National Freedom Day

 

National Freedom Day is observed in the United States on February 1st honouring the signing by President Abraham Lincoln of a joint House and Senate resolution that was later ratified as the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 

President Lincoln signed the Amendment abolishing slavery on February 1, 1865. The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution freed more than 100,000 enslaved people when it was adopted on December 18, 1865. National Freedom Day was proclaimed by President Harry S. Truman almost 100 years later.

Quinoa Tabbouleh

Heal Me, O LORD

"Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." — 3 John 1:2

"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." — John 10:10

Trials & Tribulations

 

"My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways." — James 1:2-8

"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."  —John 16:33

Happy New Year!