Dinner #15

Wow day 14. It really isn't that hard. The only thing I am craving is seafood, crab meat, crab legs, scallops, shrimp. Oh well...my clearing of the mind and the freedom I feel outweighs any seafood fest. For now I have a whole lot of chicken...haha. It is what it is. I buy many chickens when they are on sale and it is what my husband and I love most so there is a lot of chicken still to be made and eaten in our household. But the more important lesson for me is how more mindful and aware I am. I look at everything when it comes to spending. I break down what my take home pay used to be and when you take away the weekly massive food bill, weekly commuting costs with gas and tolls not to even mention the wear and tear on my car, high utility bills, services we used, it isn't all it appears to be. I tell my niece a lot of it was just a facade, a masking if you will. I peel the layers back and realize that the more you make, the more you spend and the more you allow things in your life that you can do without. I also feel such relief b/c people also took, expected and it was too much for me after all these years. I used to see and feel it everyday....people's mindset was "oh she can pay, she has more than I do" or "why should I treat her? she can treat me, she has it, I don't"....etc...it used to hurt my feelings a lot but I just would thank God for my blessings and He would always remind me that all my blessings should and will always come from Him, not man. Thanks Lord for the reminder! So to some people looking in, they are thinking how on earth would a sane person walk away from that financial freedom....and the answer is quite simple......no amount of money nor no amount of things can nor could ever replace what I have now....and that is the ultimate relationship I have with Jesus Christ. And when you seek and put Him first in all things, then He will provide for us in more ways you could ever imagine. God is bigger than a car note or mortage payment..... for He is my partner and forever present in this household, in my husband's life, in my family's and in mine. And again I hear the Lord softly remind me to Trust in me with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. I will Lord, I am.


Ingredients:

• Defrosted red gravy I had in freezer
• chicken cutlets
• mozzarella cheese
• breadcrumbs and oil
• egg
• milk
• salad mixings

Items needed: none 0 cost

DINNER SERVED: Chicken parmesan and salad.

Proverbs: 3:5