Label Me Redeemed!

We seem to walk through this life with "labels" and with each label comes a set of expectations.  Expectations we put on ourselves and expectations others have for our label.  Depending on each person's perspective their expectations for labels can be different.  In other words we walk through this world constantly being labeled and then rated on our performance for each label.  Or at least we think we are?  We think we are being labeled and we think we are being judged.  Worse yet we label ourselves as we think others might label us and then act in accordance with assumed expectations of living up to those labels or striving to be "better than" those labels.  Add on feeling shame when we don't succeed at the "good" labels (such as: I am successful) and feeling justified in self-loathing when we do succeed at the "bad" labels (such as: I am unworthy and I can't)

Wow that can be tiring!  I am exhausted just thinking about it!

The Good News is we only have to accept one label for ourselves:   

Beloved Child of God!

The only expectation the Divine has on us is to open our lives up to accept Love and to shower that Love unto all other Beloved Children of God!

If I have to be labeled I choose REDEEMED ! Beloved Child of God!!!

Thanks be to God!

Recipe #11

Pick Me Up:  A cup of warm water with 2 tsps of Bragg's Organic Apple Cider Vinegar!  Think you miss caffeine?  Have a sip of this.  Warning - it is an acquired taste, try it at least 3x before you decide.

Recipe #12

Veggie Spaghetti - Just took my favorite jarred spaghetti sauce (read the label - make sure no sugar or hydrogenated oils and I also don't do dairy) add fresh kale, spinach and zucchini and let simmer.  We use Spelt noodles for our noodles, but cabbage works well for noodles too if you can't have spelt.

Tonight is Tuesday Taco Night - so here are some adjustments we have made:

Recipe #13

Instead of sour cream make guacamole - tonight I am making Creamy Avocado Dip for the first time (from the Vitamix Create recipe book)

3 ripe organic avocados, pulp only

1/4 cup fresh organic cilantro leaves

1/4 cup chopped organic onion

2 organic garlic cloves, peeled

1 small organic jalapeno pepper, halved

1 TBSP organic lemon juice

1 tsp Celtic sea salt

1 large ripe organic tomato, quartered

I will dump everything except the tomato into the Vitamix and blend, then I will add the tomato and just blend a little as the tomato chops.  Can't wait to try it!

Recipe #14

Peppers and Onions sauteed with some of your fave spicy seasonings instead of ground meat.  Make any salsa combo with chopped tomatoes, peppers, onions, cilantro and we like corn and black beans in ours.  I just bought my first block of soy cheese to try tonight but we have been eating our tacos with no cheese and it was fine.

Recipe #15

Corn tortillas - we found a soft tortilla that only has corn as an ingredient and we use crunchy shells made with only corn and expeller pressed oil.  We often do rice bowls instead of any shells, use jasmine, brown rice or quinoa; all are yummy choices.