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Easter Story Biscuits
Beauty tips for women
Laws of Parenting
How much does God love you?
Barking mad?
What colour cars have the most insurance claims?
Teenagers left to their own devices

Easter Story Biscuits

To be made the evening before Easter.

You need:

1 cup whole pecans
1 tsp vinegar
3 egg whites
pinch salt
1cup sugar
clear plastic freezer bag
wooden spoon
Masking tape
Bible
Preheat oven to medium hot.

Place pecans in freezer bag and let children beat them with wooden spoon to break into small pieces. 
Explain that after Jesus was arrested, He was beaten by the Roman soldiers.
Read John 19:1-3

Let each child smell the vinegar.  Put 1 tsp. vinegar into mixing bowl.
Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross He was given vinegar to drink.
Read John 19:28-30

Add egg whites to vinegar.  Eggs represent life.
Explain that Jesus gave his life to give us life.
Read John 10:10-11

Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand.  Let them taste it and brush the rest into the bowl.
Explain that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus followers, and the bitterness of our own sin.
Read Luke 23:27.

So far the ingredients are not very appetizing.

Add 1 cup sugar.  Explain that the sweetest part of the story is that Jesus died because He loves us.  He wants us to know and belong to him.
Read Ps. 34: 8 and John 3:16.

Beat with a mixer on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes until stiff peaks are formed.  Explain that the colour white represents the purity in God's eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus.
Read Isaiah 1:18 and John 3:1-3.

Fold in broken nuts.  Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper covered biscuit tray.  Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus' body was laid.

Read Matt 27:57-60.

Put the biscuit tray in the oven, close the door and turn the oven OFF.
Give each child a piece of tape and seal the oven door.  Explain that Jesus' tomb was sealed.
Read John 16:20 and 22.

On Easter morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie.  Note the cracked surface and take a bite.  The cookies are hollow! 
On the first Easter Jesus' followers were amazed to find the tomb open and empty.
Read Matt: 28:1-9

Have a happy Easter.  God bless you.

Beauty tips for women

This poem is said to have been written by Audrey Hepburn

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed,
revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand,
you will find one at the end of each of your arms.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands;
one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.

Laws of Parenting

1.  The later you stay up, the earlier your child will wake up the next morning.
2.  For a child to become clean, something else must become dirty.
3.  Toys multiply to fill any space available.
4.  The longer it takes you to make a meal, the less your child will like it.
5.  Yours is always the only child who doesn't behave.
6.  If the shoe fits...it's expensive.
7.  The surest way to get something done is to tell a child not to do it.
8.  The gooier the food, the more likely it is to end up on the carpet.
9.  Backing the car out of the driveway causes your child to have to go to the toilet. 

How much does God love you?

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning.
Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen.
He could live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart.
What about the Christmas gift He sent you in Bethlehem;
not to mention that Friday at Calvary?
Face it, He's crazy about you.
And always remember:  God answers Knee-Mail.

Barking mad?

Crufts, the world's biggest dog show, is held in Birmingham this month. As many dog lovers know, Show fever can take over your life....

There was a time, there really was, when I was young and tender;
When SHOW DOG meant a Disney Star, and BITCH was not a gender.
I went to bed at half past ten; I went to Church on Sunday;
On Saturday I baked the beans, and did the wash on Monday.

But then I got a certain pup, and an erstwhile friend said, "SHOW",
And so I did and so I do, OH!  What I didn't know.

I used to dress with flair and style, that was the life, don't knock it.
But now each dress from bed to ball must have a good bait pocket.

I used to have a certain air, I wallowed in perfume,
 I used to smell of Nuit D' Amour, now I smell like Mr. Groom.

My furniture was haute décor, my pets a tank of guppies.
Now I've furniture that is unstuffed, and well-adjusted puppies.

Once I spoke in pristine prose in dulcet tones and frail,
But now I'm using language that would turn a sailor pale.

I was taught to be well-groomed no matter where I went.
Now all the grooming that I do is in the Handler's tent.

I used to long for furs and jewels and a figure classed as super,
Now the thing I yearn for most is a nice new Pooper-Scooper.

I adored a man who murmured verse through intimate little dinners,
But now the words I thrill to hear, are just three - "Best of Winners"

I rise at dawn and pack the car the road ahead's a long one.
The one I routed on the maps invariably's the wrong one.

I really love this doggy life, I wouldn't care to change it.
But when I get that BEST IN SHOW I plan to rearrange it;

And when my time on earth is done I'll go without much nudging
Just give me three weeks closing date and let me know who's judging.

What colour cars have the most insurance claims?

When it comes to cars, some colours are 'safer' than others, it seems. Or at least the drivers who choose certain colours are safer than drivers who choose other colours for their cars.

In a recent survey of 70,000 car insurance claims, it emerged that the 'safest' coloured car is sky blue, with just one in ten drivers having lodged a claim.  Also on the low claims list are beige, white and bronze.

Black cars, on the other hand, are at the top of the list, with 22 per cent of their drivers making a claim.  Yellow, mauve and silver cars are also up there in the high claims frequency.

Teenagers left to their own devices

Modern technology is alienating teenagers from their parents to such an extent that half of young people today prefer to spend time on their own rather than with their family, according to recent research.  Computer games, mobile phones and televisions in bedrooms are producing a generation of loners.

Sadly, it seems that in many cases modern technology has now replaced the family unit, so that everyone does whatever they want, when they want, even if it means doing it on their own.

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