tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47697007931138786482024-02-21T06:47:33.350-05:00Mary's PlaceWelcome, thanks for stopping by. This is a place to share what's going on in life. I hope to share something that might help and encourage you. If you want to jump start me with a thought or question please do. I want you to feel at home when you visit, taking with you some nuggets of truth to use as you go on your way, as you live out your life as it unfolds!Mary Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036931535729767570noreply@blogger.comBlogger271125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769700793113878648.post-22668659537049097012020-09-13T09:14:00.003-04:002020-09-13T10:49:23.731-04:00<p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWd7uoFbSsPAehWXa3yWmuwL05sfka_UCfdaYg5xG7falyz9guLkd3Drw9865Vko1FfuUu4PrSL0QrNPvAzJJyWpxFtJ0XxlahgmXPJNOSrf-xghvMQfXLAUFFg4B94SrrzbIn646wP1T7/s2048/8AF1C636-FB80-40AB-A4D7-2216CFF506BF_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1570" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWd7uoFbSsPAehWXa3yWmuwL05sfka_UCfdaYg5xG7falyz9guLkd3Drw9865Vko1FfuUu4PrSL0QrNPvAzJJyWpxFtJ0XxlahgmXPJNOSrf-xghvMQfXLAUFFg4B94SrrzbIn646wP1T7/s320/8AF1C636-FB80-40AB-A4D7-2216CFF506BF_1_201_a.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p> Just tell me who doesn't like Peanut Butter Cookies. It's my husband's favorite. I confess they are close to the top of my list too! After making these so easy cookies I believe they are running a first with Chocolate Chip.</p><p> I enjoy learning new things from Facebook videos. I came across this recipe the other night. I was told that is was easy by "Mama Joyce" who post often her old fashion recipes. My interests stirred me since I am into easy. So yes they were and very good. So good that I must share it with you. You can whip up this "goodness" in no time and get lots of compliments. They will be great to share with friends or those that you want to show gratitude for their services to you. But remember you better share pretty soon or they will be gone before you can get them out the door to neighbors or such.</p><p> Here is all you have to do. It takes just three ingredients.</p><p>1 Egg</p><p>1 Cup Sugar</p><p>1 Cup Peanut Butter</p><p> Mix Egg and Sugar well first then add Peanut Butter and mix well. Spoon ( I used a teaspoon full) on baking pan sprayed with Pam or you can use parchment paper. Use a fork to make the PB marks or leave them if you wish. Put in 350 degrees preheated oven. Bake 10 to 12 minutes. I found at first they were too sweet right out of the oven but people the next day you can not just eat one. </p><p> I hope you get lots of compliments from sharing this love with your loved ones. !!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Mary Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036931535729767570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769700793113878648.post-81773308631744422842020-08-11T15:50:00.006-04:002020-08-11T16:03:06.706-04:00<p> <b>WHAT YA THINK IS GOING ON IN THIS YEAR, 2020?...</b></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOfEzBC2FdPifsJ88Fw0QSkS8aeV0z0Ry4ldHkG1jKlVVPS1TUIvBm3Ufuqk9XZSfMVC4NzhlxIOkchT85Ex8BfugLh-HEc4NhXKImKQwEx54tDT67TpkugXICdhH-So_BvgFrjYVysQP/s258/6385355C-E48E-459C-939E-0E33F9467885_4_5005_c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOfEzBC2FdPifsJ88Fw0QSkS8aeV0z0Ry4ldHkG1jKlVVPS1TUIvBm3Ufuqk9XZSfMVC4NzhlxIOkchT85Ex8BfugLh-HEc4NhXKImKQwEx54tDT67TpkugXICdhH-So_BvgFrjYVysQP/s0/6385355C-E48E-459C-939E-0E33F9467885_4_5005_c.jpeg" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">I started New Year's day 2020, saying a cute little phrase, I thought. Thinking it would be fitting for this unique numbered year, I would say, "I'll see 2020 in 2020". So, am I SEEING in 2020? I think I am, but IT'S JUST NOT COMING INTO FOCUS. It is an out of control feeling I am having day by day, can't help but think it has to be good for me. </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Just read an excellent statement on FB by a young man, Dylan Franklin. He was expressing the same kind of things living in this time of the "What's "... </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">...he said, </span><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">"if you asked what God has been teaching me in 2020, the answer is simple. "</em><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Dylan, you don't write your story, I do.</em></strong><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">" I thought I had this year figured out. But God started to chip away at parts of my plan until I reached a point a little before summer camp where I quite literally had nothing of my plan left. In my quiet time, I felt God calling me to focus solely on my relationship with Him, my ministry this summer, and to forsake all other things as distractions to these goals. I had no idea why, but God had a plan." </em><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">I thought this wise young man's quote fit well with my thoughts as I was typing. </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><p></p><p style="background: transparent; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: transparent; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">As I sat here at my desk, I noticed one of my favorite verses on a plaque that I need to focus on because it is the Truth. </span></p><p style="background: transparent; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: transparent; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4P7m_RrbU7MELpMnrS6Q9Q4OeVk0IF1QNZCyuzKe_krTRF5X_McjjdH8IfEOVvpvD4-0yz7CbAUbuDkrXVFFMPwc4slAenSeJ1Hbcldk7uTu1hV8BOrBpV7N1ef4vcL7oZbaSf78J2Th/s1847/AF2E81BD-06C3-4939-9688-2A740EC12860_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1847" data-original-width="1817" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4P7m_RrbU7MELpMnrS6Q9Q4OeVk0IF1QNZCyuzKe_krTRF5X_McjjdH8IfEOVvpvD4-0yz7CbAUbuDkrXVFFMPwc4slAenSeJ1Hbcldk7uTu1hV8BOrBpV7N1ef4vcL7oZbaSf78J2Th/s640/AF2E81BD-06C3-4939-9688-2A740EC12860_1_201_a.jpeg" /></a></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">I once heard this poem quoted by a preacher years ago, it goes like this.. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">"So on I go not knowing, I would not if I could. I had rather walk in the darkness with Jesus than alone in the light." </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">I hope this speaks to you as it has me. I'm glad God has a plan for this 2020 year. We'll look back and say it was a year I learned so much. It was a time of growth and re-focus on what life is really is about....I know some people had losses and some gained. I saw a sign the other day that was such an encouragement and I end with it...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpG4pCxcriTkIjpn0F_ucGfz8_cHqYMZZkQjJIRyXWQ1B3TdWjrOPbNhyELKynYRFKlfZ-ndNvScQESg1cGyzI_hfGYn6dffODBBCcZ7MKJ_cSbdMjvmjuZnZi9aQZQIziEIiJGpIR3QOI/s610/AEA0E742-16DF-4503-A562-30495E1E6ACC.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpG4pCxcriTkIjpn0F_ucGfz8_cHqYMZZkQjJIRyXWQ1B3TdWjrOPbNhyELKynYRFKlfZ-ndNvScQESg1cGyzI_hfGYn6dffODBBCcZ7MKJ_cSbdMjvmjuZnZi9aQZQIziEIiJGpIR3QOI/s0/AEA0E742-16DF-4503-A562-30495E1E6ACC.png" /></a></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p>Mary Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036931535729767570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769700793113878648.post-78053616552626110872020-04-13T12:48:00.003-04:002020-04-13T12:48:22.403-04:00THE NEW NORM....<br />
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Our world was changed suddenly for America and the whole world one or two months into the new year of 2020. I haven't even wanted to write about it because I didn't want to speak it or give it a face but in real-time it exists. You have all kinds of things going through your mind good and bad about it just like me, I know. So how do you keep a healthy mindset? Its a fight!!!<br />
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Yes, a fight! but it doesn't have to define you or bring you down. It is stated as an enemy that is attacking. I agree but it sounds so negative and impossible to defeat. That does not have to be received and go into our being and "getting us". There are things we can do by becoming strong and an overcomer even when we feel we can't. I hope this helps someone out there. Someone looking for answers in how to live each day not knowing what tomorrow will bring.<br />
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While surfing the internet the other day I found this on a day when I was grasping for just a word to bring me back into a place of Hope. I found it! This will help you as it did me. It is 5 simple ways for us to hold on to as this world turns in so many directions. After watching it I felt a sense of coming up out of something trying to control me in a state of confusion that was leading me to fear and I was getting so discouraged until I say a BIG NO!!! I was not going to allow it. That is not who I am.<br />
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So below click here or if you have to highlight it and copy and paste to claim it for your future of the unknown.<br />
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpbFwgDhkY8Mary Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036931535729767570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769700793113878648.post-26537848430285133482018-03-03T15:27:00.000-05:002018-03-03T15:28:03.465-05:00HAVING A MOTTO WILL KEEP YOU OUT OF TROUBLE…<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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HAVING A MOTTO WILL KEEP YOU OUT OF TROUBLE…<br />
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You ask what kind of trouble? Well let’s see; ever wish you had not “said that”? Wish you would quit “doing that”? What about, wish you would leave “that” along? It’s those things that drive you crazy, and you just keep doing the “that’s.” Maybe we could call it the “that’s” in your life.<br />
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I am figuring out, did you see I used “figuring” in “present tense”? I’m letting you know I am still working on my “that” problem……Moving right along”!!! I am figuring out that, I could benefit from using a Motto to keep me out of trouble. The definition in Webster for Motto is “a short expression of a guiding principle.” Do you get the picture?<br />
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Let’s see some personal examples would be….<br />
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When I talk too much, and my tongue gets me in trouble. I will choose to use this MOTTO from Proverbs 13:2-3 “Good people enjoy the positive results of their words, but those who are treacherous crave violence. Those who control their tongue will have a long life; a quick retort can ruin everything.”<br />
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When I start eating out of control. I will choose to step back and ask myself what is going on to cause me to eat out of my emotions and begin to “eat when I am hungry and stop when I am full” (Keeping my food intake in the right perspective, recognizing the full level is the key).<br />
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When I begin to “walk by the Flesh” and “not in the Spirit.” I will make a choice to stop, confess my sin and start to live like who I am in Christ.<br />
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You get the picture. Take a minute and write down those things you do that get you into trouble and make a Motto to give you a “stop and start” point that will bring change. It’s all about growth in character and a good practice that will provide you with a quality life you deserve….. The Abundant Life!<br />
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<br />Mary Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036931535729767570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769700793113878648.post-41332960728013181452018-03-03T14:24:00.001-05:002018-03-03T14:26:41.111-05:00<div style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19.2px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; letter-spacing: -0.7px; line-height: 28.8px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; margin-top: 2px; widows: 1;">
A PARENTING STYLE TO AVOID!….</div>
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Read an interesting article in the North GA News. I had saved it for a later reminder. Our local High School counselor, Dr. Ray Ashurst Ph. D, published it. He is in a place where he most likely sees this behavior often to prove his facts. It will benefit our parenting skills. It relieves pressure for those who tend to “Hover Over”. Take it as a lesson in “The School of Parenting”…</div>
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THE HELICOPTER PARENT….</div>
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Helicopter parents are easy to spot. They hover, like helicopters, over their child's from birth through adolescence, and sometimes longer. The child begins living with the effects of the parent’s over protected behavior. Later in life. They become angry at the well meaning parents. The parent guards their child's every word, thought, emotion, and behavior. Dad and mom get the sad results of “strangled” emotional and mental growth of their child. The child is not allowed to know who they are. Because the parent are interfering, trying to aim the child in the “way of the parent”. and not permitting the child or teenager to develop, grow and make mistakes. Schools and churches witness the hovering parent seeing the effects of the domineering parent.</div>
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There is a natural development that all children have the right to go through. For the most part, the child will do just fine in life. Yet, when a hovering parent comes into the picture, the natural development closes off. They grow up being a mommy’s boy or daddy’s girl rather than an adult in an adult society. This cripples one for life because the helicopter parent has squashed their individuality. </div>
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The hovering parent will not own up that the child has done any wrong. They will most likely place the blame on society, the church, or the school. Heaven forbids that the child must face the consequences of his actions. the child ends up being a total brat with little friends. He goes through life believing that the parent is going to bail him out of trouble. The tragedy is the parent does try.</div>
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Hovering parent will tend to continue to change the child’s emotional and mental diapers. This will go on long into adolescence or adulthood. They have an inner need to have the child be like them, and of course to be accountable for one’s behavior. They feel they have to intercede for their child or self respect and self acceptance will be damaged. A child growing up under these conditions will cause questions. Questions like, who he is and why he needs mommy and daddy to help him cope with life.</div>
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Helicopter parents are a mess, waiting for something to happen. They are not happy unless they can put their two cents in and dominate their child’s growth. I feel sorry for this child because his self worth will not be worth a dime as he struggles to go through life. And he will tend to marry someone who represents his mommy or daddy because he was not allow to brake free.</div>
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To all moms and dads who remain helicopter parents, you are damaging your child. Professional help will guide you in breaking this unhealthy bonds.</div>
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You can not go wrong leading your child with Biblical Based Parenting. This one will encourage a weary parent. Proverbs 22:6 <em>“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” </em> Pray and ask God what He would have you do and understand that each child is different but the principles you teach them will always stay the same.</div>
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God bless you in this great adventure of Parenting. Those little gifts are from our God above. A mother who was well seasoned in parenting gave me some good advice one day that I put into practice. I hurt over my boys choices in their teens. She looked at me and said, “don’t stay on them all the time just enjoy them!!!” She was so right now that they are in their fifties I can say, I have and I am……</div>
Mary Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036931535729767570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769700793113878648.post-69063999799724445412018-02-25T13:47:00.001-05:002018-03-03T14:27:04.972-05:00<b><span style="font-size: large;">DO YOU HAVE A "NO AMBITION ZONE"?</span></b><br />
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I know what you are thinking.. what is A NO AMBITION ZONE?</div>
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<span style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;">A "No Ambition Zone" is an activity that is for only you to enjoy. It helps you </span>overcome living<span style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;"> in the fast lane, trying to get to the top of the ladder. You feel </span>strongly<span style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;"> about making a contribution to the </span>world making<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;"></span><span style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;"> a difference. But you discover it is taking you from being you, and you don't take time to Recharge? At this stage you feel Trapped having to make a family living, to make ends meet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;">To be honest, I am trying to find mine right now. Each day things take your life and snatch it away. As someone said recently, " I feel like I am in a spin cycle, spinning out of control." She said,</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;">"I feel like I get knocked down, when I get up it is like</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;">I am in an ocean, a wave knocks me down again and again." That's exhausting!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;">So what's the answer? I suggest to STOP, STEP BACK and TAKE A DEEP BREATH. Then, think of an activity that you can do for yourself. Find something that will take you away from what is driving you into such a Time-Consuming Zone. After you come to a full stop, you will see</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;"></span><span style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;"> what is in the here and now. It</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;">will give you a break from your mind spinning, causing an unhealthy habit which will lead to a Danger Zone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;">What's something you can do that does not make you think about the thing that is driving you? Yes, its OK to have one. Our son has his own business it has the potential to take on 24 / 7 of his life. He loves it or might I say he might have a "love/hate relationship" with it. </span></div>
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Sometimes this setup can turn into a type of addition. You feel good while making people happy. You get paid for it. Then, you buy stuff that takes your time to take care of and you have to pay for it. It becomes a vicious cycle.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.7px;">Our son has a "Business Owner Mentor" who recognized he was spinning his wheels and needed to slow down. It was Time to Find his NO AMBITION ZONE...</span></div>
Mary Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036931535729767570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769700793113878648.post-30999233313486220742015-04-05T20:43:00.000-04:002015-04-05T20:43:27.389-04:00 YOUR LIFE PLAN...HOW'S IT GOING?<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">.....OR DO YOU HAVE A PLAN? and if you do WHO OR WHAT IS TRYING TO GET YOU OFF COURSE?</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Been thinking about this Life Plan question, writing this made me review my mine. I've been feeling I have diverted from my path.</span></b><br />
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<b>My next thought is, so "who or what" is taking my time and attention away from the course I so carefully discovered unique to me years ago? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I came up with this conclusion. It's not my neighbor, not my husband, not my children, not anybody or thing...IT'S ME!!!</b></span></span><br />
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<b>Oh my, what a Revelation! And that thought has briers in it that sticks me when I think about it, like..Ouch! Maybe it's what it takes to get me off my backside and do something about it, because nothing feels better than walking on the path that fits you and accomplishes the reason you are here.</b></span><br />
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<b>So what does this mean? Well, I am my biggest enemy when it comes to living in my head with my thoughts and choices each day. Duh!...isn't that what a Life Plan will take care of? The answer is "YES", in case you didn't know.</b></span><br />
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<b>A Life Plan can work like a compass. It reveals the path you take that fits you best. It shows you what you want from Life that gives you satisfaction. Most of all the fact is, what makes you fulfilled makes for a happy life..trust me!</b></span><br />
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<b>Let's talk about your Plan and what's disrupting it.</b></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Everyone faces problems in their life. We all have disappointments, shattered dreams, people who don’t like us, and people who even come against us. And the devil wants to use these things to discourage us and keep us from moving forward with our lives and the plans God has for us. He’s a dream thief, and if he can get you to focus on what’s wrong or what you don’t like about your life, he can defeat you.</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">How you think, the attitude you have, what you say and how you act determines whether you live in your problems or you move forward in the plans God has for you. Because our thoughts prepare us for action, we have to be determined to think like Jesus and agree with God’s Word.</span></b></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I am putting them out here for me to reread and to share with you maybe you can get help by seeing mine to discover yours.</span></b><br />
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<b>I like to live by Priorities, what's the most important to me being first, and so on. </b></span><br />
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<b>Here are the Values I have in my life. It's those things I would die for, they are so important to me. </b></span><br />
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<b>MY 5 VALUES ARE...</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">1. I have a growing relationship with God.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">2. I value who I am as a person in Spirit, Soul and Body.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">3. I have a unique friendship/relationship with my husband in Life and Marriage.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">4. I am a caring Mother</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">5. I am in a Helping profession that guides individuals in finding Peace in Life and Relationships. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">I like to find the cause and effect of something, find the solution and get on with it, don't you?</span></b><br />
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<b>Read the following with me, I am convinced this is our problem. If we can keep this Mindset we will overcome getting sidetracked from the things that matter:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Until we agree with God, He can’t do anything in our life. We have to learn to recognize the lies of Satan and stop believing him. <span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We need to glance at our problems and stare at Jesus.</span> Then we can have the </b><b>mind of Christ and think like God thinks.</b></i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i><a class="externalLink" href="http://bible.us/1cor2.16.amp" style="background-image: url(https://www.joycemeyer.org/Assets/Images/externalLinkIMG.png); background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; border: 0px; color: #0d96ff; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 14px 0px 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">First Corinthians 2:16</a> says, “…We have the mind of Christ” (NIV). We also have the Word of God to teach us about God’s promises for our life. When our thinking lines up with the Word of God, we are in a position to walk by faith and do what God is leading us to do.</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>When the devil lies and says you can’t, remember that God’s Word says you can do all things that God wants you to do through Christ who strengthens you (see Philippians 4:13). When he says it’s impossible for you to do what God has put in your heart, remember that all things are possible with God (see Matthew 19:26 and Luke 18:27).</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i> Make up your mind to shake off the lies that hold you back and have a good attitude. If you will, the devil can’t defeat you. <span style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Remember: Nothing is too hard for God!"</span></i></span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">I plan on reviewing the questions I ask myself years ago that stirred me to get a plan. They were "Who Am I?" Why Am I Here? and "Where Am I Going?"</span></b><br />
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<b>Enjoy your personal discovery, then get on the plan that comes from you and after awhile stop and see if you have allowed something or someone get you distracted. Don't forget that person may be you... </b></span><br />
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there about Easter. </b><b>I know the real meaning
of Easter....</b><b> it’s when Jesus took Sin upon Himself on The Cross. </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">And, in my own personal way, I quietly humble myself giving Him my gratefulness for what He did for me. Then I get excited thinking how Mary Magdalene must have felt when she ran to tell the Disciples, “THE TOMB IS EMPTY”. </span></b><br />
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<b>...And....In the morning, I will start my day by singing in my heart, “Up From the Grave He Arose”, feeling chills as I experience the Truth of The Resurrection. This is really why we Celebrate of Easter!</b><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<b><i>But tonight I......have this on my mind those sweet memories as a child, back then on 156 Claire Drive in Atlanta Georgia..</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The day began with energy but later into the day after trying
on so many outfits, I got so tired and wanted to go home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But mother would not stop before she found
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him sing the words, “ in her Easter Bonnet with all the Frills upon it”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would wait to hear him say how I looked so
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ever sat on the side of the road with a flat tire, waiting on AAA to have a wrecker come to your rescue?</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ever been sitting in the ICU waiting room fearfully waiting to hear the results of a love one's condition?</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Both of these are challenges big and small and our emotions are the same touched by "worry, doubts and fears".</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">This morning I clicked on Facebook and right here on my electronic device was a friend's post that is just "plain Bottomline can walk it out today" answer for all of us. I had to borrow it and bring it over to share with you. I'm feeling there is someone out there who needs a lift or a jumpstart on life. It may be your last ditch effort, who knows, but I know who knows and it is the One my friend James George, speaks about in his words. He lives by Faith as he serves on a Mission field that endangers his life each time he goes in to minister to the people he loves.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> <b>HE IS IN CONTROL </b>- <i>Someplace beyond our ability or possibility, is a land called “faith.” As best as I can describe, it feels like a situation where I am grasping for something just out of reach when I am falling or trying to find stability when walking on slippery ice. It causes my heart to flutter and sometimes faint for lack of security. I think to myself, how did I get into this situation anyway? Yet, I know, God led me here. If led by the Hand of the Lord, then wh</i></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><i>y am I experiencing this anxiousness in my spirit? Why the doubtful fear? I would prefer to have my answers up front, but faith doesn’t yield its answers at the onset, answers are only revealed piece by piece as we walk through the situation. In Psalms 26:2, David invited the Lord to put Him through a test. He said, “Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.” I have fallen on ice before and got up laughing at myself. I laughed and at the same time was looking around to see if anyone was watching or if anything might be bruised or broken. Mostly, all that was hurt was my pride. Rehearsing the event in my mind… the flailing arms, the out of control feet, the excited vocal expressions…only brings another round of laughter. The fall wasn't so bad after all. When it's all said and done, I would do it again if I knew things would turn out as they did. Actually, now that I am back on stable ground, I LOOK for someone with whom I can share the eventful story! There’s nothing quite like the helpless moment when all we can do is shout, “Dear Lord, I need you!” The great leader, soldier, and king, David wrote in Ps 56:3 “What time I am afraid, I will have confidence in and put my trust and reliance in You.” (Amplified Bible) Although he was a soldier and even a king, he must have had some fearful moments to pen these words. The only way out of anxiety, fear, and doubt, is to place confidence, trust, and reliance in the only ONE who can go beyond our ability or possibility, our Lord, Jesus Christ. Proverbs 3:5,6 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” No matter how things look, He is in control. Trust Him. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">.......hate to say this but if you are ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GOD'S WILL in your life you want find it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That search will lead you in always trying to find it, causing you to live "like a termite in a yoyo". You get the picture?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">So, you are saying, "I dare you say such a thing... you "Can't find God's Will"? You can't the way you are going about it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You see, when you become a follower of Jesus Christ, you receive His Holy Spirit. He came to live inside you to guide you in all your ways.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Look at Romans 8:11 ESV, "<i>If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you"</i>...WOW this is Powerful! </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since He has residence within you don't you think you are the Will of God acting out the plan He has for you/Him to accomplish? Think on that for a moment...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When my husband and I discovered this Truth and got out of the rat race of TRYING to Find "IT", we found peace. It was wearing us out, causing major discouragement, thinking God was to blame. We came to the end of ourselves...finally! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A surrender to His Will brought a Rest in Him. At this time, we then felt the ball was in our court, so to speak. It caused us to know we could make choices and the door would be wide open or shut tight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes I felt more comfortable with closed doors than open ones. The open ones were scary like the children crossing the Red Sea must have felt. But you know what? When they put their foot in the water...you know the rest of the story.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> 3 t</span><span style="font-size: large;">hings come to mind in this process of Walking Out the Will of God:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Get alone with God ask Him to guide you as you "walk in the Spirit", Gal. 5:16.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Take a piece of paper and list your opportunities. Then for each one make 2 columns. In one write, <u>What are the Positives in this choice?</u> and the second column write <u>What are the Negatives in this choice?</u> You will begin to feel what is more appealing with the circumstances involved, ie. eternal value, cost to your family and of course pay and benefits, after all you have to survive, right? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Lastly, give it to God and wait. You will hear that still small voice saying, "<i>Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it" </i></span><span style="font-size: large;">Isaiah 30:21NIV</span><span style="font-size: large;">. You will Know. He didn't leave us down here to figure it out all on our own saying, "look at them down there walking in ever increasing circles trying to find my plan"...NO a Big NO!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I can guarantee you this will work. I have followed my husband in full time ministry for 40+ years. I appreciate the fact that he has included me in all the decisions he had made. In fact, the above evolved out of what God planned in and trough us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It has been plain and clear what we were to do. Sometimes it was scary and cold but it was all part of the whole picture "a step to the step", you could say.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">It does not have to be hard for anyone. </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">Enjoy life and let Him Live His Life Through you. It Fits like a Glove because it will be designed for you and His Kingdom because after all, isn't that what it is all about?... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"> </span>Mary Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036931535729767570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769700793113878648.post-19943502144573107902015-01-09T10:48:00.001-05:002015-01-09T12:14:05.850-05:00STRESS CAN DISTRACT YOU FROM YOUR LIFE PLAN!...<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> Just had to check in to see how we are doing with our 2015 Goals. IS STRESS DISTRACTING YOU FROM REACHING YOUR GOALS? Can I share my feelings, My Real Feelings?</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> In the last fews days in the beginning of this year already I am hearing so many friends and family living under Stress with all kind of situations and trials. The news is bad enough right now the beautiful country of France is under Stress, with the what's happening in Paris...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> Oh My! how are we to respond? Do we get under the weight of these things? Do we let them control our emotions? How about this?..Do we let them take us under and live in fear FOREVER? "NO" a "BIG NO"!!! Not in my lifetime!!!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> Yes, I might have to eat my words by the end of this day, but right now I am energized claiming the Truth that we CAN live above all things that will come our way. You see it is not me but WHO lives inside me that carries me, as I face challenges each day...</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> I am hoping someone stops by Mary's Place and will read these words. I started out this year with a clean slate from the things last year and encourage you to do the same. We make goals, we set out to accomplish them and for sure you come across obstacles in your path. So what do we do?</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">3. <u>TAKE..</u> what action you can, being Pro-Active in what you are facing?</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> I know this sounds simple but it works! In stressful times we tend to let things go until they get out of hand, growing bigger in our Non-Belief in God and Ourselves. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Listen to this song, read the words as Mark sings them. Can you relate?.. and can you "Own" this Truth that He will CARRY you all the way through The Storm? </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">.......sitting here wondering where to begin this new year, my mind goes back to when our oldest son let his life take a detour. You've been there knowing how.. it happens!!! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">He sat down with his Dad and they talked about a plan to get up and begin again. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I was last Spring I Blogged last. I have no idea what happened. Feelings of no creativity took over allowing things to crowd out my mind and my whole life. Blogging to my friends here helps me keep a check on this thing of sharing where I am in the here and now... </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I want 2015 TO BE A YEAR TO REMEMBER, making it a year of reaching outward and staying not to go inward. Do you relate? I feel your eyes reading this, you are following me saying, "I have been in that same trap"!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">This coming year my Theme is going to be working on my Thought Life. I tend to be Negative way too much. The older I get the more I have opinions that don't amount to a hill of beans. I want to be a picture of good health in my Spirit/Soul/ Body. In my Soul dwells my Mind. I want to do Soul Checks along the way to keep my Mind checked for Positive Thoughts. Therefore I am making a "2015 Thinking List". It consist of those things that will cause me to think "above and out, not down and within". </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I started my list. I encourage you to do the same. Today I overheard, in the background while preparing breakfast, a guy speaking on the radio station. Out of the clear blue, he said " My sheep hear My Voice and Follow Me". He was quoting a Scripture I have heard so many time over the years. Today it meant something deeper pertaining to my plan for the New Year. I know it was a Message for me. God was speaking into my Life! He was saying, "Mary for your New Year Plan I want you to hear My Voice and Follow Me". I am convinced it is the way to overcome any Negative Action that would cause us to fall into the prison of Negative Thinking! How about you? Does this speak into your life too? I hope you will join me in this New Year Adventure and lets see what we can accomplish one..two ...three GO!!!.....</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You know what is the making of a great mood? Its when we have the sun to shine and the windows open with fresh air blowing in a house that's been closed tight for months. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...in a dreamy spot for an afternoon tea and a book feeling the breeze of the season moving from one to the other....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">....hope you have enjoyed my thoughts today now let's pretend we have this beautiful meadow right outside our door and we head out on a walk. Go with me, can't you smell the flowers and feel the warmth of the sunshine on your back? The breeze captures our attention on this wonderful time of year...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">... Ah...SPRING...ITS HERE!!!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: large;">......there is a verse in the Bible that says "Beauty comes from Ashes"...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Studying this pix & I thought what a good example of "Life's Stuff"! Just take something ugly, Deal With It and make something beautiful out of it. Life is Valuable don't miss a minute of it!!! (Victorian Cowgirl/Cleveland Ga owner's misha</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">p is a good example. After falling on ice, a broken ankle and having surgery she has not complained once and hasn't missed out on her exciting life, she just goes on her way with a scooter...Thanks Elsie Hogan Maloy!!!</span></span>Mary Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036931535729767570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769700793113878648.post-50178095134170216472014-02-21T13:58:00.000-05:002014-02-21T14:31:08.342-05:00GOD CAN USE FACEBOOK AND AN ARTIST....<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday I was feeling heavy for my friends facing life's
messes, and with one click on Facebook, God used Marjorie's Art to speak volumes to me, bringing
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">Because I happen to love Bluebirds this Art Work captured my attention. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">It is said in
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<b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">and will keep thee in
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from beasts of prey, in lonesome places through which he might travel; from
thieves and robbers, to whom he might be exposed; from his brother Esau, and
all his ill designs against him; and from being always under the bondage of
Laban, into which he would be brought.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">You might ask, "How does that all work"? I don't know, but I know one thing, we can <u>Stand</u> on this Truth!!! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Oh in case you didn't know, there will be some down times, but it’s in those times we grow. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> While reading </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">todays devotion in "Jesus Calling" by Sarah Young,</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">I found some great advice that answers these QUESTIONS!... </span><br />
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Mary Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036931535729767570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769700793113878648.post-56268016314723853212013-12-13T07:53:00.004-05:002013-12-23T07:28:54.992-05:00IT'S CHRISTMAS 2013...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's a Great 2013 Christmas Season. Our kids helped us decorate our tree while here for Thanksgiving. It's a simple tree but it gives us much delight each day and night. With lights and Christmas collections all around, we call this </span><span style="font-size: large;">"Our Christmas Room".....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">LOVE THIS ONE WITH STOCKINGS HUNG WITH CARE</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />THE JOLLY TREE</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A ROTATING TREE</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">ON A COLD WINTER'S NIGHT... JUST IMAGINE!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">THIS TREE IS PROBABLY COMPUTER CONTROLLED</span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"IT LOOKS GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT".. TREE</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">THE CHIK-FLI-LA COW TREE..</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">YOU CAN NAME IT TREE!!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">TOWN OF SCHROON LAKE NY TREE OVERLOOKING THE FROZEN LAKE</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">ON MEMORY LANE...RICH'S TREE LIGHTING ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT..</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">LISTEN CAN YOU HEAR IT IN THE FOREST?... </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">"SILENT NIGHT HOLY NIGHT"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">NOTHING LIKE RIDING OUT TO SEE THE LIGHTS </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">SO NICE TO HAVE GUEST OVER THIS TIME OF YEAR...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">GOOD OLE CHARLIE BROWN AND HIS LITTLE TREE CAN'T FORGET HIM?!!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">GOT TO HAVE "AN ANGEL ON TOP" TREE </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A VERMONT FRIEND CAPTURED THIS 2013 PICTURE AFTER THEIR STORM STORM<br />...AND ADDED ISAIAH 40:31" THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">MY FRIEND ALICE GAVE ME THIS YEARS AGO CAN'T HAVE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT MAKING IT FOR FAMILY OR GIVE AS GIFTS!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">NOW THIS LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE ALL READY!!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">THIS BEAUTIFUL TREE WAS DECORATED BY A MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTER</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">MY FRIEND IS ENJOYING GOING TO WORK EVERY MORNING AND SEEING THIS...BET SHE DOES!!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">THIS GIFTS WERE WRAPPED WITH LOVE AND CARE!!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A FRIENDS HOUSE SIMPLY DECORATED BUT SAYS A LOUD..."YOU ARE WELCOME HERE"!!!</span></td></tr>
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friend's post on Facebook just spoke to me this morning, reposting it maybe you need to be
reminded today too!....</span><span style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
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<span style="background: white;"><i>"Having a thankful spirit enhances our
personalities and provides a powerful antidote for discouragement. Things don't
always go our way, and sometimes we're "underwater" in life; but we
have a Savior who redeems all our situations, a mighty hand that draws us up
and sets our feet on a rock. He can make all things work together for good."</i></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Don't wait a moment longer to tell Him:
"Thanks!"</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;"><i>"Whenever you stop being thankful in your spirit,
you begin to push God to the perimeter of your life."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In the States we had the first day of Fall this week.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Its been a different Summer "cooler and rainy" is my description, makes me wonder what kind of Winter we will have in these
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">When talking with folk in town they have been in an anxious
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This Scripture verse came my way today thought it would be a good way to remind us He will direct our paths as we walk through this 2013 Season of Fall.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Enjoy your Fall... go out and explore...</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> I am...</span><br />
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Mary Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036931535729767570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4769700793113878648.post-55712228711124455102013-09-04T15:00:00.002-04:002013-09-04T15:00:56.896-04:00JESUS....<span style="font-size: large;">Just sharing my heart today...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever just stopped with nothing else on your mind, but JESUS? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Try it...He's waiting for you...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> ...... to love you, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> .....to hear what's on your heart...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He knows what concerns and struggles are in your path. He wants you to give them to Him!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Never forget the day riding on our tour bus sitting next to Nancy my very special friend, and that day tour guide, on our Holy Land trip. Nancy said to me, “look over to your right at that area,
that’s where David hid from Saul many times in the Crags of the mountains”. My thoughts have
gone to that mental picture many times since that day in April of 1996, riding
to our next stop. <o:p></o:p>The image resinates in my Soul. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's not a mistake this came my way today. In my Inbox was "The Friday Devo By Max Lacado". Again my attention is drawn to that day on the tour bus. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I get this feeling I tend to think.. someone is in need of a help during their times of feeling all alone. This has to be generated from all the encounters we have had the last few days. People we know and some we just have met on our way have shared prayer request and needs. Its just a lot of hurting folk out there but maybe these thoughts will be of some help. I want you to know to keep Trusting even in the dark places, or take that one more
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to God and finds refuge! Refuge is a favorite word of David’s in the Psalms.
But never did David use the word more poignantly than in <a href="http://www.crosswalkmail.com/amytksmptbtnmlpwnyzgvnrvmsnldzzlbhmvkkwdymdmhkt_ugqgcwwhymfm.html"><span style="color: #386eff;">Psalm 57</span></a> a song of David when he fled
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spouse, your reputation, or your retirement account. Make God your refuge! Let
Him encircle you. Let Him be the foundation upon which you stand! And that
foundation will support you right into eternity.....<b><i>from Facing Your
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<span style="font-size: large;">Think how the Rose brings happiness in our presence. What majesty in a rose as its fragrance fills a room. Take a minute to watch this, it amazing!...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love a garden! This year my garden is making me stop and live in the
moment. Needing me to maintain each flower, requires my hand to pay close attention to their development and conditions. Without this they would not show their beauty, although God is doing His work well
with enough sunshine and rain. It’s been a good year for
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just thinking about Father's Day and what it means to me....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Dad is in Heaven and I miss him, never really got the hug I wanted or the "I love you's" but I've come full circle. By way of the gift of forgiveness, it's all resolved and in the past now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">By forgiving my Dad, it gave me a true love for him and an appreciation for Henry David, my earthly father. I now know that he really loved me, in his own way. I'm looking forward to seeing him one day to live with him forever....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lately, I have begun to focus on my Real Father. A Father who will never leave me or forsake me. The One that loves me with a love that is never ending, "going to the ends of the earth and back" or "to the moon and back", as you might hear one say.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They're not high maintenance and they grow naturally in areas that you don't expect. They are not like those flowers placed in flower pots or on town squares "out front" saying, "look at me" "look at me, I am the best". </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They just grow quietly in the breeze expecting not a thing but to help us enjoy God's creation....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While riding out on our day trip in the mountains of North Carolina last week we came upon an area along the road side with beauty that captured me. It demanded a turn around to go back and enjoy one more time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Their display time of year, the first part of Summer and last part of Spring, seems to be the best. Things are coming alive with freshness of green, all shades of green. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">.....on our day of adventure we saw along the mountain ranges, dark green and light green, "virgin green" as my friend in Vermont calls it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the artist, it's a dream come true to see such color splashed across, under a blue sky. I want to stand in awe with my hand across my heart singing, "American the Beautiful"! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We made our way to a little town I love Waynesville, NC, where you can walk the brick paved sidewalks and visit their unique shops. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am always fascinated with the fancy dogs all trimmed walking with their owners. The town caters to the pets real well even by providing a specialty shop of dog treats... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the window you can see the doughnuts and even pizza made for those pampered pets....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"PHEASANT HILL" ( here you can visit their website http://www.pheasanthilldesign.com/), it's an Antique Store with great Ice Cream and Bakery items. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There you can get the best Cakes..the Coconut Cake is the best cake you have ever put in your mouth.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">.....but not without a piece of cake to take home to which we ate on for two days, they do give large servings at a price that will knock you over but it is SO worth it!!!</span><br />
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