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ON THE MENU MONDAY ~ WEEK OF APRIL 29, 2013

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgVtYQMmlbSJHnA8xLPjK7AB6eccf-5ARj8kR5RBK9smeLxt0y6wO54vDK1g0X-JqGKYwJIw9nv68rs-nlBEbbzuEMo0e0NG644nFulA1-B-9JCBjWEmIs4jtz_9-LTjqblVvERayImeh/s1600/Weekly+Menu+4-29-13+-+BLOG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgVtYQMmlbSJHnA8xLPjK7AB6eccf-5ARj8kR5RBK9smeLxt0y6wO54vDK1g0X-JqGKYwJIw9nv68rs-nlBEbbzuEMo0e0NG644nFulA1-B-9JCBjWEmIs4jtz_9-LTjqblVvERayImeh/s640/Weekly+Menu+4-29-13+-+BLOG.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are two things you do not want to be in our household... an indoor potted plant or a gas grill. Both are destined to short lives!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We just ordered a new grill! YIPEE!!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We go through grills like no one else I have ever met. This spring we have been grilling on a tiny portable charcoal grill because our big gas grill bit the dust!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bobby and I prefer charcoal and smoking to a gas grill. Although you can't beat a gas grill's convenience!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So Bobby ordered a gas grill/ charcoal grill/ smoker all in one. It's a monster! And that's a good thing. We are four season grillers... and take grilling very seriously.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm already thinking of all kinds of great spring and summer recipes for the grill!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">More on the grill when it comes in, for now here's what's</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">ON THE MENU...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>MONDAY</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/italian-chef-salad-recipe/index.html" target="_blank">ITALIAN CHEF SALAD</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pepperoni Artichoke Breadstick Focaccia</div><div style="text-align: center;">(look for a culinary tutorial on Friday)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">TUESDAY</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/italian-chef-salad-recipe/index.html" target="_blank">HAMBURGERS ON THE GRILL</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/stonegableprintablerecipes/stonegable-potato-salad" target="_blank">STONEGABLE POTATO SALAD</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> (the best in the world, not bragging... just sayin')</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hamburger Fixins'</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/stonegableprintablerecipes/stonegable-it-s-not-rocket-science-baked-beans" target="_blank">SLOW COOKER BAKED BEANS</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">WEDNESDAY~ SLOW COOKER SOUP DAY</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2010/04/stonegable-cream-of-asparagus-soup.html" target="_blank">SLOW COOKER CREAM OF ASPARAGUS SOUP</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2011/08/caprese-towers-summer-on-plate.html" target="_blank">CAPRESE TOWER</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9qDtuMljaNc9c0SCnJlo6Zt0yM86t3GI_mWYpIGjW42oyGMaHAmWzt9BPXq2UOx_LFUPId-n9WKnRQ7tfSpeQkqZoQ2fL9_Tuf1_B-0s_WlW6hrwhQMg5PuTUy6g7EWHaupNQjSMKM4/s400/Colage+1.png" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kFQEfsha4rT_nLW3voRoEVLUyDkJRFnTceeyHM31If8XHrWp3QI2pRmrMCmhwUG498dWhKykaIn99q9pb_zVbFygQkjZDW4TJrezplreRqiBQ2ulsUYF9dbduaAZjUZZPh6nke6x_Eg/s400/Copy+of+IMG_9033.JPG" width="266" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>THURSDAY~ TAKING DINNER TO MY NIECE</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/stonegableprintablerecipes/grilled-balsamic-flank-steak" target="_blank">GRILLED FLANK STEAK</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2011/09/stonegable-pasta-salad-in-jar.html" target="_blank">PASTA SALAD IN A JAR</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/stonegableprintablerecipes/s-tonegable-arugula-salad-with-parmesan-and-pine-nuts-in-a-lemon-vinaigrette" target="_blank">ARUGULA, SHAVED PARMESAN AND PINE NUTS IN A LEMON VINAIGRETTE</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2012/09/lace-cookies.html" target="_blank">LACE COOKIES</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblpvGS6q7co1n7Yy-HwJX9iOMaaTsjoqhbIg9iE3Q9nFd5AHuRyZWJFvvdLe4cISOLemr85QGWj6_JTw02V7LhafAEVgHSKPpE3JeLDvaZKsH9fUUJNNgNA7uYZ2yZamfRo1lxSMTWkQ/s400/Copy+of+IMG_0764.JPG" width="266" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlmBt-NP974v0ym6sNKnNUGWd_rnQkVESHga18jHcp0LVoee_s3H5o2026RNbbBtxpaEuqWETJGNRGreQX1lnm0rsGvi8wmvgiCphgeUX3W1oYb9wNdVrzrYhnqoz_TZxICGnh81rNKI/s400/Copy+of+IMG_0930.JPG" width="266" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">FRIDAY~COMPANY'S COMING</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2010_02_13_archive.html" target="_blank">CHEESE BOARD</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2011/09/eggplant-parmesan-casserole.html" target="_blank">ROASTED EGGPLANT CASSEROLE</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2011/01/stonegable-ceasar-salad.html" target="_blank">CEASAR SALAD</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Individual Tiramisu (look for upcoming post)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6muY0yNsHNtR75drjeuqFgVieQ7aAD2grIEvHdC7rr5cM9EQ9fJ9_kqNTpJ0hHmkhdeCq8zjW3m8tCJRhuHuxHyEocAsDePO-iR-WRJ3jqPo24c88g0BQHzJLKgE5YwO93wG9N5lAAs/s400/IMG_0560.JPG" width="266" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3uOrr3UHXi7j3wGc82TTJkmqyzggLVZwn5S06fPhzrpjQdkV1mp-L7yk6VRdoTy_FObn8h2LUdX_E_H1Uud4hGNCeftx7M7ZV5vaiEfFeF9_XKO5l2P1Uxgkvf_w-rjoaDrzuX1BhpE/s400/Copy+of+IMG_0496.JPG" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">SATURDAY</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2012/07/roasted-tomato-mini-pies.html" target="_blank">ROASTED TOMATO MINI PIES</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2013/04/the-yummiest-salad-ever.html" target="_blank">BRUSSEL SPROUT SLAW</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxawchwxBSCh9g51jakfTd_95Q6UvpJKSLC3Q_sBanN6QDHzt4r8gWNUAtGUI7hr8pbe2GUsTAPkBU0LrCG3slpvmIpOXxnDj7PgrepVf97jEKD3aBBSl83i9xwg4v3uxzgZ8ui-ob1lU/s400/Copy+of+IMG_9143.JPG" width="266" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMJuDCWS4J0Nq9l5f5U3G065jrFE5o9DLjQQdQsW6XnLf0NfzZ7zEWTEMYR1atxEERNk_9RX6hwyE5o8MSE9_uQJZ_SI-ufpfgJ0h6wRsvkkvvPPh8RYv8tnCxsrCpE5-mu8neee7u381/s400/Copy+of+IMG_5780.JPG" width="266" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">SUNDAY</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/grilled-salmon-grape-leaves-with-tomato-raisin-relish-10000001665272/" target="_blank">GRILLED SALMON IN GRAPE LEAVES</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/stonegableprintablerecipes/cucumber-salad-2" target="_blank">CUCUMBER SALAD</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghslEQ_NU3e0UZ_hh4osw2e5Z3cZsuE3FAMfEIIwzbX-uuAuEtb4fZ94RfLpgzHdUyuno-TjR1ahigFYGpmzeyeD4AVVFw1rRYgs_lpsooU3-x9sIULYCr92JEAxImI94kPsohDz0bwl8O/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_5806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghslEQ_NU3e0UZ_hh4osw2e5Z3cZsuE3FAMfEIIwzbX-uuAuEtb4fZ94RfLpgzHdUyuno-TjR1ahigFYGpmzeyeD4AVVFw1rRYgs_lpsooU3-x9sIULYCr92JEAxImI94kPsohDz0bwl8O/s400/Copy+of+IMG_5806.JPG" width="287" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Look at these great features from last week's OTMM...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://homeiswheretheboatis.net/2013/04/13/asparagus-orange-lentil-salad/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">ASPARAGUS ORANGE AND LENTIL SALAD</span></a> from HOME IS WHERE THE BOAT IS</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="DSC_0198-002" height="640" src="http://homeiswheretheboatis.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/dsc_0198-002.jpg?w=500&h=699" width="457" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://kittyskozykitchen.blogspot.com/2013/04/hashbrown-potato-quiche-lorraine.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">HASH BROWN POTATO QUICHE LORRAINE</span></a> from KITTY'S KOZY KITCHEN</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjK_bWnjd3UYXw_vPpvLEdLE2Vz6ZcIj4IyyF4mjrxdF2ueEuxyPXW6dHrxtBaG62tdglXlPeSwecV4ZM9Rz1MVRLcjZzhbgn2elobNFFE_r5GG6iXcCk6DonvkI6Jti37OCXK5v2p63VJ/s640/hashbrown+quiche.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://decoratingwithbarbara.blogspot.com/2013/04/yogurt-topped-moussaka.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">YOGURT TOPPED MOUSSAKA</span></a> from 21 ROSEMARY LANE</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvdGjDHZ0BZP6-ST5OI_5BHR1qqpWyJZRrFqkjZPJUs3JUBQZ0GYvLkccI9MUGp52Xnoq8KSa3KtuUknGHbTnYbZGi8retFC4YcJakEOUrrZdhVKqh7pDaRzglp1FQKopjDI3qEY5N8Bc/s640/yogurt+moussaka+2+a.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.semihomemademom.com/2013/04/sweet-strawberry-cobbler.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">SWEET STRAWBERRY COBBLER</span></a> from SEMI HOMEMADE MOM</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-subKvDQfgN8/UWtXpKtkl7I/AAAAAAAAEgA/qvbjY8_N6wQ/s640/Sweet+Strawberry+Cobbler.jpg" width="427" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lorisculinarycreations.com/2013/04/ParmesanOnionRings.html#.UX2wdbWG2So" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">PARMESAN ONION RINGS</span></a> from Lori's Culinary Creations </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Burger Side Dish" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbL6136vi2noTuGYzNYs-4D7HHglSHVAgcesM0BedBOK27P0EXaWIwWaF8d696ZdGgYzfDTnHsiJEX0E4GYwn1x2KbLzeBl4E2zNPp097fr1ogWG7HJdpoftKJFi8o8tHz7VVAFoKPcZhS/s640/Onion+Rings.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://seeaimeecook.blogspot.com/2013/04/snickerdoodle-muffins-surprise-recipe.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">SNICKERDOODLE MUFFINS</span></a> from SEE AIMEE COOK</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oyjdmYgKnmx6GE0A4xPanQuwuhfEKrAOf2xOPoqhNsBzQX_mSD99tVe_HcN264uA8WYZmPhncwtGbxYJ1-nqbFB9xDs5BROKrPhDBD3Zr8rCI_RzAKXXwy9Sz3HsLVcrv8yQJ0VcW2I/s1600/snickerdoodle.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mycarolinakitchen.blogspot.com/2013/04/celebrating-lilly-pulitzers-colorful.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">LATINO SHRIMP AND CORN BISQUE</span></a> from MY CAROLINA KITCHEN</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYYnnsdkFvW4ZKV8ifl9A9BRLJfpu2lkokYFwWorC0B3DmFpYHMrruKH6KLK7RhfpHIkyqpBpHJWwEronuJ9NqXimFAjZkd4uBfUTbGYs1ph3C1a07zesUMiZgbSsTekY4oSXuMfKfeQ/s640/Shrimp+&+Corn+Bisque+2.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This week's menu plan comes from<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.coupon-kitchen.com/2013/04/lowes-foods-weekly-menu-april-21-27.html" target="_blank">COUPON KITCHEN</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Coupon Kitchen" height="147" 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SUNDAY SCRIPTURE~ WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE TROUBLE IN YOUR LIF, PART I

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0FBXDbeLYacy5jKTehIajbvnctSnP5heugFI7V3ZMhzm6lzSUNSMtzktqy2zPefZLya8cJtV8-SrEHOSzNwWDnPjpACB5z9Ia4xDRVNgVanpyB2pL2mjXXlfAIZjgF50kVrimrEgQHY2V/s1600/SS+4-28-13.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0FBXDbeLYacy5jKTehIajbvnctSnP5heugFI7V3ZMhzm6lzSUNSMtzktqy2zPefZLya8cJtV8-SrEHOSzNwWDnPjpACB5z9Ia4xDRVNgVanpyB2pL2mjXXlfAIZjgF50kVrimrEgQHY2V/s640/SS+4-28-13.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am NOT a drama queen! NO, NOT ME! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I try to avoid stress and stain in life.  However sometimes it finds me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We have all had trouble of one sort or another in our lives... God calls them trials.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The bible is VERY clear about how to handle trials and get through them.  And not only get through them... God promises that if we go through a trial HIS way we will not only get through them but come out better and more mature... more complete... than before the trial! What a promise!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Doesn't that make you want to know what God has to say ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">To find the truth about handling trials we need to go to the book of James.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">James 1:2 says...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials"</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">WHAT! SERIOUSLY!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">When people would ask me what I did for a living I would always answer, "I work where 25 people love me all day long"!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was a first grade teacher! And I loved all my precious little first graders!  I really could not believe that I got paid for that job... it was just so much fun!!! After all these years I can still get misty over them!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When my little one's would come up to me crying about something terrible according to their sweet 6 year old minds I would always say...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Don't cry, in first grade we can fix almost everything"!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Together we would work through and "fix" their problem.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Drying their tears and giving them a comforting hug (are teachers still allowed to do that?)  I would  send them on their happy little way!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In James, God is saying  that in this life... be very sure of this... we are going to have trouble! That's just how life is! And troubles and trials will not raise their ugly heads just once.  We will have trials in various arenas of our life. But these trials and travails can have a very positive outcome on us if we work with God to get through them! God can give trials a purpose. The purpose is often so very hard to see WHILE we are in the middle of a trial. God understands that.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A trial may be sad and upsetting... small and annoying... or huge and life stopping. And God does not mean for us to be joyful about that. God is a God of compassion and mercy and love. He feels our hurts and wants to comfort us!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Okay, we need to see what we are to have joy about, so let's read on...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">"knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance,  And let endurance have it's perfect result that you may be perfect, complete lacking nothing."</b> James 1:3-4</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Before I taught first grade, I had a  couple years experience teaching fifth grade. I really loved teaching fifth grade too... my greatest thrill was when a child would master a skill that at one point seemed, to them, impossible to understand. I adored those "light bulb" moments!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Part of my job was testing children on what they had learned. The test grade was an indicator... for me and my students and their parents. It told us just how well that child had mastered the skill set being tested. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The trials we face are a test too! They are an indicator. Here's the big question... what do they test?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"knowing that the testing of our FAITH..." Trials in our lives test our faith.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">God already knows all about our faith... or lack of. He knows exactly what we believe and in whom we believe.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A trial show US our faith! How we act and react to a trial gives us a pretty good indicator just what our faith is in and how much faith we have!!!  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are going through some sort of trial right now, and most of us are in one way or another... what would your faith grade be? This is a grade of we should all know!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is what else a trial does... it produces endurance. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I swim for exercise. Well, actually I take an aquatic aerobics class three times a week. It builds endurance. I have so much more strength and stamina than when I first started. If I miss even a couple classes, I feel like I am back at square one!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Trials, if we go through them God's way will build faith and endurance in facing the next trial... and facing it God's way.   But each time we face a trial and flounder through it on our own, it weakens us!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The trials in our lives can have two effects on our lives... they can break us down OR make us complete.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Greek word "complete" means mature.. perfect. Mature in our faith... perfect as we look more and more like Christ himself!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think being mature in my faith and more Christ like is a pretty good outcome for trials that we are not going to be able to avoid in life.  That is what we can find joy in.  NOT the trial... but the outcome God promises us. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> There is still more to find joy about, but we will cover that next week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The teacher in me says, "Let's review what we have learned so far"!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">* We will all go through trials! Know this for a fact!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">* The trials will hit us in various area of our lives. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">* There IS something joyful that we can count on even in the worst trial. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">* God is not saying that we have to be happy about the devastation of a trial... God is a compassionate God!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">* A trial is a test that show US our faith in God. So we need to look at how we react to a trial to get a good indicator of our faith.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*Going through a trial God's way will build enduring faith and help us endure through the next trial</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*As we endure we become more mature in faith and more Christ like.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There is sooooo much more about trials and getting thought  them.. Next week we will discover God's plan to get us through a trial! It is very specific and very helpful!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For now, I'm going to give you some homework to do this week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Read James 1:2-4. Read it every day . Read it 3 times a day. Try to memorize it!  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Knowing the WHY of a trial is very valuable!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I want you to pass the faith test with flying colors!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I won't be checking your homework though... that's between you and God! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

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