Blessings in Christ,
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Interview
I was recently asked to answer some questions as a part of a SEED Interview series on another blog. Here is the link to my interview if you are interested in reading it.
Blessings in Christ,
Blessings in Christ,
Q & A
I recently got a few questions from someone and instead of replying just to her, I thought I would post it on my blog.
"How amazing Chelsea! Only recently, (though I have felt this way for years), I’ve been convicted to dress plainly and finally bought my first cape dress and plain-style apron patterns. Slowly, I'm trying to change over my wardrobe to fit what I feel YHWH is calling me to wear.
Please, if you don't mind answering a curious girls questions, where did you purchase your cape dress pattern? What colours do you personally consider plain? I'm not sure right now if wearing kapps is right for me (I've got a lot of hair and that makes the styles available to me difficult to wear) but I'm not sure what else there is. Right now I'm not feeling any leadings towards any particular covering so I'm not going to change until I do. Do you only wear kapps?"
I was lucky enough to be given my cape dress pattern by a friend. I did not have to purchase one. It may of been easier if I had because I would not of had to alter the pattern, but it saved me money. Where I am, that is how most women do it. Find someone of comprable size at their church, ask to try a dress on, and if it fits ask to copy the pattern the other lady uses. One of my friends had an old pattern and a dress for me to try on and it fit for the most part so that is how I got my pattern.
I myself do not focus on what colors to wear and what colors not to wear. For church I have some more subdued colors, such as darker greens, sage greens, blues, and one gray dress, but for my everyday dress I pick material up that appeals me. It usually is a green (I love orange and greens) and has a pattern to it. The patterns I find in my area are small patterns. Similar to this one.
My thoughts on what style of covering to wear is wear what you feel called to wear. Do not worry about what may be the "right" covering as Paul did not specify what kind women are to wear, only that we are to wear a covering. I have thick hair, my hair is to the bottom of my shoulder blades so it's not super long yet. There are ways to make your bun flat, here is a link to different ways to make your bun. I wear both veils and kapps, but when I buy kapps I have to look for ones that are extra deep or else my kapps sit further back, but with my behind-the-ears kapps I do not mind them sitting further back... I don't like them over my ears :)
I hope this answers your questions. If anyone has anymore, please feel free to ask! I am will do my very best to answer all of your questions :)
Blessings in Christ,
"How amazing Chelsea! Only recently, (though I have felt this way for years), I’ve been convicted to dress plainly and finally bought my first cape dress and plain-style apron patterns. Slowly, I'm trying to change over my wardrobe to fit what I feel YHWH is calling me to wear.
Please, if you don't mind answering a curious girls questions, where did you purchase your cape dress pattern? What colours do you personally consider plain? I'm not sure right now if wearing kapps is right for me (I've got a lot of hair and that makes the styles available to me difficult to wear) but I'm not sure what else there is. Right now I'm not feeling any leadings towards any particular covering so I'm not going to change until I do. Do you only wear kapps?"
I was lucky enough to be given my cape dress pattern by a friend. I did not have to purchase one. It may of been easier if I had because I would not of had to alter the pattern, but it saved me money. Where I am, that is how most women do it. Find someone of comprable size at their church, ask to try a dress on, and if it fits ask to copy the pattern the other lady uses. One of my friends had an old pattern and a dress for me to try on and it fit for the most part so that is how I got my pattern.
I myself do not focus on what colors to wear and what colors not to wear. For church I have some more subdued colors, such as darker greens, sage greens, blues, and one gray dress, but for my everyday dress I pick material up that appeals me. It usually is a green (I love orange and greens) and has a pattern to it. The patterns I find in my area are small patterns. Similar to this one.
My thoughts on what style of covering to wear is wear what you feel called to wear. Do not worry about what may be the "right" covering as Paul did not specify what kind women are to wear, only that we are to wear a covering. I have thick hair, my hair is to the bottom of my shoulder blades so it's not super long yet. There are ways to make your bun flat, here is a link to different ways to make your bun. I wear both veils and kapps, but when I buy kapps I have to look for ones that are extra deep or else my kapps sit further back, but with my behind-the-ears kapps I do not mind them sitting further back... I don't like them over my ears :)
I hope this answers your questions. If anyone has anymore, please feel free to ask! I am will do my very best to answer all of your questions :)
Blessings in Christ,
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Necessary Ingredients for a Christian Life
A few weeks ago a minister at church preached on the necessary ingredients for the Christian Life. I really thought there was a lot of good said that morning and wish to share it with you.
There are six ingredients:
1. We must be born again - John 3:1-21 (v. 7 specifically)
2. We must have humility - Matthew 18:1-5
Are we like little children? Trusting, forgiving, teachable? If not, we should re-examine ourselves and become like little children. God wants us to be like little children. When was the last time you saw a little child hold a grudge against their friend? I don't remember ever seeing that happen. Within 5 minutes of the hurtful act, they are back to playing together. They have forgiven and forgetten what happened!! We must model the little children in our lives!!
We need to trust what God says is the absolute truth! Look again at the little children in our lives. They trust mom and dad and believe that what mom and dad says is the truth. Why do we as adults question what everyone says? We need to learn to be more trusting that the truth is being told to us through the Bible.
3. We must repent our sins - Luke 13:1-5
4. We must have faith - Hebrews 11:1-11 (v. 6 specifically)
5. We must have righteousness - Matthew 5:20
Matthew 23 shows what happens when we are concerned about our outward appearance only. We must be concerned about our inside first and then secondly our outward appearance! God does not care about our outward appearance as much as He does our heart! By no means am I saying that we should completely neglect our outward appearance as we must be modest with our clothing, but first our heart must be in the right place.
6. We must worship God! - John 4:24
I also want to share a link to a song written by a member of the Esh family and sung by them as well. They are the family that lost 9 members in a car accident this past March on their way to a wedding. The son who wrote the song died almost two years ago overseas serving God. Every time I listen to the song it gives me the chills. Here it is: Home.
Blessings in Christ,
There are six ingredients:
1. We must be born again - John 3:1-21 (v. 7 specifically)
2. We must have humility - Matthew 18:1-5
Are we like little children? Trusting, forgiving, teachable? If not, we should re-examine ourselves and become like little children. God wants us to be like little children. When was the last time you saw a little child hold a grudge against their friend? I don't remember ever seeing that happen. Within 5 minutes of the hurtful act, they are back to playing together. They have forgiven and forgetten what happened!! We must model the little children in our lives!!
We need to trust what God says is the absolute truth! Look again at the little children in our lives. They trust mom and dad and believe that what mom and dad says is the truth. Why do we as adults question what everyone says? We need to learn to be more trusting that the truth is being told to us through the Bible.
3. We must repent our sins - Luke 13:1-5
4. We must have faith - Hebrews 11:1-11 (v. 6 specifically)
5. We must have righteousness - Matthew 5:20
Matthew 23 shows what happens when we are concerned about our outward appearance only. We must be concerned about our inside first and then secondly our outward appearance! God does not care about our outward appearance as much as He does our heart! By no means am I saying that we should completely neglect our outward appearance as we must be modest with our clothing, but first our heart must be in the right place.
6. We must worship God! - John 4:24
I also want to share a link to a song written by a member of the Esh family and sung by them as well. They are the family that lost 9 members in a car accident this past March on their way to a wedding. The son who wrote the song died almost two years ago overseas serving God. Every time I listen to the song it gives me the chills. Here it is: Home.
Blessings in Christ,
Monday, October 4, 2010
Swearing
We all know that we should not swear/curse. But what about the words that we use as our own bad words? Everyone has them. I know I do for sure. I say that I do not swear, but it is only the recognized swear words that I can truly say I do not use. I have replaced those words with my own words that I use instead - for example, fudgebuckets, phooey, humph and fiddlesticks.
My roommate and I got into a discussion, she was saying those words would be okay because you are not swearing. I say that if we should not swear we should not speak at all because even when we make up our own replacement words, those become swear words to us. Maybe not speaking is a big of a far idea, but I used to that show my point :) What do you think? Are replacement words just as bad as the word you replaced?? I keep coming back to this question, I know it is the Lord directing me to it, but yet I cannot seem to come to a final conclusion on it.
Blessings in Christ,
My roommate and I got into a discussion, she was saying those words would be okay because you are not swearing. I say that if we should not swear we should not speak at all because even when we make up our own replacement words, those become swear words to us. Maybe not speaking is a big of a far idea, but I used to that show my point :) What do you think? Are replacement words just as bad as the word you replaced?? I keep coming back to this question, I know it is the Lord directing me to it, but yet I cannot seem to come to a final conclusion on it.
Blessings in Christ,
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Recipe Exchange
I was sent an e-mail one of these last winter and it turned out pretty neat. What you would do is share your favorite (or an easy quick recipe) as a post on your blog and then comment to my post with a link to your page.
I hope that each one of you can participate, it will give us all some great recipes to try that we may of not tried before :)
Here's mine:
Chili (a Wendy's Chili look-a-like) (a crock pot meal)
1 onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
1 (14 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
4 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
1 (14 ounce) can ranch style beans
1 (14 ounce) can pinto beans
1 (14 ounce) can kidney beans
1 (10 ounce) can Rotel diced tomatoes
1 (1 1/4 ounce) package McCormick mild chili seasoning
2 lbs ground chuck
Brown Ground Chuck
Add all canned items, including juice, into large pot (I did drain the juice off the beans and rinse the beans when I made mine so that it was less salty, but I did add the tomato juice)
Cook until onion and pepper are tender (I let mine cook in the crock pot for 4 hours at minimum, as my dad says, soup is always better the more you cook it! -- but that is debatable :)
Serve
Freezes nicely! (It really does :)
For a little kick use the canned Rotel tomatoes with green chili peppers in it :)
Serves 12
Here's the link to the initial recipe because it has a nice calculator and you can input how many servings you want to make :)
Blessings in Christ,
I hope that each one of you can participate, it will give us all some great recipes to try that we may of not tried before :)
Here's mine:
Chili (a Wendy's Chili look-a-like) (a crock pot meal)
1 onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
1 (14 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
4 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
1 (14 ounce) can ranch style beans
1 (14 ounce) can pinto beans
1 (14 ounce) can kidney beans
1 (10 ounce) can Rotel diced tomatoes
1 (1 1/4 ounce) package McCormick mild chili seasoning
2 lbs ground chuck
Brown Ground Chuck
Add all canned items, including juice, into large pot (I did drain the juice off the beans and rinse the beans when I made mine so that it was less salty, but I did add the tomato juice)
Cook until onion and pepper are tender (I let mine cook in the crock pot for 4 hours at minimum, as my dad says, soup is always better the more you cook it! -- but that is debatable :)
Serve
Freezes nicely! (It really does :)
For a little kick use the canned Rotel tomatoes with green chili peppers in it :)
Serves 12
Here's the link to the initial recipe because it has a nice calculator and you can input how many servings you want to make :)
Blessings in Christ,
Thursday, September 30, 2010
The Lord is my...
My roommate absolutely loved her dress. But me on the otherhand, ugh. There are so many things about it I wish she would let me fix, but she doesn't care :) I have much higher standards on how my clothing and kapps look than she does...or maybe we should say I have a much more detailed eye when it comes to these things! I am comparing the dress I made her to the one I made with her help and the one I made with her help fits so much better, but she loves this one anyway. Guess I need to let it go eh?
My first dress I absolutely hate. I don't think I will ever wear it. The pattern I used didn't get adjusted enough so I had about an inch of extra material on each side from my torso through my hips. I tried to fix it simply by taking in the seams last night but now the seams aren't even and it's visible to the eye. Another thing is I apparantly needed to put darts in the back of my dress (even though the pattern didn't tell me to) because it just hangs there and I hate how it looks/feels on me. Oh well. My roommate said she would fix it for me so I guess I will see how it turns out in the very end.
Something I have been wanting to post for quite a while now and kept forgetting what it was is a list of everything the Bible calls our Lord. It is fairly long, but I hope it will be a blessing to someone just as it was for me.
The Lord is my...
Creator - 1 Peter 4:19
Helper - Hebrews 13:5-6, Psalms 33:20
Way, Truth, and Life - John 14:6
Provider - Psalms 33:18-19
Comforter - John 14:16-27, 2 Corinthians 1:3-7
Father - Romans 8:15
Teacher - Psalms 32:8
Guide - Psalms 48:14, Isaiah 58:11
King - Psalms 74:12, 89:18
Leader - Isaiah 42:16
Confidence - Proverbs 3:26
Warrior - Psalms 24:7-8, Exodus 14:13-14
Defender - Psalms 94:22
Power - 2 Samuel 22:33, Isaiah 40:29
Protector - Psalms 91
Victory - 1 Corinthians 15:57, Romans 8:37
Inheritance - Psalms 16:5
True God - Jeremiah 10:10, John 17:3
Hope - Psalms 39:7, Jeremiah 17:7
Sun and Shield - Psalms 84:11
Goodness - Psalms 144:2, 15
Light, Salvation and Glory - Psalms 27:1, 112:4
Refuge and Strength - Psalms 46:1, Jeremiah 16:19
Fountain of LIfe - Psalms 36:7-9
Stronghold - Nahum 1:7, Psalms 61:1-3
Joy and Delight - Psalms 43:4, Isaiah 12:3, Job 22:21, 26
Complete - Colossians 2:10
Fullness - John 1:16, Ephesians 3:19
All in All - Ephesians 4:6, Colossians 3:11
Rock - 2 Samuel 22:47, Psalms 18:2
Fortress - Jeremiah 16:19
Deliverer - Romans 8:21, Psalms 34:4, 17, 19
Saviour - Psalms 28:7-8, 1 John 4:14
Buckler - Proverbs 2:6-8
High Tower - Proverbs 18:10
Shield - Psalms 33:20
Shepherd - Psalms 23:1
Foundation - 1 Corinthians 3:11
Preserver - Psalms 121:7-8, Jude 1
Wonderful Counselor - Isaiah 9:6
Healer - Psalms 103:3, 147:3, Isaiah 53:5, Luke 4:18
Hiding Place - Psalms 32:7, Isaiah 32:1-2
Present Help - Psalms 46:1, 86:15-17, 124:8
Redeemer - Psalms 34:22, 103:4, Isaiah 47:4, Titus 2:11-14
Mercy - Psalms 86:5, 7, 15, Isaiah 54:7
Compassion - Psalms 145:8, Titus 3:4-5
Health - Psalms 42:11
Maker - Psalms 95:6-7
Shade and Keeper - Psalms 121:5
Husband and Habitation - Isaiah 54:5, Psalms 71:3, Isaiah 32:18
Strength and Power - 2 Samuel 22:33, Psalms 18:2, 27:1, 46:1, Philippians 4:13, Isaiah 40:30-31, Isaiah 41:10
I have more of these with different topics and I do plan to post them sparatically as I feel led to.
Blessings in Christ,
My first dress I absolutely hate. I don't think I will ever wear it. The pattern I used didn't get adjusted enough so I had about an inch of extra material on each side from my torso through my hips. I tried to fix it simply by taking in the seams last night but now the seams aren't even and it's visible to the eye. Another thing is I apparantly needed to put darts in the back of my dress (even though the pattern didn't tell me to) because it just hangs there and I hate how it looks/feels on me. Oh well. My roommate said she would fix it for me so I guess I will see how it turns out in the very end.
Something I have been wanting to post for quite a while now and kept forgetting what it was is a list of everything the Bible calls our Lord. It is fairly long, but I hope it will be a blessing to someone just as it was for me.
The Lord is my...
Creator - 1 Peter 4:19
Helper - Hebrews 13:5-6, Psalms 33:20
Way, Truth, and Life - John 14:6
Provider - Psalms 33:18-19
Comforter - John 14:16-27, 2 Corinthians 1:3-7
Father - Romans 8:15
Teacher - Psalms 32:8
Guide - Psalms 48:14, Isaiah 58:11
King - Psalms 74:12, 89:18
Leader - Isaiah 42:16
Confidence - Proverbs 3:26
Warrior - Psalms 24:7-8, Exodus 14:13-14
Defender - Psalms 94:22
Power - 2 Samuel 22:33, Isaiah 40:29
Protector - Psalms 91
Victory - 1 Corinthians 15:57, Romans 8:37
Inheritance - Psalms 16:5
True God - Jeremiah 10:10, John 17:3
Hope - Psalms 39:7, Jeremiah 17:7
Sun and Shield - Psalms 84:11
Goodness - Psalms 144:2, 15
Light, Salvation and Glory - Psalms 27:1, 112:4
Refuge and Strength - Psalms 46:1, Jeremiah 16:19
Fountain of LIfe - Psalms 36:7-9
Stronghold - Nahum 1:7, Psalms 61:1-3
Joy and Delight - Psalms 43:4, Isaiah 12:3, Job 22:21, 26
Complete - Colossians 2:10
Fullness - John 1:16, Ephesians 3:19
All in All - Ephesians 4:6, Colossians 3:11
Rock - 2 Samuel 22:47, Psalms 18:2
Fortress - Jeremiah 16:19
Deliverer - Romans 8:21, Psalms 34:4, 17, 19
Saviour - Psalms 28:7-8, 1 John 4:14
Buckler - Proverbs 2:6-8
High Tower - Proverbs 18:10
Shield - Psalms 33:20
Shepherd - Psalms 23:1
Foundation - 1 Corinthians 3:11
Preserver - Psalms 121:7-8, Jude 1
Wonderful Counselor - Isaiah 9:6
Healer - Psalms 103:3, 147:3, Isaiah 53:5, Luke 4:18
Hiding Place - Psalms 32:7, Isaiah 32:1-2
Present Help - Psalms 46:1, 86:15-17, 124:8
Redeemer - Psalms 34:22, 103:4, Isaiah 47:4, Titus 2:11-14
Mercy - Psalms 86:5, 7, 15, Isaiah 54:7
Compassion - Psalms 145:8, Titus 3:4-5
Health - Psalms 42:11
Maker - Psalms 95:6-7
Shade and Keeper - Psalms 121:5
Husband and Habitation - Isaiah 54:5, Psalms 71:3, Isaiah 32:18
Strength and Power - 2 Samuel 22:33, Psalms 18:2, 27:1, 46:1, Philippians 4:13, Isaiah 40:30-31, Isaiah 41:10
I have more of these with different topics and I do plan to post them sparatically as I feel led to.
Blessings in Christ,
Friday, September 24, 2010
SURPRISE!!!!!
For my roommate that is :) She has been wanting a wine colored dress for some time now. I bought the material last Tuesday and between yesterday and today I completely made it!! I just hope it fits her because she didn't try it on at all like she did with the last one I made her :)
I am about half way done with a dress for myself, but I have no motivation to do it anymore :) I truly hate hems and that is where I am with my dress. Oh well :) It will get done eventually!
Blessings in Christ,
I am about half way done with a dress for myself, but I have no motivation to do it anymore :) I truly hate hems and that is where I am with my dress. Oh well :) It will get done eventually!
Blessings in Christ,
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