So, here it is 7:52a.m. I have been awake since around 6a.m. this morning and if you know me, I'm not a creature of the morning but more of a late night girl!! I like just went to bed at 2:15a.m. lol!! So, yes, a nap is definitely in my near future.
What woke me up was my brain. It wouldn't stop talking even though I kept trying to get it to be quiet, it just kept thinking and thinking...I so know I'm not the only one that does that....so, I got up and have been - you guessed it...'thinking.' lol!! What I wanted to share with you is a life scripture that I have leaned on over and over in my life, no matter where I am in life, what's going on, it just always seems to be the verse that settles everything in my brain and in my heart. It's literally that powerful!! I know you know it and if you don't, mark it down in your Bible and make it your life verse...living by this passage of scripture will totally revolutionize your life, how you see it, how you live it, how you respond to it....so, are you ready? Here it is!!
Proverbs 3:4-6 (The Message) - Trust God from the bottom of your heart. Don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; He's the one who will keep you on track.
The version I have memorized goes like this - Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.
One of my favorites things about this verse is this: You don't have to try and figure it all out!!! Not every question will be answered in this life....it's okay. Not every circumstance will work out the way you thought...it's okay. Not every day will go as you planned...it's okay. Just simply TRUST God with ALL your heart and HE will direct your path. It's soooo incredibly beautiful that I just had to pass this powerful verse to you and remind you - He's got it all figured out - just trust HIM. :)
Enjoy, live to the fullest, love and laugh a lot - :)
Tracee Lee
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Mostaccioli Recipe :)
Mostaccioli (Serves 6-8)
Ingredients:
1 Box Penne Pasta
1 lb. of hamburger (90/100)
1 Jar of Ragu Traditional Sauce
2-3 Cups of Mozarella Cheese
½ cup of Parmesan Cheese
Spices: Garlic Powder, Italian Seasoning, Basil, Fresh Italian Parsley – chopped with scissors (small bunch)
What to do:
Turn oven on @ 400 degrees
Fill up a large dutch oven with water (3/4 full), add a little bit of salt, put lid on it, bring to a boil on high. Once it comes to a boil, put pasta inside, drizzle a little bit of olive oil in it – keep lid off. Once your pasta is done – drain and put in a rectangle cake pan.
Cut up ¼ of the parsley bunch in a bowl and get the rest of your spices ready to add to your sauce when ready.
While the water is coming to a boil, place your hamburger in a skillet with a drizzle of olive oil and cook until brown. (water should be to a boil ready for your pasta to be added by the time you are done with this process)
Place the spaghetti sauce into the skillet with the cooked hamburger, add your fresh parsley and remaining spices and parmesan cheese into the sauce. (Cover the sauce well with the Italian Seasoning and Garlic Powder, and a little less generous with the basil.) You can also drizzle a little bit of olive oil into your sauce. (to make the sauce even better cut up ¼ green pepper and a ¼ cup of onion – sautee’ them together in a skillet with a little bit of olive oil on medium heat until they turn transparent – add to your sauce and, if you have it- ¼ cup of red wine, simmer for 4-8 hours on lo heat take it to another level!!)
Once you have mixed your sauce and seasonings, pour your sauce over your penne pasta in the pan and mix it up. Add 2 cups of cheese to the pasta and stir. Add remaining 1 cup of cheese to the top of your mostaccioli. Bake for 20 min on 400 degrees.
Homemade Garlic Bread
1 loaf of bread
2 sticks of REAL butter
3-4 tsp. of garlic powder or 5 cloves of garlic, crushed
Parsley – to your taste (fresh is best but dried will work as well)
Melt butter for about 1 min (cover with a paper towel) – add your crushed or powdered garlic and a little salt and your parsley. With a ‘paint brush’, brush your cut up bread that is placed on a piece of foil and generously cover all the bread with the butter. Cover with another piece of foil and bake at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Plunge in and eat!!
Ingredients:
1 Box Penne Pasta
1 lb. of hamburger (90/100)
1 Jar of Ragu Traditional Sauce
2-3 Cups of Mozarella Cheese
½ cup of Parmesan Cheese
Spices: Garlic Powder, Italian Seasoning, Basil, Fresh Italian Parsley – chopped with scissors (small bunch)
What to do:
Turn oven on @ 400 degrees
Fill up a large dutch oven with water (3/4 full), add a little bit of salt, put lid on it, bring to a boil on high. Once it comes to a boil, put pasta inside, drizzle a little bit of olive oil in it – keep lid off. Once your pasta is done – drain and put in a rectangle cake pan.
Cut up ¼ of the parsley bunch in a bowl and get the rest of your spices ready to add to your sauce when ready.
While the water is coming to a boil, place your hamburger in a skillet with a drizzle of olive oil and cook until brown. (water should be to a boil ready for your pasta to be added by the time you are done with this process)
Place the spaghetti sauce into the skillet with the cooked hamburger, add your fresh parsley and remaining spices and parmesan cheese into the sauce. (Cover the sauce well with the Italian Seasoning and Garlic Powder, and a little less generous with the basil.) You can also drizzle a little bit of olive oil into your sauce. (to make the sauce even better cut up ¼ green pepper and a ¼ cup of onion – sautee’ them together in a skillet with a little bit of olive oil on medium heat until they turn transparent – add to your sauce and, if you have it- ¼ cup of red wine, simmer for 4-8 hours on lo heat take it to another level!!)
Once you have mixed your sauce and seasonings, pour your sauce over your penne pasta in the pan and mix it up. Add 2 cups of cheese to the pasta and stir. Add remaining 1 cup of cheese to the top of your mostaccioli. Bake for 20 min on 400 degrees.
Homemade Garlic Bread
1 loaf of bread
2 sticks of REAL butter
3-4 tsp. of garlic powder or 5 cloves of garlic, crushed
Parsley – to your taste (fresh is best but dried will work as well)
Melt butter for about 1 min (cover with a paper towel) – add your crushed or powdered garlic and a little salt and your parsley. With a ‘paint brush’, brush your cut up bread that is placed on a piece of foil and generously cover all the bread with the butter. Cover with another piece of foil and bake at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Plunge in and eat!!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Don't Forget - God is not a man that He should lie!!
When God speaks a promise over you - a dream given to you - He will do it!! He doesn't take back His words, He doesn't speak something and then walk away and not do it. He's 100% reliable and 100% faithful to keep His promises. His yes's are yes, and His no's are no.
Many of you just came back from the Dare to Dream Conference this past weekend in Nashville, TN and you were inspired to DARE to Dream the dreams God has given you - you are not alone in this journey because He's the one that gave you the dream in the first place. Trust Him, follow Him, listen to Him and YOUR DREAMS WILL COME ALIVE!!
I am God,
the only God there is, the one and only.
I promise in my own name:
Every word out of my mouth does what it says.
I never take back what I say.
Everyone is going to end up kneeling before me.
Everyone is going to end up saying of me,
'Yes! Salvation and strength are in God!'"
Taken from the MSG - Isaiah 45
Walk in His strength and His love - cover yourself with Him and watch it all appear in His perfect time.
Love and believe in you LOADS!!!
Tracee Lee Davidson
Many of you just came back from the Dare to Dream Conference this past weekend in Nashville, TN and you were inspired to DARE to Dream the dreams God has given you - you are not alone in this journey because He's the one that gave you the dream in the first place. Trust Him, follow Him, listen to Him and YOUR DREAMS WILL COME ALIVE!!
I am God,
the only God there is, the one and only.
I promise in my own name:
Every word out of my mouth does what it says.
I never take back what I say.
Everyone is going to end up kneeling before me.
Everyone is going to end up saying of me,
'Yes! Salvation and strength are in God!'"
Taken from the MSG - Isaiah 45
Walk in His strength and His love - cover yourself with Him and watch it all appear in His perfect time.
Love and believe in you LOADS!!!
Tracee Lee Davidson
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