The IN SEASON Lifestyle Community Store – February 2019

REVIEW OF ALL THE FEBRUARY 2019 FUN

How was your month of February 2019?

Were you living life upside down and inside out to the glory of God?
I hope so. Also I hope our articles during February 2019 inspired you to keep moving forward with a smile on your face and the love of our Creator in your heart.

So much happened in one month!

One of our greatest blessings came in the form of a long weekend visit spent with our out-of-state kids and our two precious grandsons. We had so much fun just playing and doing all the things we love to do together. There is no blessing to compare to spending quality time with family!

Please forgive me if I slightly overdo the photos of the family this month. I only get this section of our bunch together three of four times a year. So, my camera was going a bit crazy. We grandmothers live to share the love.

COME AS A CHILD BIBLE STUDY FOR FEBRUARY

Our COME AS A CHILD bible study almost finished Chapter Two of The Book of Numbers.

We have been discussing all the leaders of the tribes of Israel’s Army. All but one was covered during the months of January and February. We have one leader left to discuss in March before moving on through the book.

If you missed any of the lessons, you may review them all right here: (http://MY PEACE IS GOD – COME AS A CHILD LESSON 245 https://theinseasonlifestyle.com/god-has-added-lesson-246-come-as-a-child-bible-study/https://theinseasonlifestyle.com/god-has-heard-come-as-a-child-lesson-247/COME AS A CHILD – LESSON 104 – ISRAEL BLESSES JOSEPH, EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH https://theinseasonlifestyle.com/god-is-my-reward-come-as-a-child-lesson-247/https://theinseasonlifestyle.com/how-the-tribes-of-ephraim-and-manesseh-were-different-come-as-a-child-lesson-249/)

I hope you are getting the idea that all the way back in ancient times God led chosen leaders. He instructed them on how to lead people through the wilderness. These ancient patterns are a lot like God expects the church of today to follow. When you think about it; we are all living in the wilderness of the world. We are all on a journey through the wilderness of life. Hopefully, by the grace of God, what we do here and the decisions we make in this life will take us to a better land one day.

We need to know the best way to get there.

ENJOYING THE BOOK OF NUMBERS

The book of Numbers has lots of lessons about how people should respond to God’s will, even in these modern times.

In another topic section coming in March, we will include a seasonal article on Lent. Lent is actually a lot like and easily compares to the journey through the wilderness. When I thought about this at month’s end, I was amazed at how much these two parts of the blog related to each other. So, we have the thoughts of February bleeding over into our subjects in March. Be sure to look for that up-coming article which will be published on March 5th.

Lent is a man-made holy season which is not commanded by God. However, I promise it would not displease God if you observed it. We might also note a very interesting book that touches the heartstrings on this subject. The book is featured in our Community Store for February. I hope to do a review on it one day soon. The title is “40 Days of Decrease, A Different Kind of Hunger, A Different Kind of Fast” by Alicia Britt Chole.

You may find me quoting Alicia Britt Chole a lot in the future. Her writings are beautiful. When she speaks of the wilderness journey through life she says “Deserts un-clutter the soul.” We are about to see how the souls of the Israelites became uncluttered in the desert on their way to the Promised Land. Only God can bring this transformation.

If you haven’t already joined in on our every Thursday bible study called COME AS A CHILD I hope you will plan to participate soon. Why not join in with us beginning next Thursday? We do a lesson every Thursday. Each lesson is unto itself. However, the lessons are continuous all the way through the bible. You can always trace the blog back to lessons that you want to review from the past.

March will be full of more unique lessons from The Book of Numbers.

SEASONS

The SEASONS topics had a very busy month in February.

We started out celebrating President’s Day with a special article honoring that day.

In further reflection about President’s Day, I hope you will pray for the leaders of our country every day. No matter what your political beliefs, whether you agree with our President’s policies or not, he must lead our country through some very rough waters. Pray for God’s hand to guide our President and all of our country’s leaders as they try to steer the people of our land into being a model for the rest of the world. It could not be an easy job.

VALENTINE’S DAY

The next special day we celebrated in the February SEASONS topic of the blog was Valentine’s Day.

We hope you caught our story of St. Valentine ( http://WHAT IS THE REAL MEANING BEHIND VALENTINE’S DAY? ) and that you understand why we have chosen to honor him on this day. There were also articles on recipes to cook and share with your lover as well as exciting places to plan that special get-a-way that lovers so often need.

If you missed all the other Valentine’s suggestions and articles;,you can review them here: http://THE VALENTINE TREE – FEATURED FOR FEBRUARY 2019 http://VALENTINE’S DAY GIFT IDEAS https://theinseasonlifestyle.com/cooking-together-for-valentines-day/ https://theinseasonlifestyle.com/weekend-get-away-gorhams-bluff/

PEN ART/MONDAY NIGHT MENUS/OH THE PLACES WE SHOULD GO

Another article in our PEN ARTS topics included some poetry which helped us to say goodbye to winter. The cold season seems to be slowly tip-toeing out of this year. To help on those last winter days, we included a few good hot soup recipes in the MONDAY NIGHT MENUS topics.

Before we say goodbye to winter completely, why not take one last winter excursion with the family to Blowing Rock, N.C. for a little winter fun? We featured this article in our OH THE PLACES WE SHOULD GO topics in February.

You can catch up on the winter food, poetry and travel articles we published in February right here: http://BLOWING ROCK NORTH CAROLINA – A FUN PLACE TO BE IN THE WINTER http://DELICIOUS SOUP RECIPES FOR THOSE COLD NIGHTS YET TO COME http://WINTER

We could not resist throwing in one more love story in February. The story we featured called Esther and The King was a very appropriate love story that will carry over into March for Purim festivities. You know we think nothing is as good as a story – so if you missed it just click here to review: http://THE STORY OF ESTHER AND THE KING

Well……goodbye winter! It has been fun. Soon we will say hello to spring.

THE HOUSE DOCTOR

THE HOUSE DOCTOR topic of the blog featured our ideas for a February House.

Don’t you love having a house for all seasons?

It definitely keeps life from becoming boring. We think a house for all seasons lifts the spirits while you are busy living out life from your home base. Here is that article if you wish to review: http://LIVING IN A FEBRUARY HOUSE – THE HOUSE DOCTOR

AN APPLE A DAY

AN APPLE A DAY featured the last article in a series of articles we have done on Mindfulness, Meditation and Yoga. I hope these have been thought-provoking articles. Perhaps many have taken them to heart.

If you missed these seven articles, just click here to review the last one. Follow the features at the bottom of the articles to review the articles before that one until you have found all seven.

There is a lot to take in with these article and their thoughts on yoga. So, you might want to digest them only one article at a time. Click here to begin a review: http://MINDFULNESS, MEDITATION AND YOGA – PART SEVEN

In the coming month of March our AN APPLE A DAY articles will focus on a whole-health lifestyle which will take on a new twist.

We are going to show you some positive ways to live daily life. Hopefully some of these suggestions will produce all the same effects you might have been aiming on achieving with yoga; only in a God-honoring way.

Did you know there is something much better than yoga?

There is a way of meditating and being mindful that is a win/win situation for everyone. However, you won’t hear these theories in your yoga classes.

Keep reading AN APPLE A DAY topics for March.

MARCH ARTICLES TO LOOK FORWARD TO

We have already mentioned some of the things that are coming in March. It is going to be an awesome month!

SEASONS

Our SEASONS topics for March are never-ending.

We will be celebrating Ash Wednesday, Lent, Purim, the beginning of Spring and St. Patrick’s Day all in one little month.

I hope you enjoy these articles.

MONDAY MENUS

The MONDAY MENUS topics for March will give you our best recipe for Corned Beef and Cabbage as well as a few other spring-related recipe ideas.

We are gearing up in March for more holy days and seasons which will becoming in April of this year. You might enjoy our favorite recipes for serving on The Sabbath.

We will be compiling a menu full of our favorite “special” main dishes for you soon.

Do you have some menus and recipes you save for special days and occasions? Send them in to us with a photo. We will be happy to publish for the whole community to share.

These new recipes will complement our articles which speak about the importance of observing Sabbath. There will be recipes for keeping the Holy Days and sacred appointments which God has scheduled for us to observe with Him in appointed times. We have some that are easy to make ahead so that you can enjoy the days of resting.

There will be a great mix and lots of choices on how to accomplish these things in easy and less stressful ways. Our goal is to find easy and helpful foods which the whole family will love and enjoy.

AN APPLE A DAY – CONSIDERS THE FAMILY SANCTUARY

Towards the end of this month of March we will be considering how the family Sanctuary we establish in our homes is so important. We want to look at how we should be creating sanctuaries of time to spend with God within the daily as well as seasonal activities of our homes. All of these thoughts just seem to tie in with the things we have planned for April.

MARCH PEN ART

We have a few interesting book reviews and movie reviews for our PEN ART topics for March. Hopefully, we will share an interview we have been working on with a young and up-coming musician. Not the one in the above photo. It was fun watching him enjoy music.

SPECIAL PRODUCTS FROM THE IN SEASON LIFESTYLE COMMUNITY STORE FOR MARCH

Did you catch our Family Tree this month which celebrates Purim?

You can find a photo of it in The February Community Store. Just click here to find the store: https://theinseasonlifestyle.com/the-in-season-lifestyle-community-store-february-2019/

The March Community Store is coming soon. It will be full of items to help you to celebrate all of the very special days of March.

Just be sure to keep in mind that these “things” are only “tools” we use in relationships. It is the focus on relationships we wish to encourage with the products; not the use of MORE material things.

If they compliment your family events, we are happy for your blessings!

You DO bless us each time you order one of these products directly from the blog instead of directly from Amazon. The price is the same no matter what you do. So, why not help a friend and a community to flourish?

We are very thankful for every order.

So, keep reading and keep doing. Keep living life upside down and inside out like Jesus.

Always remember 2 Timothy 4:2; and always know that you are loved like a member of the family by The IN SEASON Lifestyle Blog Community.

Wishing blessings for everyone!