The Heart of a Housewife

BAKED CHICKPEA FLOUR FRITTATA WITH ONIONS (FRITTATA DI FARINA DI CECI CON CIPOLLE)

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 22:51:00 +0000

I'm always pleasantly amazed when with two or three ingredients, non fancy , but with so simple ingredients you can create something so yummy, so comforting for your family. If with simple things you add a turned on oven, you can create a wonderful atmosphere at home!

Everytime I turn on my oven, a strange air invades my kitchen, an air of party and comfort, a cozy feeling, in particular during winter!

The simple things are always the best.

This is a quick and easy recipe, served with some vegetables, you can use it when you need a meatless dinner but a complete meal.

It's a low cost dinner too.

It's very similar to a farinata, but it's different. It's a frittata, but without eggs!

Serves 2

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

- 2 cups of chickpea flour

- 1 cup of water

- 2 medium red onions, minced

- salt

- extravirgin olive oil

Process:

1) Preheat oven at 180°C (356°F)

2) Sautè the minced onions with 1 tbsp of extravirgin olive oil. Let it cook for 5 minutes.

3) In the mean time put the flour in a bowl and add the water; give a good stir, you must obtain a fluffy cream. When onions are cooked, just add them in the bowl with a tbsp of oil and give an other good stir.

4) Pour everything in a greased baking pan and...in the preheated oven for 20 minutes!

BUON APPETITO!!!!

Until the next time,

Gege

SPECIAL 10 MINUTES TREVISANO RADICCHIO SALAD (INSALATA SPECIALE DI RADICCHIO TREVISANO IN 10 MINUTI)

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:46:00 +0000

Today I would like to share this easy and quick recipe with you. It's perfect for lunch, but also for dinner as a side dish or as appetizer.

It's also very healthy, all its ingredients have amazing properties, in particular our dear radicchio!

Radicchio is a rich source of dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals. It also has high amounts of antioxidants and plant phytonutrients. It is low in calories and is free of fats and cholesterol. Radicchio is a good source of selenium, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, B-vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin E and folate.

This is a 10 minutes recipe with the right organization and all the ingredients on hand!

Serves 2

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 5 mins (for the bread cubes)

Ingredients:

- trevisano radicchio
- 2 cups of bread cubes
- 7 small walnuts
- 2 tbsp of extravirgin olive oil (for the bread)
- 2 tbsp of extravirgin olive oil (for the salad)
- salt to taste (as always I use Himalayan salt)

Process:

1) You need to preheat oven at 250°C (480°F) before starting the process.

2) Wash quickly the trevisano radicchio and dry it with a salad spinner.

3) In the mean time put the bread cubes in a little baking pan with some baking sheets, add 2 tbsp of oil and toss well. Now in the oven.

4) Mince quickly the walnuts and cut in small pieces the radicchio with a knife.

5) Put the radicchio, the walnuts, the extravirgin olive oil, salt and the bread cubes in a big salad bowl and....

BUON APPETITO!!!

Until the next time,

Gege

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Family, Home and Life

A Proverbs 31 Wife

CROCKPOT MOUNTAIN SOUP WITH PEARL BARLEY, SPLIT PEAS AND LENTILS

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 22:23:00 +0000

It's been a while since my last post! Oh my! I would like to say something, to explain, but I don't know where to start. Many events have influenced my life so much and deeply that I had to take a long but temporary break in my blog.

But now I'm back, it's me, I'm always the same Gege but with almost 2 years more in my age (this is not funny!) and more experiences and wisdom.

During this long time I have continued with my passion for homemade cooking, so I decided to break the silence in my blog with a recipe.

Simple, quick and easy recipe, but it's wonderful and nourishing for a winter dinner, really a comfort food when it's cold outside!

CROCKPOT MOUNTAIN SOUP WITH PEARL BARLEY, SPLIT PEAS AND LENTILS

Serves 2

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 4 hours on high (or 6 hours on low)

Ingredients:

- 1 cup of dry soup mix (pearl barley, split peas and lentils)

- 3 medium carrots, chopped

- 3 medium potatoes, chopped

- 1 stalk of celery, chopped

- 1 leek, minced

- 1 clove of garlic, minced

- 1 tsp herbs salt

- salt to taste (I have used himalayan pink salt, so healthy)

- 1/2 tsp fennel stems

- 1/4 tsp cumin

- 3 bay leaves

- 6 cups of hot water

- extravirgin olive oil

Process:

1) Wash the dry cereal and legumes mix with water.

2) Combine all the ingredients in a 2-1/2 quart crock pot.

3 ) Cover and cook on high for 4 hours (or 6 hours on low)

4) Before serving add some extravirgin olive oil, give a good stir and.....

BUON APPETITO!

Until the next time,

Gege

Linked to:

A wise woman builds her home

The diary of a real housewife

Family, Home and Life

A Proverbs 31 Wife

Do you truly desire God?

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:39:00 +0000

God is the beginning of everything.

God is the way.

God is the inspiration.

God is our life.

God is where love comes.

God is the Maker of everything good in life.

God is everlasting hope.

God is yesterday.

God is today.

God is forever.

With much love,

Are you really a loving wife?

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:20:00 +0000

Do you know the famous quote "Behind a great man there is a great woman"?

I really don't like this quote in this way, so I would like to rephrase it:

"Behind a loving husband there is a loving wife".

Are you really a loving wife?

Sometimes life is full of tasks and our "to do" list is really full.

So we run and run all day without thinking, with the only idea to do it all!

Sometimes there are problems in family, maybe financial , health...

Our poor brains could explode! We can be so overwhelmed!

I can relate, every single word of this post is based on my personal experience.

And soon or later we could start to take for granted our husband without realizing and wanting it.

Do you know that we could risk to became a self-centred wife?

Even if we love so much our husband.

Now the question is spontaneus.

Your husband?

How could he feel? Alone, neglected, taken for granted?

If you are in a situation like this in your life, please, please, keep calm, stop for a minute.

You need to "reboot" your system.

This is not a wise way to live your life.

This is not marriage.

First, God is in control.

Second, God is the answer to the heaviness and the worries of life. He tells us to cast our burdens on Him because He cares for us. So you can fix every single problem.

Third, you have chosen to live your life with your husband, not to have just company, but to share the precious gift of life. So you can't take your husband out of your life.

He needs you too.

He can feel overwhelmed too.

You love that man, you promised to stay with him every single day of your life, to share everything with him, bad and good days.

You can't leave him alone now thinking only about you.

¹¹Proverbs 31: 11-12

Husband depends on her,
and she never
lets him down.
¹²She is good to him

every day of her life.

A husband must have the possibility to trust his wife too.

The only way in which a husband can be 100% sure of his wife and absolutely count on her, is the fact that she has God first in her life and she loves Him more than anyone else in the world . When Jesus is at the center of our lives, there is stability, calm, peace and mutual trust. When the husband finds his wife in this, the Bible says that he will never run out of anything. Why? Because while he's away from home, at work providing for his family, he knows that his wife is taking care of home, family and children. He rests in the heart because he knows that when he returns home, he will find a warm smile waiting for him, a big hug and a cozy home filled with love.

Much love,

Gege

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Homemade Natural Flax Seeds Hair Gel! Say NO to Silicons

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:08:00 +0000

Silicones are inorganic polymers, extremely versatile and very popular in the cosmetics. Tempted by the numerous "positive" characterisics

as water repellent, antistatic and ductile of silicones as well as their capacity for resistance to high temperatures, almost all cosmetic companies use them into their products.

The key feature of silicons is to make soft and silky texture of the products in which they are used and to give hair instantly more polished, smooth and pleasant to touch.

The effect is only apparent, however, and no company that uses them actually reveals the dark background of the use of these ingredients.

Silicones are extremely harmful to skin and hair in the long term as they create a waterproof barrier that prevents perspiration and makes unnecessary the subsequent use of additional references.

At first the barrier that is created protects the skin/hair from pollution and the elements. Over time, however, begin to arise negative consequences which now I try to explain.

The silicones are derived from the combination of silicon and petroleum substances. They are used almost everywhere, from anti-aging creams for the eye area, from baby products to hair products.

When used in hair products, silicons tend to cover completely your hair and prevent the passage of nutrients and moisturizers. At first your hair appear smooth, beautiful and "disciplined". In later times the hair starts to sag, to dry up considerably and is "burned" and lacking in luster.

The hair will get dirty quickly, seem ruined after a few months and will be irreparably compromised.

This is the experience I had with my hair.

I don't use shampoo or conditioner with silicons, I always pay attention to the ingredientes when I buy something.

My problem is that I have curly hair that are very difficult to "control", so after washing, before using my hairdryer I HAVE TO USE A PRODUCT THAT HELP TO HAVE A MORE "DISCIPLINED SITUATION".

In particular I have always used hair gel, but in this period my hair was very very ugly, so after some research I understood that my problem was the silicon inside the hair gel. I have tried to buy some hair gel without silicons, but nothing worked with my hair and these products were so expensive!

So after some research, with a lot of pleasure I have created my HOMEMADE HAIR GEL!

It's great homemade hair product that provide great hold without chemicals and a wonderful softness.

It's LOW COST, really INEXPENSIVE.

What you need:

- Flax seeds (2/3 cups)

- Roibos tea (1 bag)

- Bay leaves (2)

- Rosemary

- Sea Salt (a pinch)

- Honey (1 teasppon)

- Fresh lemon juice (1-2 teaspoons)

- Water (3 cups)

- Essential oil (free choice)

Directions:

Step 1: Boil for 10 minutes in a pot your water, roiboos bag , bay leaves and rosemary.

Step 2: when after 10 minutes you have this, turn off the flame and let cool down.

Step 3: filter your infusion and measure 2 cups of liquid 2 2/3 cup of flax seeds.

Step 4: put the seed in a pan, pour your infusion and cover with a lid. Let rest for 10 minutes.

Step 5: cook without lid for 10 minutes (no more!) ; you will see that your infusion has become gelatinous.

Aggiungi didascalia

Step 6: filter what you have using a strainer, add a pinch of salt, the lemon juice and honey. If you want you can add one of your favorite essential oil, just 1-2 drops.

And you're done! Wait 15 minutes and your gel is ready to use.
I recommend to keep your gel in the dridge while you are not using, because there are no preservatives.

Since I use this homemade gel my hair looks wonderful, when my husband saw me for the first time after I used it, he said "Wow, what have you done to your hair, did you go to your hairstylist? You are beautiful".

APPROVED!!!!!

Please let me know if this gel works fine with your hair!

If you have any question, I will be very happy to answer! Just ask!

Much love,

Gege

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Does your blog really represent you?

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:10:00 +0000

I got a wonderful amazing flu! Here I am!

I have always said that even if I have problems of health, my immune system is very strong....yes....really....and I was serious too...

Gege, welcome in the Flu Land!

Ah! My stomach!

So I'm here at home and I spend my days lazing on my sofà...this is the best part of this :-)

An other advantage is that I'm getting a little slimmer. This could be the start of a great diet.

Anyway, I had time to think and I have found that my blog look was not good anymore for me...you know.. we women sometimes have to change something, a new haircut, a shopping session, a new pair of shoes?

For me now it's the blog look.

A blog should be something that represents you, so as you change, it changes.

A blog is something that talks about you, about your feeelings, impressions, thoughts, ideas, about your life.

To be true, this blog don't represent me completely.

Not because I'm false, but because I write in a language that I love, but it's different from mine, loved italian.

My language in my real life of everyday here is different!

There are times in which I would like to say a lot of things, but I don't know how..this is frustrating! :-)

Sometimes I have to avoid some topics, because I know that trying to write would be impossible.

My english is very simple and ungrammatical sometimes, I have to improve!

I think a 7 years old boy could write a sentence deeper than mine!

Reading again my posts gave me a sense of superficiality sometimes.

But it's ok! I'm not here to have a competion, to make "numbers".

I'm here to communicate!

I'm a little drop in this huge sea of wonferful people.

As I said, I'm here to communicate and I can't do that if I don't write in a correct way or if I don't know how

to write something or, even worse, if my heart is closed for the discouragement.

So, what are the rules to communicate in your blog?

1) Knowing the language you are writing with (JUST FOR ME)

2) Open your heart

3) Don't write to make numbers

4) Always think that a blog could be a logbook of your life, so reading it after some time, you will see

yourself, the way you are changing and improving...BE YOU or you will lie to others and yourself in particular.

5) Enjoy and have a lot of fun writing! (this is the best rule)

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With much love,

Gege, at the moment the italian girl with flu ;-)

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The first post of 2013! Asking your advice for me!

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:53:00 +0000

Hello my friends!

This is the first post of 2013!

First, I want to wish you a WONDERFUL, AMAZING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

How are you! I hope you all are fine! Are you having Holiday vacations?

We just have few days of vacation here, few days, but good days! We had very sweet moments with family..it's not the quantity, but the quality! it's true!

My husband is working so much in this period...to say the truth he had always worked a lot in his life, but specially now. If you read my previous post we are having financial problems at the moment. Scary!

So I'm trying to do my best to help him in his shop or searching informations...whatever comes in my mind!

First I'm praying so much! but it's scary, believe me!

Also because I have some problems of health that don't allow me a normal job outside home and this is a little sad, because I would like to support my husband more,also bringing home some money in this moment. It would be wonderful. I think he would be relieved, also if I could manage also only the grocery bills!

This make me feel overwhelmed and I feel like my hands are tied!

This is the reason why I'm not writing here often as I would like to do!

At first (and sometimes happens still now) I was in a state of panic.

But I prayed, I asked God what I can do with all my heart.

I asked for an advice as you ask a friend.

One night I said to my self: " Ok, now please don't panic! Don't panic! What can I do to improve the situation?"

I started to say, ok, you can't work outside home, but your brain works. I have always been an hard worker. Since my brain is ok, I can use it.

So I thought maybe I could find a way to work from home using my pc.

I spent days and days searching for something.

Nothing.

I have discovered that here in Italy it's almost impossible, because if you find someone that offers you a job, it's a swindle, because they can also ask you money to work for them at the beginning!

Or I have read about people that have worked without being paid!

I went on with my research.

Then I look better the community of housewives to which I belong here on the internet.

I have seen that there are wonderful ladies that work from home with their blog, supporting their husband, but continuing to be housewives like me, because they consider our role as homemaker so important.

So I'm here to ask you an advice.

I have started this blog in April, it's not a lot of time, so I have still a lot of things to learn.

I opened this blog not to make money, I don't know nothing about.

So I'm here to ask you if you can help me.

Where I can find some good informations?

Where I have to start?

Do you think it's possible for me to do something for my family?

Maybe you know something or you have more experience in these things.

It would be wonderful if you could help me!

Will you help me please?

I want to thank you in advance with all my heart!

You can leave me a message here in the comment box.

Or if you prefer I give you my other contacts here:

I wait for you with hope!
Thank you again!
With love,
Gege

A post from my little archive..

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:19:00 +0000

Today I would like to share with you this old post I have written some months ago. I hope this will be a little encouragement for you!

What to do when a husband had a very bad day at work?

1) Pray, pray, pray for him.

2) Support him with all your heart.

3) Listen him.

4) Try to bring him peace.

5) Do something to confort and relieve from his trouble.

6) Tell him you love him and that you are proud of him (I am!)

So I decided to do something special for dinner.

This thing I have written now could be considered silly or superficial.

Ok, you could say...Gege, when you have a problem, a good dinner is not enough to solve or change the situation.

But a good dinner is a metaphor.

When you have problems in your life, it can be hard. You think about your problem over and over again, night and day. And believe me, it's true. I know.

Maybe you feel that you have your back to the wall.

Maybe you think you don't have any way out.

What can you do in a situation like this?

Is there something that can make you feel better?

Yes, there is something.

First, God knows and is watching you.

Second, the love of your family.

Outside you can live in a terrible jungle, but when you come home, you close the door at your back.

Stop.

Close your eyes.

Silence.

You are in an other world.

You are like in Heaven.

Just breathe and thank the Lord.

Open your eyes now..it's all ok.

You're at home.

Ok, your problem is still here, but now as you start walking heavily, someone of your family is coming to greet you with love.

Suddenly your heart gets warm, you feel relieved.

I know this sensation.

Priceless.

You know that someone was waiting for you.

For you.

You know that it's doesn't matter what happened before, you have a huge quantity of unconditional love, all for you.

Isn't this sensation wonderful and priceless?

Yes.

I think you are feeling better.

I do.

I have read in this book and others that our husbands are our Protector and Provider, so it's clear that they have a lot of responsibilities.

So, with all these responsibilities, don't you think that you could feel overwhelmed?

I think yes.

If a husband comes home after a hard working day or with a problem, maybe with a sad and afflicted face, doesn't he deserve to feel these sensation too?

Believe me, if he comes home and finds his wife, love, help meet there, with a smile that says "I'm here for you", a peaceful, clean home, a sweet smell of cozy and good dinner, if he comes home knowing that he's in his safe harbor, where is understood and loved, it doens't matter what has happened outside.

Now he's at home.

That counts.

Tomorrow is an other day.

Tomorrow he will go out and win his war.

He's not alone.

Love is energy.

Love is invincible.

Love is all we need.

Much love,

Gege

Hello again dear friends!

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:01:00 +0000

Hello again everybody!

After all this time, after my long silence here I am again. I felt in my heart a big need to write here again.

The main cause of this temporary but long pause is my bad health.

My problems have come back or to explain better my situation, I have always those problems (I'm trying to solve them), but sometimes the involved pains become so strong and last for days and days without relief.

I am in this situation since 2010 and during this long period I have understood that I'm not so weak as I thought.

Nevertheless my life has gone on, I have continued to live my life, to feel happy ,to smile, to love family. to live with the biggest enthusiasm, to love God. In 2011 I married my wonderful and sweet husband, this is wonderful. And now I'm the happiest housewife in the world!

When I look my self in the mirror, now, I think...ok Gege, you are not perfect, you make mistakes, you have to find a way to live better, but I say: nevertheless Good job girl! You are strong.

But sometimes when my pains are acute, I just stop breathing, I feel stuck.

I can't breathe, it's hard my friends. If I have luck the day after I'm quite ok and my life goes on again quite normally, but in this long period I wasn't so lucky.

I wasn't free to live my life.

It's difficult for me to explain this in english (I'm italian) but I try. When I have moments in which I feel better and my pain becomes tolerable, I feel just like a person that has woken up after a long period of coma. It's like being in a long sleep, you know, and when you wake up you feel so strange!

This is one of the reason why I wasn't able to write here, I had really a block because in every moment I felt better, I have used all my energy to start living again.

Did you remember some video games, in which there is the fighter hero that tries to win his battle? Sometimes he loses strenght and may lose, but later on the road he finds something that can give him his strenght and energy again, and when this happens he gets up and continues his battle!

This is my situation.

In addition to this, my parents had severe problems of health this summer.

But God has protected them and I know He's in control. My family is everything for me.

In addition to this again, we are having a big economical difficulty. Here in Italy there is an economical crisis, so my husband's shop is struggling, we really don't have money anymore. Our parents are helping us. We have a lot of debts with the suppliers, that we are paying as soon we can. We have a "bank emergency" almost every week.

We spent all this summer working, I have helped him with cost accounting.

My husband is so sweet and he works so hard, I'm here to help him with all my heart. We are a team and we have to solve this situation together. I know God will help us!

So dear friend, here is my situation.

But I'm always Gege, an happy italian girl, the happy italian housewife you have known here at the beginning of this blog. I'm still a crazy bungler cook that tries always a new recipe! I see our future with hope, I always hope to be a mother one day...

God.

Love.

Family.

Hope.

Faith.

Every single happy moment.

A kiss from my husband.

The smile of my family.

These things make me go on.

Real Faith in God is going on, acting on His teachings, not knowing beforehand what the immediate results might be, but knowing that God's principles are true and believing that blessings and happiness will follow.

When you are under the storm, don't think about what you are missing, think aboute the things you have.
Those things are precious and will help you to solve the situation.

With love,

Gege

ps. If you need encouragement, please read here !

INSALATA FRESCA DI PEPERONI ARROSTITI (Fresh Roasted Peppers Salad)

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:38:00 +0000

Hello everybody!

Today I would like to share with you an other italian recipe with one of my favorite vegetable..PEPERONI (Peppers)!!

I really love Pepper. It's a very versatile vegetable, you can use it with a huge number of recipes.

This is the second recipe with this incredible vegetable I write here on my blog; the first was My italian Peronata.

INSALATA FRESCA DI PEPERONI ARROSTITI (Roasted Peppers' Fresh Salad)

This is a dish we love specially in very hot summer days, because it's fresh and very light.

It's also easy to do!

You will need:

- peppers

- tomatoes

- mozzarella cheese

- fresh basil leaves

- extra virgin olive oil

- salt

Directions:

Step 1: put your peppers in a pan covered with an aluminum foil and then put all in the oven at 200°C (about 392°F)

Step 2: when you see that the upper part of the peppers is roasted, it's time to turn them...

...So you have this...Put your peppers in the oven again.

Now the peppers are ready..

Step 3: cover the peppers with the aluminum foil and wait for 15 minutes. In this way it will be easier when you remove the peel.

Step 4: put the peppers in a dish and wash them delicately with fresh water.

Step 5: drain delicately the peppers and put them in a bowl.

Step 6: Chop some totatoes and mozzarella cheese.

Step 7: Put all in the bowl and add some fresh basil leaves, extra virgin olive oil, salt, mix well and you're done!

BUON APPETITO!!!!!!!

I hope you like this recipe!

Let me know!

Much love!

Gege

Stay at Home Mothers / Wives Across the World Series: Italy!

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:05:00 +0000

Today I'm guest posting at my lovely friend Michi for her STAY AT HOME WIVES AND MOTHERS ACROSS THE WORLD SERIES!

I'm so excited, she had a wonderful idea!

Women across the world are talking about being a homemaker and mother in their countries.

Being an homemaker is wonderful and a blessing! We are an international community of blessed women!

Check out some of the others that joined in the series as well, and be sure to take a moment and look around her blog. You will be blessed, and encouraged!

Thank you so much Michi!

Many many blessings!

Gege

A sociological research has described italian men..

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:35:00 +0000

In these days I have seen a program on Tv that talked about the way italian men relate and behave with women. The speaker said that from a sociological research italian men can be classify in three categories:

1) Bamboccioni

2) Rubacuori

3) Hermit

For the first and the second category I have used the italian words because they are italian hackneyed phrases so they can't be translated literally, so now I will explain their meanings.

1) Bamboccioni is a category of men who never grew up, in the sense that they feel so good and comforted if they continue to live at home with family, cuddled and pampered by mothers, that treat them like a little boy, even if they are 40 years old. Men belonging to this category need and search for a woman that can substitute their mother figure and they are not brilliant and strong, infact they need to be pushed around by their wives, just like their mother did with them. They think to be ok in this way.

2) A Rubacuore is a seducer, a womanizer that adulates and wins women's heart. Often they have more than a women in their life and they don't want long relationships, but they are interested in one night stand. They consider women like a trophy to show to their friends.

3) A hermit is a solitary, shy and introvert man who prefers staying alone because a woman could bother and trouble their quiet and serenity. If they have a woman, she must be very very very quiet.

Ok, now my impressions.

I think that you can't generalize men in this way.

I really believe that there are a lot of godly and wonderful men outside.

I'm not a feminist, the last thing I will do is attack and belittle men.

It would be too superficial and expectable.

I think there are a lot of men that would like to find the ideal woman to stay with for all their life. Men have a big heart too and even if, sometimes they act to have a hard heart with friends and they boast about being single and indipendent, they instead dream to have a sweet wife and a wonderful family that wait for them when they come back home from work.

But I surely can say that men like these categories really exsist.

Sadly.

The fact that this speaker told things like these about men is really a strong sign that there isn't any christian and biblical culture here.

There is confusion and chaos about our role and tasks as men and women.

What kind of world are we living in?

I feel so overwhelmed about this!

The second and the third categories are to the extreme, they are totally in opposition! Rubacuori is too confident and without a heart while the Hermit is too shy and insicure and he doesn't live deeply, but he wastes his life..alone.

The category that hit me a lot is the Bamboccioni's one.

I have made a little research about this on Internet. I have been really surprised by the huge number of women that are complaining everyday because their men act like bamboccioni.

Really a huge number.

So I had a sea of confusion in my head!

I asked why do women complain for their pliable and compliant men?

Feminists fought hard to be the strongest sex, they wanted to be stronger than men. And I think that they sadly won their battle.

So why? You won and now you are complaining for your men?

A woman said about this: "This thing of Bamboccioni men is worring for me! I don't feel safe and protected anymore in men's world..I think I'll go to women's world, because they have become the strongest now.."

Scaring.

So...this is the demonstration that Feminists were wrong...maybe now they are understanding that they need a strong man in their life.

The charme of comanding is not so beautiful as you thought...am I wrong?

I don't think so...

Who is to blame for this?

Who is responsible for this?

Women.

We women.

Who has raised and formed these men?

Women.

These women gave a really bad education to their sons. They didn't form them to be a future leader, the father of a family. In Italy we say that they grow up like a "Cocco di mamma" that is mollycoddle (I hope this is the correct word to translate!..please let me know if I have used a strange or bad word!).

These women, without realizing (or willfully...), have passed their life to command and "protect" their sons, always thinking to be right. They love so much their sons, so they must be protected and controlled by them, always, so if they do what mom says, they will be safe and sound. Even if they are 40 years old and they have a family and children.

They are so jealous too of their sons...they can be terrible mothers in law...and believe me..I know. They consider their daughter in law an enemy, even if these young bride are good and sweet women.

And these man can be between the devil and the deep blue see.

It's normal that a mother loves her son, it's normal to protect a son, but this is not the way of raising him.

This is a selfish way.

This is an agressive way.

Agressiveness is a synonym of weakness.

You are weak so you are agressive to protect yourself, because you know that you don't have any strong and valuable weapons..in reality.

I'm not a mother yet, so if you aks me now how to raise a son, I don't know yet with precision, but I know what I won't do. I won't be agressive, selfish, ignorant. I won't be alone. I will be inspired by God, helped by my husband, family and the elder women (the wise ones.... ;-) ).

In these days I'm reading this wonderful and powerful book, I have called it "Our second bible". I encourage you to read it, it's a blessing and a breathe of fresh airs:

Click here to view more details

I was really touched reading these powerful sentences that are perfect here in this topic :

"As keepers of our homes, we have a unique opportunity to make a generational impact, both within and outside the walls of our homes.

As wives and mothers, our impact is greater than even we will ever

know."

So a mother and a wife too have a really big and important responsibility.

Mothers raises the men of the future. Every single mother is important for this reason. I think you love your son and you would like that he can live in a beautiful and better world. So you can do something, you can do your part.

It's up to you.

Gege

PEPERONATA (A simple but delicious recipe with peppers)

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:11:00 +0000

Hello Everybody,

you know that I'm having some problems of health in these days, it's really hard but I want to go on and I don't want to feel overwhelmed. I want to be my self, life is too precious an my little family too.

So I take a deep breath and I tell to my self...Let's go on Gege. Let's rock! If God is for us, who can be against us?

So today I will share with you this typical italian recipe, that is really good!

We love it and eat very often!

It's so easy and simple! You can do it in 25 minutes!

PEPERONATA

If you are Italian, you know this recipe.

If you are not Italian, you have to try it..you will feel a little Italian too! :-)

This recipe makes me think really about italian "dolce vita". It makes me think about my family, this is a recipe that we do when we have family dinner together during summer.

So here you have the ingredients:

peppers
tomatoes
garlic
bay leaves
salt
extra virgin olive oil

Directions:

Step 1: wash your peppers, tomatoes and garlic.

Step 2: chop the peppers and tomatoes.

You will have this

Step 3: put everything in a big skillet, add salt, bay leaves and some extra virgin olive oil.

Step 4: mix well, cover with a lid and cook. Mix every two minutes and add a little bit of water in the skillet if you see that the peppers are too dry.

Step 5: when you see the "cream" in your skillet and the peppers and tomatoes are tender, you are almost done! Mix well again, wait a minute and....

Enjoy it!

A LITTLE TIP:

To enjoy at most this recipe, I suggest to eat your Peperonata with some good bread, better if it's homemade!

BUON APPETITO!!!!

Much love,

Gege

Praise you in this storm!

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:32:00 +0000

Hello Everyone,

In these days I'm not posting as I would like to do. I'm not writing what I would like to write.

It's not a writer's block, it's not this.

In these days my problems of health are pressing me again, so much, that I feel my back at the wall again.

Suddenly "they" come back again to stop my life. I can't breathe or think with this pain.

It's an earthquake. An other earthquake.

I'm just praying God to help me, I'm not asking God to give me the strenght to carry on, I'm asking God to heal me right now, because I know that I'm too tired and I don't have strenght anymore.

I pray, I pray and I pray. I want my life back. I want my life back.

Saying "God is good" is easy when you don't have any problems, when every thing is ok or when a problem is not so important.

But What when you are walking in a earthquake? Do you think you can say a thing like that when you are in pains?

Honestly for me it's really difficult at the moment, because I'm suffering since a lot of time and I'm waiting to be healed.

God knows how many years have passed with this problem for me.

I'm starting to be scared. What next? I'm sick and tired to see me in this situation and to make suffer my family too, because they are so sad for me.

I said, God, do you know I'm here? Why I'm in this situation? You know that I worked hard to heal, what do I have to do more? Now only You can do something.

They say you have a plan for us, is this your plan for me?

This morning, in my quiet time with the Lord, reading my Bible, I had a little light in my head. Very little, but a light.

A voice inside of me told me, be still, this is not the end. I won't leave you in this trouble alone.I know that you are scared, but don't let your pain destroy your life.

You need to rest a little, but don't forget who you are, don't forget that your family loves you and needs you.

You are a daughter and wife first.

Be still.

Maybe you will have bad days, but you must be always yourself, don't be overcome and overwhelmed by panic and fear.

Be still.

Rest a little when you suffer too much, but when you feel better, get up and go on with your life.

Don't let the pain destroy your smile.

For me helping others when they have problems is easy, it comes natural to me.

Even if I suffer for my pain, I always find a big strenght to get up and make something for them. I feel so strong when I have to help others, this is the power of love.

But when the person who is suffering is me it's different, because I loose my lucidity because I'm scared. I think it's quite normal.

But it's here that we are called to be christians more than ever, here we can see if we love God for the good things he does for us or if we love Him in Himself with an unconditional love.

If you love someone just because he/she makes you feel good and spend only beautiful moments, what will you do if he/she can't do beautiful things for you for a moment? Will you stop to love him/her? I don't think so.

If you do this, it's not real love.

The same with God. We can't praise Him just when things are ok, but always.

" I'll praise you in this storm and I will lift my hands

For you are what you are no matter when I am

An every tear I cry You hold in Your hand

You never left my side and though my heart is torn

I will praise you in this storm

and though my heart is torn
I will praise you in this storm",

We are humans, we can fall, we can lack confidence in God sometimes, He knows.

We must have faith, just faith. There is nothing to do in this situation, you need to have faith.
Faith.

Amen!

Gege

ORECCHIETTE CON POMODORO FRESCO E RUCOLA (Orecchiette with fresh tomato sauce and rocket)

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:10:00 +0000

One of my passion is travelling, so in my life I have travelled a lot with my family! I love visiting always new places, not for the place in its self or to take photos and photos near monuments, but to see how people live in those places. Speaking of food, I'm not the typical italian tourist, who arrives in a area that is in the opposite part of the world and goes to the first italian restaurant he finds!

I always choose the most most typical restaurant of that area! To do this, I always ask the local people to suggest me a good place to go, but, if I forget to specify what kind of place I'd like to go and I tell that I'm Italian they always suggest me an Italian restaurant and they tell me that in that place I will find the best pasta dish of the town.

It happens! Always!

So I have understood that the most famous dish about Italian food is pasta!

It is! It's true! We Italians just can't live without pasta. We eat it everyday!

So today I'd like to share with you my favourite pasta summer recipe!

This recipe is SPECIAL AND PERFECT using fresh pasta like orecchiette, but you can do it with all kind of pasta, fresh or not.

ORECCHIETTE CON POMODORO FRESCO E RUCOLA (Orecchiette with fresh tomato sauce and rocket)

Orecchiette are also known as Ricchitell, this is its dialect word. They are typical of Puglia Region, that is in the south of Italy.

Rucola (Rocket) is a wonderful plant with a piquancy taste, a gift from God for us with a lot of healthy properties:

It's useful to depurate and tone up the body (wonderful to win the summer heat).
It's digestive.
It's diuretic.
It's full of vitamine C.
It whets the appetite.

Now I'll show you the recipe with a photo tutorial!

This

Ingredients:

orecchiette
fresh tomatoes
rocket
garlic
extra virgin olive oil
salt
Parmesan cheese

Directions:

Step 1: wash the tomatoes.

Step 2: Chop the tomatoes and put all in a big skillet adding also the garlic, salt and some extra virgin olive oil.

Step 3: Cover the skillet with a lid and cook with a medium flame.

Step 4: while you are cooking tomatoes, wash the rocket in fresh water.

Step 5 : divide the stalks from the leaves. Please keep only the leaves and throw the stalks.

Step 6: when the tomatoes are pretty cooked, put the rocket in the skillet and go along with the cooking.

You will have this.

Step 7: boil a lot of water in a soup pot, add salt...

...and, as we say, "Cala la pasta" that is cook the pasta.

Step 8: after 3-4 minutes, drain the pasta; here I have used fresh pasta, so its cooking time is really short. Just in case, taste the cooking point.

Step 9: put the orecchiette in the skillet, add Parmisan cheese, mix well and cook for 1-2 minutes.

Buon appetito!!

BAKED SQUID RINGS (ANELLINI AL FORNO)

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:58:00 +0000

Hello Everybody! Happy Friday!

I have always had a lot of problems in cooking dishes with fish! I always thought it was too difficult for me, I don't know why! Infact my fish recipes weren't so good!! But I love eating fish and my husband too!

So I have decided to take a little homemaker challenge! I said: I have to learn making dishes with fish!!!

My mom suggested me to start with simple recipes to to get aquainted with it!

With God all is possible, also little things like this.

I strongly believe this, every little things we do are to glorify Him, even the less important, because if you try to be better everyday, to learn always new things, to do something to please your husband and family, you can grow up and live a richer life.

So I decide to start with a very simple recipe and today I'm so happy to share it with you.

BAKED SQUID RINGS (ANELLINI AL FORNO)

Ingredients:

squid rings
onion
garlic
parsley
salt
dill
extra virgin olive oil
bread crumbs

Here we have the squid rings!

How to do this recipe with a photo tutorial:

Step 1: wash the squid rings with fresh water.

Step 2: put the squid rings in a mixing bowl.

Step 3: chop the parsley.

Step 4: chop the onion and garlic together.

Step 5: add in your mixing bowl the garlic, onion, parsley, salt, extra virgin olive oil and a little bit of dill.

Step 6: mix well and cover with cellophane and put all in the fridge to marinade for 1 hour.

Step 7: Grease a pan with extra virgin olive oil and turn on the oven at 180 °C (356 °F)

Step 8: put the marinade on the pan and add bread crumbs.

You will have this.

Step 9: put the pan in the oven and bake for about 1 hour until you have....

...This!

Buon appetito!!!!!!

I hope you like this recipe!

If you will make it, please let me know!!!

And what is your little challenge today?

Much love,

Gege

I'm an homemaker by choice in a feminist country- Guest post for my sweet friend Ashley!

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Mon, 21 May 2012 08:05:00 +0000

Hello everyone!!!

Today I'm guest posting at my sweet friend Ashley's blog!

I'm so happy and excited, also because it's my first guest post!!!!

Please take a moment to visit her wonderful blog! You will be blessed and encouraged!

Life of a stay at home wife in Italy!

Staying home is not encouraged here. Really. Here if you don't have a job outside home, you are considered a a financed woman.
This is not the best place if you want to be an homemaker.

It's sad, but it's true!

This mentality is much more strong and common in the north of Italy since about 1980. Before this year, being a housewife was considered normal , rather encouraged! Femminist call this "changeover" emancipation.

No comment!

Anyway...I happen to live just in the north. Wish me luck! :-)

About children I don't know a lot because sadly I'm not a mother yet. But I'm a daughter and I was a kid too!
I live in the country and I can tell you that there are many play areas for kids, a lot of big and beautiful gardens. We have a wondeful public library in which there is a beautiful and well provided section for children. I remember when I was used to spend entire afternoons there, I was amazed by that big quantity of books!
I just felt like Alice in wonderland!
Beside you can find a lot of supports in our church: they have a lot of activities for children every day! In particular during summer they organize "Estate ragazzi", that means Summer for children, a program that includes a lot of beautiful trips and outside activities so children can stay together, have fun and and socialize.

Now what about an Italian wife?
It doesn't matter if you are a stay at home wife or a career woman. The watchword and our common target is stay together!!
It doesn't matter if you had a hard day at home if you are an housewife or at work you have a job outside.
There is always time and wish to organize parties, dinners...Every single moment, it's a moment to celebrate.

A new job for husbands? A birthday? A sport match? the first day of summer, spring, winter and fall? Did you buy a new car? A new home furniture? Did you find something yummy at the market? ok, it's always time to celebrate!

You immediately forget everything, you feel on vacation! We women, wives, daughters start to cook all together...one will cook pasta, the other yummy meat dish, the other the dessert..so in 10 minutes we fix yummy and king sized dinners! It's time to party!
Hospitality is loved here and I love this!

During summer and spring we organize wonderful barbecues...this is a job for men..we women go about barbecue sauce and beverages!

A hot summer evening? Ok, we all go to have a wonderful and refreshing ice cream...I loved this when I was a child, but I still love it now!

The watchwords are family, stay together, the simple things are always the best.
This is our "dolce vita"
And I love this!

Much love,
Gege

Thank you so much Ashley!!!!!!

Much love,

Gege

Wordless Wednesday..

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:51:00 +0000

Much love,
Gege

I LOVE YOU MOM!

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:12:00 +0000

I love you mom.

Always.

A message from God for you!

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:01:00 +0000

Sometimes I'm used to open my Bible and to choose randomly a page to read.

I do this because I ask God: "Please, tell me something you think I should know", as I talk to a friend..and you know that God is our BEST FRIEND!

So this morning I found this:

1 Kings 3:9-13

⁹Please give your servant a discerning mind in order to govern your people and to distinguish good from evil, because no one is able to govern this important people of yours without your help.”

¹⁰It pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request. ¹¹God said to him, “Because you have asked for this instead of requesting long life, wealth, or victory over your enemies—asking for discernment so as to acquire good judgment— ¹²I will now do just what you said. Look, I hereby give you a wise and understanding mind. There has been no one like you before now, nor will there be anyone like you afterward. ¹³I now also give you what you didn’t ask for: wealth and fame. There won’t be a king like you as long as you live.

When I read these verses, that have been found randomly, I close my eyes a moment and then I try to find the message.

So I take a piece of paper and a pencil, then I start to write..

Sololom made a very wise request: he is not selfish, he doesn't think just about himself, but he wants to help other people! Infact he doesn't ask anything for him.
He says "to govern your people": we all belong to the Lord! What a blessing!!!!
God really likes Solomon's request, he says "I want to give you what you ask for!". God listens our prayers and He wants to help us.Always.
He loves us! He, just like a father, wants us to be wise, not selfish. Really like a father, when we try to have a good way of behaving, he reward us with a lot of blessings! Infact He says that he will give Solomons a lot of wonderful things, that weren't object of his request! God is so generous! He wants an abundant life for us.
Solomon made a specific request: don't say "please God help me!". Instead, ask God to help you in what is in your heart, please describe in detail your problem. He will listen! We must be at God's disposal to receive what he wants to give us. But to to this, we have to show God what is in our heart, what we think, our troubles. If you go to your friend because you have a problem, if you tell him/her "please help me!", your friend surely will ask you what is your problem and what he/she can do for you. So God is your best friend and he wants to know in detail you and your problem.

I thank God today for this message.

It's a precious gift!

So did you receive your message from God today?

Gege

Zucchine alla parmigiana

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Sun, 06 May 2012 08:22:00 +0000

Happy Sunday!

This is the special dinner I was talking about here.

Zucchine alla parmigiana
Ingredients:

zucchini
salt
homemade tomato sauce
eggs
pecorino cheese
breadcrumbs
frying oil
mozzarella cheese (better) or cheese slices (I have them today at home!)

So let's see how to do it with this photo tutorial:

First operation

First, turn on the oven at 180 °C (about 356 °F).
Then slice the zucchini and to be faster, please put the things in this order.

Heat up the oil and....

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Fry all the zucchini slices, so you will have this:

Ok, the first important operation is finished.
Then the situation in my kitchen was this:

While the zucchini get a little cold, I have cleaned my worktop, that was really in a bad condition!

So I have prepared the second operation:

Now you can see also the cheese slices, that missed in the first ingredients photo (I'm sorry!).

If you have mozzarella cheese, it's better!

So let's start with the photo tutorial:

Step 1

Step 2 - First layer covered by tomato sauce, grated pecorino cheese and cheese slices

Step 3 - Second layer covered by tomato sauce and grated pecorino cheese

Step 4 - In the oven at 180°C (356°F) for about 1 hour

After one hour, finally you will have this:

Buon appetito!

Much love,

Gege

What to do when a husband had a bad day at work?

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Fri, 04 May 2012 21:19:00 +0000

What to do when a husband had a very bad day at work?

1) Pray, pray, pray for him.

2) Support him with all your heart.

3) Listen him.

4) Try to bring him peace.

5) Do something to confort and relieve from his trouble.

6) Tell him you love him and that you are proud of him (I am!)

So I decided to do something special for dinner.

This thing I have written now could be considered silly or superficial.

Ok, you could say...Gege, when you have a problem, a good dinner is not enough to solve or change the situation.

But a good dinner is a metaphor.

When you have problems in your life, it can be hard. You think about your problem over and over again, night and day. And believe me, it's true. I know.

Maybe you feel that you have your back to the wall.

Maybe you think you don't have any way out.

What can you do in a situation like this?

Is there something that can make you feel better?

Yes, there is something.

First, God knows and is watching you.

Second, the love of your family.

Outside you can live in a terrible jungle, but when you come home, you close the door at your back.

Stop.

Close your eyes.

Silence.

You are in an other world.

You are like in Heaven.

Just breathe and thank the Lord.

Open your eyes now..it's all ok.

You're at home.

Ok, your problem is still here, but now as you start walking heavily, someone of your family is coming to greet you with love.

Suddenly your heart gets warm, you feel relieved.

I know this sensation.

Priceless.

You know that someone was waiting for you.

For you.

You know that it's doesn't matter what happened before, you have a huge quantity of unconditional love, all for you.

Isn't this sensation wonderful and priceless?

Yes.

I think you are feeling better.

I do.

I have read in this book and others that our husbands are our Protector and Provider, so it's clear that they have a lot of responsibilities.

So, with all these responsibilities, don't you think that you could feel overwhelmed?

I think yes.

If a husband comes home after a hard working day or with a problem, maybe with a sad and afflicted face, doesn't he deserve to feel these sensation too?

Now he's at home.

That counts.

Tomorrow is an other day.

Tomorrow he will go out and win his war.

He's not alone.

Love is energy.

Love is invincible.

Love is all we need.

Much love,

Gege

http://www.yestheyareallours.com

Money saving operation to do when my husband watches sport on TV

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Tue, 01 May 2012 09:53:00 +0000

Good morning everybody!

Today it's a vacation day here in Italy! It's called "Festa dei Lavoratori", that means that today we celebrate all the workers.

So relax today!!!!

I married my sweet husband one year ago, so I think I'm still a beginner homemaker!

In this year I have tried to be a better homemaker everyday, but I have to say that I have a lot of things to learn!

To understand this, it's sufficient to see how my bathroom was before my recent decluttering (here)! And you will see very soon our wardrobe...

(Everytime my mom comes here to visit and she looks that wardrobe, she always says..."Oh dear!!! Is this the way of keeping a wardrobe?". And I say..."No, mom, I know".

Now when she saw my new bathroom, she said: "Am I dreaming?"

Anyway!

One of the best thing to do when you want to run a efficient household is trying to save money.

So recently I have discovered that buying a larger quantity of food at my local market, they offer us a big discount, sometimes 50% off!

So this Saturday I have bought a big quantity of catalogna chicory.

The price was 1 euro/Kg, but I have paid 0,60 euro/Kg! Almost 50% off!!!

So I have washed, cooked and put in my freezer.

Here in detail:

First I have separated the stalks (hoping is the correct english word!) from the leaves and washed:

While the water was boiling in the pots..

Then I have cooked for 5 minutes the stalks, because they are harder than the leaves.

Then I haved added the leaves too:

I have cooked for others 5 minutes and then drained all.

Now a very important step: after draining, I have immediately put fresh water on the cooked catalogna chicory to stop the cooking (in italy we say "fermare la cottura"), so the vegetable remains green and a pretty crisp.

Then I used plastic bags for freezer, these ones:

I wrote the name of the vegetable (because in the freezer it's difficult to understand if a bag is full of spinach or other green vegetables) and the date, so finally:

I think it is really a good idea to save money and time too.

In this way I have always something ready and healthy for dinner, when I don't have much time to cook or I have unexpected guests!

My husband was so happy for this "operation" that now he would like to buy a bigger freezer to allow me to freeze other things!

And when he's happy, I'm happy too!

Thanks for reading this post!

Gege

Tell everyone on this earth to sing happy songs in praise of the Lord!

noreply@blogger.com (Gege) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:55:00 +0000

Hello everybody!

This morning I had a wonderful moment with the Lord!

I have opened my Bible randomly and I give attention to this:

²⁵About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing praises to God, while the other prisoners listened. ²⁶Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the jail to its foundations. The doors opened, and the chains fell from all the prisoners.

²⁷When the jailer woke up and saw that the doors were open, he thought that the prisoners had escaped. He pulled out his sword and was about to kill himself. ²⁸But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! No one has escaped.”

²⁹The jailer asked for a torch and went into the jail. He was shaking all over as he knelt down in front of Paul and Silas. ³⁰After he had led them out of the jail, he asked, “What must I do to be saved?”

³¹They replied, “Have faith in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved! This is also true for everyone who lives in your home.”

(Acts 16:25-31)

I know that the prison is not a cozy place, so I think Paul and Silas were in difficulties, but they were praying and singing praises to God"

This can sound strange.

In pain and difficulties, I was used to cry and to ask God to help me.

I said Please please help me God, listen to my prayer, help me, make this situation go well.

But now after a long time, I understand that I was wrong.

I know sometimes we are so tired and we don't have the strenght to carry on and we just can say help me God.

It's normal, we are human being.

But He listens, always.

Now I have grown as a woman, I realized that I changed my mind.

We have the salvation under the corner, God is with us.

The secret to be able to escape from today's overwhelming situations is giving praise to the Lord. You have to fly away with the praise wings.

This is not a momentary emotion, but it comes from a living faith.

²³But a time is coming, and it is already here! Even now the true worshipers are being led by the Spirit to worship the Father according to the truth. These are the ones the Father is seeking to worship him. ²⁴God is Spirit, and those who worship God must be led by the Spirit to worship him according to the truth.

(John 4:23-24)

If you are crossing the desert alone, first, remember that you are not alone.

If you praise the Lord, always and especially when you are in pain, countless blessings will invade your life.

If you always praise the Lord, you will be able to control your emotions and chase away your pessimism about a situation. Everything will be ok!

⁴

Tell everyone on this earth

to sing happy songs

in praise of the Lord.

(Salms 98:4)

Much love,

Gege

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Tell everyone on this earth to sing happy songs in praise of the Lord!

4 Tell everyone on this earth to sing happy songs in praise of the Lord. (Salms 98:4)

⁴

Tell everyone on this earth

to sing happy songs

in praise of the Lord.

(Salms 98:4)