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We’re Going On An Adventure!!! (New Zealand 2019)

September 15, 2019 By beautyinchrist 2 Comments

We’re going on an adventure, and I couldn’t be more excited. You see. It’s kind of a dream come true adventure, the kind this homebody never quite thought she would go on, but here it is. We bought the tickets 8-9 months ago, and now we’re going to. . . . New Zealand.

I’ve been learning a lot lately about adventures, about saying ‘Yes’, about not missing opportunities with your loved ones.

I’ve been learning.

life is short

family is precious

God’s timing is perfect

don’t hold grudges

the best way to live life is with an expectation of God doing amazing things

don’t worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow might not come. But God’s grace is sufficient is for today.

smile more. laugh often. cry when you need to.

Read God’s Word. There is so much comfort, conviction, and truth there.

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Thing’s I’m Wrestling With This Season of My Life (Episode #111)

August 5, 2019 By beautyinchrist 2 Comments

I’m wrestling with a lot lately. This season has been tough. I feel tired, weary, hopeful, thankful. There’s been so much going on here, and I’m not sure where to start, so I thought I’d write a bit, then share a podcast episode (hoping to encourage those who may be struggling with similar things).

This season has its challenges for sure, and the other day I was talking to a mom I really love and respect. She encouraged me that each season holds its own difficulties, and she reminded me that just because she’s a mom and a wife doesn’t mean she doesn’t have things she’s wrestling with, waiting on, and walking through every day.

Guys. Gals. I’m going to be honest with you, very honest. I love my life. I love the thing I get to do every day. I love being a single young woman who has many opportunities to travel, meet new people, enjoy my community, trust God more, and not feel like I’m not in the place that I’m not supposed to be in right now.

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Gluten Free and Dairy Free Peach Crisp

August 13, 2015 By beautyinchrist 9 Comments

Good morning! 😉 I’m here to share a different sort of ‘Thinking Out Loud’ for the link-up partay with Amanda today!

Today’s Thought?

1. I love to bake. I sometimes wish that my metabolism was ‘endless’ so I could eat everything I bake. But, it’s probably a good thing that it isn’t so I can learn to share what I bake with others including my family. My family loves baked goods, so we always have a good supply around our house.

2. Today I wanted to share one of my baking creations. I am nowhere near the caliber of some other recipe blogs, but I like to create a recipe once in a while for fun. I hope that you try this and tell me what you think! I don’t consider my blog a recipe blog, so if you ever need some really scrumptious, healthy recipes head over to Amanda or Arman. Even if you don’t need a recipe, go for the food pictures. You probably won’t want to leave.

I may be slightly biased, but I thought this recipe was pretty good. It reminded me just how creative and amazing our God is to give us a beautiful little fruit like the peach.

3. Last, but not least, summer fruit. . . is. . . amazing. Peaches, plums, apricots, and grapes are just perfect at this time of year, and last week my mom brought home a case of peaches that were at the peak of ripeness.

Needless to say, we ate them. We put them in smoothies, and I made peach crisp. My dad is gluten and dairy free, so I decided to take on the challenge of creating a dessert that he could eat. 🙂 We had it last night. And yes, a little ice-cream was had to accompany the ‘Peach Crisp a la Mode.’

Gluten Free and Dairy Free Peach Crisp

The essential building block to the peach crisp? The peach. 🙂 I introduce a peeled, juicy orange peach that was begging me to eat it, but I resisted. 😀

A few peach peels may have been eaten in the process.

Ingredients:
6 cups peeled peaches (pitted of course)
1/3 cup coconut sugar (You can use regular sugar)
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp. almond extract

Topping:
3/4 c. coconut sugar
1/2 c. coconut oil, melted
1 cup gluten free flour (Any kind will work)
3/4 tsp. bakin soda
3/4 tsp. baking powder

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. To save bowls, mix the peaches, sugar, vanilla extract, almond extract, and nutmeg all in the 13×9 pan. Mix the topping ingredients in a separate bowl. Mix with fork till the mixture resembles small clumps. Sprinkle over the peaches. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes. You can eat it warm or cold. 😉

The finished product looked somewhat like this. However this is one I made the previous day that had oats in it. 🙂

WIAW: Why ED almost Broke Me.

August 12, 2015 By beautyinchrist 6 Comments

I’m a child of God. I know that now, more than ever, but there were so many times that I struggled to see it with my eyes clouded by my idols of body and food.

I remember sitting on the bathroom floor and sobbing out, ‘I just can’t do this.’ ED was draining every ounce of life from my body. Instead of feeding me, my ED was drowning me. My thoughts were not full of God’s truth. They were filled with Satan’s lies, Satan’s lies that it was ‘by my works’ that I could be good enough for heaven, good enough for God.

Ephesians 2:8-9 says, ‘For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast.’

This was the awesome part I was missing. Grace is not something that can be earned. Grace is a gift. It is a jewel from God, sent by the hand of His Son who came to satisfy the wrath of God against sin. Jesus came, so that our sin would be covered. He came so that I didn’t have to be ‘skinny enough.’ He came so that I could wake up with joy and hope in my heart that wasn’t dependent on the number on the scale. Because of Him, I can face tomorrow.

ED almost broke me, but God remade me. Satan tried to get His evil claws around me, but he couldn’t. Jesus has defeated and conquered him. He has risen in victory over the grave, and for that amazing, awesome reason, I can say that ED lost and Jesus won.

Because of Jesus, I can now eat everyday with a greater sense of peace day by day, knowing that my worth is not determined by food. I can enjoy so many awesome gifts of God with so much joy and more gratefulness than ever before, knowing that I am remade in Him.

And that’s why I love joining Jenn and the other beautiful bloggers (almost) every Wednesday for a non-judgmental, fun day of just simply sharing our eats. It’s not a day to compare what we eat. It’s not a day to ask, ‘How many calories do you eat?’ It’s a day to salivate over beautiful colorful salads, icecream sundaes, hotdogs, green smoothies, and kale chips. And without further adieu, it’s a day to share my day of eats with you from oatmeal to salad to… salmon!

Breakfast of late: It’s been oatmeal. . . 🙂 ‘Nuff said. Oatmeal is like the ‘breakfast’ version of icecream. You can load it with so many toppings including nuts, granola, peanut butter (of course), honey, dried fruit, and the possibilities go on and on… Just don’t put onions or mustard or any other weird thing on top.

Lunch: (lately) has been sandwiches and a couple salads in between. . . I will always love a good salad, heaped with all sorts of dairy, nuts, and dressing!

Dinner: Salmon and macaroni n’ cheese… Dare I say more?

Who else loves grilling as much as me?

And in our house, there is always some sort of dessert (baked up by yours truly), and tonight it was a peach crisp (gluten free for my daddy). . . However it did not lack in sugar and fat, so it made for a pretty tasty bowl of goodness with which to end the day.

Are you a Christian?

If you aren’t a Christian, what has been the biggest influence in your view of eating and exercise?

And a few lighter questions!

Do you like peach crisp? What’s your absolute favorite dessert?

Salmon? Do you love it or hate it? (Seafood is always a love/hate relationship, it seems)

Lunch. Do you like a heavy lunch or a lighter lunch and heavier dinner, or are you a total snacker?

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