tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10848392122305627662024-02-19T04:56:05.352-08:00Hiding Behind The CrossMy outlet to share truths and thoughts centered on Jesus... It's my goal to constantly be hiding behind the cross; having Jesus lead the way. So perhaps this blog should really be called attempting to hide behind the cross...Hiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-83302737603359784052011-05-25T12:00:00.000-07:002011-05-25T12:01:23.034-07:00BEST Hummus Recipe!! :)Hello there... it's been a while!
I had to blog today because I found the BEST hummus recipe. It is absolutely delicious. This hummus lasts about 4-5 days in the fridge in an airtight container. I also used 2.5 cans of garbanzo beans for this recipe.
I found it here: http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/hummus-with-green-goo-recipe.html
Hummus with Green GooThis hummus keeps nicely, Hiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-49939228225207488992011-04-11T16:52:00.000-07:002011-04-11T16:57:51.754-07:00First Time for Everything!Today it happened. And it made me laugh. When I was checking out at the grocery store today the cashier looked at me, scrunched his nose and said "Are you Vegan?" It made me laugh so hard! I have been a vegetarian now for as long as Tim and I have been together but this is the FIRST time someone could tell by looking at the things in my cart! The kale, molasses, vegan mozzarella cheese and Hiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-30162877272891687892011-04-07T07:54:00.000-07:002011-04-07T07:56:34.189-07:00First attempt at dabbling in Vegan-ism.. Alright... so are we becoming Vegans? No.. Borders is going out of business so I went down there a few weeks ago and found these REALLY great cook books! One of them is a 30 Minute Vegan Recipe book and the other one is a Vegetarian cook book. Tim and I already don't eat meat.. well I do sometimes but I have decided not to eat it any more. Dietary reasons mostly. When I eat Hiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-3359012958019369272011-04-01T14:21:00.000-07:002011-04-01T14:21:46.489-07:00Just a little something to share..Happy April! I have been so busy lately... and completely exhausted so I have not gotten around to blogging.
I thought I'd share a little bit out a devotional book I have been reading. It's as if Jesus is speaking. Enjoy!
April 1:
I am calling you to a life of constant communion with Me. Basic training includes learning to live above your circumstances, even while interacting on that clutteredHiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-22066137153163923352011-03-17T10:44:00.000-07:002011-03-17T10:44:08.610-07:00Books, Yoga, PointBreak... just a little update! :)Books: Borders is going out of business nationwide for those of you who do not know already. So everything is 30-50% off at Borders in Modesto! Yesterday, I bought two GREAT cookbooks! One is a vegetarian cookbook and it teaches you how to make homemade pasta, tips on roasting vegetables and a bunch of YUMMY things! The other cookbook is over 300 Quick 30 minute Vegan recipes. There's all types Hiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-25678928087659302572011-03-10T06:27:00.000-08:002011-03-10T06:27:31.134-08:00Cannot escape it...I cannot escape....
I cannot escape my relationship with Jesus - He is ALWAYS there and IN relationship with me. When I choose not to spend time with Him, my thoughts are about myself and what I am going through. It's hard to see people through Jesus' lenses when I am not spending time with Him. Since I cannot escape Him, I might as well choose to spend time with Him as much as I can - Hiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-52087895031405792552011-03-01T08:27:00.000-08:002011-03-01T08:27:57.623-08:00I LOVE SHAPE MAGAZINE!!Yes so I love Shape Magazine!! They always have amazing workouts you can do.. the best part is that you do the work outs ONLY for one month, when the next magazine comes in the following month there's a whole different set of work outs. This is great for muscle memory so that your body is not getting used to the same routines.. you only get results when you change up your work out. Then online, Hiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-89690090866545795802011-02-28T13:18:00.000-08:002011-02-28T13:18:17.965-08:00UPDATE: 8K and YogaThis past Saturday I completed the Almond Blossom 8K in Ripon. It was blistering cold outside!! The cloud cover was dark grey and heavy.. it looked like snow clouds. We got a glimpse of the sun for about one mile during the race. Cold and windy. My toes were numb before we even started running! They finally thawed out at the 3 mile mark. Crazy! But it was SOO much fun!! I absolutely loved the Hiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-81359644517867204882011-02-22T09:13:00.001-08:002011-02-22T09:13:41.244-08:00LAZZZZZYYYYYY!!!!Oh man, I feel SOOOO LAZY this morning...! Maybe I should go running to awaken the fire inside of me.. haha I don't know what to do with my day!!Hiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-15012483520251170152011-02-21T08:44:00.000-08:002011-02-21T08:44:20.086-08:00HOLY CALVES!!!So I did it.. I ran my 3 miles this morning.. an hour later and the clouds have neither parted or poured down rain.. didn't lose out either way..
BUT MAN it was COLD! I layered up to prepare.. body warm but head freezing and calves burning! Before I left for my run I was like "this is going to be a piece of cake compared to yesterday" WELL.. after running 7 miles yesterday, running three miles inHiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-60317661663168300882011-02-21T07:47:00.000-08:002011-02-21T07:47:17.547-08:00Parting Clouds... Or.. Rain..??I am sitting here on a lovely relaxing Monday. It's 7:40am and so far I have already had breakfast, my coffee, unloaded the dishwasher, did my quiet time with Jesus, finished the book This Momentary Marriage, watched the latest episode of Brothers and Sisters.. now contemplating if the clouds are going to part and let the sun shine or if the grey clouds will let rain pour down. Today is my short Hiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-28873428154134847382011-02-15T12:52:00.000-08:002011-02-15T12:52:02.797-08:00Opportunities are EndlessThe thing I love about myself is also the same thing that frustrates me: My passion for things! I feel like I get passionate about things easily... not just passionate but REALLY passionate. I have to learn to hold on to the passion and then wait it out to see if it wears off or it sticks to me. I've always felt like God is preparing me for something big. I have no idea what it is, I just know itHiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-9497160265793986072011-02-11T06:45:00.000-08:002011-02-11T06:45:44.773-08:00CALLED OUT!Woah.... God totally called me out this morning. Don't you HATE that?! After the "what the heck..?" frustration is over... the "wow.. thank you" sets in. I was totally called out on something I have been struggling with.. a decision I have been trying to make. Deep down inside I knew what I wanted to do but I didn't want to do it... God has forced me to move beyond myself and into the arms of Hiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-76726268730032964462011-02-10T13:04:00.000-08:002011-02-10T13:04:24.906-08:00A gift from GodI am reminded today that we are sacred - our bodies are a gift from God. Sure we've heard this before over and over again. Our body is our temple.. treat it well.. yadda yadda yadda. But have you really internalized that for yourself? It goes deeper than just saying we are special... our bodies are an extremely intricate gift from God.
This thought has become deeply rooted in my heart. Since JanHiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-70050869191135788892011-02-09T12:25:00.000-08:002011-02-09T12:25:45.795-08:00Humility in the midst of determinationToday I have discovered something interesting. Pride and Determination.. determination sounds great but can it just be a good sounding word to mask a large amount of pride? Yes indeed :)
So I'm training for this 8K that I just found out about last week and the run is on Feb. 26th.. in two weeks. Before last week, it had been a good couple of months since I ran more than a mile. Going from Hiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-69676568213552983012011-02-06T14:12:00.000-08:002011-02-06T14:20:15.238-08:00Focussed on JesusWindows open... birds chirping.. sun brightly shinning into our home.. sitting next to a bundle of flowers in the midst of blooming into beautiful flowers. I had no idea the color of the flowers were going to be so beautiful. The simple things in life.. like this moment right now are the things I love. The things I value. The things I cherish. It's as if this moment is a piece of heaven. Calm, Hiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-14055428664818661112011-02-03T15:10:00.000-08:002011-02-03T15:14:54.382-08:00Productive Day and it's only 3:00pm!What a fun day so far. I cannot believe how productive it has already been. I guess it helps that I am feeling much better today even though I have the dreaded lingering running nose. Anyway, I have been waking up at 5:00a with my husband.. it's tax season so he leaves the house EARLY. I have been making him coffee to create a nice setting for him to spend time with God each morning before he Hiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-3091486912883496052011-02-02T16:07:00.000-08:002011-02-02T16:08:56.658-08:00SubstitutionThink of the last time you got mad at someone.. think of the last time you said something mean and would do anything to take it back... think of a time you did something that went against your set of morals.. something "bad".. maybe you hurt someone's feelings, maybe you got mad or did someone to something. Afterwards, remember the realization that you can't believe what you did? Remember going Hiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-75392164215244300112011-01-31T11:06:00.000-08:002011-01-31T12:15:32.340-08:00Marriage. Designed by God. Created for God.Today, I am starting to read the book, This Momentary Marriage by John Piper. My goal is to read one chapter a day. So far, the Introduction and Chapter 1 has been really good! Some things I have heard before but John Piper has a way of saying things differently. I can already tell this book is going to be a MUST read!
Here's a couple short paragraphs I wanted to share:
CHRIST WILL NEVER LEAVE Hiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084839212230562766.post-18017131891476752332011-01-31T11:00:00.000-08:002011-01-31T11:00:54.417-08:00Blogger... Who Me?? I would have never in a million years thought that I would be blogging. I guess this is what happens after you graduate school and have lots of time on your hands. I cannot stop laughing looking at all the options I have for formatting my blog. Font, text, blog name, pictures.. the list goes on. I cannot believe I am blogging. The funny thing is that I could careless ifHiding Behind The Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17645799876041324733noreply@blogger.com0