Kimmy's Ponderings

Daily Fruits.....3-5 portions Veggies.....2 lb's or more cooked, steamed, roasted or raw Beans.....1 cup Nuts.....1 ounce Flaxseed.....1 TBL. Grains...(for now)..3-5 servings....equivelant to 400-500 calories(flourless, totally whole grain:oatmeal, bulgur ezekiel bread, real whole wheat pasta) Goal to drop it down to 300 calories a day Apple Cider Vinegar....2 TBL raw organic in water with 'the mother', two apple cider vinegar vitamins with breakfast/lunch Almond Milk 1-2 servings a day(unsweetened 40 calorie type hard to find...60 Cal) Proteins fish, chicken, egg whites....2-3 times week...2-4 ounces. fish(I don't weigh) Soy proteins portions per non animal protein day No Dairy except one-two yogurts per week if desired Oils: Smart Balance, pam sprays

"I felt that every tree, every blade of grass, and every pool of water become especially eloquent with God’s grandeur. Somehow they seemed to become transparent—or perhaps translucent is the better word—because each thing in its particularity was still utterly visible and unspeakably important . . . These specific, concrete things became translucent in the sense that a powerful, indescribable, invisible light seemed to shine through. . . . It was the exuberant joy of simply seeing these masterpieces of God’s creation…and knowing myself to be among them. It was to be one of them, and to feel and know that “we”—all of these creatures, molecules, and phenomena—were together known and loved by God, who embraced us all into the ultimate “We.”" ---Brian McLaren, A Generous Orthodoxy, p. 178un problem."6 "This is as good a place as any to apologize for my use of masculine pronouns for God in the previous sentence. You'll notice that wherever I can, I avoid the use of ...

"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act." -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dare to trust Him; dare to follow Him! And discover that the very forces which barred your progress and threatened your life, at His bidding become the materials of which an avenue is made to liberty. --F. B. Meyer _______________________________________________________________ Have you come to the Red Sea place in your life, Where, in spite of all you can do, There is no way out, there is no way back, There is no other way but through? Then wait on the Lord with a trust serene Till the night of your fear is gone; He will send the wind, He will heap the floods, When He says to your soul, "Go on." And His hand will lead you through--clear through-- Ere the watery walls roll down, No foe can reach you, no wave can touch, No mightiest sea can drown; The tossing billows may rear their crests, Their foam at your feet may break, But over their bed you shall walk dry shod In the path that your Lord will make. In the morning watch, 'beneath the lifted cloud, You shall see but the...