This month Bless Your Heart and Home is celebrating its first birthday!! And so, this week, I’m throwing a birthday bash, offering you a peak into some wonderful ministries where you can shop and celebrate and hunt for the next gift on your list while simultaneously seeking to serve the Lord and to make an eternal impact on the lives of people all around the world….
White Chicken Chili
We all need a few go-to recipe favorites, and this White Chicken Chili recipe is my number one! This lady was the best cook I’ve ever known, and this delicious recipe was one of hers.
While this recipe is super flexible (you can prepare dried beans to substitute for the canned beans, or throw in some sausage, okra, and cajun seasoning for a quick mock gumbo), this White Chicken Chili recipe will not disappoint when you prepare it just as instructed below! It’s so easy and quick, and this white bean soup always hits the spot during these cold winter months. I like to keep all the ingredients on hand so that I always have a “company meal” ready to share (and so, if you drop by unannounced and I was planning on scrambled eggs or leftovers for supper, give me 30 minutes and you’ll share in a bowl of White Chicken Chili with my family 🙂 )….
Happy Birthday, Little Boy
Dear Little Boy,
Mommy’s told you how often daddy and I asked God to give you to our family, and three years ago this week, you entered our world. We had been missing you and waiting for you for a very long time, and so had so many other loving friends and family members.
Our friends gave lots of parties for you before you arrived, and we had blue balloons at happy parties, and we ate blue cake on blue plates with little blue napkins and opened blue gift bags stuffed with blue paper that mommy still uses for wrapping up your birthday presents today. You have been loved by us and those around you since before your birth.
Mommy’s tummy started to grow, and it was hard to believe that we were really going to have a baby. When they told us, “It’s a boy,” your mommy cried joy, and your daddy smiled misty-eyed very proud….
The Eternal Incarnation of Immanuel
Conceived in the womb of a young Jewish girl, the Word becomes flesh. As the cells of our Creator divide and multiply, the very Author of life empties Himself, taking on human form, soon to be born in the likeness of men.
Not considering equality with God something to be grasped, the Word of God is pushed forth from the womb, assuming forever the role of God-Man. This Image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15) has forever left His pre-incarnate state, eternally to exist as the man, Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:5).
For several months, the wonder of the incarnation has baffled me. I have been a Christian for more than two decades now, and yet I somehow never grasped until recently the sacrifice of Christ in His eternal incarnation. The Son of God did not exist in eternity past as a man. Rather, he took on flesh when the Holy Spirit gave conception within the womb of a poor Jewish virgin, and His incarnation and its permanence have everything to do with our eternal salvation and security in Him….
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
“As [Jesus] passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him.” John 9:1-3
Why do bad things happen to good people? There are times that I’ve caught myself buying into the mentality that good things happen to good people, and that bad things happen when we’re bad.
It’s like karma for Christians.…
Six Truths for Barren Women
My husband and I have been through the ups and downs of infertility and pregnancy loss for 8 years. Since beginning this very difficult journey, God has blessed us with a beautiful, healthy 2-year-old boy, as well as two children that I miscarried and that wait for us in heaven with the Lord.
Through times of depression and grief, anger and sadness, heartbreak and pain, God has not only abounded to us in comfort, but He has also increased our hope in Him, our joy in His promises, our faith in His word, and our love for the Savior….