Eating in Gatlinburg, Tenn. – Dieters Beware.

Pecan waffle
Leaving half but I did eat all the pecan topping.


Breakfast Friday morning at the Pancake Pantry.

Hubby bought a sausage dog from a street vendor for lunch and we split it.

For those inquiring minds who want to know, I didn’t gain weight on this trip. Didn’t lose either, stayed the same.

My half sausage dog. Yum

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For dessert I had one bite of this fudge. When the clerk saw I ate only one bite, she said, “No one counts calories in Gatlinburg.” I smiled and told her, “I don’t count calories. This is all I want, just a taste.”  (Thank you Lord.)

 

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Warm Beach at the Gulf of Mexico

For all you that are snowed in, snuggle up in your chair with a blanket and enjoy this  beach scene from  the Gulf of Mexico, taken last January, 2015. It was a beautiful warm  day then.

It’s too cold to go to the beach today, but I can still enjoy the my video. I thought you might enjoy a little sunshine in your day..

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The following views are from the bay taken by my Dad today, January 23, 2016.  One of his hobbies is to take pictures of the sunrise across the bay each morning and then share them with us. Hope you enjoy them.

This has been our coldest day this winter so far, 37 degrees with the winds blowing outside. Brrrr! I imagine some of you are snowed in. Stay warm.

This is my Dad’s dog, Uggie. See that expression on his face. It seems that both he and I have the same opinion about cold weather. Ugh! When it gets cold, I have the same expression on my face. I also whine a lot.

I hope you are snugly and warm wherever you are. Be blessed and walk in the victory  God has planned for you.

 

 

– – -” For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says the Lord, “thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

– – – But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57

 

Feeding the Tiger, Fighting the Lions

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Lord, long before the 92 pounds left , I was hopelessly tied up by the gluttony monster and he kept me trapped. He wasn’t about to let me go. I had given up with no hope of ever breaking free. Just like the elephant tied with a small  rope to a stake in the ground. The gluttony monster kept me locked in the cage of defeat. It would have been easy to break away, but due to all my previous attempts that ended in failure I was hopeless. Continue reading Feeding the Tiger, Fighting the Lions

January Victory Calendar & Hallelujahs!

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Happy New Year!

It’s a new day! It’s a new beginning! My God is a God of second chances. With this new year He is giving me more second chances.

New victory calendar

This is a link to the new Victory Calendar for January 2016. I pray it works better for you than it did for me. I have some helpful hints at the bottom of this post. Hopefully they will work for you.

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Low Carb LCHF Cream Cheese Pound Cake

This looks so very good. I’m going to have to fix it for my husband. I really enjoyed talking with Hilda last week. She was so encouraging to me and she gave me permission to reblog this cake recipe. I wanted to keep this  for myself, but I know it will help all y’all that focus on reducing your carbs. Me, I’ll just eat it for enjoyment. Yum.
Thank you Hilda for all your inventive wonderful recipes and your warm friendship.
All y’all, checkout her blog, http://fittoservegroup.com

May the Force Be With You

 

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   Choose Me and your future will be bright. I will teach you the way of the light. Then you will use the light, My light to spread forth My power for others. I am the Almighty Force. I am the Way.

Partake of My Spirit and you will reflect My glory. My child, you have heard, “May the force be with you.” I am the Force. Seek Me, the eternal Force and I will IMG_3585bring you strength and power. Use it for the good side. Use My force and My power to bring forth My will. When the Force is with you (My Power), then your future is unlimited. There is no limit for I am the Force. Go forth in My power.

I AM, therefore you will be.  

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Your light saber, your sword is My Word. Use My Word to defeat your enemies, the enemies of your soul and the enemies of your future. Eat of My Word and you will be full. Fill yourself with My Spirit and the Force will be with you. Speak the language I give to you and they will hear. My glory will come.

Lord, thank you for those encouraging words. Help me to always look to You. I want to see Your glory.

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Words of the Force

. . .  open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me. Acts 26:18
 
Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believes.” Mark 9:23
So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. Matthew 17:20
 
So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. Luke 17:6

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WHY IS BABY JESUS LAYING ON THE . . . ON THE DRYER?

 Personal note:

This is a fictional story based on some facts. Several years ago while I was still teaching, I did leave our Baby Jesus on the dryer due to all my Christmas activities. Hubby worked excessive overtime that year. I rarely saw him.  Now we’re both retired, but he still complains about getting out the Christmas decorations. Continue reading WHY IS BABY JESUS LAYING ON THE . . . ON THE DRYER?

My Birthday 

img_7258Happy Birthday to me!

Thank you Lord for a wonderful productive last year. Now I praise You in advance for my upcoming successful year. I expect 2016 to be the best year of my life with Your direction. Direct my path so that my life brings You glory, honor, and praise. Show me how I can help others find the same freedom You gave to me.

I am now 63 years old. Wow! Who’d believe God would deliver an old woman of 90+ pounds. I’m amazed that God would do this for me. After all, I do think His hands are full with all else going on in this world. But yet, my God takes the time to heal me, an old woman with a failure complex and no hope of achieving her dreams. Now I’ve learned, “With God all things are possible”, even healing an old woman from a lifetime (41 years) of food addiction.

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God allowed me to fulfill my dream of writing a book.

Hubby and I choose to  celebrate my birthday early. So last night he carried me out for a candlelight dinner at an elegant restaurant. I love that man.
The food was awesome. Ya’ll know I’ll always be a foodie, even though God has delivered me from gluttony.

Below is a picture of what I carried home for another meal, more pleasure. When you only eat half a meal, you get to enjoy the other half again later. Twice the enjoyment. Two meals for the price of one. Yea!

Grouper almandine with green beans. Yum!

 

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Hubby had a big dessert and shared a bite with me. I ordered a teeny dessert.

We had a wonderful time. Hubby also ordered dessert and coffee for later. He said, “It’s your birthday, order whatever you want.” So I ordered a teeny dessert and had one bite of his. This man has been sharing his food with me since high school, 1968. A way to win a foodie’s heart is offer her food. LOL! It was wonderful to sit, enjoy a meal and conversation with the love of my life. He is a gift from God to me.

Below is two birthday cards I received from friends, but God spoke to my heart His words of love through both of them.

  A promise from my Lord:

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. Psalm 32:8

My life verse, Thank you Lord for leading me and helping me. Thank you for delivering me from myself.                            I love you, Deborah