A Peek Into A Woman's Heart: 6/30/13

Mango Yum~

Mango Float is an excellent summer recipe. It consists of layers of graham crackers, fresh mangoes and whipped cream / sugar-free condensed milk mixture. I am a very big fan of Philippine mangoes and I could boast that the country's produce' of mango is so superb. One of my favorite foods which is made out of this delicious fruit is the Mango Float. How to make one, here's how:

Mango Float – Filipino Recipe

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 3 large very ripe mangoes, sliced

• 2 1/2 cups (20 oz; 600 ml) whipping cream, chilled

• 1 3/4 cups (14 oz; 400 g) sugar-free condensed milk, chilled

about 10 oz (300 g) graham crackers

Instructions:

1. Combine cream and condensed milk and mix it with electric mixer to double the size of the ingredients.

2. Place a layer of graham crackers at the bottom of a 9x7x2.5 inches (23x18x6 cm; volume 11 cups or 2.6 L) rectangular pan and spread with a layer of the cream mixture. Put slices of fresh mangoes on top.

3. Repeat by putting layers of graham crackers, mangoes and cream until you’ve used it all.

4. Cover the pan and place in the refrigerator overnight. Serve chilled.

Mango Float Filipino Style

Feeling So Blessed

A few weeks ago, a friend and I decided to drive to Newport, Rhode Island for some feel of the afternoon sea breeze. The drive was from Boston and it took us about an hour and a half. The weather was so fantastic, thus we were able to enjoy the wonderful view of the places. Newport mansions is consists of 11 different humongous houses which each could literally be called a "mansion".

Unfortunate we were because we were not able to get inside of each mansion since we arrived around 4:30 in the afternoon and viewing closes at 5pm. Instead, we decided to just take some photos of the mansions from the outside. I would definitely go back to this place to capture each beauty inside.

Further in this small tour, we randomly encountered people around.

Part of the "Cliff Walk" near "The Breakers" mansion.

An awesome grass area of the "Rosecliff" mansion.

Cliffwalk

Rosecliff mansion's garden

The Breakers mansion

This is a photo of a couple, which was one of those random encounters my friend and I had. While approaching "The Breakers" mansion, crossing the street from where we parked our car, a vehicle stopped in front of us (my friend and I were actually talking while crossing). The man driving the car shouted, "take a photo, hurry up!! My friend asked "of what?". The man said "us! We're married for 41 years now." I was like smiled at them too and similar to what my friend felt, I was so delighted of such happy encounters. Not all people would be open enough to let strangers take photos of them. It shows from the photo how happy they really are. Look at the woman, as her smile that time tells a lot about their love story even if she did not burst a word. We of course congratulated them. Thinking about it, my friend (she has a boyfriend) and I are not married people yet but I know that GOD indeed wanted to convey through our hearts that there is still a long-lasting relationship which we could have here on earth. It may be hard to distinguish and as difficult as catching a jellyfish by your bare hands. However, Jesus proved us that it really exists. This couple are the instrument GOD gave us, for a big realization that we should continue to love people. We should open our hearts and ensure that we always share nothing but goodness, great love, and unconditional care. I am so blessed every day of my life and I could never thank GOD enough for everything that I have, I am having, and I will have in my life. Feeling so blessed. :)

Prayer From The Heart

Heavenly Father,

We humbly ask You to continue rescuing the lost from the domain of darkness and bring them into the kingdom of Your Son. You alone can draw and enable them. You alone can send Your Holy Spirit with power to convict them of the sin in their life and their need to repent and believe in Your truth. The truth that Jesus is the only way to You, that He alone is the way, the truth and the life.

Father, we ask you to forgive the sins of the lost. We come in Jesus’ name to demolish the strongholds in their minds that those sins have allowed. We come in the authority of Jesus’ name to overcome the power of the enemy in their lives, to ask You to bind evil spirits away from them in the name of Jesus and the blood of the Lamb through the word of our testimony.

We come against the blinding of their minds and ask that You send someone to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light. Father please help us to be willing and active believers. Please do not let their hearts be hardened, but instead open their hearts to receive Your truth. Rip away any veil that covers their hearts, any false teaching that confuses their minds. Help them to hear your Word with power and conviction as the Word of GOD and not the word of man. Give them understanding, so that the enemy will not be able to steal Your Word from their hearts.

Father, help them see their need for a Savior, to know they must confess their sins, repent, believe and live a fruitful life. Help them choose Your mercy and Your gift of grace, to believe with their hearts and confess with their mouths, Jesus is Lord. We ask in Your will, that not any should perish. In Jesus’ precious name. Amen.

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I pray that all people will come to You, Lord Jesus Christ. :)

Deal With Baggage First

God allows us to meet people all the time that are in need of a friend. A lifelong friendship can start with just a kind word or a smile. God Bless.

Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.

God has left it entirely up to us to choose our spouse. He gives us wisdom and liberty to make that choice. He has only set one condition for us – that believers marry fellow believers (2 Cor 6:14; 1 Cor 7:39). That’s it. As far as God is concerned, it does not matter whether you marry someone who is fat or thin, short or tall, brown eyed or blue eyed. It doesn’t matter to God. God also does not care one bit about ministry. It is OK if a preacher gets married to a caterer. That’s fine with God. There is nothing in the bible that says your ministries have to “complement each other". The bible clearly teaches that although we have a diversity of ministries, it’s all one Spirit (1 Cor 12:4-6). In other words, any forms of Christian ministry will automatically complement each other, you don’t have to fret over that.

This is why it is first important to express our desire for a mate, to GOD, and then ask for confirmations from the LORD before making a life long commitment. It isn't necessary to have everything in common, but having Christ in common makes it that much easier for God to be glorified as two people enter into a covenant with an understanding of the biblical explanation of the husband and wife's roles within the marriage.

Saying that everyone has the right to fall in love with anyone they choose, would not be an accurate statement. Simply because we are physically capable of expressing love through gestures, displays of affection, and sexual indulgences, we must ask ourselves if we should. Sometimes your own baggage can become a filter, through which, you view the world around you, and create relationships, having nothing to do with GOD. Deal with the baggage first and then choose, with GOD's guidance.

You Don't Have To Take Your Clothes Off

You don't HAVE to take your clothes off to have a good time! Here's how to respond to a pushy date:

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Dear Mandy,

I just started talking to a new guy. I told him up front I was celibate. He said it was fine. Well, today he asked for nudie pics. I was like wow!! I told him no but now I'm not sure if he's gonna stick around. Help! What should I do?

Signed,

Dear C,

Girl, there are so many things wrong with this, I don’t even know where to begin! Actually, let’s start with what’s RIGHT about it: You making your boundaries clear up front. Kudos to you for being clear about what you are about and not pulling any punches. A lot of people would have been too shy or embarrassed or nervous to be 100% honest from the start of the relationship and let it be known where the relationship would and would not be going. Be proud of yourself for having a plan for yourself and your relationships and sticking to it!

Now. As for the rest of the story. Here’s what I have to shout from the rooftops:

DROP THIS LOSER. NOW! Don’t wait five more minutes or second guess it or allow fear of being alone cause you to hesitate. Call him or email him or go knock on his door and tell him in no uncertain terms that you will not be seeing him again. What bothers me the most about your email is you phrase it: “I’m not sure if he’s gonna stick around.” If he’s going to stick around. HE. HIM. The creep who just blew right past your boundaries and very disrespectfully asked you to send him naked pictures of yourself. Naked pictures of a body that you obviously respect enough to not engage in intimacy outside of marriage. Naked pictures that he will likely circulate to his friends and brag about how awesome he is that he got the girl with boundaries to drop her clothes faster than she dropped her boundaries. Girl, NO. No no NO! Stop giving him the power to “stick around” or NOT “stick around”! He doesn’t even deserve the OPTION to stick around! WHY?

Because a man who doesn’t respect your boundaries does not respect you. Bottom line. Period. End of sentence. Because if he’s asking for naked pictures today, tomorrow he’ll be asking for sex. Because a man who even ASKS for naked pictures, especially this early in a relationship, isn’t looking for love. He’s looking to satisfy lust. And that is NOT okay. You are not his personal pin-up girl. You are not a lewd fantasy or a cheap thrill. You are a beautiful, precious child of God who deserves someone who respects you too much to ever push or blatantly ignore your boundaries. Please, please love yourself TOO much to keep someone like this in your life. This guy isn’t looking for your heart. He’s looking for a warm body. And the good news is this: He showed his true colors really, really early. And that means you can walk away now before you get your feelings any more involved.

Call me old-fashioned, but if you’re a week or two in, I think this man should be still working up the nerve to hold your hand. He hasn’t earned anything more than that. And he certainly hasn’t earned the right to ask you to remove your clothes for him. The only thing this man has EARNED is removal from your life faster than the clothes he is asking you to drop.

For A Future Husband

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NIV)