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Testimony 2/28

Today I want to talk about God's grace. This is Liam, my son, finally a big brother. And that onesie is going to his baby brother, a child who is not mine. I have lost six babies. I have bought three other "Big Brother" shirts, in other sizes, and had to throw them out. I have been told "let's wait and see", "we can pray", or worst of all, "there's no heartbeat" too many times.  I have wept. I have grieved the loss of tiny hands I'll never hold, and smiles I've never seen. For those of us who have experienced fertility problems or miscarriages, we know that loss is deeply personal. It's so easy for the enemy to tell us, "we aren't good enough", "we don't deserve it", "we can't do it". It was those struggles, and that darkness, which ruined my marriage of eleven years. When I started coming to Foursquare three years ago, I came at the end of my marriage. My husband had fallen in l...

Chickpea Chocolate Chip Dip!

From  https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/05/23/want-to-eat-an-entire-bowl-of-cookie-dough/  1 1/2 cups chickpeas or white beans (1 can, drained and rinsed very well) (250g after draining) 1/8 tsp plus 1/16 tsp salt just over 1/8 tsp baking soda 2 tsp pure vanilla extract 1/4 cup nut butter of choice (If you use peanut butter, it will have a slight pb cookie dough taste, so if you don't want this, try the  Deep Dish Cookie Pie , unbaked. instead) up to 1/4 cup milk of choice, only if needed Sweetener of choice (see note below, for amount) 1/3 cup chocolate chips or  sugar free chocolate chips 2-3 tbsp oats or flaxmeal Instructions Add all ingredients (except for chocolate chips) to a good food processor, and process until very smooth. Then mix in the chocolate chips. (Some commenters have had success with a blender, but I did not. Try that at your own risk, and know the results will be better in a high-quality food processor such as a Cuisi...

Sunday thoughts

  Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. Isaiah 1:27 find this quote to really correlates what's going on in the world today where people are turning away from religion and yet still pointing fingers. They're blaming the immigrants they're blaming the people who are separated from their kids and that they're not loving them the way that God has taught us to love people and I just wish that God would surely bring his spirit and his grace