10 (or more) Uses For…Vinegar

YOU - 10 (or more) Uses For…Vinegar

There are 100s of uses for vinegar. Many people use it for many different things. Here are a few ideas I found that I would like to try. I have used some of these, but not all of them. Please be careful in how you use these because I have not tried them all first hand. I would like to try all of these. If you have any suggestions on how to use vinegar, please post them! I love to hear how you have used vinegar first hand!

(The italic ones are the ones I have tried!)

Have fun trying!

Vinegar can…

1. Freshen cut flowers. Add 2 tablespoons vinegar and 1 teaspoon sugar for each quart of water.
2. Deter ants. Spray vinegar around door and window frames, under appliances, and along other known ant trails.
3. Relieve sunburn by lightly rubbing it with vinegar.
4. Clean coffee and tea stains. A mixture of salt and vinegar will clean coffee and tea stains from chinaware.
5. Deodorize the kitchen drain (and other thing;, mugs, water bottles). Pour some down the drain. Let stand 30 minutes and then flush with cold water.
6. Unclog a drain. Pour a handful of baking soda down the drain and add 1/2 cup of vinegar. Rinse with hot water.
7. Remove decals or bumper stickers by soaking a cloth in Vinegar and cover the decal or bumper sticker for several minutes until the vinegar soaks in. The decals and bumper stickers should peel off easily.
8. Stop insect stings and bites from itching by dabbing them with a cotton ball saturated with undiluted white distilled vinegar.
9. Make nail polish last longer. Wipe fingernails with cotton balls dipped in white distilled vinegar before putting on nail polish.
10. Be used as bug spray. Combine equal amounts of water, white distilled vinegar and liquid dish soap in a spray bottle.  Use on skin, as needed. 
11. Be used as chewing gum dissolver. Saturate the area with vinegar. If the vinegar is eated, it will work faster.
12. Be used as a way to keep ice and frost of windshield in the winter. Wash your windshield with vinegar in the winter to help keep ice and frost away.
13. Help get rid of hiccups. One teaspoon to one tablespoon of vinegar gets rid of hiccups. Another reader writes: "I've found that gargling with cider vinegar will stop the most horrible case of hiccups!"
14. Can get the salt off your shoes from the salt used to get rid of ice in the winter. To remove it and prevent long-term damage, wipe fresh stains with a cloth dipped in undiluted white vinegar.
15. Be used as a hair rinse to restore hair shine. Vinegar works to restore luster by removing build up from other hair products. It leaves hair smooth and silky and may even remove tangles. It may cause dryness to your hair, so you may want to condition first, and then use a vinegar rinse. To make a vinegar rinse, add 1 cup vinegar to 2 cups warm water, add a drop of essential oil if you like, and work into hair. (Can also be used to fight dandruff.)

Resources I used to find all of these great ideas:

http://www.angelfire.com/cantina/homemaking/vinegar.html

 http://www.vinegartips.com/Scripts/pageViewSec.asp?id=9

http://www.versatilevinegar.org/usesandtips.html

http://www.wisebread.com/254-uses-for-vinegar-and-counting

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/3-vinegar-uses-for-the-hair.html

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Patience, Patience, Patience

Jesus - Devo

Patience, Patience, Patience

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Being patient is something I have never been good at. Just ask my mother. I do not like to wait for things. If something is not getting done, then I will just do it, so it gets done. For the most part I do not like to sit around and do nothing. I like to make things happen. Patience is not my style.

But there are times when I do need to be patient. The Bible says that we need to be patient. In fact, it has a lot to say about being patient. I looked.

When I am struggling with something, like being patient, I tend to do Bible searches on the subject. That is what I did this time. Being patient is definitely something I need to work on. It is something that the Bible commands us to do.

First, we are called to be still and wait patiently…

Psalm 37:7
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

Then the Bible tells us what some of the benefits are of being patient.

Proverbs 14:29
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly.

Proverbs 15:18
A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel.

Proverbs 16:32
Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.

The Bible asks us to…

Ephesians 4:2
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

James 5:7
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains.

James 5:8
You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.

Romans 12:12

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Then the Lord offers us a promise…

Hebrews 6:15

And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.

Also…

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient…

Being patient is also a part of the Fruit of the Spirit that we are called to live out…

Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

God calls us to be patient. He has a plan for us and we are called to wait on Him. And to be patient.

Will you work on being more patient in your everyday life? I am going to try!

Mandy H.

Intro to Weekly

Dear JOY Blog readers,

Sorry it has been a while since JOY Blog’s monthly post. (I have started college classes and have been quite busy.) JOY Blog is changing its format to something a little simpler. I hope you will enjoy it. JOY Blog is switching to a weekly/bi-weekly blog. There will be a new post once a week, instead of all of the posts being posted at the beginning of the month. Each part of JOY, J-Jesus, O-Others, and Y-You, will be on somewhat of a rotating schedule. You may not see all the parts of JOY in one month, but you will see them. 

Here are the 3 parts of JOY Blog.

JESUS

The JESUS part is dedicated to Him. It is to help girls of all ages to come to better knowledge of our Savior. There will be devotions and other ways to come to know Him better.  The overall purpose of this section is putting Jesus first in our lives.

OTHERS

The OTHERS part is about putting other people after Jesus and before yourself. It is to help girls to learn ways that they can serve others in their lives and reach out to people.

YOU

YOU is for you. In YOU, there will be fun activities, useful ideas, etc...

For more information about what JOY Blog is about click on the tabs above; About JOY, Jesus, Others, You, etc…

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May/June 2011

I would like to start out this month by apologizing for not posting a May article. So because of that, these articles will be the combined May/June articles. The reason I have not had a chance to post anything yet was because of the great opportunity I have had for the last 5 months (this is also the reason why a lot of the posts have been late, lately!). The opportunity that I have had was to do an internship in the State Senate at my state’s Capitol. I was able to experience all the different parts of my state’s Senate. I was also able to earn college credits for this internship, which means that I had papers I had to write for the class as well. Both my college classes and the internship recently ended, but for the last month I was working hard at finishing everything up for both of these things. In the last month, I have also been working on getting everything ready to finish my college degree. I am working on a B.A. in Communications. So I applied to the college I needed to transfer to and am also trying to work out all of the details for that. I hope to finish my degree by Spring 2012. Your prayers are welcome as the details fall into place. This next year will be a busy time for me.

Please pardon me if posts are late. I will try to get caught up again and get back on track for JOY Blog. I wanted to let you know where I am at in my life and let you know why posts have been late. Please be patience with me as I finish my degree. I hope you will still be able to enjoy JOY Blog. Please email, joyfilledgirls@blogspot.com, if you have any ideas for articles or columns that you would like to see. I will definitely be open to seeing your ideas!

Have a great summer and stay tuned for more information!

Mandy H.

“But Take Heart...”

“…I have overcome the world.”  

Jesus said in John 16:33.

Sometimes, some days, we get overwhelmed. We feel everything pulling us down. And we don’t know what to do or what to hold on to. We feel as if everything is changing, everything is out of our control.

These are the times in our lives that we need to remember that there is Someone to hold on to, Someone that will always be there for us and who will never change. In Revelation 22:13, it says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” Jesus is telling us that he will be with us forever.

So as you know from my intro letter, I have had a lot of changes in my life lately. And the one or two I mentioned did not cover everything. On May 26, I felt the burden of these changes. And on that day, the Lord gave me something special. I was reading my devotional book, Jesus Calling by Sarah Young, and on that day, I read the perfect devo. It was talking about change and about Jesus always being with us. It reminded me that He is always with us and will always be there for us. One of the verses that was included in the devotional was the verse that I started this devotional with.

John 16:33

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

Jesus reminds us that as Christians, our lives will not be easy. But in the midst of it all, He will be with us and He has overcome the world! And that will, ultimately, bring us peace!