3 Hair Tutorials & WLWW Link-Up Party!

January 31, 2012 By Courtney 29 Comments

Need some new hair-do ideas?

Here’s 2 of my personal hair tutorials-

The Easy Front Twist:

And The Messy Bun:

My friend Janelle from Comfy In the Kitchen - showed her readers how she “cooks” her hair with hot rollers (I LOVE hot rollers!) and her video ended up featured on Conair’s Facebook page – fun! Check out her lovely locks and it only takes 3 minutes to put in (10 minutes to cook ) - amazing!

Now it’s link-up time! It’s Women Living Well’s Wednesday Link-Up Party!!! Join the fun, do a little blog hopping and don’t forget if you join below -please add the Women Living Well Wednesdays button to your post so your readers can find us here! (Posts can include the topics of marriage, parenting, homemaking, finances, recipes, organization and more!)

To find the code go to the sidebar – or right click and “save as” the button and then upload it into your post!

Walk with the King!

Filed Under: Videos, Women Living Well Wednesdays

Vlog ~ An Object Lesson & Prayer For Our Children

January 30, 2012 By Courtney 7 Comments

Ezekial 11:19 & 20 says:

“I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.”

I made this video this past summer but never posted it…but it goes with the Gentleness Challenge. Often times our frustrations with our children come because we are tired, exhausted and irritable…but sometimes it is because they have hard hearts and they need a mama who is willing to get on her knees and plead in her child’s behalf before the throne of God. Ezekial 11:19,20 is my prayer.

(If you can’t see this video click here.)

Let’s pray that God gives our children undivided hearts. That they would be born again with God’s Spirit within them and that their hearts would not be hardened by sin but soft and tender. Pray that they would be careful to keep God’s laws and follow hard after Jesus!

Walk with the King,

Courtney

Filed Under: Parenting, Teaching Our Children Along the Way, Videos

Perfect Women Aren’t Real

January 29, 2012 By Courtney 34 Comments

The Gentleness Challenge is coming to a close. I know for many of us who participated in the challenge, we had some discouraging days where we blew it…I’ll be the first to raise my hand and admit despite my best efforts, I lost my temper this month – {ahem} more than once…

The reality is – there are NO perfect moms but that should not stop us from pursuing a good and Godly life. We are all a work in progress. The greatest lesson we can learn from a challenge like this is that we are flawed (the cross says that we are all flawed and in need of a savior and repentance), we are weak (when we are weak, then we are strong - 2 Cor. 12:10), and we must lean hard on God daily to help us be the women He created us to be!

Perfect women aren’t real, and real women aren’t perfect. We are not left alone in our imperfections – read Isaiah 41:10:

So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

The God of the universe says – I am with you – I will strengthen you and help you – we need only to turn to him and allow him to help us!

Take hope in this – it was flawed mamas who raised the greatest world changers. Abraham Lincoln said: “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my mother.“ The statue of Liberty is of the sculptor, Frederic Bartholdi’s, mother. Hundreds of people a day go and visit lady liberty and look up at Frederic’s greatest influencer – his mom! Super Bowl football players look into the camera and say “Hi Dad!” Noooooo – they say “Hi MOM!”

We know of many famous women who have achieved great accomplishments in this world – their names are in lights – but think of the many many unnamed women who rocked the cradle of great men and women who changed the world. They will forever be unnamed but their influence is forever with us.

Dear Mamas, do not lose heart. Do not grow weary in doing good. (Galatians 6:9) You are raising the next generation and we can’t do it alone. We need to daily be on our knees in prayer – not just for our husband and children – but for ourselves!

If you missed a part of the Gentleness series here’s a look back:

Week 1 – Yelling At a Bud Won’t Make it Bloom

Week 2 – Replacing Old Habits With the New

Week 3 – Anger Management

Week 4 – Michelle Duggar – A Role Model for Gentleness

Now let’s look ahead. My dear friend Joy – a homeschooling mama of 5 and missionary in Indonesia is beginning a series Monday on her blog, Grace Full Mama, titled:

She will be including printables, encouragement and lots of practical tips for mamas. I encourage you to join her for this series.

But first – could those who accepted this challenge share how things went in your home this month? I invite you to leave a comment in the comment section with feedback. If you are a blogger, I invite you to “copy” and “save as” this button and put it somewhere on your blog and link it back to http://www.womenlivingwell.org Then link up below!

Walk with the King!

Courtney

Filed Under: Parenting, The Gentleness Challenge

Chicken Enchiladas

January 26, 2012 By Courtney 17 Comments

Janelle from Comfy in the Kitchen is back wtih us today with a wonderful recipe. She writes:

I absolutely LOVE this recipe…now that I think about it, it was the recipe I made when I had my first “dinner party” 9 years ago. I also made this dish a couple weekends ago when we had our dear friends over for “Mexican Night” and a game of Balderdash! Let me tell you…the leftovers are every bit as tasty. I paired these enchiladas up with refried beans, homemade salsa and chips, and corn cake. Muy delicioso!!!!! Enjoy! ~Janelle

Making the sauce: cream of chicken soup, sour cream, chopped green chiles, cumin, green onions

Boil chicken, let cool and cut into bit sized pieces

Place tortillas on dish and heat in microwave for 1 min to soften (some people like to dip these in hot oil one at a time, but this is easier and saves some calories

place open side down in a 9×13

pour sauce over top

sprinkle with remaining cheese

Serve! This seriously is so good!

Chicken Enchiladas

4 Chicken Breasts

2 cans of cream of chicken soup

1 small can chopped green chiles

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup chopped green onions

1 tsp cumin

1 package flour tortillas

1/2 lb cheddar cheese

1/4 lb monterey jack cheese

Boil chicken breast in water until cooked through, cool and dice. Combine next 5 ingredients, heat and set aside. Place tortillas on plate and microwave 1 min to soften. Fill middle of each tortilla with chicken and cheeses. Fold short ends in and roll up. Place open side down in a 9×13 pan. Pour heated mixture over all of tortillas and use rest of cheese to sprinkle on top. Bake at 350 for 30 mins then turn broiler on and broil until lightly browned (appx 5 mins). MMmmmm….

OH Janelle – this looks SO good! Thank you for sharing it with us!

Walk with the King,

If you are in need of some fresh new recipes – then visiting Janelle’s blog at Comfy In the Kitchen is a must! She also has a Feasting In Fellowship Friday Link-Up Party happening right now – join the fun!!

Filed Under: Comfy In The Kitchen, Recipes