'd get compliments on how
cute she was and how "adorable" her jacket was.
After much enjoyment from the jacket my daughter received,
I was inspired to make them for other precious little girls.
I've been working simultaneously on several chenille
jackets made of vintage bedspreads I've purchased over time.
Only about 4 jackets can be made from one bedspread,

so no two are exactly alike. I pour my "Heart and Soul"

into them as a "Thank You" to God for Him

being the ultimate Creator and blessing me with a variety of talents (sewing, one of them).
He has blessed me, so I can bless others.

I call my handmade creations,

"Heart and Soul Creations" (Luke 10:27).
So far I've only made these jackets in little girl sizes
"S" (6-12 mo); "M" (18 mo-24 mo); "L" (2T-4T)
and I give them as gifts.

This jacket is a surprise gift for my little niece in Oregon.

I also made this same jacket in a size smaller for a

Bible study friend who is having her 3rd child (first daughter!)

Born into Purple

This past week I caught a segment on the History Channel about ancient Greece and their royalty. TWO THINGS struck me.

1. As an adult, I LOVE HISTORY! I find it fascinating... when I was a child in high school I nearly failed my History classes and was bored out of my mind! What is up with that?
   
2. The other thing that struck me was at one point the commentator was talking about the lineage of the Kings and how they were... "born into purple".

I can't stop thinking about that phrase, "born into purple"... The color purple represents royalty. As a born again Christian, I am "born into purple"! Anyone who accepts and receives Christ as "King" of their life is "born into purple"... it's such a cool thought, and really helps me see myself as God sees me~ His heir and His beloved.

So, next time I'm feeling worthless, I'll be reminded...

I'm not worthless.
I am royalty.

I am a daughter of the King of the universe.

My Father in Creator of all things!

I am BORN INTO PURPLE!

Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. (Romans 8:17)

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (1 Peter 2:9)

Prayer: Thank You my God that Christ died for me... that I am your daughter, born into purple through faith by Your grace alone. Help me bring You glory in all I say and do as Your heir and Your ambassador (2 Corinthians 5:20). In Jesus Name I pray, Amen.

This week's MEMORY VERSE

I've been dedicating time looking at King David's life these past 4 weeks, and with him as my inspiration, many of my memory verses are matters of the "heart". It's been awesome and eye opening to draw closer to God as I get to know King David, a man after God's own heart! My memory verse this week:

Psalm 51:10 (NIV)

Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Birthday Scrapbook Project

I've been inspired to get the dust off my scrapbooking projects and finally work on updating them! Just a little info about my scrapbooking personality... I'm totally into it (when I "get to it"). I pretty much stick with Creative Memories product and style (I like journalizing in my own handwriting so my kids have that also as a memory and personal touch). I'm big into "theme books" (Christmas Albums, School Years, Birthday, Family Memories, Heritage, Wedding, Vacation, etc.); I have over 40 different scrapbooks -ranging in size- either in progress or needed to be started! I'm VERY behind on them right now, having allowed myself to get behind over the past 6 years.
... keeping up with scrapbooks can get overwhelming when a person let's everything pile up like I have over the years! But there's hope... I found a starting place and will take baby steps to get caught up.

I'm committed to "invest" in my children and family to work on the family scrapbooks this year so they know how special they are to me. This week, I'm working on my updating the smallest albums I have- one for each child- 4 total... their "BIRTHDAY ALBUMS" ... size 5 x 8 (sample of my oldest daughter's album below.)

The boys' albums are shades of blue, while the girls have pink and plum colored albums. Each year is reflected in a double page layout.

The kid's absolutely love looking at how they've grown and changed over the years. This album is fun to keep up with, too... The hardest part is going through memory cards and computer files to find the birhtday photos to get printed! UGH!

Never the less, I feel victory working on the 4 albums this week!!!

This week's MEMORY VERSE

PSALM 86:11-12

11 Teach me your way, O LORD,

and I will walk in your truth;

give me an undivided heart,

that I may fear your name.

12 I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart;

I will glorify your name forever.

This Week Re-cap in a Nutshell...

The "deep cleaning" of my house is coming along (from being "Mortified"). I feel anxious when I'm living in the midst of disorganization... WE ARE GETTING ORGANIZED; I am more at peace over this. We got our appraisal back, and to our surprise it was A LOT higher than we expected. So obviously the messiness of the house had no effect on the value of the house (thank God).

I'm still working on getting some new "chore charts" worked up for the four kids to be able to track their progress in our "team effort" of home cleaning maintenance. My excitement is the kids will be motivated to start helping out again like they did all last year (taking a lot of the burden off me)... their motivation for the chore charts is to finally start earning allowance again. (which they haven't really done since November when our last chore charts where being utilized).

I'm thankful today is Friday... TGIF!!!! I get to sleep in tomorrow morning! I've been on the sleepy side since I'm still battling this head cold and funky sinus congestion. My coughing isn't as bad (at least I'm not coughing up a lung like last week). Also, my husband and I are attending a new "home group" through our new church tonight for the first time (Bay Area Fellowship), which we are pretty excited about. Tomorrow, Kirk and I are planning work in the yard together (which I LOVE to do), attend church service in the evening, then watch "Fireproof" as our family movie. We will also be starting our "Love Dare" book together- day one; ALL this on VALENTINES DAY! Couldn't think of a better way to celebrate this day of love than to do the all these "LOVELY" things together.

I've been sewing this week on these cute baby girl chenille jackets made of vintage bedspreads (bedspreads I bought off eBay). I will post pictures of my projects in the next couple weeks. I enjoy making them as gifts and have a couple sweet baby girls in line to give them to as surprises in the near future. I've also been motivated to pull out my scrapbooking! I'M SO BEHIND in getting my family's' photos in my albums!!! I need to just pull them out and start in baby steps. I've visited several blogs of other scrapbookers that have really got me inspired. I will be working on updating my kids' "Birthday Albums" as my first updating projects. I can't wait to start this next week! That's all the updates for now... TGIF!!!

Mortified!

O.K. I had a situation happen today that mortified me; something that needed to happen for me to have a reality check to take action.

Last week Kirk started the process of re-financing our house so we can get a better interest rate. Part of the process, besides the loads and loads of paperwork, is getting the home appraised. The appraisal guy showed up today, mid-morning. He had phoned us on Friday and said he would be here Monday morning (today) to access the property. Having a busy weekend, Kirk and I totally forgot appraisal guy was coming. The doorbell rings, I answered the door, and then remembered.. appraisal! Hopefully the guy didn't notice my surprise. He said "I'm here to access your home and will TAKE some PICTURES! Shouldn't be a big deal right? Well, my house looked like a hurricane hit it. I was so embarrassed & MORTIFIED! We usually keep a clean house, but these past couple weeks we've let it go. I'm not kidding when I say it was (and still is) a mess! I don't care what others think, but I've decided the embarrassment I experienced of a stranger most likely thinking we live like slobs is what I needed to take action and fix our slob-like behavior...

...Today is the start of some changes around our home!

• I started some major "deep cleaning" and will conquer one room per day until it's caught up. Once the "deep cleaning" is accomplished, we'll be a team towards "maintenance".
• Each of my 4 children will get a new "chore chart" ; a new one each month with the different responsibilities expected. We did it last year and it was very effective. They would earn mini-stickers on their chart and have to meet 20 stickers to get paid their allowance. But so far this year, I haven't made any chore charts and their bedrooms are proof of that!
• I will encourage and enforce the "clean as you go" expectation with all family members.
• At the end of each day, we will have a "10 minute tidy" family clean up... it's really amazing how much gets accomplished when 6 people are working together.

"M" is for Mom, not for Maid.

We're a team and that's the way it's going to be.

...hopefully the messiness of our disaster-zone home won't influence how our appraisal comes out. Yikes!

STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT...

STAR LIGHT,

STAR BRIGHT,

FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT,

I WISH I MAY,

I WISH I MIGHT,

HAVE THIS WISH I WISH TONIGHT...

Do you remember as a child gazing up at the first star in the darkening sky, believing that wishing on this bright star would magically bring what ever it was you wished for?

The other night while driving, it was almost dark, I heard my 7 year old daughter in the back seat of the car recite this poem in her sweet little voice. I smiled to myself and began to think about what was being said... "I wish I may, I wish I might, have THIS WISH, I wish tonight". My mind began to wander... thinking, "WOW! Could you imagine being given the opportunity to ask for something with the possibilty of actually getting it!"

At Gibeon the LORD appeared to King Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you." (1Kings 3:5) Solomon had found favor with God and God was giving Solomon a wish! Solomon could have asked for anything he wanted; he asked for wisdom to lead God's people: "...a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong... (1Kings 3:9)

Something I've learned is that wishes do come true! Not by the act of wishing upon a star, but by the act of seeking the Creator of the stars. We have a Heavenly Father that is the ultimate wish fulfiller - a true gift giver. He loves fulfilling the desires of our hearts- our wishes; he plants many of those desires in our hearts so that he can make them come true for His glory. We need to just ask him. I'm not saying we are to treat God as a cosmic Santa Clause that we wrecklessly throw our selfish "wish list" of things we want in a "gimme-gimme attitude". I'm saying that we can feel comfortable approaching the throne of grace with courage and confidence, presenting our requests to him in a humble manner. He knows our hearts. All through Scripture, God's Word encourages us to "Ask" (Mt 7:7-8 ; Mt 21:21-22 ; Mark 22-24 ; John 14:14 ; John 15:7 ; John 15:16 ; Ephesians 3:20 ; James 4:2 ; 1John 4:2) . Keep in mind when we "ask", we are to believe and not doubt, and we are to have God-centered motives and not self centered attitudes.

Do wishes come true?

Yes, they do!

Think about this~

IF YOU WERE GIVEN JUST ONE WISH,

WHAT WOULD YOU WISH FOR?

Happy Heart Doing Cartwheels!

Just a quick post to share how awesome God is! Like we didn't already know! : ) My heart is doing cartwheels and I'm feeling so giddy over the sovereignty of our God and thankful for answered prayers.

I got a call from my sister yesterday in WA state (over 2,000 miles away) and can't stop thinking about her joy, peace, and new found courage she is finally experiencing (so long over due). She has had a very rough year; has gone through trials I wouldn't wish on any one. Through all the real bad stuff that broke her down emotionally and physically, she has found a relationship with God; THIS IS THE REASON for my heart doing cartwheels! She's traded her "religion" we grew up with in for a real "relationship" with Jesus our Lord and SAVIOR. She's always known who God was, but never KNEW GOD. I'm so excited for her! WAIT - while I actually stand up and do a "happy dance" in celebration over my sister... the angels in heaven are also rejoicing!

Isn't it cool how God will allow us to get to the end of ourselves... we lose almost everything and then we can finally see how much we need Him. Once we put away are self sufficiency, He then can show himself in mighty ways as only He can. Yeah GOD! My sister is living in the middle of a miracle through her new faith in Christ, by His loving grace. I am thrilled for her and the journey she will continue on as she grows to know Him.

He has brought godly women to surround and encourage her and has led her to a wonderful church to shepherd her. She has plugged into a Bible study (Beth Moore- Breaking Free) and is soaking in God's Word. Thank you God for answered prayer for my sister I so dearly love! She's still got along way to go with her horrible year behind her and the circumstances still following her, but with you, Lord, nothing is impossible! I can't wait to hear all about the abundant blessings on my sister as she continues to surrender to the Lord and follow in his ways.

My sister and I

(photo taken April 2008 when she visited Texas from Washington State)

PRAYER: Thank you Lord for your love and for your perfect timing. Thank you that you never give up on us, even though much of the time we give up on you through unbelief, worry and pride.. You NEVER leave us nor forsake us no matter what! You love us beyond what our brains can comprehend! I pray for continued blessing over my sister, over her employment and financial situation, over the injustice in her life. You Lord, are ultimate judge, you provide all our needs, you truly are our EVERYTHING. Thank you that you will provide for my sister and her family double portion of all that has been lost in her life. I also pray for my other family members that don't know you; that I can be salt and light in their lives (long distance) and that you cross people in their paths that will reflect your goodness and love to help them come to know you, just like you did for my sister. You are awesome God, I lift up my banners in the name of the Lord in celebration of all your goodness. It's in Jesus' name I pray, Amen.