Sunday, May 18, 2008
Monday Menus and Some Sin That Might Go Unnoticed...
You can Visit Organizing Junkie for meal menus!
Update: We went to the zoo today and I didn't get home in time to cook the meal we had planned for Tuesday...so we all had different things...I just feel like I am lying if I don't follow through with my menu...and I don't let you know...Sometimes other plans and flexibility over rule the menu!
Monday--Famous Butter Chicken, great northern beans, and corn on the cob...I'm going to use the whole wheat ritz as a sorta healthier version.
Tuesday--Citrus broiled salmon, steamed veggies (broccoli, baby carrots, cauliflower), oven brown rice
Wednesday--Jason's Deli
Thursday--Extra lean pot roast and carrots, roasted new potatoes with rosemary and olive oil, multi-grain loaf
Friday--Evening with Abigail...I think we may eat at a Japanese restaurant *where they cook the food in front of us* as my 5 year old says. We are going shopping and spend the night in a hotel...and having real *girl talk*...and I don't mean the blog.
Saturday--Baked Potatoes with toppings and salad
I caught up on some of my reading his morning, outside while the younger children played. It is so gorgeous today!!! I'm still reading *Respectable Sins* by Jerry Bridges...and I covered the chapters on ungodliness, anxiety and frustration, and discontentment.
Of course, none of us are going to be godly all the time, only Jesus was the perfect sinless One...but after reading the chapter on ungodliness, I was reminded that even if we are moral, doing all we know to be right, reading our Bible, etc, we can still be living an ungodly life. Here is a poignant quote from the book: Jerry Bridges says things so well...
A person may be moral and upright, or even busy in Christian service, yet have little or no desire to develop an intimate relationship with God. This is a mark of ungodliness.
For the godly person, God is the center and focal point of his or her life. Every circumstance and every activity of life, whether in the temporal or spiritual realms, is viewed through the lens of this God-centeredness. However, such a God centeredness can be developed only in the context of an ever-growing intimate relationship with God. No one can genuinely desire to please God or glorify Him apart from such a relationship.
The question we should honestly and humbly ask is, How ungodly am I? How much of my life do I live without any regard for God? How much of my daily activities do I go through without any reference to God?
I am a stay at home mother to 4. I am very blessed to have a godly husband who loves the Lord and his family. I welcome the days of much needed grace,the times of sweet victories,and the tears of trials,knowing it is all for God's glory. I want my lifesong to sing to Him,the author and finisher of my faith. Soli Deo Gloria--To the Glory of God alone.
9 Comments:
I just started "respectable sins" yesterday on your recommendation and I am loving it. Very convicting and hard to read but sooo good! Thanks for sharing.
This was so good. I need to get that book.
Great weekly menu list.
Enjoy your time away with your daughter...I'm sure you will have some great Mom/Daughter time.
Wow...the book you are reading sounds wonderful. What great truths. I'm going to have to look for it as well.
Have a BLESSED week.
Kim~
I am so glad you posted this. I've been trying to figure out which blog-friend recommended the book so I can see how they are progressing in it and if they've encountered any "issues."
Hope you have a special weekend with your daughter!
Thanks for the chicken recipe!!
You are such an inspiration, Kim. From your menu list to your reading list. I wish I knew you in person!
That anxiety thing gets me alot.
uggghhh....thanks for the reminder of my 'respectable sins'.
I love that you came back and told us that you didn't fix the menu on Tuesday.....I feel so guilty when I put my menu up and then don't follow it. I am such a rule follower!
Your menu's inspire me and I love to check them out for new healthy ideas for my family.
Have great fun with your Abigail! That sounds like much fun!
My six year old has been asking me to spend some time with just her and I really want to do it. With moving though - we will have to wait until that is settled. I hope I can do it before baby boy makes his appearance in August.
have a blessed day!
Wow. That is a good quote. I think we should get that book. for us, and for our church library too.....
That is powerful and so very true - about ungodly living. I was recently asked how many of my 24 hours do I spend devoted to Him each day...very convicting. thanks for sharing.
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