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Autumn drink - 蘋果雪梨水

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4 apples (peel the skin off) + 2 snow pears + cold water .. bring everything to a boil, then simmer over low fire for 1.5 hours ... add several pieces of rock sugar and it's done.

宮村伊澄 - 堀桑與宮村君

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Purpose Driven Life - Day 4

Made to last forever. Life on earth is just the dress rehearsal before the real production. Earth is the staging area, the preschool, The tryout for your life in eternity. It is the practice workout before the actual game, the warm up before the race begins. While life on earth offers many choices, eternity offers only two: heaven or hell. Your relationship to God on earth will determine your relationship to him in eternity. If you realize that life is just preparation for eternity, you will begin to live differently. You will start living in light of eternity, and that will color how you handle every relationship, tasks, and circumstances. Every act of our lives strikes some chord that will vibrate in eternity. The most damaging aspect of contemporary living is short term thinking. What is it going to be like in eternity with God? The bible says "no mere man has ever seen, heard or even imagined what wonderful things god has ready for those who love The Lord". I...

Purpose Driven Life - Day 3

Everyone's one life is driven by something. What is the driving force in your life? Some people are driven by guilt. Guilt driven people are manipulated by memories. They allow their past to control their future. We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it. God's purpose is not limited by your past. God specializes in giving people a fresh start. Some people are driven by resentment and angry. Instead of releasing their pain through forgiveness, they rehearse it over and over in their minds. Resentment always hurts you more than it does the person you resent. Those who hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain resentment. Some people are driven by fear. Fear driven people often miss great opportunities because they are afraid to venture out. Fear is a self imposed prison that will keep you from becoming what god intends for you to be. Some people are driven by materialism. Possessions ...

Yuzu yogurt

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fresh yuzu syrup from Jeju, Korea, plus Dairy Farm plain yogurt with gluten free organic honey's corn flakes from Nature's Path. Preparation time: less than 2 mins ...

Purpose Driven Life - Day 2

You are not an accident   it is not fate, nor chance, nor luck, nor coincidence that you are breathing at this very moment. You are alive because god wanted to create you. God prescribed every single detail of your body. He deliberately chose your race, the color of your skin, your hair, and every other feature. He custom-made your body just the way he wanted it. He also determined the natural talents you would possess and the uniqueness of your personality.   Because god made you for a reason, he also decided when you would be born and how long you would live. Noting in your life is arbitrary. It's all for a purpose. God's purpose took into account human error, and even sin. God never does anything accidentally, and he never make mistakes. He had a reason for everything he creates.   God's motive for creating you was his love. We are the focus of his love and the most valuable of all his creations. God is love. Love is the essence of god's characters. ...

Purpose Driven Life - Day 1

The Purpose Driven Life - What on Earth am I Here for? --- by Rick Warren It all starts with god "for everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible,  ... everything got started in him and find its purpose in him" - Colossians 1:16 It's not about you. You were born by his purpose and not for his purpose. Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose. You didn't create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for! You cannot arrive at your life's purpose by starting with a focus on yourself. You must begin with god, your creator. You exist only because god wills that you exist. You were made by god and for god - and until you understand that, life will never make sense. You were made for god and life is about letting god uses you for his purposes, not your using him for your own purpose. Being successful and fulfilling your life's purpose are not at all the same ...