Recipe: Nutty Pear Salad

This is an easy and refreshing dessert for any night of the week!

   Ingredients
   1 small package lime gelatin
   1 cup boiling water
   1 cup cold water
   1 small can sliced pears, drained and cut in pieces
   (use the juice as part of cold water)
   1/4 cup chopped pecans
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   Mix boiling water with gelatin until dissolved.
   Add cold water, pears and nuts.  Pour into
   an 8-inch square baking dish (or any mold of
   your choice. Refrigerate until set.
   Servings 4 to 6

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~VERSE OF THE DAY (NLT) - Matthew 5:14,16

You are the light of the world--like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.
In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see,
so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.

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Can you relate?
I can.

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~Be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
for man's anger does not accomplish God's righteousness. (James 1: 19-20)

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Photo credit: Freida Thomas

VERSE OF THE DAY (NLT) - Hebrews 11:1

Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.

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VERSE OF THE DAY (NLT) - Psalm 119:30

I have chosen to be faithful;
I have determined to live by your regulations.

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Remember this.."We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." Angelou

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~VERSE OF THE DAY (NLT) - Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work,
saving everyone who believes--the Jew first and also the Gentile.

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~The truth is, whatever you can't talk about,
is already out of control in your life.~

Recipe: Lime Supreme

This Lime Supreme Recipe only contains 5 ingredients and is light and delicious!

Ingredients:

1 small package lime gelatin
1 cup boiling water
1 cup cold water
1 small can crushed pineapple (including the juice)
1 small carton cottage cheese
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Mix boiling water with gelatin until dissolved, then add
cold water.  Add the pineapple and cottage cheese
after the gelatin has cooled a little.  Pour into an 8"
square glass baking dish (or any mold of your
choice).   Refrigerate until set.
Servings 4 to 6

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VERSE OF THE DAY (NLT) - James 1:21

So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has
planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls

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~"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."
Confucius

"Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without 

 getting a few drops on yourself."~Ralph Waldo Emerson

                                                                  photo credit: Freida
                                                                  Pigeon Forge, TN

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VERSE OF THE DAY (NLT) - Matthew 4:4

But Jesus told him, "No! The Scriptures say,

'People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of
God.'"

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VERSE OF THE DAY (NLT) - Psalm 138:2

I bow before your holy Temple as I worship.
    I praise your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness;
for your promises are backed
    by all the honor of your name.

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~ Abraham Lincoln
    “Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.”

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VERSE OF THE DAY (NLT) - Psalm 33:12

What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord,
whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.

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VERSE OF THE DAY (NLT) - Jeremiah 17:9-10

The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
    and desperately wicked.
    Who really knows how bad it is?
But I, the Lord, search all hearts
    and examine secret motives.
I give all people their due rewards,
    according to what their actions deserve.