150 Days of Psalms: Psalm 5

You can read Psalm 5 here.

David wrote this Psalm.  In the first stanza he talks about God listening to his word.  He has a confidence that God hears what he is saying.  We should pray with confidence.  We know that God hears.

God does not delight in evil.  He wants no part of it.  Evil can't even be next to him.

We can be certain of God though.  He does not change.  We can be joyful in his presence that is always, always with us.

150 Days of Psalms: Psalm 4

You can read Psalm 4 here.

Again we see David praising God for answering when he calls out to him.  He sets the faithful apart from others. We should rest easy being in the comfort of God's presence.

David also questions the motives of people.  Why do we seek out false gods?  We should be searching out for God and praising him instead of giving our time and effort to anything above him.

150 Days of Psalms: Psalm 3

You can read Psalm 3 here.

This Psalm was written by David as he fled from Absalom.  How much does it suck for him to have fear of his child?  It would be a terrible thing to have a child so greedy that they chose to kill you.  Poor David has never had it easy.

But what does he do when he is distraught?  He calls out to God.  God, he knows, is his protector.  No matter how many times that David failed God never did.  His heart was focused on God and God delivered him again and again.

It's a beautiful thing to be able to cry out to the Lord.  We call out to him and he gives comfort.

200th Blog Post and a Giveaway

This, right here, right now, is my 200th blog post.  Can you believe it?  I can't.  I'm so exited that I'm holding my very first giveaway!

I have a $10 Bath and Body Works gift card up for grabs.  Enter and I will announce the winner on Thursday morning.

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150 Days of Psalms: Psalm 2

You can read Psalm 2 here.

Oh there those people go again.  They're being all selfish and stuff.  They just don't want to listen to God and know that he is God.  Nope, they want nothing to do with him.

But God just laughs because he knows who his king of the earth is.  His Son is the king and he's coming.  We need to be smart and take refuge in Jesus.

That I guess is my basic synopsis.  This Psalm is talking about the coming of the Messiah.  The nations want nothing to do with him.  It's sad how we are as people.  We seem to not see what's good for us; even when it's staring us straight in the face.

Freezer Burritos

I love burritos.  No one in my family loves burritos as much as I do.  So I almost never make them for dinner.  But there is a way for me to be able to dine on burrito awesomeness homemade freezer burritos.  

I just grabbed some ingredients that I had on hand:

1 lb ground beef

1 onion chopped

1 burrito seasoning packet

1 can re fried beans

1 can of corn drained

shredded cheese

tortillas

Brown the meat

Oops, I almost forgot about my onion!  I usually add it at the same time as the meat.

drain meat and add corn and refried beans and seasoning packet with water.

Mix it all together and let simmer

Put it on to tortillas, add cheese and fold it up

It's Yummy!

Wrap each burrito in plastic wrap and put in a bag with the date marked.  Put in freezer when cool.

Now I ended up making 8 huge burritos.  You can make smaller ones.  You can add or omit ingredients as desired.  You can store in the freezer for up to 6 months.  I actually made these about a month ago.  I had one for lunch today and it reminded me to write it up!  I microwave mine for abput 3 minutes.  It makes sure that it is heated all the way through which could probably be done at 2 minutes but I love my food HOT.  My husband says that I like it to be on fire.  I just like my hots hot and my colds cold.  Not so much for the in the middle.

150 Days of Psalms: Psalm 1

I haven't written anything Bible related in well over a year.  I was reading through the Bible from Genesis on, trying to write my thoughts as finished each book.  But after I got through Song of Songs I kind of just stopped.

It's not that I stopped reading my Bible.  I read it every single day.  I just stopped going through the books as they are placed in the Bible.  I also only read a chapter a day (unless I'm studying something specific).  I have accountability in my reading daily with Michael.  He reads the same chapter each day on his own.  We take notes on what we read and talk about it later.  We typically discuss it before we go to bed each night but occasionally do it earlier in the day.

We started this on January 1, 2012 and have continued daily.  We read through the NT one chapter at a time.  It took around 9 months to do so.  We hopped from book to book mixing things up to try to keep it interesting.  It helped a lot because I have many time read through the Gospels one after another by separating therm out I didn't get burned out so quickly.

We have since moved to the OT.  And today we are starting Psalms.  At a chapter a day you're talking five months of Psalm reading.  Maybe you would be ok with this.  Maybe daily Psalm reading makes you all giddy inside.  Well, pin a rose on your nose, because this is not the case with me.  Psalms is my least favorite book in the entire Bible.  I don't get them.  They go right over my head.  When I read them last I tried to attack the book and just get through it.  It was not fun or enjoyable.

My goal this time around is to enjoy reading it.  To reset my current opinion and not dread when it's time to read a Psalm.  So my plan is to do my daily reading and post about it.  Hence, 150 Days of Psalms.

So, here we go.... Day 1-Psalm 1. (you can read the Psalm by clicking on the link)

Ok, let's jump right in.  We are blessed if we do not walk in wickedness.  Why wouldn't you want to be blessed?  Well, in order to not walk in wickedness we need to delight in the laws of God.  Seems simple enough, right?  Wrong.  I like to be in control.  Laws are rules, rules take the control away from me.  But I want to be blessed!  Oh the conflict!

I'm getting better at the control thing, though.  I find that not following the rules leads to lots of drama.  I detest drama... so not worth the trouble.  I'd rather follow God, love Jesus, follow his simple command of "Love God and Love others" and be blessed.  When you're wicked things are much more complicated.  Drama comes and makes you crazy!  So let's be blessed!